Sample Itinerary
[This is a sample program only.]
Friday, Sept 19
Opening Evening (Eucharist, reception, dinner)
Saturday, Sept 20
Jordan River (Reaffirmation of Baptism)
Monastery of the Temptation (Jericho)
Bedouin Lunch
Wadi Qelt Overlook
Sunday, Sept 21
Early Morning Visit to the Holy Sepulchre
Worship in Jerusalem
En Prat Nature Reserve
Mount of Olives Overview
Walk down Mount of Olives through the Kidron Valley to the pool of Siloam
Monday, Sept 22 (Overnight at Mitzpe Ramon)
Tel Beersheba / Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah
Ein Avdat National Park hike
Avdat National Park / Nabatean and Byzantine City
Sunset at Mitzpe Ramon
Tuesday, Sept 23
Brief walks in Ramon Crater (Makhtesh Ramon)
Beit Guvrin National Park
Return to Jerusalem
Wednesday, Sept 24
Qumran National Park
Masada National Park
Ein Gedi National Park
Thursday, Sept 25 (Overnight near the Sea of Galilee)
Landscapes of Samaria
Mt Gerizim National Park
Ein Harod / Old Testament site
Drive to the Sea of Galilee
Friday, Sept 26 (Overnight near the Sea of Galiee)
Tel Dan / Old Testament city and springs
Banias (Biblical Caesarea Philippi) / Banias Waterfall hike
Nimrod Fortress National Park
Drive through the Golan Heights
Saturday, Sept 27
Boat ride on the Galilee
Mt Arbel National Park
Gan HaShlosha (Swim opportunity)
Return to Jerusalem
Sunday, Sept 28
Morning worship in Jerusalem
Expressions of Urban Wilderness
Lunch at Aida Refugee Camp (Bethlehem)
Afternoon walk through Wadi Al Makhrou (Battir)
Monday, Sept 29
Monastery of John the Baptist in the Wilderness (Ein Kerem)
Avshalom/Soreq Cave (Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve)
Afternoon/Evening in Jaffa
Sunset over the Mediterranean
Return to Jerusalem
Tuesday, Sept 30
St George in Choziba
Closing Eucharist (Augustus Victoria Overlook)
Free Afternoon (Recommended: Hezekiah’s Tunnel)
Closing Sessions