Trip Dates: April 30 - May 9, 2024 with optional 4 day, 3 night to Petra, Jordan.
Holy Land Tour Hosts: Larrie Fraley, Mark Moore, and Ashley Wooldridge
What is the Cost?
Base Price per person: $4,995.00 (double occupancy, this includes group airfare)
*Petra, 4 day, 3 night add on excursion at the end of the trip: $1000.00 (details below) Dates: May 9th - May 12th
Group Air Fare Definition: flights/layovers are predetermined- departing and arriving from Phoenix Sky Harbor airport only- there is not an option to upgrade or choose seats. We will do our very best to sit you next to your spouse/family/friends but this is not guaranteed.
GROUP AIR FARE SUPPLEMENT: If you would like to travel outside of our group airfare and book your own travel itinerary, you will receive a credit of $1600.00 per person. You must inform us as soon as possible if you are not joining the group travel and a credit will be applied to your account. Please note that if you book your own airfare you will not be included in transfers to and from hotels from the airport. You will be responsible to book and pay for your own transportation upon arrival into Ben Gurion Airport to Herzliya and departure from Jerusalem back to Ben Gurion Airport.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: (Have a room by yourself): Add $1320.00 - if you are traveling alone and would like to avoid the single supplement charge you can request a roommate and will be paired with someone. You can make this selection in the registration process.
CCV highly recommends the purchase of cancellation travel insurance for this trip. Travel insurance must be purchased within 14 days of registering for this trip if you have pre-existing medical conditions. If you would like to purchase travel cancellation insurance please contact Dean McWilliams, 602-620-1037 or deanmcw@cox.net
Deposit of $1250.00 per person is due upon registration ($100 non refundable)
1st installment due November 1, 2022: $1,250.00 per person
2nd installment due January 1, 2023: $1,250.00 per person
Final payment: $1,245.00 per person due prior to March 1, 2023.
If you choose to not participate in group airfare you must confirm your travel with us by January 15, 2024.
Accommodations, 4 and 5 star Hotels:
Herzeliya (1 nights) Herods Herzeliya
Tiberias (3 nights) Caesar Hotel
Dead Sea (2 night) Herods Dead Sea
Jerusalem (3 nights) Cassia Hotel
Included in price:
- 4 and 5 star hotels
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner while in Israel
- Transportation by deluxe air-conditioned motor coach with WiFi (no bathrooms)
- All guiding and entrance fees as per itineraries
- Gratuities for guides, bus drivers, and hotel porters
- Headsets for easy listening to guide
- Bottled water on buses
- Christian drivers and guides
- Tour Booklets with map
- Transfers
- Emergency International Medical Insurance
Not included in price:
- Personal expenses (laundry, Telephone, etc.)
- Cancellation Travel Insurance, this policy must be purchased within 14 days of your deposit for the trip for pre-existing medical conditions
- Cost of passport (required)
- Airline Luggage charges if applicable
- Transfer to and from airport in Israel if you are purchasing your own flights. ($60 p/p average)
Who can go?
This trip is designed for adults, but children in high school are welcome. Please contact HeidiFigg@ccv.church for questions about your children traveling on this trip.
This trip requires long, active days. Most activities will include walking approximately 3-5 miles per day. We would recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes or sneakers each day. Most walks will be light to moderate strenuous level and there will be breaks throughout the day as you travel to and from sites. Please keep in mind that walks will include steps, hills, and uneven terrain. Some sites could be difficult to fully experience and may have to be missed due to certain situations. A good indicator of your ability to comfortably maneuver the day to day tour is to hike prayer hill on the CCV Peoria campus 3 times in a row. Please assess your own physical health and limitations to discern if you're going to be healthy on this trip.
We will be spending eight days in-country traveling throughout the Holy Land of Israel. Our days will be flexible as our professional guides will be in contact with our planned location stops to maximize our trip. We will do our very best to see all our planned ancient sites; however, please apply grace if some unforeseen condition arises that will prevent us from seeing a particular site. We will be traveling in deluxe air-conditioned motor coaches with WiFi and staying in 4 and 5 star hotels. We expect to see all the following sites:
- Church of Annunciation - The church and site that celebrates the news from Gabriel that Mary would give birth to Jesus (Luke 1).
