Your Tour Host
Pastor Dan Travis
11 Day Tour of Israel with Pastor Dan Travis & Pastor Scott & Carol Snyder

Highlights

: Sea of Galilee boat ride, Beth She’an, Masada, Shrine of the Book and The Western Wall.
INCLUDED $5189
 
  • Current round-trip economy air fare from Detroit, MI to Tel Aviv on United Airlines. 
  • Current airport departure taxes, fuel surcharges, customs & security fees.
  • Superior first-class (4 star) hotel accommodations throughout (8 nights)
  • Breakfast and dinner daily, including one St. Peter’s fish lunch and a special farewell dinner.
  • Comprehensive daily sightseeing per itinerary by private deluxe motor coach with qualified driver and English-speaking, licensed guide/escort, who meets you upon arrival after clearing Israeli customs (as per itinerary) and stays with the group throughout until returning you to the airport for your flight to U.S.A.
  • Entrance fees to all sightseeing, including the Sea of Galilee boat ride, Masada and The Western Wall Tunnel.
  • All transfers and porterage (one suitcase per person).
  • All tipping to hotel and restaurant personnel, porters, drivers, and guides.
  • Wilcox World Travel and Tours flight bag and Holy Land journal.
NOT INCLUDED
  • Single room supplement $1,350
  • Insurance: Travel, baggage, trip cancellation, etc.
  • Beverages with meals and meals not specifically mentioned (lunches)
  • Passports
  • Personal Items and Immunizations
ACCOMMODATIONS
 
LOCATION
DATES
HOTEL
Tiberias Mar. 8-11, 2024 Caesar Hotel
Jerusalem Mar. 12-15, 2024 Dan Jerusalem Hotel




 
TOUR PACKAGES PER PERSON
TOUR PACKAGES PER PERSON PRICE
$5189

*Please read the General Terms & Conditions for applicable Deposit, Cancellation and Refund information.

GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
  • Air Transportation
  • Land Transportation and Transfers
  • Accommodations
  • Meals
  • Baggage
  • Service Charges and Taxes
  • Not Included
  • Insurance
  • Important Passport Information
  • VISA
  • Deposits and Payments
  • Guests with Disabilities
  • Participating Air Carriers
  • Responsibility
  • Cancellations and Refunds
  • NOTE
Travel Insurance
We strongly urge you to consider purchasing trip insurance.

This can protect you from unanticipated events while you are traveling, many with catastrophic financial effects. Most people cannot absorb this cost on their own, so why take a chance?
Wilcox acts as an agent for Allianz Travel Insurance and we will process the purchase of the insurance should you choose it. However, you are welcome to seek out other options that may be available. It is important to us that you are prepared and covered for any unforeseen circumstances that may arise.

As and agent for Allianz Travel Insurance we offer a special Group rate (applicable to all ages). It's important to note that for the exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions to be waived insurance  must be purchased prior to the balance due date. 
See below for cost details:

Double Occupancy: $403.00 Per person
Single Occupancy: $516.00 Per Person  

*Once purchased premium is non-refundable

Registration Form
You also have the option to submit your deposit and registration by mail. Simply click on the link below to download and print the registration form. Once completed mail to: 
 
Wilcox World Travel and Tours
International Group Tours Division
37 Maxwell Drive, Suite 2
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Day by Day Travel Itinerary
  • DAY 01 Thu . Mar . 07
    DEPART USA
    Today we depart for our overnight flight to Tel Aviv, Israel, with a connection in Newark
  • DAY 02 Fri . Mar . 08
    Arrive Tel Aviv - Caesarea Maritima

    Arrive in Tel Aviv and board a new, climate-controlled motor coach where our guide will greet us and give us an orientation of the land as we travel towards Caesarea Maritima, where we will visit the magnificent city with Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader ruins. Here we will elaborate on the story of the baptism of Cornelius, the first gentile convert into Christianity (Acts 10), and on the travels of Paul — those events that led Caesarea Maritima to become the springboard of Christianity to the West. We will then continue towards Tiberias where we will check in for the next 4 nights. Dinner included.  

