“KNIFE RIGHTS” TOUR OF ISRAEL
(& PETRA with
all visas/taxes included)
Oct 21 – Nov 2, 2018
$3198.00 per person land tour based on
double occupancy
DAY 1 Oct 21, 2018
DEPART from various points in the USA with for overnight flight to Tel
Aviv. Contact Laura Green for flight assistance and coordination
DAY 2 Oct 22, 2018
ARRIVE at Ben Gurion International Airport. (If you do your own flights, plan your arrival by 4 PM). You’ll be
met by our Tour representative and guide. Receive assistance through
baggage claim and
customs. Board our bus. Enjoy the
ride to Tel Aviv and check-in to our hotel. There is some time at leisure. A
stroll is suggested along the beautiful beachfront promenade to enjoy the
refreshing air and surf. Return to the hotel for dinner together in our
own section of the main dining room.
Overnight
& Dinner in the Dan Panorama Tel Aviv Hotel (D)
DAY 3 Oct 23, 2018 After
breakfast we will visit Independence Hall. We’ll watch a fascinating movie with actual pictures of the
origins of Tel Aviv over 100 years ago and we’ll listen to an audio
presentation including David Ben Gurion reading the Declaration of Independence
establishing the State of Israel. Continue
to the Old Port City of Jaffa
(Joppa), one of the oldest biblical
cities in the world and an important seaport since antiquity. It was from here that Jonah embarked for
Tarshish and was swallowed by a great whale. We might try a wonderful local
“hummus” restaurant for lunch (optional cost).
We have some time to wander thru the spice market at Shuk Carmel and
then proceed to Yad Lashiryon and the Latrun
Armored Museum, a great picture opportunity with the tanks of
the IDF from prior to 1948 to the present. Learn about the 1948 road to
Jerusalem and the battles relating to this road. Overnight in the Dan Panorama Tel Aviv
Hotel (B)
DAY 4 Oct 24, 2018
Following breakfast we will visit IWI, (Israel Weapons Industry) subject to confirmation. We’ll have a
full tour of the facility to learn about the hand weapons they have developed
and built over the decades. Experience some hand’s on opportunity! (Time permitting; we might have access to the
firing range) In the afternoon we will
visit the ‘underground’ Ayalon Institute. Here, a once-secret Hagannah
(pre-State defense force) munitions factory existed during the Mandate Period
under Britain. The factory and its
products played an important role for the prewar defenses and later, during the
War of Independence for the newly born Israel Defense Forces. Overnight in the Dan Panorama Tel Aviv
Hotel (B)
DAY
5 Oct 25,
2018 Check out after breakfast and
proceed north from Tel Aviv along the coast. We’ll make a stop at Caesarea,
the ancient port built 2000 years ago by King Herod. As we explore, be sure to
listen to the acoustics of the great theater. It is still in use presently
during the summer evenings for excellent seaside concerts. Further north we
enter the Golan mountain range and stop for a wonderful wine tasting
at one of the many outstanding boutique wineries that has received worldwide
gold star recognition. We will have an
opportunity to view the northern border of Israel, Lebanon and Syria from Har
Bental before checking into our Kibbutz accommodations for overnight. Dinner is in the main dining room. Chat with
the Kibbutz members and participate in a walking tour following dinner. (B,
D)
DAY
6 Oct 26,
2018 Enjoy a delicious Kibbutz
breakfast. Visit the “Ancient Boat” Museum
and see first-hand, a boat dating back 1800+ years that might be similar to the
boat that Jesus sailed upon. We board our own boat and cross the waters of the Sea
of Galilee. We’ll continue to Yardenit,
a traditional site for a Jordan River Baptism.
Travel southwest to Megiddo,
site of King Solomon’s fortress and
explore the secrets of this ancient area. Relax as we head south to the Holy City of Jerusalem. Check into the Dan Hotel; prepare for a
beautiful Shabbat dinner at the hotel. Overnight Dan Jerusalem Hotel (B,
D)
DAY 7 Oct 27, 2018 After
breakfast we begin a full day tour of Jerusalem at the Mount of Olives to
enjoy a remarkable view of the "Golden
City" of Jerusalem. Visit the Garden
of Gethsemane and the Garden Tomb. Continue to Mount Zion. Stand
in the Upper Room, revered as the place of the Last Supper. From here we enter the Old City and walk along the Stations of the Cross on the Via
Dolorosa to visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Our walking tour will end at the Western
Wall. This wall, adjacent to the Temple Mount is one of the holiest
sites of Judaism dating back to the construction of the First Temple by King Solomon. The evening is at leisure. Be sure to head to Ben Yehuda Street and the
pedestrian mall as the shops and restaurants re-open after Shabbat. Overnight Dan
Jerusalem Hotel (B)
DAY 8 Oct 28, 2018 After
breakfast, we’ll travel to Yad Vashem, considered the primary memorial and museum
of the Holocaust.