- Armageddon Battlefield (probably Hebrew: “Hill of Megiddo”) - In the New Testament, place where the kings of the earth under demonic leadership will wage war on the forces of God at the end of history. Armageddon is mentioned in the Bible only once, in the Revelation to John or the Apocalypse of St. John (16:16).
- Mt. Carmel where Elijah issued his challenge of the False Prophets (1 Kings 18:16-24).
- Caesarea by the Sea (Acts 9:30 Acts 10:24-48) - The center for early Christians and today an impressive archaeological site. Built by King Herod, this is where Paul made his defense before Festus before his final journey to Rome (Acts 25-26).
- Caesarea Philippi - It was here that Herod the Great built the Temple of Augustus (Augusteum) in 19 B.C. to honor his Caesar. The temple sat in front of the cave that was believed to be the gateway to the underworld and where the Greek god Pan lived.
- Mount of Beatitudes (Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7, Matthew 8) - Where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, see the famous Church of the Beatitudes chapel constructed between 1936 and 1938.
- Magdala - The home town of Mary Magdalene (Mathew 15:39).
- Jordan River baptismal site - There are actually two sites which are regarded by many to be the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan.
- Ein Gedi - where David hid in a cave while running from Saul (1 Samuel 23), it was here that David composed several of his Psalms.
- Church of the Holy Sepulcher (Matthew 27, Matthew 33:57, Matthew 28:10) - where you'll find the last Station 14 of the cross and where pilgrims celebrate and mark the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
- Capernaum (Matthew 4:13, Matthew 13:54, Matthew 17:24, Luke 7, Mark 1:2, John 4:46, John 4:54) - where it is believed to have been Jesus' home and the center of his ministry. Here we can stand in what is left of the synagogue in which Jesus ministered and where he preformed many miracles. It is in Capernaum where Peter’s mother-in-law lived and was healed (Luke 4:38-40).
- Sea of Galilee Boat ride - where the Lord calmed the storm (Luke 8:22-25) and where the dramatic miracle walking on water (Mark 6:47-52) took place.
- Dead Sea - where you’ll have an opportunity to swim and float on the Dead Sea. It's the lowest place on earth.
- Holocaust Museum - This was a decade in the making to take Holocaust remembrance well into the 21st century.
- Beth She’an (Mark 5:20, Mark 7:31) - View the archaeological site where after defeating Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, the Philistines hanged their bodies on the walls of Beth Shean (2 Samuel 21:12-14).
- Model City. This is a model of the city of Jerusalem right before the destruction of the city and the Temple in 70 A.D. This large scale model lets you see the relationships of the sites.
- Via Dolorosa - where we'll walk the Stations of the Cross including the Judgment Hall of Pilate (John 18:33).
- Masada famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. We will ascend to Masada by cable car and discover the first century Synagogue, King Herod’s Bath house and other sites atop Masada.
- Tiberias - today the capital of Galilee was established around 20 BC by the Romans, and named after the second emperor of the Roman Empire, Tiberius. Tradition holds that the city is built on the site of the biblical city of Rakkath (Joshua 19:35).
- Rabbinical Tunnel (Western Wall Tunnel) - You will see stones, models and actual structures which provide clues as to how the Second Temple was constructed. In addition, these artifacts help explain the history of this area through the eyes of all the great empires that once ruled Jerusalem.
- Pool of Bethesda was a pool in Jerusalem known from the New Testament story of Jesus' miraculously healing of a paralyzed man from the fifth chapter of the Gospel of John, where it is described as being near the Sheep Gate.
- Wailing Wall - The holiest site in Judaism and one of the original walls that retained the Temple.
