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9 Day Private Israel Tour

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$3,447
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Israel Tours

Participants on the Best of Israel Tour have told us that this trip is the perfect choice for a first-time traveler or repeat visitor seeking a comprehensive tour of Israel. One participant wrote: “I wanted to thank all of you for making my Israel tour a phenomenal experience. I can't think of single thing I would have done differently. The tour educator was great, the trip was coordinated without a hitch, and I was provided with knowledge, spirituality and cultural immersion. It was a perfect blend!”

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Tour Highlights

  • The Jezzar Pasha Mosque in Acre
  • Special tour to the Western Wall Tunnels and the City of David
  • The new Davidson Center in Jerusalem
  • The refurbished Yad Vashem complex in Jerusalem
  • Visit Masada and swim in the Dead Sea (optional with additional cost)
  • Rafting on the Jordan River (seasonal)
  • Jeep tour on the Golan Heights
  • Explore Caesarea National Park

 

Trip Includes


  • 7 nights accommodation in selected hotels
  • 1 night Tel Aviv
  • 2 nights Galilee
  • 1 night Haifa
  • 3 nights Jerusalem
  • Breakfast daily and 5 dinners
  • Sightseeing per itinerary in a modern air-conditioned motor coach with panoramic windows, reclining seats and footrests
  • Services of a friendly and professional English-speaking Expedition Educator throughout the trip
  • Entrance fees per itinerary
  • All hotel and airport portage and tipping included

DAY ONE: Sunday
DEPARTURE

  • Leave the U.S.

Overnight: Flight


DAY TWO: Monday
ARRIVAL IN ISRAEL

  • Land in Israel. Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities at Ben Gurion International Airport.
  • Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv, known as the ‘city that never sleeps.'
  • Check into your hotel.
  • Pick up from your hotel for orientation and dinner in Tel Aviv with your tour educator.
  • Visit the Jaffa Overlook for an introduction to Tel Aviv at one of its important, historical reference points.
  • Enjoy a Middle-Eastern style dinner with a Yemenite touch at Maganda, serving a varied selection of salads and grilled meats, located in Tel Aviv's Yemenite Quarter.

Overnight: Tel Aviv


DAY THREE: Tuesday
ALONG THE COAST

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out and departure.
  • Begin the day with an introduction and special visit to Independence Hall, site of David Ben Gurion's monumental proclamation of the State of Israel in December 1948.
  • Stroll down Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv's Bauhaus architecture district that is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site and led to Tel Aviv's other name, the ‘White City'.
  • Visit the Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian mall, with its restored buildings and sidewalk artists, and continue onto the colorful Carmel Market and then to Sheinkin, a trendy Tel Aviv shopping street.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Depart Tel Aviv.
  • Guided visit to Caesarea, one of ancient Israel's most important cities during the Roman Period. Visit the Herodian Theater and new excavations along the Mediterranean shore, concluding with a visit to the 900-year-old Crusader city built on the same site.
  • Walk through the 2,000 year old underground water tunnels at Park Alona, which once brought water to Caesarea (weather permitting, water shoes recommended) or  visit to Zichron Ya'acov, one of the first communities established by the early Zionist pioneers, including Wine tasting.  
  • Dinner at the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kibbutz guesthouse, Upper Galilee


DAY FOUR: Wednesday
NATURE AND SECURITY

  • Breakfast at your kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Walk through the Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and near the biblical settlement of the tribe of Dan.
  • Take a jeep tour climbing into the Golan Heights, following in the footsteps of IDF soldiers and their battles in the Six Day War, Enjoy the beautiful, natural scenery and gain insight into the strategic complexity of the Golan, followed by a tour of the Golan Heights.
  • Cross the Golan Plateau to the border with Syria and observe the abandoned city of Kuneitra and the United Nations outpost located nearby.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Enjoy rafting or kayaking on the Jordan River (weather permitting, water shoes recommended) or visit the Hula Nature Reserve and the Ophoria Interactive Experience, connecting birds, water and the Zionist endeavor.
  • Return to your kibbutz for dinner at the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kibbutz guesthouse, Upper Galilee


DAY FIVE: Thursday
THE GALILEE AND THE CARMEL

  • Breakfast at your kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Check out and departure.
  • Explore Safed, ancient and modern center of Jewish mysticism, and the city's contemporary artists' colony, including guided visits to: The Ari, Caro or Abuhav synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages, followed by a shopping stroll through the quaint artists' colony and galleries.
  • Drive north to Rosh Hanikra, a collection of rock grottoes at the very northern tip of Israel. Rosh Hanikra was created when the strong Mediterranean waters carved subterranean tunnels out of the soft limestone rock, creating beautiful caves and formations.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Visit Acre (Akko), a UNESCO Heritage Site with history ranging from the Crusader period into modern times.
  • Tour includes guided visits to the newly renovated Crusader city, Jezzar Pasha Mosque, one of the most important mosques of Israel's Muslim community, and the Ottoman Fortifications around the city.
  • Continue to Haifa.
  • Check into your hotel.
  • Dinner on your own.

