Highlights of the Jewish STate Tour
Hightlights of the Jewish State: 10 Day / 9 nights
This 10 day tour takes visitors on a world wind tour of the Jewish State. Ideal for both families and lone traveller’s.
Tour Type: Multi-day guided tour with all transport, accommodation & entrance fees included
Duration: 10 Days / 9 Nights
Flights: Not Included (land package only)
Itinerary:
Day 1 (Friday arrival only)
- Meet & Greet at Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
- Transfer to Tel Aviv Hotel
Day 2 (Saturday)
- Day at leisure in Tel Aviv
Day 3 (Sunday)
- Rehovot – Wiseman Instistute
- Caesarea
- Carmel Mountain Range (visit Zichron Yaacov)
- Atlit Detainee Camp
- Haifa (Louis Promenade & Baha’i Gardens)
Day 4 (Monday)
- Drive through mountain ranges & valley’s near Galilee
- Wine tasting at the Galilee Winery
- Rosh Pina (one of Israel’s oldest colonies)
- Safed (Tzfat) including the artists colony
- Hula Valley nature reserve
- Galilee
Day 5 (Tuesday)
- Golan Heights
- Mount Bental
- Mount Hermon
- Golan Magic – 3D adventure
- Golan Olive Mill
- Free time:
options include: biking or hiking tour, rappelling,
kayaks or even participating in a gourmet chocolate workshop.Evening Option (Seasonal) – a lantern tour in either the Valley of the Lost River or Nimrod Fortress.
Day 6 (Wednesday)
- Tel Hai Museum
- Short visit to Tiberias
- Jordan Valley
- Naharayim Experience at Gesher (light & sound show)
- Ascend into Jerusalem
- Mt Scopus
Day 7 (Thursday)
- Old City Tour
- Jewish Quarter
- Western Wall
- Cardo
- City of David
- Warrens Shaft (Hezekiah’s Tunnels – wet tour)
- Davidson Center (Archaeological Garden & Southern Wall Excavations)
Day 8 (Friday)
- Mount Herzl Military Cemetery
- Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum)
- Pass by the Knesset (Israel Parliament building)
- Israel Museum
- Shrine of the book (Dead Sea Scrolls)
- Mahane Yehuda Market
- Western Wall to participate in Kabbalat Shabbat service
Day 9 (Saturday)
- Day of Leisure
or
Optional Masada & Dead Sea Tour
Evening Option: David Citadel Sound & Light Show
Day 10 (Sunday)
- Transfer to Ben Gurion Intl 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:
- 9 nights accommodation (bed and breakfast)
- 2 Dinners in Galilee
- 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
- Optional Masada & Dead Sea tour – $114 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:
First Class: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – for all dates $1345
Superior: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – for all dates $1465
Deluxe A: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – for all dates $1720
Deluxe B: Child up to age 18 sharing parents’ room – for all dates $1810