Jeff & Kay Lucas tour of Israel and Jordan with Leon & Allison Evans 26th October-3rd November 2022

Tour Code: GC156 Country: Israel & Jordan Leader: Jeff And Kay Lucas with Leon And Allison Evans Departure Date: 26^th October 2022 Number of nights: 8

Jeff and Kay Lucas are excited to lead a very special tour of Israel and Jordan. Jeff is an international author, speaker and broadcaster. His passion is to equip the Church with biblical, practical bible teaching, marked by vulnerability and humour. Jeff and his wife Kay have now led a number of highly successful tours to the Holy Land and I would encourage you to join him in October. Please view the video below for a taster and have a read of the full day to day itinerary which outlines all the places you will visit and everything that is included in the tour cost.

Joining Jeff and Kay are Leon & Allison Evans, leaders of Lifecentral Church in Halesowen.

Israel here we comeRead MoreRead Less

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Depart London to Tel Aviv. Meet our local Israeli tour guide and coach driver. Transfer to the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv in time for evening dinner.

Jaffa, Caesarea and GalileeRead MoreRead Less

Thursday 27th October 2022

We begin the day with Israeli buffet style breakfast. Our first visit will be Jaffa, this is the oldest part of Tel Aviv, most well-known for the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter.

Onto Caesarea Maritime (home of Pontius Pilate). We continue North towards the Sea of Galilee, on route we stop off at Meggido (Armageddon) in the Bible. We will arrive for evening dinner & overnight at Kibbutz Hagoshrim, upper Galilee.

Sites around the LakeRead MoreRead Less

Friday 28th October 2022

Following breakfast, we begin at the Mt of Beatitudes, next a visit to Tabgha (Feeding of 5000 site) before we visit the town of Magdala (home of Mary Magdalene), we then enjoy the calmness of the Sea of Galilee with a Boat ride across to Capernaum where we view the ruins of the great ancient synagogue.

We return to our hotel once more in time for evening dinner & overnight at Hagoshrim

We depart for JordanRead MoreRead Less

Saturday 29th October 2022

Following breakfast, we take a very early transfer to the Sheik Hussein border crossing to arrive for 9am (approx.) We cross into Jordan and are met by our Jordanian guide and coach driver. Our first stop will be the ancient ruins of the city of Jerash.

Onto Madaba to view the famous mosaic (St. George Church & Mosaic Map) before we ascend Mount Nebo where Moses viewed the promised land. We transfer in time for dinner & overnight at the Petra Moon hotel in Petra.

PetraRead MoreRead Less

Sunday 30th October 2022

After breakfast we are in store for the highlight of Jordan. We spend a whole day touring Petra, shown around by a local Bedouin guide who resides in the city.

Petra is a famous archaeological site in Jordan’s southwestern desert. Dating to around 300 B.C., it was the capital of the Nabatean Kingdom. Accessed via a narrow canyon called Al Siq, it contains tombs and temples carved into pink sandstone cliffs, earning its nickname, the “Rose City.” Perhaps its most famous structure is 45m-high Al Khazneh, a temple with an ornate, Greek-style facade, and known as “The Treasury”. We transfer for dinner and overnight at the Petra Moon Hotel.

Wadi Rum and the Negev desertRead MoreRead Less

Monday 31st October 2022

After breakfast we make our final stop in Jordan at Wadi Rum. Lawrence of Arabia famously named it “Rum the Magnificent”.

Wadi Rum is a protected desert wilderness in southern Jordan. It features dramatic sandstone mountains like the many-domed Jebel Um Ishrin, and natural arches such as Burdah Rock Bridge. Many prehistoric inscriptions and carvings line rocky caverns and steep chasms, such as Khazali Canyon. The natural watering hole of Lawrence’s Spring is named after British soldier Lawrence of Arabia, who allegedly washed there. Here we will embark on a short Jeep Safari ride in one of local Bedouin Trucks. We cross back into Israel via the Arava border crossing in Eilat and make the journey (approx. 3 hours) to the David hotel at the Dead Sea in time for dinner and overnight, on route we will view King Solomon’s mines as you drive by through the Negev desert.

Ein Gedi and Dead Sea areaRead MoreRead Less

Tuesday 1st November 2022

After breakfast, we begin the day with a float in the Dead Sea using the David Hotel beach. We visit Ein Gedi which is literally known as “spring of the kid” an oasis and a nature reserve in Israel, located west of the Dead Sea.

Next, we stop at the Qsar El Yahud baptismal site where we will conduct baptisms as required before travelling North to Jerusalem stopping in the evening at the Western Wall before check in and evening dinner at our hotel, the Leonardo Plaza.

PLEASE NOTE: WE SUGGEST YOU BRING A TOWEL WITH YOU FOR THE DEAD SEA DAY!

You can hire towels on site for around 10 Shekels, payable locally.

The Old City of JerusalemRead MoreRead Less

Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Following breakfast, we begin at the Mount of Olives Next, the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed and slept with his disciples the night before his crucifixion. We enter the Old City via St Stephen’s Gate (Also known as the Lion Gate), Pool of Bethesda, the Via Dolarosa (The Way of Sorrows). We continue to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. A walk through the Suk (Bazaar) will bring you to the Cardo the main street from the time of Jesus.

Next, we visit the Davidson Centre with its superb dynamic of the Temple and the Southern Steps of the Temple where Jesus overturned the temple rogue traders. Visit the Pool of Siloam, and) the Upper Room (Time permitting). Finally, we finish at the Garden Tomb, one of the possible sites considered to be the place of Calvary. We then return for dinner and overnight again at the Leonardo Plaza hotel in Jerusalem.

Goodbye JerusalemRead MoreRead Less

Thursday 3rd November 2022

After breakfast, we depart Jerusalem and transfer to Ben Gurion airport for our flight to Heathrow, on route we stop at Neot Kedumin, the Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel, is located halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. This unique recreation of the physical setting of the Bible in all its depth and detail allows visitors to see life as it was lived by our ancestors 3,000 years ago. We have lunch in the Garden made up of food Jesus would have eaten before we fly home to London.

Please note: Both flight times and the tour itinerary are subject to change, subject to local prevailing conditions.

Tour information and PricesRead MoreRead Less

Please note: all itineraries, flight details and hotels are subject to change.

Prices

£2495 per person sharing a double/twin room

Single room occupants £3324

Superior 4* hotels

Flights from London to Tel Aviv return.

Not Included

Tips/Gratuities are suggested at £70 per person.

Travel Insurance and any lunches except where mentioned in the itinerary.

Booking information

Deposit is £250 per person, please complete the online booking form via the below link and make deposit payment to Travelink as instructed to book a place on the tour.

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