Holy land
Day 1 – Arrival – continue up North:
– We will arrive at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and go through customs.
– Proceed to Caesara, visit the ancient port.
– Visit Haifa and Bahai Gardens
– Continue to Mt. Carmel, visit Meggido and Mt. Carmel.
– Check in hotel in the Sea of Galilee – dinner and overnight.
Day 2 – Sea of Galilee area:
– After breakfast, we will check out from our hotel in the Sea of Galilee.
– Continue to the Sea of Galilee area. Visit Capernaum (fishing village of first apostles)
– Nof Ginosar Kibbutz (1st century Jesus boat)
– Traditional sailing vessel on the Sea of Galilee
– Traditional St Peter’s fish lunch back on shore
– Tabgha (site of multiplication of loaves and fishes)
– Church of the Primacy of Peter
– Mt. Beatitudes.
– Drive to Jerusalem – check in, dinner and overnight.
Day 3 – Jerusalem, Ein Karem, Bethlehem, Wailing Wall.
– Visit Ein Karem (birthplace of John the Baptist/Visitation)
– Travel to Bethlehem
– Shepherd’s Field
– Church of the Nativity
– St Jerome’s Cave & Milk Grotto
– Wailing wall Jerusalem
– Dinner and overnight Jerusalem.
Day 4 – Old city, Abu Gush.
– Early morning enter the Old City of Jerusalem to commence Stations of the Cross
– Church of St Anne, Pool of Bethesda, the Lithostrotos (pavement) in the Ecco Homo convent, Flagellation and Condemnation Chapels, Holy Sepulcher.
– Afternoon exploration of Hezekiah’s Tunnel
– Continue to Emmaus – Abo Gosh
– Overnight Jerusalem.
Day 5– Qumran, Dead Sea, crossing to Egypt.
– After breakfast, we will check out form our hotel in Jerusalem.
– Visit Jericho, sycamore tree, view Mt. Temptation from below
– Travel south along the Dead Sea – Floating experience in the Dead Sea.
– Continue all the way to Eilat – Taba Border for crossing to Egypt.
– Transfer to your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
Day 6 & 7 Sharm El Sheikh.
– Free day at leisure in Sharm El Sheikh to enjoy the red sea.
– Overnight at hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
Day 8 – Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo
– Breakfast, checkout from your hotel in Sharm El Sheikh
– Transfer Sharm El Sheikh/Cairo with air conditioned private bus
– Check in to your hotel in Cairo
– Overnight at Cairo hotel
Day 9 – Cairo (Pyramids, Sakkara, and Memphis)
– After breakfast, your private Egyptologist tour guide and driver will pick you up and start your tour. Drive to Giza and visit the Pyramids.
– Continue to Memphis, capital of the pharaohs during the Old Kingdom. Visit the recumbent statue of Ramses II and the 80-ton alabaster sphinx.
– Lunch at local restaurant
– Continue to Sakkara to see the prototype of the Pyramids, the Step Pyramid, built for the 3rd Dynasty pharaoh Djoser by the exalted architect Imhotep.
– Return to your hotel, overnight Cairo
Day 10 – Cairo (Egyptian Museum, Citadel, Old Cairo)
– After breakfast visit the Egyptian Museum, this houses a magnificent collection of Pharaonic antiquities, especially the golden treasures of Tut Ankh Amun.
– In the afternoon you will proceed to Old Cairo to visit the Citadel of Salah El Din and the Mohammed Ali Mosque situated high above the city.
– Continue to visit the Church of Abu Serga, Moallaqa Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, the oldest Jewish synagogue in Egypt.
– Lunch en route.
– Return to your hotel, overnight Cairo
Day 11 – Final departure
– After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport for final departure.
