Super Saver Budget Group Tour to Holy Land Israel

October Group Tour to Israel from South Africa

Much like our other Super Saver Budget Tours, our December Group Tour to Israel from South Africa covers all the sacred sites of Christianity throughout the country and the important places and milestones from Jesus’ life. This Israel tour incorporates tours of both modern Israel and prominent historical and biblical sites and brings your favourite biblical stories to life – creating a unique and unforgettable experience.

Christian fellowship is an important element that makes this tour an experience of a lifetime. Truly the ultimate Christians tour to Israel and the Holy Land from South Africa.

This tour is in high demand during the December 2020 holidays, so booking early is essential.

Super Budget Group Tour

You will be transformed and experience healing
in the Holy Land

Walk Where Jesus Walked

October 16-25, 2021

7 nights /  8 days

 This tour is highly in demand during the December 2020 holidays.

Deposit: R4,00 Due with registration
Final Payment: Due  July 30, 2021

Special Christian group tour package to Israel the Holy Land in October 2021. Truly  a spiritual tour to discover the cradle of Christianity as we “Walk Where  Jesus Christ and His Disciples Walked”. This Israel tour brings biblical stories to life and incorporates tour of modern Israel and prominent historical and biblical sites, offering a unique and unforgettable experience. This tour covers all the important places and milestones in Jesus life. All our group tours include Baptism in the Jordan River.

This tour covers all the sacred sites of Christianity (click on the links below for more information):
Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, Mt. Beatitudes, Baptismal Site at Jordan River, Caesaria Phillipi, Mount Carmel, Megiddo, Caesaria, Jaffa, Ein Karem, Bethlehem, Jericho, Mount of Temptation, Dead Sea, Qumran, Massada, Ein Gedi, Jerusalem, City of David, Siloam Tunnel, Temple Mount, Pools of Bethesda, Via Dolorosa, Ecce Homo Arch, Churh of Holy Sepulchre, Room of Last Supper, Garden Tomb, Gathsemane, Western Wall, Old City Walls, Israel Museum & Dead Sea Scrolls, Yad Vashem.

Our guides have years experience in Christianity history and sites. Christian fellowship is an important element that makes this tour an experience of a lifetime. Truly the ultimate experience Christians tour to Israel the Holy Land from South Africa.

Tour Features Include:

• Return group economy flights Ex-Johannesburg
• 3 nights in Tiberias
• 4 nights in Jerusalem
• Breakfast and dinner daily
• Boat ride on Sea of Galilee
• Touring with English speaking guide
• Air-conditioned bus and entrance fees to all sites
• Group Travel Insurance for person under 70 years

Day 1 – Saturday, October 16

Flight To Tel Aviv

Flight from ORT Int Airport, Johannesburg to Tel Aviv.

Day 2 – Sunday, October 17

Galilee: Caesarea / Mt. Carmel 

Arrive early in Tel Aviv airport. We first stop for refreshment (coffee & pastry) and visit Caesarea, once a proud Roman port city dating back to the time of Pontius Pilate. View the monumental Roman amphitheater built during the days of Christ. Continue to Mount Carmel, overlooking the Izrael Valley and the Kishon. The Canaanites worshipped the Baal and his consort Ishtar who were adopted by the Israelites. Here prophet Elijah challenged the priests of Baal to prove whose god was more powerful and when he won, the Israelites abandoned the Canaanite deities and the false prophets were slaughtered in the Kishon River seen below(1 Kings 18). View of the magnificent Bahahi Gardens and learn about this religious.

Dinner & overnight – Tiberias (B,D)

Day 3 – Monday, October 18

Galilee: Cana / Nazareth / Mount Prcipiece / Megido

Visit Cana, where Jesus performed is first miracle, turned water to wine. Continue to Nazareth where Jesus spent his childhood and visit the Church of Annunciation and Joseph’s workplace. Go up Mount Precipice just outside Nazareth, where tradition holds that an angry mob tried to push Jesus off the cliff (Luke 4:16-30). From this view point, view Mount Tabor and Gliad Mountains. We next visit

Megiddo

Megiddo (Armageddon), overlooking the fertile Izrael Valley. The bible tells about Joshua defeating the Canaanite king of Megiddo, a city which king Solomon built and the site where kings Ahaziah and Joshia killed here. For Christians, Armageddon is where forces of God will defeat the forces of Evil in the Final Battle at the End Day.

