Israel / Jordan Tour Package
Heritage Israel / Jordan Tour: 11 Day / 10 nights
This 11 day tour covers most of the popular sites in Israel before venturing into Jordan and the magnificent Petra. This is the perfect way to experience Israel / Jordan in one trip.
Tour Type: Multi-day guided tour with all transport, accommodation & entrance fees included
Duration: 11 Days / 10 Nights
Flights: Not included (land package only)
Itinerary:
Day 1 (Thursday arrival only)
- Meet & Greet at Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
- Transfer to Tel Aviv Hotel
Day 2 (Friday)
- Short walking tour of Jaffa (Joppa)
- Caesarea (Herod’s Maritime Harbour City)
- Megiddo (Armageddon)
- Travel across the Jezreel Valley
- Arrive at the Sea of Galilee / Tiberias
Day 3 (Saturday)
- Tiberias
- Capernaum (hometown of Jesus / Yeshua)
- Tabgha (loaves & fishes)
- Church of Multiplication (feeding of 5000)
- Mount of Beatitudes (sermon on the mount)
- Golan Heights (views of the Hula Valley)
- Tiberias (spend the evening exploring the town)
Day 4 (Sunday)
- Travel to Nazareth
- Church of the Annunciation, Mary’s well & Joseph’s Church
- Cana (wedding feast and site of Jesus’ first miracle)
- Beit She’an (impressive Roman City)
- Ascend into Jerusalem
Day 5 (Monday)
- Travel into the Judean wilderness
- Pass by Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls)
- Masada (Herod’s mountain fortress)
- Float / Swim in the Dead Sea
- Return to Jerusalem
Day 6 (Tuesday)
- Israel Museum (Shrine of the book & Jerusalem model)
- Ein Karem (traditional birth-place of John the Baptist)
- Bethlehem (Church of the Nativity & Manger Square)
- Return to Jerusalem
Day 7 (Wednesday)
- Western Wall & Temple Mount
- Via Dolorosa (walk of sorrows)
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Mount Zion (David’s tomb & the Room of the last supper)
- Mount of Olives
- Garden of Gethsemane
Day 8 (Thursday)
- Sheik Hussein border crossing (cross into Jordan)
- Jerash – city of the Decapolis
- Amman – city tour of the Jordainian capital
Day 9 (Friday)
- Mt Nebo – Moses viewed the promised land
- Visit Petra – world heritage site
- Wadi Musa (Overnight)
Day 10 (Saturday)
- Drive South to Wadi Rum
- Jeep Safari (Lawrence Spring and Khazali Canyon)
- Drive North to Madaba (oldest depiction of the Holy Land)
- Amman
Day 11 (Sunday)
- Cross into Israel
- Transfer to airport, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem
Please Note: the above itinerary is a brief description of the main sites visited on this tour. More sights will be seen / explained during each day than is listed. The tour & sites visited may be amended due to circumstances or at the company’s / guide’s discretion.
Included:
- 10 nights accommodation (bed and breakfast)
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure.
- All transportation
- Government licensed guide
- All entrance fees to places of interest while touring
Not included:
- Porterage at airport
- Tips for guide, driver & hotel staff
- Drinks with meals
- Personal travel insurance.
- Entry Visa to Jordan (if required for restricted nationalities)
- Border Taxes & Border Shuttle transfers – Israel & Jordan
(approx. US$50 per person – paid on tour – subject to change) - Optional Masada & Dead Sea tour on Sunday – $90 per person
More Information:
- Appropriate dress – Casual
Ladies should ensure knees & shoulders are covered (it may also be appropriate to take along a shawl for covering in certain sites)
Men should dress modestly with shorts (below knee length) and shoulders covered - Shoes – most people wear a comfortable pair of trainers
- Swimming costume & towel (required for optional Dead Sea tour)
Some people take water shoes to enter the Dead Sea as the salt / minerals can make the sea bed very rough to walk on - Sun Cream – temperatures can become very hot
- Passport – each passenger should bring along their passport in case of security checks
- The tour is on a guaranteed departure basis (subject to a minimum of 2 passengers)
- The sequence of the tour, hotels used, and sites visited may be changed at a moments notice circumstances dictate
- Bookings received less than 14 days prior to the tour departure date are taken a request only basis
- Sites within Palestinian areas are subject to situation
Prices
Child Rates:
Tourist & First Class: Child (2-12) sharing parents’ room – reduction on double rate 20%
Superior & Deluxe: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – reduction on double rate 40%