Overnight: Haifa


DAY SIX: Friday
THE LAYERS OF JERUSALEM

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out and departure.
  • Stand on top of Mount Carmel for a scenic overlook of the Haifa Bay and Bahai Gardens and Shrine, one of the holiest sites of the Bahai religion.
  • Drive to Jerusalem via the Trans-Israel Highway for a close up view of the ‘Security Barrier' along the seam line between Israel and the Palestinian territories.
  • Upon entering Jerusalem stop to recite the ‘shehechiyanu' blessing, traditionally recited upon entering Jerusalem, followed by an introduction to the city.
  • Guided visit through the Old City of Jerusalem, travelling through 3,000 years of Jewish life.
  • Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda market, with lunch on your own.
  • Check into your hotel.
  • Optional Kabbalat Shabbat services at local synagogues in Jerusalem, on your own.
  • Festive Shabbat Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY SEVEN:  Saturday
SHABBAT IN JERUSALEM (NO GUIDE)
 

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Optional Shabbat services.
  • Optional Day visit to Masada and the Dead Sea, with lunch on own (optional with additional cost).
  • Afternoon at leisure.
  • Enjoy dinner on your own in Jerusalem, at a choice of a wide array of restaurants.

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY EIGHT: Sunday
HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY JERUSALEM

  • Early breakfast at your hotel.
  • Guided visit through the newly renovated Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, including the new Historical Museum, the Children's Memorial, and a memorial service.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Return to the Old City and experience the special energy at the Western Wall (the Kotel), followed by a visit to the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall alongside the Temple Mount.
  • Guided visit through the City of David's new excavations, which have redefined the origins of Jerusalem and wade through the 2,600-year-old Hezekiah's Water Tunnel in the Kidron Valley (depending on weather conditions. Water shoes recommended).
  • Return to the hotel.
  • Enjoy dinner at Olive & Fish, a meat and fish restaurant, located across from the Liberty Bell Gardens.

Overnight: Jerusalem


DAY NINE: Monday
RETURN TO THE U.S.

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Check out and departure.
  • Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your flight to the U.S. (arrival on the same day).

Need to Know

  • Tour prices are per person in U.S. dollars. All hotel accommodations, motor coach transportation, special dinners, sightseeing, admissions, luggage handling and the services of local guides, drivers, and the Expedition Educator are included.
  • Please note that an $800 per person supplement applies for parties of less than four when travelling on the 9 Day program.
  • Hotel Accommodations: The tour price includes all hotel accommodations, in hotel rooms with private baths. Our standard is to provide the best available hotels while considering value. Although the level of the accommodations may differ slightly from hotel to hotel, we are committed to your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most hotels. Triples are two-bed rooms with a rollaway cot where available and are not recommended when considering the comfort of those in the room. King-size beds are not available in most hotels; what is considered king-size usually consists of two single beds pushed together and made up separately, but with one headboard. Some two-bed rooms may have two twin - not full- or queen-size - beds.
  • Meals are included as specified in the itinerary.
  • Expedition Educator: All trips are conducted by our Expedition Educators or local guides who remain with the group throughout the tour.
  • Gratuities Included: All gratuities for restaurant and hotel staff.
  • Luggage Responsibility: All tour packages allow one piece of luggage per person and one carry-on bag. Excess luggage will be subject to charge of up to $100 per piece. The Travel Agent and/or Tour Operator shall not be held responsible for any damage to or loss of luggage/personal items. All damage/loss must be reported at time of incident and documented in writing by local authorities for submission to your insurance company.


Not Included


  • Airfare to the tour departure point and from the tour ending point is not included. Airfare may be purchased from us for travel originating in the United States. Please see Flights tab in the right-side toolbar.
  • Personal Expenses: All personal expenses such as: laundry, valet service, cables, telephone calls and postage are not included.
  • Guide and Driver Gratuities:
    • 4 seater - $70  (i.e. 2 pax) - per day
    • 7 seater - $90 (i.e. 3-5 pax) - per day
    • 10 seater - $110 (i.e. 5-7 pax) - per day
    • 10-19 passengers: Guide $10, driver $5 - per participant per day
    • 20 passengers and more: Guide $8, driver $4 - per participant per day 


       

Additional Information


  • Airline Security Measures: In the U.S., you must provide identification in the form of a passport at the time of airport check-in for travel to international destinations. Your passport name must match the name on your tour reservation and airline ticket or you may be denied boarding.
  • If you are traveling from an airport outside the jurisdiction of the U.S, you will need to determine what travel documentation and identification is required for that particular airport.
  • Due to heightened security regulations, certain items such as a metal nail file, pocketknife, cigarette lighter or tweezers, and some liquid, gel, or aerosol items may not be permitted in your carry-on luggage. Please call your airline prior to departure to obtain current information on non-permissible carry-on items and recommended airport check-in times. You may also wish to visit the Transportation Security Administration website at www.tsa.gov to obtain more information on acceptable identity documentation and prohibited luggage items.
  • Holidays and Museum Closures - Museum visits and personal shopping time may be disrupted due to unforeseen circumstances or the many religious, state and local holidays locally observed in the destinations being visited.
  • Photography During Tours: We will occasionally use photographs taken by fellow guests or your trip director for promotional purposes. If you prefer that your photo not be used in any marketing activities, please notify us at the start of your tour.
 
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