12 Day A Pilgrimage of Discovery to the Holy Land From Detroit, MI (DTW) June 17 - 28, 2024 with Mr. Patrick Winningham Valley Lutheran High School Teacher

Day 1: Departure from USA.

• Depart the USA for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.

Day 2: Arrival in Tel Aviv.

• Arrive at Ben Gurion airport.
• Meet your guide & driver, and transfer to Tiberias.
• Dinner & overnight at your hotel in Tel Aviv.

Day 3: Caesarea Maritima, Mount Carmel

• Mount Carmel.
• Megiddo
• Visit Caesarea Maritima,
• Dinner & overnight at your hotel in Tiberius.

Day 4: Caesarea Philippi, Sea of Galilee.

• Caesarea Philippi and Tel Dan
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish.
• The Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, St. Peter’s Primacy, Capernaum
• Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee
• Dinner & overnight at your hotel in Tiberius.

Day 5: Nazareth, Cana

• Nazareth, Basilica of the Annunciation,
• Nazareth Market
• Mount Tabor
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Tiberias

Day 6: Nablus

• Leave Galilee towards Burqeen and Nablus, visit Jacobs Well
• Sebastia lunch and tour.
• Mount Gerizim
• View Wadi Qelt view the Valley of Shadow of Death.
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem

Day 7: Masada, Dead Sea & Jericho

• Masada
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city, and view mount of Temptation. Baptism site (Jordan River).
• Lunch at Qumran overlook the Qumran caves.
• Floating in the Dead Sea.
• Optional dinner with local Christian families.
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 8: Bethlehem

• Worship with local Christian congregations
• Shepherd’s Fields, Church of the Nativity, Milk Grotto.
• Visit Lutheran Church/School Beit Sahour
• Visit the Walled-off hotel, walk by the Wall
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem.
• Day 9: Jerusalem
• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Walk the Palm Sunday Path, The Garden of Gethsemane, and the Church of All Nations.
• Mount Zion, Upper Room, St Peter Gallicantu.
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Jerusalem.

• Walk to the Temple Mount, view of the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque.
• St. Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda. Walk the Via Dolorosa. Holy Sepulcher.
• Free afternoon in Jerusalem or optional Hezekiah’s tunnels tour.
• Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Hebron

• Visit Ibrahim Mosque, Tombs of the Patriarchs.
• Lunch in the old city of Hebron
• Visit the Glass factory in Hebron.
• Free time in Bethlehem or an optional Herodium tour
• Farewell dinner at an oriental restaurant.
• Overnight at your hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 12: Departure

• Departure to the airport.

OPTIONAL JORDAN EXTENSION 3 Nights 4 Days
June 28 – July 01, 2024
Package Price: $890.00

Day 1: Crossing to Jordan, Wadi Rum,

• Check out, and depart the hotel for Allenby Bridge.
• Cross to Jordan.
• Drive to Wadi Rum.
• Dinner and overnight in Wadi Rum.

Day 2: Wadi Rum, Petra.

• Check out, and depart for Petra.
• Visit Petra.
• Drive to Amman.
• Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Day 3: Amman, Mount Nebo.

• Visit Mount Nebo.
• Visit Madaba.
• Visit the City of Amman.
• Dinner and overnight in Amman.

Day 4: Departure.

• check out, and depart the hotel for airport.