Walk through the new Holocaust History Museum, which
occupies over
DAY 9 Oct
29, 2018 Following breakfast we travel south to the
outskirts of Jerusalem to visit the Caliber 3 Range at the Gush Etzion
Bloc. This is a world renowned center for IDF Infantry Field and Urban Combat and
Counter-Terrorism Training. It is a promised highlight of our tour with hands
on participation. Continue to the Church
of the Nativity in Bethlehem which is one of the oldest continuously
operating churches in the world. The structure is built over the cave that
tradition marks as the birthplace of Jesus.
Afterwards there is shopping time for gifts for loved ones. Overnight Dan Hotel Jerusalem (B)
DAY 10, Oct 30, 2018 Another excellent breakfast and Shalom, farewell
to Jerusalem. Continue south and east past the marker of Sea Level and travel down to Masada.
Here we’ll take the cable car to the top, explore the ruins of King Herod’s Palace, Mikvah and Synagogue
which ultimately became the fortress the Jews used almost 2000 years ago to
defend themselves against the Romans. The story is emotional and gives you
great understanding why young Jewish adults being sworn into the army come here
and say “Masada will never fall again”. We’ll continue along the shore of the Dead Sea stop for a float/swim.
Enjoy a relaxing ride south, marvel at the beautiful desert scenery
and in Eilat. We check into the Rimonim Hotel for dinner and the next 2 nights.
Overnight Eilat Rimonim Hotel (B,
D)
DAY
11, Oct 31, 2018 We’ll have an early
breakfast and depart on a short ride to the Jordanian border at the
Arava crossing.
Our Jordanian guide will join us for the full day tour to Petra. After a cart ride thru the Siq we arrive
into the famed Nabatean City carved
from the red rock many centuries ago. Learn the history of this once famous and
heavily inhabited city along the desert route from Arabia to Egypt. We’ll enjoy lunch, have some shopping time
and then return to Eilat. Following
dinner the evening is free to stroll along the
beach of Eilat. Eilat Rimonim Hotel (B,
L, D)
DAY 12 Nov
1, 2018
Our final
breakfast, and then we travel north to Tel Aviv. We’ll drive thru the very beautiful Mitzpe Ramon Crater. There are stops
scheduled at Ben Gurion U (solar power
tour, subject to availability), a Beer
Sheba Bedouin experience, on to S’derot
for a brief tour and visit to the indoor children’s playground as well as
a chance to view an Iron Dome battery. We’ll continue towards the airport for a
special “good-bye” dinner. Transfer to the airport for departure flight, not
before 11 PM. (Actual arrival in the USA Nov 2) (B,
D)
Our rate includes:
- Meeting &
assistance on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport by our local representative
with transfer to and from hotels based on suggested arrival &
departure time.
- Porterage at
airport and hotels.
- 10 overnights at
the above mentioned superior first class hotels or similar.
- 10 full days
sightseeing as per our program.
- Luxury
air-conditioned vehicle as mentioned above with fully licensed driver.
- Fully licensed
English, Hebrew, Arabic speaking guide
- Jordanian
English and Arabic speaking guide for Petra
- Bed & breakfast, including 10 full Israeli buffet
breakfast daily. (7 additional
lunches/dinners) Arrival Dinner at Dan Panorama Tel Aviv 22 October;
Dinner at Kinar Kibbutz hotel 1 night; Shabbat dinner at Dan Jerusalem
hotel, Dinner at Eilat hotel for 30 & 31 October; Farewell dinner at
restaurant near airport, Lunch at Petra
noted as: (B) BREAKFAST (L) LUNCH (D) DINNER
- All entrance
fees according to the current itinerary
- Petra Tour including all visa and taxes
- 2 bottles of
water per day on the bus (0.5ml)
Valid
Passport Required (if it is not a US passport contact
me)
Tips
to guide & bus driver are additional
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONTACT:
LAURA GREEN…TWL EMPRESS LTD-TOUR ISRAEL
NOW
WWW.TOURISRAELNOW.COM TourIsraelNow@earthlink.net 801-944-5200
office
OR
SUE RITTER sritter@KnifeRights.org 480-258-2909
Deposit of $250.00 per person will hold your space
Final Payment will be due August 17, 2018 (deposit
is fully refundable up to Aug 16, 2018)
50%
penalty Aug 17 - Sep 13, 2018 100%
penalty from Sep 14, 2018 up to departure
Cancellation
insurance will be made available prior to final payment
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