8 NIGHTS EGYPT & ISRAEL SPIRITUAL JOURNEY - 2023

Now you can follow in the footsteps of Jesus with our 2023 8-NIGHT CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE TO THE BIBLE LANDS.

EGYPT & ISRAEL.

2023 SCHEDULED DEPARTURES:

• 07– 15 MAY 2023

• 23 JUNE – 31 JUNE 2023

• 10 SEPTEMBER – 18 SEPTEMBER 2023

• 12 NOVEMBER – 20 NOVEMBER 2023

• 26 NOVEMBER – 04 DECEMBER 2023

CHARGES:

• US$ 1,950 per person sharing in twin/double room
• US$ 2,250per person in a single room

INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE:

• Return economy flight tickets

• Meet & Assist upon arrival & departure in both countries

• 8 Nights Accommodation in a standard room

• Meals on Full Board

• Daily touring as per the itinerary

• Professional English-speaking guide

• Ground Transportation in a deluxe air-conditioned motor-coach

• Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in the itinerary

• Visa to Israel and Egypt

• Departure tax, land taxes and basic tips

• International flights & Airport taxes

• 2 (500ml) mineral water bottles per person per day

• Pilgrims certificate

NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE:

• Any item of not mentioned above

• Personal expenses

• Travel Insurance

ITINERARY

DAY ONE: EGYPT

Report to JKIA. Check-in and immigration formalities follows. Board your flight to depart for Cairo.

• Arrival in the land of Plenty and the land of Refuge – where

• Abraham took refuge when there was drought in Canaan (Genesis 12:10),

• Joseph prospered after being sold by his brothers (Genesis 37:12),

• The people of Israel were enslaved for 400 yrs.

• Moses was born (Exodus 2:1) and

• The Lord Jesus Christ took refuge from the threat of King Herod (Mathew 2:13).

At Cairo International airport you will be welcomed and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative, then escorted to your hotel. Check-in. Freshen up and proceed for the days sites.

• THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA

• THE SPHINX

• THE HANGING CHURCH

• CHURCH OF ST. SERGIUS

• CHURCH OF ST. MERCURIUS

Overnight: Cairo

Meal plan: Lunch on tour/ Dinner

DAY TWO: EGYPT

After breakfast check out of the hotel to transfer to Taba, Sites seen on the way.

• THE SUEZ CANAL

• THE SPRINGS OF MOSES

• THE WILDERNESS OF SIN

• REPHDIM

Continue to Sinai. Check-in hotel and at leisure.

Overnight: Sinai

Meal plan: Breakfast/ Lunch on tour/ Dinner

DAY THREE: EGYPT

At 0200hrs, start the climb of Mountain of St. Catherine.

Return to hotel for rest and breakfast. Checkout and visit sites in St. Catherine which is the place where Moses climbed up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments.

In the same area, there is the famous Greek Orthodox Monastery which is built around the Burning Bush and the well where Moses met his wife Zebura (daughter of Jethro, the priest of Median).

Overnight: Taba

Meal plan: Breakfast / Lunch on tour/ Dinner

DAY FOUR: EGYPT /ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Egypt/Israel border and cross over to Eilat to enter Israel. Cross through the border- check and immigration.

Welcome to ISRAEL…Land of the Bible….Land of the faith…. the Holy Land, revered throughout recorded history as the cradle of monotheistic religion. For a person of faith whose beliefs are rooted in the Bible there is no place on earth like the Holy Land –Israel

Meet and assistance by our guide in Israel. Proceed for the days sites.

• DEAD SEA

• JERICHO

• THE MOUNT OF TEMPTATION

• QUARANTAL - THE HOLY GROTTO OF THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST

• SYCAMORE TREE

• ELISHAS SPRINGS

• BETHANY

• HOUSE OF MARY, MARTHA AND LAZARUS

• TOMB OF LAZARUS

Transfer to hotel

Overnight: Bethlehem

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY FIVE: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites

• MOUNT OF OLIVES

• DOME OF THE ASCENSION

• PATER NOSTER

• DOMINUS FLEVIT CHURCH

• GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE

• DORMITION ABBEY

• CENACLE (ROOM OF LAST SUPPER)

• KING DAVIDS TOMB

• ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU

• CHURCH OF NATIVITY

• THE SHEPHERDS FIELDS

Overnight: Bethlehem

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY SIX: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites.

• BETHESDA POOLS

• CHAPEL OF FLAGELLATION

• CHAPEL OF CONDEMNATION

• VIA DOLOROSA - WAY OF THE CROSS

• GOLGOTHA

• THE HOLY SEPULCHER

• WAILING WALL

• EIN KAREM

• CHURCH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

Overnight: Bethlehem

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY SEVEN: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout of the hotel. Proceed for the days sites

JAFFA

ST PETERS CHURCH

• MT CARMEL

• ELIJAH’S CAVE

• BAHAI GARDENS—VIEW ONLY

• CANA

• NAZARETH

• MT PRECIPICE

• BASILICA OF ANNUNCIATION

• JOSEPH’S WORKSHOP

Overnight: Nazareth / Tiberias

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY EIGHT: ISRAEL

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites

• KIBBUTZ VISIT

• MOUNT OF BEATITUDES

• CAPERNAUM

• TABGHA

• PRIMACY OF PETER

• MENSA CRISTI

• GALILEE BOAT RIDE

• YARDENIT(RIVER JORDAN)

Overnight: Bethlehem

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner

DAY NINE: ISRAEL/EGYPT

Breakfast at the hotel. Checkout of the hotel. Proceed for the airport for your flight to Cairo,

Arrive Cairo and proceed to Transit Hotel.

Transfer to the airport for final departure in the evening.

Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch

DAY TEN: CAIRO - NAIROBI

Arrive JKIA.