- Garden of Gethsemane - The place that Jesus prays (Luke 22:39) and his disciples customarily visited, which allowed Judas to find him on that fateful night of his arrest (Luke 22:47-52). Itt's in Gethsemane where an angel from heaven appears to strengthen Jesus (Luke 22:43) and where he found his disciples sleeping and awakes them and tells them to get up and pray (Luke 22:46). You will see 2,000 year old Olive trees that date back to the time of Christ.
- Bethlehem - where Joseph traveled with Mary who was pregnant (Luke 2:1-7), where Jesus was born (Matthew 2:1-5), and where lies the Church of Nativity
- Mt. of Olives where the Lord ascended into heaven (Acts 1).
- Garden Tomb - celebrate the resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15, Luke 24:6-7, Mark 16:5-7) with a time for prayer.
- Caiaphas House - The House of Caiaphas or The Palace of Caiaphas is the place where the High Priest of Israel resided, and it was here that Jesus was tried informally by the Sanhedrin.
- Temple Mount known in Hebrew as Har Habayit is traditionally said to be the site where Abraham demonstrated his devotion to God by taking his son Isaac to be sacrificed
PETRA: 4 day, 3 night add on experience- May 9 - May 12th (total trip dates- April 30th - May 12th)
Additional Cost: $1000.00 per person, double occupation. Single Supplement: Add $275.00
Accommodations:
Petra: Petra Moon
Amman: Amman International
Rate Includes:
- 4 and 5 star hotels
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner while in Jordan
- Transportation by deluxe air-conditioned motor coach with WiFi (no bathrooms)
- All guiding and entrance fees as per itineraries
- Gratuities for guides, bus drivers, and hotel porters
- Headsets for easy listening to guide
- Bottled water on buses
- Christian drivers and guides
- Tour Booklets with map
- Transfers
- Emergency International Medical Insurance
Day by Day Itinerary:
Day 10 – THU (09MAY): Allenby Bridge – Medaba – Nebo – Petra
We drive to Allenby Bridge, crossing the border into Jordan. Start the tour in the “The City of Mosaics,” Madaba (entrance included). While in this city, you will visit St. George’s Church which is home to a true treasure of Christianity. This Church houses the oldest map of the Holy Land which includes Israel, Palestine, and Southern Egypt. Later, you will visit Mt. Nebo (entrance included), the most revered holy sites of Jordan. This mountain was mentioned in Deuteronomy 34, “Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah…” While here, you will tour the Holy site of where Moses died and was buried. Drive to Petra, dinner and overnight.
Day 11 – FRI (10 MAY): Petra – Wadi Rum – Petra
Following breakfast, this morning, experience a tour into the breathtaking “rose-red” city of Petra which begins at the “Siq,” a winding canyon road (Entrance Included). At the end of the passage, you’ll see Petra’s most beautiful monument – the Treasury – carved out of solid rock from the side of the mountain. Beyond the Treasury, you’ll discover soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a theatre, burial chambers, and water channels. Next, we drive to Wadi Rum for Check in, Jeep tour Safari for 2 hours (Included). Dinner at the Bedouin tent with the show. Back to the tel in Petra. Dinner and overnight at Petra.
Day 12 – SAT (11MAY): Petra – Amman
After breakfast, start your day with a visit to Little Petra. Drive to Amman for dinner and overnight.
Day 13 – SUN (12MAY): Flight back home
Flight home from Amman, Jordan.
Passports
You will need a valid passport booklet for travel. Passport cannot expire before October 15, 2024. If you need to apply for a passport for the first time or to renew your current passport, please visit travel.state.gov for applications and processes. If you want to register without your passport in hand, please write "WILL PROVIDE LATER" in the passport field to allow progress. It is highly encouraged if you do not have a passport or need to renew that you submit your application as soon as possible. Please note you must have your passport in had 45 days prior to travel.
Are there any shots required?
No vaccines are required for entry into Israel however you can review the CDC guidelines for recommended vaccines for travel into Israel: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/israel
Questions please contact:
Heidi Figg at: HeidiFigg@ccv.church
Please review for deposits cancellation and refund policy. 2023 Terms and Conditions.pdf