Holy Land Tours for Individuals |
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- Have you always dreamed of visiting the Holy Land?
- Walking where Jesus walked and sailing on the Sea of Galilee?
- Seeing the wilderness where Jesus was tempted and visiting Calvary?
Kenes Christian Tours is offering you an opportunity to join a Holy Land tour any week of the year. Just choose a convenient date and sign up.
The tours are small and you’ll get personal attention. You can choose between two hotel options and enjoy special group rates.
Buy your own airfare and combine a trip to the Holy Land with a visit to Europe, Egypt or Jordan. It’s easy to plan your own vacation.
Here are some of the highlights of “In the Footsteps of Our Lord:”
- Visit Caesarea by the Mediterranean Sea where Peter baptized Cornelius, the Roman centurion, and Paul appeared before King Agrippas
- Explore the well-preserved water system of Megiddo, overlooking Armageddon
- Sail on the Sea of Galilee and see the ruins of Capernaum’s ancient synagogue
- Visit the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount
- Walk through the streets of Nazareth, where Jesus spent his childhood years
- Start your Jerusalem tour from the Mount of Olives with a panoramic view of the Temple Mount
- Walk along the Via Dolorosa where Jesus carried His Cross
- Stroll through Jerusalem’s colorful Old City bazaars
- Ascend Massada for a tour of Herod’s fortress, the last stronghold of the Jews after the Second Temple was destroyed
Experience all these sites with fellow Christians at a date of your convenience.
Rent a Driver-Guide
You can tour the Holy Land with an experienced guide who will drive his deluxe, air-conditioned minivan or sedan at your own pace with the company of your own family and friends.
We have 4-seaters, 7-seaters and 10-seaters.
At Kenes Christian Tours we help you design and customize your private tour.
Contact Kenes Christian Tours to reserve your private driver-guide touring.
Jordan Extension Tours
Kenes Christian Tours has excellent partners in Jordan and we operate a one-day tour to Petra from Eilat on a daily basis.
From Jerusalem or Tel Aviv we operate a three-day tour to Jordan which includes highlights such as Jerash, Amman, Medeba, Mount Nebo and Petra.
Kenes Christian Tours will arrange your visa and assist with other border procedures.
For reservations contact Kenes Christian Tours
"In the Footsteps of Our Lord"
Weekly 7 nights GUARANTEED GUIDED TOUR of the Holy Land
Sunday
Enroute
Welcome to Israel!
Upon arrival into Ben Gurion International Airport, you are met and assisted by our airport representative and brought to your guide.
Proceed to your hotel in Tel Aviv for dinner and overnight.
 Caesarea |
 Acre |
Monday
Caesarea | Megiddo | Haifa | Acre
Following a delicious Israeli buffet breakfast (which you will enjoy each morning prior to departing for your day of touring), depart Tel Aviv.
Drive north along the coastal plain to Caesarea (Acts 9.30 Acts 10 24-48), capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the excavations of this ancient city, the Roman theatre and aqueduct.
Continue to Megiddo (1 Kings 4.28, 9,15, 2 Kings 23,29 & Revel. 16.16), identified as the site of Armageddon. Visit the archaeological excavations at Megiddo, including the well-preserved water supply system.
Drive to the beautiful port city of Haifa, nestled on the Mediterranean Sea. Visit the world famous Persian Gardens at the Bahai Temple.
From Haifa, drive to Acre (Micah 1.10), capital of the Crusaders for more than a century. Visit the ancient city and harbour before continuing eastwards across the plains of the Galilee to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.
 Caesarea Philipi, Golan |
 Capernaum |
Tuesday
Tiberias | Capernaum | Banias
After a short tour of Tiberias, capital of the Galilee, we take a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum (Matt. 4.13 13.54, 17.24, Luke 7, Mark 1.2,
John 4.46-54). Visit the remains of the 2nd century synagogue.
Proceed to Tabgha (Matt. 13, Mark .33-45, & John 21), the site of the
miracle of the loaves and fishes, and visit the Church of Multiplication with its 4th century mosaic floor.
Continue to the Mount of the Beatitudes (Matt. 5,6,7,8), where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
Drive to the Banias Spring and Waterfall (Matt. 16.13 and Mark 8.27),
where Jesus was recognized as The Messiah by His Disciples.
