Specific itineraries will vary, based on the ages of the participants, season, interests, mobility, religious orientation, level of accommodations, etc. The possibilities are endless!
Two days / one overnight
Sample itineraries
Southern Circuit 201
Jerusalem / Photo by Dan Freeman on Unsplash
Day One:
- Jerusalem
- Tel Beer Sheba
- Camel ride
- Lunch in a Bedouin tent
- Overnight in a Dead Sea hotel or guest house
Day Two:
- Early morning visit to Masada
- Float in the Dead Sea
- Nature walk in Ein Gedi
- End in Jerusalem
Northern Circuit 201
Caesarea / Photo by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash
Day One:
- Jerusalem
- Jericho Bypass
- Qasr el-Yehud
- Jordan River Crossing
- Travel up Jordan River Valley
- Bet Shean Antiquities OR Hamat-Tiberias ancient synagogue experience
- Tiberias
- Overnight near Sea of Galilee
Day Two:
- Kangaroo Park
- Bet Shearim caves
- Carmel Mountain lookout
- Caesarea
- Return to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem
Three days / two overnights
Sample itineraries
Southern Circuit 302
Ein Gedi / Photo by Robert Bye on Unsplash
Day One:
- Jerusalem
- Tel Beer Sheba
- Negev Brigade Memorial Lookout over Makhtesh Gadol (the Large Crater)
- Ein Avdat nature hike walk
- Bedouin Tent: dinner and overnight (option of staying inside guest house)
Day Two:
- Camel Ride
- Dead Sea dip and spa option
- Overnight in a Dead Sea hotel or guest house
Day Three:
- Early morning visit to Masada
- Nature walk in Ein Gedi
- Qumran (where Dead Sea Scrolls were found)
- End in Jerusalem
Northern Circuit 302
Bet Shean / Photo by Briana Tozour on Unsplash
Day One:
- Jerusalem
- Jericho Bypass
- Qasr el-Yehud
- Jordan River Crossing
- Travel up Jordan River Valley
- Bet Shean Antiquities OR Hamat-Tiberias ancient synagogue experience
- Tiberias
- Overnight near Sea of Galilee
Day Two:
- Zfat (Safed)
- Golan Heights including lookout into Syria
- Overnight near Sea of Galilee
Day Three:
- Kangaroo Park
- Bet Shearim caves
- Carmel Mountain lookout
- Caesarea
- Return to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem
Tours and tour packages made just for you
Short Walking Tours
Join with other English-speakers in eye-opening tours at prearranged times and places, mostly in and around Jerusalem.
Half-Day Tours
Thematic tours of Jerusalem (Old City Walls and Gates; Divided Jerusalem 1948-67); Herodion; The City of David, including Hezekiah’s Tunnel; The Temple Mount and the Davidson Center archaeological park; Highlights of the Israel Museum; “The Palm Sunday Path”; Where David slew Goliath: Tel Azeka and HaEla Valley.
Full Day Tours
Jerusalem Old City; Jerusalem New City; Tel Aviv: from Old Jaffa through Neve Tzedek; Ancient Caesarea and the delightful Zichron Yaakov; the caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin; Key sites on the ascent to Jerusalem from 1948 – including Latrun and the new museum at Sha’ar Hagai; Masada and the Dead Sea; Western Negev…
Overnight Excursions
The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and environs; the Western Galilee (Acco, Haifa, and so on); the Dead Sea area; hiking in the northern Negev… or an extended trip of seven, 10 or 12 days – or more, touching on the multi-layered history and beauty of the country.