  • DAY 03 Sat . Mar . 11
    Megiddo - Nazareth -Sea of Galilee
    After a buffet breakfast, we depart the hotel on route to Mount Carmel and consider the contest between the Prophet Elijah and the false prophets of Baal (I Kings 18), discussing the reasons why the Prophet chose that place for the contest, and the lessons we learn from the story. We then travel to Megiddo and explore the Tel that goes back in history to 4000 BC, looking at ruins from the times of King Solomon and King Ahab.  After a lunch break, we travel to Nazareth where we will climb Mount Precipice, the brow of the hill on which the city was built (Luke 4). There we will reflect on the rejection of Jesus by his family and friends in Nazareth. In addition to discussing Jesus’ boyhood, we will also consider the life and times of Deborah (Judges 4). We return to our hotel on the Sea of Galilee for dinner and overnight. 
  • DAY 04 Sun . Mar . 10
    Bethsaida - Mt. of beatitudes - Peter’s Primacy - Capernaum - Galilee Boat ride
    You will be encouraged each morning to rise for a private, early morning walk and a time of prayer on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day with a short trip to Bethsaida, the hometown of Peter, Andrew, and Philip. This is one of three cities that make up the Gospel Triangle and the location where Jesus spent two of His three years of public ministry. We then proceed to the Mount of Beatitudes and discuss the Sermon on the Mount, finishing the theme that was started earlier that day. During our lunch break you will have the opportunity to try St. Peter’s fish, commonly eaten by people in Jesus’ day. We will then visit Capernaum, Jesus’ Galilean ministry base. There we will see the house of Peter’s mother-in-law, in addition to other ruins of the village. We end our day with a visit to the ancient boat museum, containing a recently discovered 2000-year-old fishing boat. We will then sail on the Sea of Galilee on a replica of that boat. We return to our hotel for dinner and overnight. 
  • DAY 05 Mon . Mar . 11
    Peace Vista – Road to Damascus - Tel Dan – Caesarea Philippi – Hazor
    After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day with a breathtaking view of the Sea of Galilee from the Peace Vista lookout, where we will be able to see the entire lake. From this view we will consider why Jesus chose to begin delivering His message from there. We continue traveling to the northern boundary of Israel and begin with visiting Tel Dan, the northern extremity of Biblical Israel. We will visit the location of the altar where the golden calf was placed by King Jeroboam. There we will discuss the downfall and idolatry of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. We will move on to the Dan Stream, the largest tributary of the Jordan River and possibly the place where Psalm 42 was written (“As the dear pants for the water brook, so my soul pants for Thee...”). We will then continue to Caesarea Philippi, where we will visit the ruins of the pagan altars and consider the confession of Peter in Matthew 16 (“Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” You will be invited to lunch where you will have the option to try falafel, a typical Middle Eastern meal. We will drive further north to the border with Syria where we will consider the dramatic conversion and life-transformation of Saul of Tarsus: The Apostle Paul. We then travel to the baptismal site of Jesus on the Jordan River. You will be offered the opportunity to be baptized in the waters of the Jordan in an available location picked by your host and guide. We then spend the evening in our hotel on the Sea of Galilee. Dinner included.
  • DAY 06 Tue . Mar . 12
    Beth Shean – Jericho

    After a buffet breakfast, we leave the area of Galilee, following the Jordan Valley Road to Beth Shean, the capital of the Decapolis. There we will see the ruins of the Roman and Byzantine cities. We will also discuss the demise of King Saul and his sons, whose bodies were hanged on the walls of Beth Shean. We will then continue traveling south to the actual location where John the Baptist was baptizing on the Jordan River and offer opportunity to be baptized in the Jordan River. Jericho will be our next stop, where we will visit the Tel of Jericho with its ancient ruins, pointing out what possibly could be the foundations of the ramparts that Joshua and the Israelites brought down. After lunch, we then get ready to enter the Holy City of Jerusalem. Beginning with an orientation of the city and “a Genesis Welcome” from Mount Scopus, the overlook of the city.  We then check into our hotel, where we will stay for the remainder of our time in Jerusalem. Dinner included. We travel to Jerusalem for a welcome into the Holy City.  Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

