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Program Itinerary
DAY 1
DEPARTURE
Sun. May 19, 2024
- Depart the USA.
Overnight: Flight
DAY 2
WELCOME TO TEL AVIV
Mon. May 20, 2024
- Arrive Ben Gurion international airport.
- Check into the hotel.
- Meet your tour educator who will accompany you on this journey of education and inspiration.
- Israel 101 – learn about the basics of Israel, its people, history, and geography, followed by an orientation to your trip with your tour educator over a welcome dinner.
Overnight: Tel-Aviv
Meals: Dinner
DAY 3
TEL AVIV: THE FIRST HEBREW CITY
Tue. May 21, 2024
- Stop at the Jaffa lookout for an introduction to Tel Aviv and to our journey in Israel, followed by a tour of the Old City of Jaffa.
- Walk along the newly-opened Independence Trail in Tel Aviv and embark on a remarkable journey that begins with the founding of Tel Aviv in 1909 and ends with the establishment of Israel in 1948.
- Continue to Nachalat Binyamin, Tel Aviv’s arts and crafts market before we move on to the Carmel Market.
- Experience the dynamism of Jewish life at the newly-opened ANU Museum of the Jewish People, dedicated to telling their story and representing their diversity, highlighting the creative works and cultural riches of a variety of communities in different periods of history until the present day.
- Evening at leisure in Tel Aviv.
Overnight: Tel Aviv
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 4
CULTURE & CREATIVITY ON THE ROAD NORTH
Wed. May 22, 2024
- Join Professor Reuven Hazan of the Political Science Department at Hebrew University for an introduction into Israel's turbulent political scene.
- Check out of the hotel and depart Tel Aviv.
- Guided visit to the ancient city of Caesarea, with its beautifully restored harbor and amphitheater.
- Stop at the Ancient Roman Aqueduct, located on the pristine beaches of Caesarea.
- Continue to Akko and visit the restored Crusaders’ Fortress, the el-Jazzar Mosque, one of Israel’s largest and most important mosques, and the Templar Tunnel, the underground passageway that stretches from the fortress to Akko’s port.
- Check into the hotel and enjoy dinner.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 5
ADVENTURES IN THE NORTH
Thu. May 23, 2024
- Spend time in Tsfat, where you will:
- Meet with David Friedman, a Tsfat artist inspired by Kabbalah.
- Visit the Ari Synagogue.
- Walk through the Artists’ Colony.
- Stop at Tel Faher, an abandoned Syrian outpost where Israeli soldiers fought during the Six Day War.
- We'll gaze across the Golan and into Syria from the top of Mount Bental and gain powerful insights into Israel's geopolitical and security situation.
- Return to the hotel and enjoy dinner.
Overnight: Upper Galilee
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 6
ALL ROADS LEAD TO JERUSALEM
Fri. May 24, 2024
- Check out of the hotel.
- Visit Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
- Continue to Nazareth and visit its colorful market and the Church of Annunciation.
- Drive to Jerusalem. Stop at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem for a traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing of thanksgiving.
- Check into the hotel.
- Shabbat services at Ezrat Israel, the pluralistic section of the Kotel (Western Wall).
- Shabbat dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Jerusalem
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 7
SHABBAT IN JERUSALEM
Sat. May 25, 2024
- Morning Parasha study with Rabbi Herman.
- Tour Jerusalem’s Old City and the Jewish Quarter.
- Among the highlights will be:
- The Cardo, the main street of Roman-controlled Jerusalem and its Byzantine-era columns.
- Hurva Square, the center of modern-day life in the Jewish Quarter.
- Visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Havdalah overlooking the Old City.
- Watch the Night Spectacular at the Tower of David Museum, a cinematic celebration of sight and sound depicting the story of Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusaelm
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 8
DEAD SEA BASIN
Sun. May 26, 2024
- Take the cable car to the top of Masada.
- Float on the Dead Sea and enjoy a buffet lunch at the hotel.
- Drive by Qumran, where the Dead Sea Sect established a community and the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
- Return to Jerusalem.
Overnight: Jerusaelm
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
DAY 9
MEMORY & RENEWAL
Mon. May 27, 2024
- Visit Yad Vashem, the national memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
- Plant trees at the Jerusalem Bird Observatory and enjoy free time at the New Jerusalem Deer Valley Park.
- Tour the Jewish agency building and meet activists working for the Liberal Zionist cause.
- Visit the neighborhood of Mea She’arim for a window into the world of Ultra-Orthodox Jewry.
Overnight: Jerusaelm
Meals: Breakfast
DAY 10
HEAVENLY & EARTHLY JERUSALEM
Tue. May 28, 2024
- Visit Pantry Packers, where you will pack food for Israel’s poorest families.
- Experience the sights, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Mahane Yehuda open-air market.
- Explore the Israel Museum, housing more than 5,000 years of cultural treasures.
- Late check out of the hotel.
- Farewell dinner.
- Group transfer to Ben Gurion International Airport and check in for your flight.
Overnight: Flight
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 11
HOME AGAIN
Wed. May 29, 2024
- Return to the USA.
RATES & LODGING
participants
20+
Cost p/p in double room
$5,340
Cost p/p in single room
$7,230
Tel Aviv: Dan Tel Aviv Hotel
- Nights: 2
- Room Category: Executive Sea View
- Hotel Website
Upper Galilee: Pastoral Kfar Blum Hotel
- Nights: 2
- Room Category: Classic
- Hotel Website
Jerusalem: The Inbal
- Nights: 4 + Late Check Out
- Room Category: Deluxe New City
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 8 nights' accommodations. Late check out on the day of departure is included.
- 9 days of touring with a tour educator (guide), in a luxury, air-conditioned bus.
- Daily breakfast, 1 lunch & 5 dinners.
- Water on the bus.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- The J² adventures App available on the App Store & on Google Play (active 7 days before your departure and throughout your trip).
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Israel.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- Gratuities: Recommend guidelines for tipping are provided in the terms section.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- Value Added Tax is currently not applicable to tourists visiting Israel. Should the law change, you will be notified accordingly, and VAT will be added to your final invoice.
- Peace of Mind Travel Protection Program (POM).
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
- How to Make a Reservation | The quickest way to make a reservation is to register online or contact us by email. We accept VISA, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards. A non-refundable deposit is required in order to complete the registration process.
- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
- Payments | The balance of your payment is due 90 days before your trip begins, or as specified in your invoice. You will receive an email reminder 2 weeks before this date. Various payment options are available as follows:
- Credit card | We accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Please check with your credit card provider regarding international processing fees. We are unable to process payments of over $1,000 over the phone. Please submit payment online via a credit card or by wiring funds via your bank.
- Domestic bank wire transfer | Payment should be wired in the same currency that is listed on your invoice. Please add the name of your group or invoice number as a reference and forward a copy of the transfer receipt by email. The bank transfer should clearly state the beneficiary’s name on the wire transfer.
- J² Adventures reserves the right to automatically cancel your reservation on that date and it may be subject to reconfirmation should the final payment not be received.
- Cancelation Policy | All cancelations need to be made in writing. The cancelation fee depends on the date when we receive written notification of your request to cancel your booking. Please note that the deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 90 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 89 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
- Cancelation fees may also include: Hotel or supplier cancelation fees. J² Adventures reserves the right to adjust its terms of payment, including cancelation policies and initial deposits.
- Protect your investment for $495 p/p: Should you cancel your trip up to 5 days before your departure for any reason, our POM program offers you a trip refund. Call 888-230-6008 or e-mail: [email protected].
- Please click here to view our full terms (T&C’s). These T&C’s apply to all reservations created within J2 Adventures.
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