Sample Itinerary
Day 1 / Sunday / Depart for Israel
- Meet at gateway airport in North America
(New York or Los Angeles)
- Depart for Israel and spend night above the clouds
Day 2 / Monday / Along the Coast
- Shalom & welcome Israel
- Meet Israeli staff and begin travel northwards along coast
- Program introductions at Kfar Kedem: Ride camels
Bake pita bread, and press olives the traditional way
- Arrive to the Galilee & check-in to accommodations
- Group dinner at the hotel
- Evening: Relaxation time and ice breakers at hotel
- Overnight: Kibbutz Guest House Hotel in the Galilee
Day 3 / Tuesday / History atop the Galilee
- Breakfast at hotel
- Explore the mystical ancient city of Tzfat
- Experience traditional lunch in the Druze Village of Pekiin
- Relaxed rafting & tubing on the upper Jordan River
- Dinner along the shores of the Sea of Galilee in Tiberias
- Evening: Leisure Night- shopping in Tiberias (optional tour of graves of famous Jewish leaders)
-Overnight: Kibbutz Guest House Hotel in the Galilee
Day 4 / Wednesday / Journeys on the Golan Heights
- Breakfast at hotel
- Travel eastwards and ascend the Golan Heights
- View of the region from the heights of Mt. Ben Tal
- Break for group lunch en route
- Hike down the lush Jilaboun Canyon on the Golan
- Evening: Tasting & tour at the Golan Heights Winery
- Return to hotel for dinner as a group
- Overnight: Kibbutz Guest House Hotel in the Galilee
Day 5 / Thursday / Along the Jordan Valley
- Breakfast at hotel
- Tour of Tzippori archeological park
- Nature walk in the foothills of Jerusalem along the Burma Road
- Ascend to Jerusalem
- Haas Promenade - Panoramic intro to Jerusalem
- Evening of culture in Jerusalem
- Dinner & night out on the town in Jerusalem
- Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel
Day 6 / Friday / Exploring Ancient Jerusalem
- Breakfast at hotel
- Ascend the outer Rampart Walls of the Old City
- Walk through King Hezekiah's water tunnel in David's City
- Tour of the Old City's legendary Jewish Quarter
- Group lunch in the Old City of Jerusalem
- Time for reflection at the Kotel (the Western Wall)
- Visit to the Davidson Center archeological park
- Explore Mahane Yehuda marketplace at Jerusalem
prepares for Shabbat
- Return to hotel to prepare for Shabbat experience in Jerusalem
- Enjoy an inclusive Shabbat program & festive Friday night meal
- Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel
Day 7 / Saturday / Shabbat in Jerusalem
- Breakfast at hotel
- Optional visit to local synagogues in Jerusalem
- Shabbat lunch at the hotel
- Walking tour of Jerusalem neighborhoods
- Relaxed afternoon back at the hotel
- Seminar: Current trends in Israeli Politics & Peace
- Havdallah / Begin "Part 2" of the experience
- Go 2000 years underground on the Kotel Tunnel Tour
- Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel
Day 8 / Sunday / Remembrance & Redemption
- Breakfast at hotel
- Visit to Yad Vashem's Holocaust Memorial
- Tour of Har Herzl National Memorial
- Group lunch in Jerusalem
- Tree planting ceremony in the Jerusalem foothills
- Mifgash discussion with Israeli peers
- Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel
Day 9 / Monday / Adventures in the Judean Desert
- Breakfast at hotel
- Descend from Jerusalem into the Judean Desert
- Sunrise ascent to Masada via the Snake Path
- Nature walk to the desert waterfalls at Ein Gedi Reserve
- Relaxation & floating along the beaches of the Dead Sea (both mixed and seperate gender swimming available)
- Lunch at the Dead Sea
- Travel westwards to the Negev Desert
- Visit to the desert outpost at Sde Boker
- Camel tour & traditional Bedouin hafla dinner feast
- Overnight: Under the stars in a Bedouin tent
Day 10 / Tuesday / The Pulse of Israel in Tel Aviv
- Breakfast at the Bedouin Tent
- Crawl through the archeological caves of Hirbet Midras
- Head for Tel Aviv, Israel's cultural & financial capital
- Lunch along Tel Aviv's trendy Shenkin Street
- Visit to Israel's Independence Hall and Rabin Square
- Explore Nahalat Binyamin craft market and street festival
- Walking tour of historic Jaffa on the Mediterranean shores
- Return to Jerusalem / final visit to Kotel
- Wrap-up session & closing dinner in the Old City
- Overnight: Jerusalem Hotel
Day 11 / Wednesday / Saying Goodbye
- Breakfast at hotel
- Return to airport for mid-morning departure
- Arrive in North America in early afternoon