Tour the Golan Heights, with its valleys, grazing land and snow capped mountains.
Return to Tiberias for dinner and overnight.
 Church of the Annunciation Nazareth |
 Beit Shean |
Wednesday
Nazareth | Beit Shean
Begin the day with a drive to Nazareth (Luke 1.26, 4.16-29, Matthew 2.23)
via Cana of Galilee (John 2.1-11).
In Nazareth, we shall visit the Church of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Workshop and Mary’s Well.
We drive to Beit Shean, one of the ancient Decapolis cities (Mark 5.20, 7.31), and visit the Roman theatre. This is the city where Saul and his son
Jonathan were nailed to the walls (1st Samuel 31.10). Judges 1.27 also mentions Beit Shean.
Continue south along the shores of the River Jordan.
Passing Jericho, we proceed westward and climb to the Golden City of Jerusalem.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
 Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
 Temple Mount, Jerusalem |
Thursday
Jerusalem: Old City
Today we visit the Old City of Jerusalem.
Our appreciation of this Golden City begins with a panoramic view from the Mount of Olives, overlooking the walls of the Old City and the ancient Jewish cemetery.
Enter the Old City to begin exploring the wonders of Jerusalem.
Visit the Church of All Nations.
Proceed to Mount Zion to see the tomb of King David and the nearby
Room of the Last Supper (Mark 14.13, Luke 22. 10-38, Matt 26 17-29,
Acts 1.13 and Acts 2 The Pentecost).
Walk through the Cardo, the main street of Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
View the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.
Walk along the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus carried His Cross.
Continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Matt. 27. 33-57, 28.10).
No visit to Jerusalem is complete without a walk through the colourful Arab bazaar (a chance to test your negotiating skills).
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
 Church of the Dormition, Jerusalem |
Friday
Jerusalem: New City | Bethlehem
Today’s program is dedicated to the new city of Jerusalem.
Visit the model of ancient Jerusalem at the Holyland Hotel.
Continue to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Enter the site by walking along the Street of the Righteous Gentiles, dedicated to the non-Jews that risked their lives in order to save their Jewish neighbors.
Continue to Ein Karem, birthplace of John the Baptist (Luke 1.39-80). This Spanish style church and Mary’s well is where Mother Mary met her cousin Elizabeth.
Proceed to Bethlehem* to visit the Church of the Nativity.
Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
 Dead Sea mud treatment |
 Massada |
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 Dead Sea |
Saturday
Dead Sea | Massada
Drive through the Judean Desert to Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 by a Bedouin boy.
Visit the ancient city of Qumran and drive along the shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, to Massada, the last stronghold of the Jews after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 A.D.
Ascend Massada by cable car and visit the food storeroom, water irrigation system and Herod’s Palace.
Return to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
Sunday
Enroute
Transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport for your flight back home.
NOTE: *Visit subject to availablity
Hotels during tour
| IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR LORD | 4-Star Hotels | 5-Stars 1 Hotels | Nights |
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| Tel Aviv | *Grand Beach | Crown Plaza | 2 |
| Galilee | Kibbutz Hotel Lavi - Lev Wing | Kibbutz Hotel Lavi - Hod Wing | 2 |
| Jerusalem | Grand Court | Crown Plaza | 4 |
*At Grand Beach, Tel Aviv - renovated rooms only!
Net rates per person in US$.
Valid: March 1, 2008 – February 28, 2009.
Tour will not operate on the following arrival dates:
- April 13
- April 20
- October 5, 12, 19
All August arrivals will be based on first night stay in Jerusale instead of Tel Aviv
| IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR LORD | 4-Star Hotels |
Superior First Class |
|---|---|---|
| Per person in double room, including breakfast and dinner | $996 | $1196 |
| Single room supplement | $436 | $546 |
Included services in our tour rates:
- Private transfer from Ben Gurion Airport to Hotel in Tel Aviv and from Hotel in Jerusalem to Airport.
- Meeting point on arrival at the Steimatzky book store at the Main Arrival Hall at the Ben Gurion Airport
- 6 full day touring with all entrance fees as per above itinerary.
- 7 nights’ accommodation on Half Board Basis (buffet breakfast and dinner in hotels).
Not included:
- Tips.
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