Experience a unique and life changing journey in our Holy land tour which will surely rejuvenate your devotion and deepen your faith in God as this Pilgrimage take you back to the biblical times. Visit Amman, Mt. Nebo, Petra, Tiberias, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Haifa, St. Catherine, Nazareth and Jericho.
OUR LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY
JORDAN ENTRY TRAVEL ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival to Amman
Our representative will meet your group and escort them to immigration to finish the airport procedures and visa to Jordan, later transfer to Madaba for Lunch and visit of the St George Church, later proceed to visit Mount Nebo and the memorial of Prophet Moses. We then proceed back to Amman for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast at the hotel
Then proceed to your full day tour to Petra, “a rose-red city half as old as time”, dating around 300 B.C the place in the desert that is prepared by God for the Jewish people. Also experience through the picturesque SIQ, and visit the Treasury, a rose colored monumental building artfully carved out of sheer rock. Transfer to Amman. Continue to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast
transfer to Sheikh Hussein Border for departure with assistance. Arrive Sheikh Hussein Border, meet and assist by our guide, proceed to Mount Beatitudes where Jesus Preached the Sermon on the Mount. Continue on to Tabgha and visit the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish. Proceed to the Church of the Primacy. We end the morning in Capernaum – JESUS home town, where he performed more Miracles than any other places and visit the House of Peter and the Synagogue of Jesus. Today, for lunch, we will feast on St. Peter’s Fish which Jesus and His disciples used to eat. After lunch, we’ll enjoy a Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee. We end the day renewing our baptismal vows at the Jordan River. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.
Day 4: the day with a Mass and Renewal of Marriage Vows
We start the day with a Mass and Renewal of Marriage Vows at the Church of the Wedding Feast in Cana. Proceed to Nazareth and visit the Church of the Annunciation where the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she will conceive and bear a Son and His name shall be called Jesus. Continue to Mount Tabor, the traditional site of the transfiguration of the Lord. Shopping time at NDG factory. Dinner and overnight in Nazareth.
Day 5: Breakfast, Today we leave Nazareth and travel to Bethlehem
We start the day with a Mass at the Convent Stella Maris, headquarters of the Carmelite sisters, on Mount Carmel, Visit Mount Carmel where we visit the Cave of Elijah where the prophet Elijah prayed for rain after three and a half years of drought and famine. We will pass by the beautiful hanging garden of the Bahai Faith and enjoy the spectacular view of the port of Haifa. Travel to Caesarea and experience the glory of Rome as we visit a Roman Water Aqueduct. We’ll travel south along the coast towards Ein Karem, one of the most beautiful settings near Jerusalem, located in the hills next to a little spring. This small village has great significance in Christian traditions, since this is where according to tradition John the Baptist was born Visit the visitation Church. Ascend up to Bethlehem Dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Breakfast Mass at Shepherds Field
Then visit the Church of the Nativity, the birthplace of Jesus, Visits the – Milk of Grotto. Lunch in Bethlehem. Ascend up to Mount of Olives and visit the Pater Noster Church traditionally the site where Jesus taught the disciples how to pray “Our Father, the traditional site of the ascension of the Lord and Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Descend on foot to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus spent His last night before He was arrested and where Jesus agonized in prayer prior to his betrayal and arrested. Visit the Basilica of agony and Tomb of St. Mary, Walling Wall – the holiest site for the Jews, back to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Start the day with mass at St. Peter in Gallicantu
Enter the Old City of Jerusalem and visit Bethesda Pool where Jesus healed the paralytic man. Proceed to the Church of the Condemnation and the Church of the Flagellation where we start our Via Dolorosa (way of grief) on the way to the Church of the Holy Sepulchres, the traditional site of the crucifixion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. “The burial place & resurrections of Jesus, called Golgotha which means “A place of skull”. Follow the 14 Stations of the Cross to Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified marking significant events along the route. The last 5 Stations of the Cross are inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre visible from the distance with two silver domes .Also the tomb widely believed to be part of the stone that covered Jesus Tomb. In the afternoon travel to Jericho, the oldest and lowest city in the world, Jericho the ancient city conquered by Joshua and the Israelites. Then proceed to view Mount of Temptation, the Sycamore Tree of Zacchaeus where he climbs up at a tree to view Jesus while he is preaching not knowing that our Saviour will be his guest for dinner at his home. Free time in Dead Sea. Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.
Day 8: Travel all the way to the Taba Border
Travel all the way to the Taba Border where we cross over to Egypt. Today, we leave Israel with Unforgettable and life changing experiences and wealth of memories to cherish and to treasure walk across the border into TABA, Egypt. Our associate will meet you at the immigration to assist you. You will also meet your Egyptian guide and driver here at the border. After a short drive arrives at the hotel on the shore of the Red Sea and check in. Dinner is at the hotel. Overnight on the shore of the Red Sea. (After Dinner, the clients who want to climb Sinai Mountain to be ready around 10 PM, then drive to St. Catherine city to climb the mountain. (MT. SINAI IS OPTIONAL)
Day 9: Visit ST. CATHERINE’S MONASTERY
Check out after breakfast and drive to ST. CATHERINE, at the base of MT. SINAI. And visit ST. CATHERINE’S MONASTERY to see the “Burning Bush” (Ex.3:2) and the Well where Moses met Zippora (Ex2:16-21). Leave St. Catherine and drive to CAIRO with lunch on the way there. You will make a brief stop at Rephedim (Ex17:8-16), ELIM (Ex 15:27) and MARAH, where Moses changed the bitter water to sweet water (Ex 15:23). Cross under the Suez Canal into Africa and after rest stop, drive directly to Cairo where you will check in at the hotel in Cairo.
Day 10: Visit the GIZA PYRAMIDS and SPHINX
After breakfast and visit the GIZA PYRAMIDS and SPHINX, one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, an ideal place for a group photo with the PYRAMIDS as the backdrop. Then go to visit Egyptian museum, then Go to the Papyrus Institute to see how the ancient Egyptians made the papyrus. Enjoy a delicious Egyptian lunch before returning to the hotel for rest before going on a Nile cruise with dinner and cultural entertainment. Overnight in Cairo.
Day 11: Visit Abu Sirgha Church and the Hanging Church
Check out after a late breakfast and go visit Abu Sirgha Church and the Hanging Church. These are the places, where according to tradition Joseph, Mary and Jesus were staying after they fled from Herod. Visit Ben Ezra Synagogue which was built over the area where the Pharaoh’s daughter discovered Moses. After lunch, drive to the Garbage Dump City to visit the Cave Church of St. Simeon. Learn from the local guide there how this church was built. Enjoy a leisure Lunch before transferring to the airport, our associate will help you to check-in, and clear immigration before wishing you safe flight home. Remember to check your luggage to Manila.
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