An epic tour of the Holyland, incorporating Biblical sites, colossal structures, lost cities, stunning panoramas and a generous insight into everyday life.
Cities covered:
Tel-Aviv • Galilee • Dead Sea • Jerusalem • Cairo • Luxor(cruise) • Amman • Petra
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Included Premium Highlights
• Visit Mini Isreal - a miniature park featuring 330 replica models
• Visit the ‘Jesus Boat’ before taking a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee
• Enjoy a dip in the buoyant waters of the Dead Sea
• Take a thrilling cable-car ride up to the awe-inspiring fortress of Masada
• Visit Tutankhamun’s treasure in the famous Egyptian Museum in Cairo
• Enjoy a magical Sound & Light Show at the Great Pyramids of Giza
• Visit the amazing Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Valley of the Kings
• Take a motorboat to the Temple of Isis on Philae Island
• Enjoy a guided tour of Giza to see the Sphinx and visit one of the Pyramids
• Visit Petra, ‘Jordan’s lost city’
Included Personal Insights
• Learn the history and find out first hand what it is like to live on a Kibbutz
Included Excursions & Sights
• See the sights of Tel Aviv & the port of Jaffa
• Visit Caesarea’s Crusader & Roman ruins
• Visit the crusader crypt in Acre
• Visit the Church of the Annunciation
• Visit Capernaum & the Mount of the Beatitudes
• View over Jerusalem from Mt Scopus
• Visit King David’s Tomb, Room of the Last Supper, the Western Wall,
Holocaust Museum, the Shrine of the Book, Garden of Gethsemene,
Stations of the Cross, Ecce Homo Arch, Pool of Bethesda & the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre
• Visit Mohammed Ali Mosque and enjoy views over Cairo from the Citadel
• Enjoy a visit to Luxor Temple and tour the Temple complex of Karnak
• Photo opportunity at the towering Colossi of Memnon
• Visit the Temple of Sobek at Kom Ombo and the Temple of Horus at Edfu
• Sail by traditional ‘felucca’ around the Botanical Gardens in Aswan
• Visit the unfinished obelisk in the granite quarries and the Aswan High Dam
• See the statue of Rameses II & great alabaster sphinx in Memphis
• View the Step Pyramid of King Zoser in Sakkara, the oldest in the world
• Visit Jerash - the ‘Pompeii of the East’
• Look down upon Moses’s Promised Land from windswept Mount Nebo
• See the 6C mosaic map of the Holy Land
• Visit the Crusader fortress of Shobak
• See Amman’s Roman Amphitheatre & Citadel Hill
Insights Cairo and Nile Cruise
• 4 night Nile cruise on MS Medea, MS Sapphire or La Boheme (or similar)
including all cruise boat gratuities
• First Class & Deluxe hotels with all service charges, taxes & porterage
• Scheduled air travel Tel Aviv/Cairo, Cairo/Luxor, Aswan/Cairo, Cairo/Amman
• Tour by luxury air-conditioned coach or minibus
• Insight’s professional multi-lingual Tour Directors accompany you
• Services of Insight’s Resident Manager in Egypt
• Insight Traveller document wallet, map book journal and information pack
• Arrival & departure transfers between the airport and your Insight tour hotels.
Included Quality Dining
• Friday night Shabbat’ dinner in Tel Aviv (HD)
• Oriental dinner in a Jerusalem restuarant (HD)
• Egyptian Dinner & Galabea Party with entertainment (HD)
• 19 Buffet Breakfast (BB), 4 Lunches (L) and 9 Dinners (D), plus
bottled water, tea or coffee with included lunches and dinners while cruising
• Departures on tour for New Year’s Eve enjoy a celebration dinner
Tour Code: I955W
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