  • DAY 07 Wed . Mar . 13
    Western Wall Tunnels – Temple Mt. – St. Anne and pool of Bethesda – Antonia Fortress – Israel Museum

    After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day entering the Old City and a visit to the Western Wall, a section of the Western retaining wall of the Temple Mount, and Judaism’s holiest site. We will ascend the Temple Mount, discussing its connection to both the Old and New Testaments. We will also discuss why it is considered the third holiest site in Islam. Leaving the Temple Mount, we will visit the Church of St. Anne’s, a perfectly intact Crusader church. It is a wonderful place to gather and sing a song (sometimes with fellow Christians from all over the world). There, we will also visit the pools of Bethesda where the healing at the pool took place (John 5). We will then walk the Via Dolorosa (The Way of Suffering), the actual path that Jesus walked from the Antonia Fortress to the crucifixion site. We will also visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jesus’ tomb. After lunch in the Old City, we travel to the Israel Museum where we will visit the Second Temple Period Model of Jerusalem, a 1:50 scaled model of the city from the year 66 AD. We will also visit the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are on exhibit, in addition to the archeological section where many artifacts are displayed we will play special attention to those items that relate to Bible history. We then return to our hotel. Dinner included. This evening we have a special treat, walking through underground tunnels to see the remnants of the Temple Mount of Jesus' day including hewn stones of over 400 tons!

  • DAY 08 Thu . Mar . 14
    Mt. of Olives – Southern Wall Excavations –Bethlehem

    After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day with an orientation over the holy city from the Mount of Olives, pointing out important locations within the Old City, connecting them with Biblical stories and prophecies about the return of Jesus. We will then walk down the Palm Sunday Procession road to the Garden of Gethsemane, where the passion of Jesus began. Each of us will be given some personal time in a private section of the Garden. We will then visit the Southern Wall excavations where ruins of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount are still visible. We will then gather at the teaching steps, the main entrance to the Temple where Rabbis met and taught their disciples. After lunch we then travel to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. We begin with a visit to the Shepherds fields where the angels appeared to the shepherds and announced the birth of Our Lord. These fields are also the setting of the Book of Ruth. We will then travel to the Church of the Nativity and view the actual place where Our Lord was born.  Time will then be given to shop for olive wood and other items. We return to our hotel. Dinner included.

  • DAY 09 Fri . Mar . 15
    Masada – Ein Gedi – Qumran – Jerusalem

    After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day visiting Masada, the fortress built by King Herod the Great and made famous by the Zealots in 73/74 AD with the standoff against the Romans. We visit the fortress and see the ruins that are considered a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. We then continue to Ein Gedi, the oasis in the desert where the meeting between David and King Saul took place (I Samuel 24) and where many of the psalms were written by David. After lunch, we visit Qumran, the location where the Dead Sea Scrolls where found by a Bedouin boy back in 1947. There we will see the caves and other buildings that the Essenes, the group of Jews who wrote the scrolls, lived. We drive back to Jerusalem passing by the Good Samaritan Inn on the way. We return to our hotel. Dinner included.

  • DAY 10 Sat . Mar . 16
    Hezekiah’s Tunnel – Caiaphas house –– Garden tomb

    After a buffet breakfast, we begin our day with a visit to the original location of the city of Jerusalem, going back in history 3000 years. We will also visit Hezekiah’s tunnel, a 1749 foot long tunnel that was dug by King Hezekiah as he prepared for the Assyrian King Sennacharib’s invasion in 701 BC. Those interested in walking the foot deep water tunnel will have the chance to do so. We will visit the Upper Room, the place of the Last Supper and also the home of the High Priest, Caiaphas. We will then visit the Jewish Quarter. After a self-hosted lunch, we will spend part of the afternoon exploring the Old City of Jerusalem. We end our day with a visit to the Garden Tomb, where we will worship together and celebrate communion. We return to our hotel for our last dinner provided.

  • DAY 11 Sun . Mar . 17
    Departure

    Travel to the airport. Return home with unforgettable memories, amazing new friends and a life-changing understanding of the Bible.

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