"The Holy Land in 10 Days" with High Seas Ministries

Wailing Wall

Summary

October 22 - November 1, 2021

Optional Jordan Extension: November 1-5, 2021

Leaders: Pam and Keith Harrison
Founders of High Seas Ministries

Israeli Guide: Barak Berkovich

Host: Israel & Global Travel (IGT)

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

DAY 1: Depart for Israel!

DAY 2: Arrive Israel - Optional Activities

DAY 3: Welcome dinner, tour community meeting, and evening prayer

DAY 4: Tel Dan National Park and Abraham’s Gate (15^th c. BC); Mount Bental overlook

DAY 5: Church of the Annunciation (Nazareth), Cana Wedding Chapel and renewal of wedding vows (optional), Magdala archaeological dig

DAY 6: Sail and worship on the Sea of Galilee; a visit to the “Jesus Boat” and the Church of Multiplication (Tabgha); worship at the site of the Sermon on the Mount; time at Peter’s home and the synagogue where Jesus taught (Capernaum); site of Jesus’ sending demons into pigs (Kursi-Gadarenes)

DAY 7: Site of Saul’s defeat by the Philistines and New Testament Decapolis; Tel Jericho, a UNESCO-nominated archaeological site and site of Joshua’s battle; Mount of Temptation; baptism (optional) in Jordan River at most authentic site for Jesus’ baptism in Israel; Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found; swimming in the Dead Sea (optional)

DAY 8: Cable car ride to Masada, fortress constructed by Herod atop a rock plateau; Church of Nativity and Shepherd's Field; shopping for olivewood gifts and jewelry benefiting the local Christian community

DAY 9: Stand where Jesus stood on the Southern Steps; pray at the Western Wall, part of the Temple mount remaining from the time of Jesus; visit the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed the paralyzed man; stop at Dominus Flevit on the Palm Sunday Road, where Jesus wept over Jerusalem; visit the Church of All Nations and pray in the Garden of Gethsemane

DAY 10: Traditional Stations of the Cross through Old City streets; quiet Garden Tomb and Golgotha outside the city walls; Communion at the Garden Tomb.

DAY 11: The Upper Room, where the Church began; Street of the Righteous at Yad Vashem commemorating the work of the Church; Simon the Tanner’s home in Jaffa

Optional Jordan Extension !

DAY 12: Ancient city of Jerash, a City of the Decapolis and one of the world’s largest and most well-preserved sites of Roman architecture; Amman, capital and largest city of Jordan where the country’s ancient and modern history meet

DAY 13: Madaba, the “City of Mosaics” and an ancient stop on the King’s Highway; Mt. Nebo, where Moses died after looking out at the Promised Land

DAY 14: Petra, the “Rose City”, including the winding canyon passage known as the Siq, the Treasury, the theater, tombs, and temples; lunch (included) at the base of the Siq; a night at a Bedouin camp in the Wadi Rum desert

DAY 15: Morning in the Wadi Rum desert before returning home

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