12 Days Pilgrimage to the Holy Land from New Orleans, LA - Dec. 28, 2023 - Jan. 08, 2024 - Rev. Kennon Pickett

Day 1: Thursday, December 28, 2023  Departure from USA

• Depart for your overnight flights to the Holy Land.

 Day 2: Friday, December 29, 2023, Arrive in Tel Aviv, Transfer to Tiberius.

• Arrive in Tel Aviv.
• Meet your guide and transfer to Tiberius.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Tiberius.

 Day 3: Saturday, December 30, 2023, Nazareth, Cana.

• Visit Cana of Galilee.
• Visit Mar Elias institution, meet with Archbishop Elias Chacour
• Lunch in Nazareth
• Nazareth, visiting the Basilica of the Annunciation. St. Joseph’s Church, and Mary’s well.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Tiberius or Nazareth.

 Day 4: Sunday, December 31, 2023, Banias, Sea of Galilee.

• The Mount of Beatitudes for a time of prayer and reflection.
• Caesarea Philippi.
• Capernaum. St. Peter’s Primacy.
• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves.
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” and a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Tiberius or Nazareth.

Day 5: Monday, January 1, 2024, Mount Carmel, Coastal Plains.

• Magdala
• Mount Carmel, the site of Muhraka (“the Scorching”).
• Caesarea Maritime.
• Depart to Bethlehem via Coastal Plains.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 6: Tuesday, January 2, 2024, Bethlehem, Shepherd’s field. 

• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• The Church of the Nativity. St. Catherine church, Old city of Bethlehem.
• Visit the Israeli Museum, the model of Jerusalem, and the Shrine of the Book.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 7: Wednesday, January 3, 2024, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion.

• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Ascension Hill on the Mount of Olives.
• The Church of Pater Noster.
• The Church of Dominus Flevit.
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations.
• Mt. Zion and the Cenacle (Upper Room).
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 8: Thursday, January 4, 2024, Via Dolorosa, Holy Sepulcher

• Visit the Dome of the Rock & Al Aqsa Mosque
• The Western Wall.
• St. Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Visit the Garden Tomb. (Communion service)
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Friday, January 5, 2024, Hebron, Tent of Nations

• Visit Hebron, Old city, Cave of Machpelah, Tombs of Patriarchs, and Glass Factory.
• Lunch at Tent of Nations.
• Visit Tent of Nations
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

 Day 10: Saturday, January 6, 2024, Bethlehem, Jerusalem

• Orthodox Christmas Celebrations in Bethlehem
• Visit Refugee camp, Walled Off Hotel
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Sunday, January 7, 2024, Dead Sea

• Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Baptism site (Jordan River).
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city, and view the mount of Temptation.
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Bethlehem.

 Day 12: Monday, January 8, 2024  Departure

• Depart for the airport. 
• Or to Jordan via King Hussain Bridge

Day 1: 08 January 2023.                               

• Meet your guide at Allenby Bridge after visa formalities transfer to visit Madaba & Mt. Nebo, Lunch
• Drive to Petra.
• Dinner and overnight at Hotel in Amman.

Day 2: 09 January 2023.                          

• Full-day tour of Petra with lunch.
• Drive to wadi rum.
• Dinner and overnight at your Camp in Wadi rum.

Day 3: 10 January 2023.                          

• Enjoy a 4x4 Bedouin Jeep ride for 2 hrs, lunch.
• Transfer to Amman. Panoramic tour
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Amman

Day 4: 11 January 2023.                     

• Transfer to Queen Alia Airport for Dept.

Trip date:  Dec. 28, 2023 - Jan. 08, 2024
Departure City:  New Orleans, LA, (MSY)
Package Price:  $4390.00
The single supplement is $850.00 (Private room)

Optional Jordan Extension January 8 – 11, 2024: $890.00

The package price includes the following:

• Round-trip airline ticket
  
• Round trip bus transportation Church/Airport/Church
• Meet & Assist at Ben Gurion Airport upon arrival and departure.
• Three nights’ accommodation in Nazareth in double occupancy with breakfast and dinner.
• Six-night accommodation in Bethlehem in double occupancy with breakfast and dinner.
• Ten days sightseeing in a modern air-conditioned private bus.
  
• English-speaking government-licensed Christian guide on duty.
• Entrance fees to places of interest whilst on tour in the Holy Land.
• Special dinner at an oriental restaurant.
• Lunches daily
  
• Tips for Guide, Driver, and hotels.

The package price does not include the following: 

• Drinks at hotels and restaurants
  
• All Personal Expenses.
• Travel Insurance.

Note:

All prices are in US Dollars based on per person in a double room, Pax rooming alone is subject to a single supplement, and the maximum capacity of the bus is 50Pax.  All prices are VAT inclusive