10N/11D Holy Land

We assemble at Mumbai International Airport (3 hours prior to the Departure) after completing the immigration process at Mumbai we depart to Amman. On Arrival into Amman after completing the Immigration process.We transfer to Mount Nebo where Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the Lord showed him the whole land…. Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendents.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.” And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day on one knows where his grave is. Deuteronomy 34:1-6, and then transfer to Nazareth, and stay overnight.

Breakfast in the hotel, on proceed to visit Mount Tabor; Church of the Transfiguration through the Jezreel Valley. The Transfiguration of Jesus is an episode in the New Testament in which Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain Peter, James, John, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah were on the mount of transfiguration, after the visit we transfer to enjoy a Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee up till Ginosar, then on proceed to Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount and then visit Tabgha, Church of the Multiplication of Fish and Loaves and St. Peter Primacy “In John 21, Jesus appears to his disciples for the third time after his resurrection” after these visits we continue to Capernaum where Jesus lived and healed the sick preaching in the synagogue and performing miracles and visit house of St. Peter and then we visit to the Jordan River where Jesus was baptized in the river by John the Baptist back to hotel and stay overnight.

Breakfast in the hotel and check out; visit Nazareth where Jesus spent his boyhood and lived with Joseph and Mary visit the Annunciation Church “the announcement of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary of the approaching virgin birth” visit the St. Joseph the Carpenter and we proceed to Cana Church where Jesus did his first Miracle ‘the transformation of water into wine and we visit the The Synagogue of Nazareth where Jesus Preached Uncovered.

Later visit Mount Precipice also known as Mount of Precipitation then on head to Haifa city to see the Bahai’ Gardens and Mount Carmel to enjoy a panoramic view over the Bay, then on to visit Stella Maris Church on top, and the Elijah Cave Continue to Bethlehem and then to hotel and stay overnight.

After breakfast in the hotel then on proceed to the Mount of Olives, enjoy a majestic panoramic view over Jerusalem from on top of the mountain. Visit the Chapel of the Ascension (Jerusalem), believed to mark the place where Jesus ascended into heaven. Visit Pater Noster Church, stands on the traditional site of Christ teaching of the lords priers. Visit the Dominus Flevit Church through the Palm Sunday Hosanna Path (Matthew & Luke). Jesus Christ was on his way to Jerusalem, knowing full well that this trip would end in his sacrificial death for the sin of humanity. He sent two disciples ahead to the village of Bethphage, about a mile away from the city at the foot of the Mount of Olives Dominus Flevit Church where Jesus wept over Jerusalem shortly before the destruction of the second temple, continue to visit The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest after he has been betrayed by Judas and then we visit Tomb of Mary and back to hotel, stay overnight.

After breakfast we proceed to visit Mount Zion, visit St Peter in Gallicantu which commemoration of Peter’s triple rejection of Jesus “… before the cock crows thrice.Visit King David’s Tomb and the Upper room , commemorates the “upper room” in which Jesus shared the Last Supper with the disciples and to visit Church of the Dormition (Dormition Abbey Monastery) and then proceed to enter the Solomon’s Temple, Old City of Jerusalem from Dung Gate, onto the Area of the Mosque Al Aqsa and Dome of the Rock built on Mount Moriah (Temple Mount).

Visit the Walling Wall and then through St Stephens Gate visit St Anne Church and the Pool of Bethesda , believed to be the site where Jesus healed a paralytic. Church of the Flagellation, Via Dolorosa walk the traditional Way of the Cross the Fourteen Stations, Pontius Pilot’s Judgment Hall – Jerusalem, and visit the Holy Sepulcher Church (The Tomb) that stands on a site that encompasses both Golgotha or Calvary, where Jesus was crucified and buried. In the afternoon drive to EinKarem, visit St John the Baptist Church (the birth place of St John) and Church of Visitation, In Luke 1, the pregnant Mary visited her pregnant cousin Elizabeth and stayed for three months upon Mary’s arrival, the unborn John the Baptist recognized the unborn Jesus and “leaped with joy” in Elizabeth’s womb after this visit we proceed to Abu Ghosh where Jesus appeared after the Resurrection . They imagined an old caravansary they found by the village spring as the destination of the disciples as they walked along the road “about seven miles from Jerusalem”. back to hotel and stay overnight.

After the breakfast we visit Bethlehem the Nativity Church (Gospels of Matthew and Luke.), marks the traditional Place of Jesus Christ’s birth followed by the visit to Milk Grotto – In Bethlehem the sacred area around the Nativity Grotto (The “Milk Grotto”) over which today a small Chapel rise, is frequently visited by Christians to ask for the intercession of Mary. A tradition going back to the VII century located at this site the burial place of the innocent victims killed by Herod the Great after the birth of Jesus. In 2007 has been completed the restoration of the Cave, which has cleaned up the walls and returned to the original light. and then to the Shepherds’ Fields , and then we proceed to Jericho, visit the Sycamore Tree (Zacharias the tax collector climbed the tree to view Jesus) and view of the Mount of Temptation , where Jesus was tempted by the devil after the visit we drive through the old city of Jericho . Then spend the rest of the day in the Dead Sea the lowest spot on earth, a unique experience on the dead sea floating the Metal Salty Water after spending some time we drive back to hotel stay overnight.

After breakfast transfer to Eilat enroute visit to Bethany, was the home of Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead and his sisters Mary and Martha.
Jesus often stayed in their home and the Qumran and view the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered and then we to Taba, after the border clearance, we enter Egypt (Taba) and by evening check-into hotel and evening at leisure and enjoy the vicinity of the Red, stay overnight.

After breakfast day at Leisure and enjoy ate the beaches at Read sea, Taba, stay overnight at Taba.

After breakfast we proceed to Mt Sinai to visit St Catherine Monastery (Mt. Sinai is the mountain where God appeared to Moses in a Burning Bush and told him to go to Egypt and set his people free. Then, GOD handed the TEN Commandments to Moses on top of Mt. Sinai),to Cairo via Enthralling Sinai Desert viewing underground Tunnel of the famous Suez Canal and then to Cairo, hotel and stay overnight.

After breakfast visit the Great Pyramids, Sphnix, Papyrus factory and then proceed to visit the Old Cairo The Hanging Church El Muallaqa, Dedicated to the MOTHER MARY – The Hanging Church is also referred to as the Suspended Church or Al-Moallaqa. It is called the Hanging Church because it was built on the southern gate of the Roman Fortress. Logs of palm trees and layers of stones were constructed above the ruins of the Roman fortress to be used as a fundament. The Hanging Church is a unique church and has a wooden roof in the shape of Noah’s ark. From the 7th century to the 13th century, the Hanging Church served as the residence of the Coptic Patriarch.
Al-Moallaqa has witnessed important elections and religious ceremonies and according to the traditions of the Coptic Church, ‘the alter’ mentioned is that of the Church of Virgin Mary in Al-Muharraq Monastery, a site where the Holy Family settled for a period of more than six months; and the altar-stone was the ‘bed’ upon which the Infant Savior lay. Al Muharraq Monastery is located, literally, “in the midst of the land of Egypt” standing at its exact geographical centre and the to visit to the Egyptian Museum followed by the City Tour of Cairo and evening the Nile Cruise with dinner, back to hotel stay overnight.

After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport – afternoon flight from Cairo to Mumbai (transit-stopover).