• Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport.
• Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities.
• Begin driving north and stop at the Ancient Roman Aqueduct, located on the pristine beaches of Caesarea. With the ruins of a past empire to your backs, enjoy the power of the sand, sea and the rush of the water as you celebrate the beginning of your journey throughout Israel (pending flight arrival time).
• Continue north through the Galilee.
• Visit Kibbutz Hanaton, a Masorti Movement Kibbutz in Israel, meet with members of all ages, leaders of the community and discuss some of the challenges and triumphs of modern Zionist pioneering (pending flight arrival times).
• Check into the Sea of Galilee hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Welcome and orientation to the journey.

Overnight:  Sea of Galilee 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Shacharit on the banks of the Kinneret.
• Explore Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years and a contemporary artists' colony, including:
  • Guided visits to the Ari, Caro or Abuhav Synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages.
  • A stroll through the quaint Art Galleries and shop in the artists' colony.
• Lunch on your own.
• Visit the Gadot Overview, an abandoned Syrian outpost and follow in the footsteps of the Israeli combat soldiers who fought here; gain further insight into the challenges faced during the 1967 Six Day War and the power and surprise of its aftermath.
• Explore Israel's security situation on the Golan Heights from Mt. Bental overlooking the abandoned Syrian town of Kuneitra, for a first-hand view of Israel's security position along the Syrian Border; visit a former Israeli bunker and gain further insight into the challenges Israel faced during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
• Enjoy Rafting or Kayaking down the Jordan River.
• Return to the hotel.
• Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Sea of Galilee
 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Shacharit on the banks of the Kinneret
• Check out of the hotel and drive to the Kinneret Cemetery and hear about the dreams of the early young Zionist pioneers, the challenges they faced and the obstacles they overcame.
• Enjoy the culinary delight of a Chocolate Workshop at the Galita Factory on Kibbutz Degania Bet.
• Lunch on your own.
• Swim in the fresh water pools and natural springs at the Gan Hashlosha Nature Reserve (Sachne), situated at the foot of Mt. Gilboa.
• Continue south via the Jordan Valley to the Judean Desert.
• Ride through the desert in biblical-style (on camels) at Eretz Bereishit—Genesis Land.
• Ascend to Jerusalem.
• Welcome to Jerusalem - Enter the vibrant and colourful 3,000 year old city of Jerusalem and experience the convergence of the old and the new.
• Stop at Mount Scopus for an overlook of the New and Old Cities of Jerusalem and to say the traditional shehechiyanu blessing.
• Drive through Jerusalem and check into the hotel.
• Free time in the Mamilla Pedestrian Arcade, a new and contemporary shopping area with a taste of the past, located outside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City, and dinner on own.

Overnight: Jerusalem 
 

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Enter the Old City at the Dung Gate for shacharit at Robinson's Arch
• Tour the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, including a visit to the Davidson Center and the Southern Wall Excavations.
• Stop at the Kotel (Western Wall) and then visit the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall alongside the Temple Mount.
• Lunch on your own in the Jewish Quarter.
• Walking tour through the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, for guided visits to some of the sites excavated over the past 30 years, including:
  • A walk along the Rooftops of the Old City for a behind the scenes look at the various communities in Jerusalem and how they live together.
  • The Cardo, a Byzantine street that is now the world's oldest shopping arcade.
  • The Hurva Square, the central square of the Jewish Quarter.
  • A guided visit through the 2,000-year-old Herodian Mansions.
• Free time in the Arab shuk (market); OR time on your own to visit the renewed Israel Museum, one of the most creative and innovative museums in the world with a wide and eclectic collection, ranging from Judaica and archaeology to Renaissance and contemporary Israeli art, concluding with a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Shrine of the Book and the Second Temple Period Model of Jerusalem.
• Dinner and evening at leisure.

Overnight: Jerusalem

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Shacharit.

Adults and Older Youth:

• Guided visit through the Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, including:
  • The Avenue of the Righteous
  • The new Historical Museum
  • The Children's Memorial
  • A concluding Memorial Service

Younger Children:

• Visit the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, a beautifully landscaped habitat with a special focus on preserving Biblical fauna, geared to children of all ages (2-80).
• Visit the National Military Cemetery on Mt. Herzl for insight into the lives of those who are buried there, followed by a visit to the graves of Theodor Herzl and Yitzhak Rabin in the adjacent Plots of the Leaders of the Nation.

All

• LaDa'at  Machaneh Yehuda - Actively explore the colourful and ethnically rich Machaneh Yehuda Market of Jerusalem, and lunch on your own.
• Hike in the Jerusalem Forest to the Sataf Spring and find yourself ‘inside' the Judean Hills (don't forget your flashlight) OR free time.
• Return to the hotel to prepare for Shabbat.
• Kabbalat Shabbat services at a local synagogue or at the Kotel.
• Festive Shabbat dinner at the hotel, with invited IDF Lone Soldiers who have immigrated to Israel without their families.

Overnight: Jerusalem