Package price:
Starting from: US$ 1653
Package includes:
| • 01 night accommodation in Tiberias at 4* hotel on HB Basis |
| • 03 nights accommodation in Jerusalem at 4* hotel on HB Basis |
| • 03 nights accommodation in Sharm El Sheikh at 4* hotel on all inclusive Basis |
| • 03 nights accommodation in Cairo at 4* hotel on BB Basis |
| • Guide and bus on daily basis |
| • Transfers and tours in A/C as per itinerary requested. |
| • Entrance fees as per itinerary requested. |
| • 02 lunches in Cairo during tours |
| • English speaking driver & guide as per itinerary. |
| Sites included: |
| • Mount of Olives |
| • Palm Sunday Road Churches |
| • Bethlehem visit |
| • Western Wall |
| • JRM Churches – St. Ann, Ecce Homo, Holy Sepulchre Etc. |
| • Mt. Zion – Last Supper Room, Tomb of King David, Gallicantu. |
| • BeitHesda |
| • Muhraka |
| • Basilica of the Annunciation |
| • 4 Breakfast and 4 dinners in hotels during the program . |
| • Boat Museum at Ginosar |
| • Mt. of Beatitudes |
| • Boat ride + St Peter fish lunch |
| • Capernaum |
| • Mensa Christy |
| • Pyramids |
| • Memphis |
| • Sakkara |
| • Egyptian Museum |
| • Citadel of Salah El Din |
| • Old Cairo |
Rate excludes:
| • Any airline tickets, tax |
| • Extra meals, drinks |
| • Personal expenses, tips |
| • Departure tax – Taba Border – US$ 35 per person |
| • Entry visa to Egypt – US$ 25 per person |
| • Visa to Israel if needed – 25$ per person |
| • Covid 19 – PCR Test or Serological tests – not included in the price. |
| • Anything that is not mentioned in the item “rate includes” |
Kindly be informed that the above is only an offer and nothing is booked at this stage.
Below you will find the instructions and terms for applying for Tourists groups in Israel:
The main conditions for arrival of a group are:
- Only vaccinated tourists can visit Israel, and six months have not yet passed since the date of the last vaccine (or buster shot) they have received. Only FDA or EMA approved vaccine are allowed: Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson&Johnson, Astrazenica.
- Tourists can arrive from all countries that are not declared as “red” (here you can find official information).
It is not possible to submit applications for tourists coming from countries that require the entry visa to Israel.
*Several types of passports can be mixed within a homogeneous group.
- Please note – this arrangement does not yet apply to countries who need entry visa to Israel.
- Group is considered to be a group from 5 to 30 pax arriving and leaving on same flight. If you have more than one flight – you should have at least 5 pax on this flight. If you have more than 30 pax in group – it should be applied as 2,3 groups
Special approval for each group
For each group we need to submit application to Ministry of Tourism for a confirmation.
In cases where an application is submitted for the group arriving for the following months – after the submission and inspection, a confirmation will be received from the Ministry of Tourism that the application was received and transferred to the Ministry of Interior for approval. The approval of the Ministry of Interior is valid for two weeks only, and will therefore be sent only 14 days before the planned date of arrival of the group. Final approval for entry will be given 14 days before arrival, subject to current development in disease and infection situation.
We must file the vaccination certificate 14 days before arrival, it means that the passengers should all be vaccinated by then.
Please note that at this stage the group members should be escorted at all times by the guide.
Meaning free days and time to explore on own is not possible at this stage.
Documents to prepare for group application:
By the agent: 3 attached excel files
– Boarding Permission
– Cruises file (fill out only the yellow columns)
– Passenger List
72 hours before scheduled departure to Israel – Pre-departure test from the country of origin
*a PCR test no more than 72 hours before the scheduled departure time to Israel
Travelers will be permitted to board plane if they present a negative test result written in English that has the traveler’s passport number. This requirement applies to all people of all ages arriving in Israel.
*Only PCR tests are admissible, rapid tests are not accepted
*If you transit to Israel, and the time between the first departure and the departure to Israel is 24 hours or more, you must take a PCR test no more than 72 hours before the scheduled time of departure to Israel.
24 hours before arrival – Entry statement form:
– A passenger has to fill out the online form (each person must fill out individually, not the travel agent) no more than 24 hours before the scheduled departure to Israel.
Here one enters his personal information and information about the people traveling with him, check his health declaration, provide information on COVID-19 vaccines.
– After registration, the guest has to book and pay for the entrance tests (PCR and SEROLOGY) at the following link: https://testngo.femi.com/en/sing-in
Please note – these steps can be done by each passenger but also by the travel agent.
Upon arrival to Israel after landing is being held at the airport by the company “Pemi Premium”.
* PCR test on arrival (80 nis if prepaid/100 if paid on spot)
* Serologic test (100 nis) – blood test conducted at the airport. The answers should be provided within 20 minutes. Once all results are ok the group is free to start their tour.
Departing from Israel
A negative PCR covid test carried out in the 72 hours before your flight is necessary for all tourists to exit Israel regardless of vaccination status and this will be conducted at your hotel, preferably more than 48 hours prior to flight.
The sampler will arrive at the place (hotel) to carry out the sampling that is compatible and previously determined with the contact person in the company
The results of the PCR tests will be sent to the email address of the agent that the group requested.
(The email is also indicated in an Excel file that will be sent by the agent with the tourist’s data) within 24 hours after delivery of the tests to the laboratory.
PS:
- Kindly be informed that the above is only an offer and nothing is booked at this stage.
- You can use the above prices from Oct 2021 till November 2022.
- Please avoid Jewish holidays