Highlights Israel & Jordan Tour Package
Hightlights Israel & Jordan Tour: 11 Day / 10 nights
This 11 day tour covers most of the popular sites in Israel and also includes a visit to Petra (World Heritage Site) in Jordan. This is the perfect way to experience Israel (and Jordan in one trip if you have 11 days available).
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 (Sunday arrival only)
- Meet & Greet at Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
- Transfer to Tel Aviv Hotel
Day 2 (Monday)
- Depart Tel Aviv towards Ashdod
- Short visit to Beersheba
- Masada (Cable Car to the top included)
- Visit Excavations / Herod’s Palace
- Dead Sea (For a swim / float)
- Pass by Ein Gedi
- Ascend into Jerusalem
Day 3 (Tuesday)
- Israel Museum (Shrine of the book & Jerusalem model)
- Ein Karem (traditional birth-place of John the Baptist)
- Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum)
- Bethlehem (Church of the Nativity & Manger Square)
- Return to Jerusalem
Day 4 (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
- Mahane Yehuda Market
Day 5 (Thursday)
- Depart Jerusalem via Jericho
- Jordan River Valley
- Beit She’an
- Nazareth (Church of the Annunciation & Joseph’s workshop)
- Safed (city of the Kabala)
- Sea of Galilee
Day 6 (Friday)
- Golan Heights
- Pass-by Caesarea Philippi (Banias)
- Isareli Wine country experience
- Sea of Galilee
- Mount of Beatitudes (sermon on the mount)
- Capernaum (Hometown of Jesus)
- Tabgha (Loaves and fishes)
- Tiberias
- Optional Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee (subject to conditions &
fee)
Day 7 (Saturday)
- Akre (Akko)
- Haifa (Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden, Mount Carmel & Haifa bay)
- Caesarea
- Tel Aviv / Jaffa (Joppa) Tour
Day 8 (Sunday)
- Proceed to Allenby Crossing (cross into Jordan)
- Jerash (City of the Decapolis)
- City tour of Amman
Day 9 (Monday)
- Wadi Musa
- Ride of horseback through the Siq
- Full day tour of Petra
- Return to Wadi Musa
Day 10 (Tuesday)
- Madaba (ancient mosaic map)
- Mount Nebo (Moses)
- Cross back into Israel
- Continue back to Tel Aviv
Day 11 (Wednesday)
- Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport
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 Assistance
- 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)
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 (5-12) sharing parents’ room – reduction on double rate 20%
Superior & Deluxe: Child (5 -18) sharing parents’ room – reduction on double rate 40%