Dinner & overnight – Tiberias (B,D)

Day 4 – Tuesday, October 19

Galilee: Boat on Sea of Galilee / Capernaum / Tabgha / Peter’s Primacy / Caesarea Phillipi / Kibbutz / Baptism at Jordan River

Israel tour – Capernaum

Israel tour – Peter’s Primacy (Mensa Christie)

Israel tour – Sea of Galilee

Enjoy a Boat Ride across the Sea of Galilee where Jesus calmed the stormy sea and walked upon these waters. OPTIONAL visit to view an ancient boat from the times of Jesus found under the water.
Continue to Capernaum. The Gospel tells about Jesus leaving Nazareth to settle in Capernaum, which became “his own town” and became centre of his activities. From its community of fishermen he chose many of his disciples (Peter, Andrew, James, John and Matthew). Visit Tabgha, where Jesus’ miraculous feeding of the multitude took place. View the mosaic, representing fishes and a basket of loaves (Mk. 6:34, Luke 9:10).

Short Walk tot Peter’s Primacy. Here Jesus met again with the disciples for the “last breakfast” and restored Peter to himself after the disciple’s three denials by asking him three times if Peter loved Jesus. Drive through the Hula Valley to the sacred site of Caesarea Philippi at the base of Mt. Hermon and the sources of the Jordan River. Here Simon acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah, to which Jesus replied: “You are Peter ? and on this rock (Petra) I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. We travel down to Kibbutz for a tour to learn about this unique way of life and the settlements in modern Israel. Optional Baptism in the Jordan River.

Dinner & overnight – Tiberias (B,D)

Day 5 – Wednesday, October 20

Dead Sea: Jericho* / Masada / Float on Dead Sea

Massada

Dead Sea

Travel along the Jordan River past Jericho and view Mount of Temptation. Drive past Qumran caves where the Dead Sea scrolls where found. Continue past Ein Gedi National Park where David and his soldiers hid from King Saul. Ascend Masada by cable car. Our guide will take us on a fascinating tour of this mountain where 960 Jewish defenders organized the last resistance to the Roman conquerors. Enjoy a float in the salty waters of the Dead Sea. Ascend Judeah mountains and enter Jerusalem, the “Eternal City” of GOD.

Dinner & Overnight in Jerusalem (B,D)

Day 6 – Thursday, October 21

Jerusalem:   Mount of Olives / Dominus Flevit / Gathsemane / Bethlehem*

Gathsemane

Garden Tomb

Jerusalem Old City

Ascend Judah Mountains to Bethlehem to visit the Church of Nativity and Shephards Fields.
Drive-up Mount Of Olives. Here overlooking the Temple, Jesus taught his disciples and prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem. From here the entire city of Jerusalem unfolds before us. Walk to Dominus Flevit and continue along Palm Sunday road to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was taken captive.

Dinner & Overnight – Jerusalem (B,D)

Day 7 – Friday, October 22

Jerusalem:   Western Wall / Pools Of Bethesda / Lithostrotos / Via Dolorosa / Mount Zion / Room of Last Supper / Gallicantu / Garden Tomb – Golgatha

Bethlehem

Golgatha – some believe here Jesus was crucified

Today we tour the Old City. Visit the Western Wall. Continue to Pools of Bethesda, north of the temple mount. It is assumed that the pools were built at times Herod the Great for the Jewish inhabitants to purify themselves and here Jesus performed the miracle of healing an infirm man. We next visit Lithostrotos. Take a short walk along some of the stations of Via Dolorosa.

Go up Mount Zion where to visit the Room of Last Supper where Jesus shared Last Supper with the disciples. The next visit is to St Peter Gallicantu where the house of Caiaphas was where Peter denied Jesus. Then visit the Tomb of David. The last visit today is at Garden Tomb where we will hold a Communion Service. One of our past participants described it: “Visiting the Western Wall at the start of Shabbat was an amazing highlight…. Probably my most favorite of the whole trip. It is now a treasured memory and I would never leave that out of a tour”.

Dinner & Overnight – Jerusalem (B,D)

Day 8 – Saturday, October 23

Jerusalem:   Free Time in Old City

Free time in the Old City for shopping in the Bazaar …

Dinner & Overnight – Jerusalem (B,D)

Day 9 – Sunday, October 24

Israel Museum /  Ben Yehuda Bazaar / Emek Haelah / Jaffa / Tel Aviv / Flight home

Visit Israel Museum to view the Dead Sea scrolls and the Model of Jerusalem. Continue to Yad Vashem memorial for the Jews died in the Holocaust. Continue to Ein Karem home town of John the Baptist and where Jesus’ mother stopped to visit her cousin on the way to Bethlehem. Travel to Jaffa. Visit the old city and port. Optional fast food (own cost), before going to the airport for a flight home after midnight, arriving Johannesburg following morning (B)

 The ultimate Israel tours from South Africa in October 2021