DAY ONE: DEPARTURE FROM NAIROBI TO EGYPT
Report to JKIA. Check-in at the JKIA and immigration formalities follows. Board your flight to depart for Cairo.
Arrival in the land of plenty and the land of refuge – where
• Abraham took refuge when there was drought in Canaan (Genesis 12:10),
• Joseph prospered after being sold by his brothers (Genesis 37:12),
• The people of Israel were enslaved for 400 yrs.
• Moses was born (Exodus 2:1) and
• The Lord Jesus Christ took refuge from the threat of King Herod (Mathew 2:13).
At Cairo International airport you will be welcomed and assisted through immigration and customs by our representative, then escorted to your hotel. Check-in, freshen up and proceed for the day’s sites.
– THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
– THE SPHINX
Overnight: Cairo
Meal plan: Lunch on tour/ Dinner
DAY TWO: EGYPT
After breakfast you will check out of the hotel and transfer to Taba. Sites seen on the way:
– THE SUEZ CANAL
– THE SPRINGS OF MOSES
– THE WILDERNESS OF SIN
– REPHDIM
You will continue to Sinai. Check into the hotel and then you can proceed to take leisure.
Overnight: Sinai
Meal plan: Breakfast/ Lunch on tour/ Dinner
DAY THREE: EGYPT
At 0200hrs, start the climb of Mountain of St. Catherine.
You will later return to hotel for rest and breakfast. You will checkout and visit sites in St. Catherine which is the place where Moses climbed up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments.
In the same area, there is the famous Greek Orthodox Monastery which is built around the burning bush and the well where Moses met his wife Zebura (daughter of Jethro, the priest of Median).
Overnight: Sinai
Meal plan: Breakfast / Lunch on tour/ Dinner
DAY FOUR: EGYPT /ISRAEL
You will have breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to Egypt/Israel border and cross over to Eilat to enter Israel.
Cross through the border- check in with immigration.
Welcome to ISRAEL…Land of the Bible….Land of the faith…. the Holy Land, revered throughout recorded history as the cradle of monotheistic religion. For a person of faith whose beliefs are rooted in the Bible there is no place on earth like the Holy Land –Israel
You will be welcomed and assisted by our guide in Israel. You shall proceed for the days sites:
– DEAD SEA
– JERICHO
– THE MOUNT OF TEMPTATION
– QUARANTAL – THE HOLY GROTTO OF THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
– SYCAMORE TREE
– ELISHAS SPRINGS
– BETHANY
– HOUSE OF MARY, MARTHA ANDLAZARUS
– LAZARUS TOMB
Transfer to Bethlehem
Overnight: Bethlehem
Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner
DAY FIVE: ISRAEL
Breakfast will be served at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites
– MOUNT OF OLIVES
– DOME OF THE ASCENSION
– PATER NOSTER
– DOMINUS FLEVIT CHURCH
– GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
– DORMITION ABBEY
– CENACLE
– KING DAVIDS TOMB
– ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU
– CHURCH OF NATIVITY
– THE SHEPHERDS FIELDS
Overnight: Bethlehem
Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner
DAY SIX: ISRAEL
Breakfast will be served at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites.
– BETHESDA POOLS
– CHAPEL OF FLAGELLATION
– CHAPEL OF CONDEMNATION
– VIA DOLOROSA – WAY OF THE CROSS
– GOLGOTHA
– THE HOLY SEPULCHER
– WAILING WALL
– HEBRON
– EIN KAREM
– CHURCH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Overnight: Bethlehem
Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner
DAY SEVEN: ISRAEL
Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out of the hotel. Proceed for the days sites
– JAFFA
– ST PETERS CHURCH
– MT CARMEL
– ELIJAH’S CAVE
– BAHAI GARDENS—VIEW ONLY
– MT TABOR
– CANA
– NAZARETH
– MT PRECIPICE
– BASILICA OF ANNUNCIATION
– JOSEPH’S WORKSHOP
- Overnight: Nazareth
- Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner
DAY EIGHT: ISRAEL
Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed for the days sites
– KIBBUTZ
– MOUNT OF BEATITUDES
– CAPERNAUM
– TABGHA
– PRIMACY OF PETER
– MENSA CRISTI
– GALILEE BOAT RIDE
– YARDENIT(RIVER JORDAN)
Overnight: Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch on tour/Dinner
DAY NINE: ISRAEL/EGYPT
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of the hotel. Proceed for the airport for your flight to Cairo, Arrive Cairo and proceed for visits:
– THE HANGING CHURCH (AL MUALLAQA)
– CHURCH OF ST SERGIUS (ABU SERGA)
– CHURCH OF ST MERCURIUS (ABU SEFEIN)
Transfer to the airport for final departure
Meal plan: Breakfast/Lunch
DAY TEN: CAIRO – NAIROBI
Arrival at JKIA the be transferred to the church.
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