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13-Day Best of Egypt and Israel

Air & Land
$3,380
Land Only
Egypt and Israel Tours
Egypt will enthrall you with its ancient history, replete with Pharaohs, impressive temple ruins, the grand pyramids and the Sphinx. Piece together an understanding of Egyptian history and traditions as you travel through time on your trip into Egypt and Israel. Visit sites of Jewish history and importance and consider the cultural connections between Jews and Muslims, Egyptians and Israelis - from synagogues to mosques, with fascinating ties that connect the two cultures.
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Tour Highlights
  • Entrance to a Giza pyramid
  • Visit to the Egyptian Museum
  • Visit to the Solar Boat Museum
  • Israel: An Inside View of the Unique Character of the Country Active discussion and walking tour with your tour educator
  • Kibbutz Ideology and Israeli Reality in the 21st Century, night walk and dialogue
  • Participate in a program focused on kabbalah through artwork
  • Kabbalat Shabbat services at a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem, followed by a dialogue with Israeli members of the congregation
  • An Inside View into the Israeli Political Arena, dialogue with a Political Analyst
  • Special tour to the Western Wall Tunnels and the City of David
  • The new Davidson Center in Jerusalem
  • The refurbished Yad Vashem complex in Jerusalem
  • Visit Masada and swim in the Dead Sea
  • Rafting on the Jordan River (seasonal)
  • Jeep tour on the Golan Heights
  • Stars of Caesarea interactive center

 

 

Trip Includes


  • 10 nights accommodation in selected hotels
  • 3 nights Cairo
  • 1 night Tel Aviv
  • 2 nights Galilee
  • 1 night Haifa
  • 3 nights Jerusalem
  • Breakfast daily and 7 dinners
  • Sightseeing per itinerary in a modern air-conditioned motor coach with panoramic windows, reclining seats and footrests
  • Services of a friendly and professional English-speaking Expedition Educator throughout the trip
  • Entrance fees per itinerary
  • All hotel and airport portage and tipping included

Day One
Wednesday - Departure

  • Depart from the U.S. to Egypt.

Overnight: Flight


Day Two
Thursday - Arrival to Cairo

  • Arrive in Cairo.
  • Welcome by our representative, assistance with arrival formalities and transfer to the hotel.
  • Check into the hotel.
  • Dinner at the hotel.

Overnight: Cairo


Day Three
Friday - Sakkara, the Pyramids & the Sphinx

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Morning tour of the Necropolis of Sakkara (City of the Dead). Located on the western bank of the Nile, this vast cemetery was the royal burial place of choice for the ancient capital of Memphis. Visit Djoser's Step Pyramid, Egypt's oldest burial complex and the 35-foot tall statue of Ramses II nearby.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Khufu's Pyramid or Pyramid of Cheops, is the only remaining wonder of the original Seven Wonders of the World. Visit Giza and the three adjoining Pyramids, the Sphinx and the nearby Solar Boat Museum, which houses the reconstructed boat that was used to transport Pharoah Khufu's remains across the Nile to his burial place, 4,600 years ago.
  • Dinner on your own.

Overnight: Cairo


Day Four
Saturday - Cairo: Religion & Social Exposure

  • Breakfast at your hotel.
  • Tour Old Cairo and the late 19th century Ibn Ezra Synagogue where the Cairo Geniza was discovered. The Geniza housed more than 200,000 fragments of Jewish manuscripts dating from the 9th - 19th centuries, offering a wealth of information both scholarly and historical.
  • Visit Coptic Cairo - the Hanging or El Muallaqa Church and the Coptic Museum.
  • Mosques of Cairo - see either the Ibn Tulun Mosque, the oldest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world or the Sultan Hassan Mosque, a colossal campus including both Mosque, Madrasa and Mausoleum.
  • Cairo Museum - home to more than 120,000 artifacts. Guiding by a renowned Egyptian archaeologist.
  • Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight: Cairo


Day Five
Sunday - Cairo / Tel Aviv

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Transfer to the Cairo International Airport.
  • Flight to Tel Aviv (Flights are included).
  • Welcome by our representative and assistance with arrival formalities.
  • Transfer to Tel Aviv, known as the “city that never sleeps” with its centers of culture and recreation such as the Habima Theater, sprawling beaches, Dizengoff Street and Rabin Square. Airport transfer included.
  • Check into the hotel.
  • Free day to acclimate to Israel.

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day Six
Monday - Tel Aviv

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Enjoy a free day in Tel Aviv, sometimes known as the Big Orange.
  • Walk the busy streets, have a cup of coffee and sit by the beach.
  • Meet your Expedition director and fellow travelers and enjoy a Middle Eastern style dinner with a Yemenite touch at Maganda, offering a varied selection of salads and grilled meats, and located in the Yemenite Quarter of Tel Aviv.
  • Da'at Encounter: An Inside View of the Unique Character of the Country. Enjoy an active discussion and walking tour with your tour educator through the colorful re-gentrified Neve Zedek neighborhood or the 'White City', the collection of Tel Aviv's magnificent Bauhaus architectural structures, now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Overnight: Tel Aviv


Day Seven
Tuesday - Along the Coast

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Check out and depart the hotel.
  • Begin your trip with an introduction and special visit to Independence Hall, site of David Ben-Gurion's monumental proclamation of the State of Israel in December 1948.
  • Visit the Nachalat Binyamin pedestrian mall, with its restored buildings and sidewalk artists, and continue onto the colorful Carmel Market and then to Sheinkin, one of Israel's most avant-garde streets.
  • Depart Tel Aviv.
  • Lunch on your own at the Caesarea Port.
  • Guided visit to Caesarea, one of the Land of Israel's most important cities during the Roman Period; visit the Herodian Theater and new excavations along the Mediterranean shore concluding with a visit to the 900-year-old Crusader city built on the same site.
  • Summer programs:
    • Walk through the 2,000-year-old underground water tunnels at Park Alona, which once brought water to Caesarea (water shoes recommended).
  • Winter programs:
    • Special visit to the Tavor Marzipan Factory and Museum in Kfar Tavor
  • All:
    • Check into the kibbutz guesthouse.
    • Dinner at the guesthouse.

Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee


Day Eight
Wednesday - Nature and Security

  • Breakfast at the kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Walk through the Tel Dan Nature Reserve located on the largest tributary of the Jordan River and near the biblical settlement of Dan.
  • Take a jeep tour climbing to the Golan Heights in the footsteps of IDF soldiers and their battles in the Six Day War, to enjoy the beautiful natural scenery and gain an insight into the strategic complexity of the Golan, followed by a tour of the Golan Heights.
  • Cross the Golan Plateau to the border with Syria and observe the abandoned city of Kuneitra and the United Nations outpost located nearby.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Summer programs:
    • Enjoy rafting or kayaking on the Jordan River.
  • Winter programs:
    • Visit the Hula Nature Reserve and the Ophoria Interactive Experience, connecting birds, water and the Zionist endeavor.
  • All:
    • Return to the kibbutz for dinner at the guesthouse.
    • Da'at Encounter: Optional visit with kibbutz members.

  Overnight: Kibbutz Guesthouse, Upper Galilee


Day Nine
Thursday - Western Galilee

  • Breakfast at the kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Check out and depart the kibbutz guesthouse.
  • Explore Safed, a center of Jewish mysticism for hundreds of years, and a contemporary artists' colony, including:
  • Guided visits to the Ari, Caro and Abuhav Synagogues with their great stories and mystical messages.
  • A stroll through the quaint art galleries and shopping in the artists' colony.
  • Da'at Encounter: Participate in a program focused on kabbalah through artwork.
  • Continue to the Western Galilee.
  • Drive north to Rosh Hanikra, a rock formation at the very northern tip of Israel. Rosh Hanikra was created when the strong Mediterranean waters carved subterranean tunnels out of the soft limestone rock, creating beautiful caves and formations.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Visit Acre (Akko), a UNESCO Heritage Site, and a multi-layered experience from the days of the Crusades through contemporary Israel, including guided visits to:
    • The newly renovated Crusaders' City.
    • The famous British prison used in pre-state days for Jewish and Arab prisoners and the site of the famous prison break re-enacted in the movie Exodus.
    • The Ottoman fortifications around the city.
  • Continue to Haifa.
  • Check into the hotel.
  • Da'at Encounter: Visit a Druse village in the Carmel Mountains for a window into the unique world of the Israeli Druse community, with a home hospitality dinner.

Overnight: Haifa


Day Ten
Friday - Heavenly and Earthly Jerusalem

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Check out and depart the hotel.
  • Drive to Jerusalem via the Trans-Israel Highway for a close up view of the ‘Security Barrier' along the seam zone between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
  • Stop at Mount Scopus to say the traditional “shehechiyanu” blessing, recited upon entering Jerusalem, followed by an introduction to the city.
  • 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:
    • The Cardo, a Byzantine street that is now the oldest shopping arcade in the world.
    • The Hurva Square, the central square of the Jewish Quarter.
    • Guided visit through the 2,000-year-old Herodian Mansions in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City OR Guided visit to the Davidson Archaeological Park with a special visit to the Davidson Center, followed by a guided visit to the Southern Wall Excavations.
  • Visit the Western Wall Tunnel, the underground continuation of the Western Wall alongside the Temple Mount.
  • Experience the sites, smells, and tastes of Jerusalem while walking through the Machaneh Yehuda market with lunch on your own.
  • Check into the hotel.
  • Da'at Encounter: Kabbalat Shabbat services at a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem, followed by a dialogue with Israeli members of the congregation.
  • Festive Shabbat Dinner.  

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day Eleven
Saturday - Shabbat in Jerusalem

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Option 1
    • Optional day visit to Masada, Ein Gedi and the Dead Sea, with lunch on own.
  • Option 2
    • Optional Shabbat services.
  • Lunch on your own.
  • Free afternoon
  • All:
    • Enjoy dinner on your own in Jerusalem, choosing from a wide array of restaurants.

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day Twelve
Sunday - The Layers of Jerusalem

  • Early breakfast at the hotel.
  • Depart the hotel.
  • Guided visit through the newly renovated Yad Vashem complex, the Jewish National Memorial to the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, including: the new Historical Museum, and the Children's Memorial, with a memorial service (children under 10 will have a separate program).
  • Lunch on Own
  • Guided visit through the City of David's new excavations, which have redefined the origins of Jerusalem; and possibly wade through the 2,600 year-old-Hezekiah's Water Tunnel in the Kidron Valley (weather permitting, water shoes recommended).
  • Return to the hotel.
  • Enjoy dinner at Olive & Fish, a meat and fish restaurant, located across from the Liberty Bell Gardens.
    Adults
  • Da'at Encounter: An Inside View into the Israeli Political Arena, dialogue with a political analyst.
    Youth
  • Da'at Encounter: Special Mifgash with the Israeli youth movement, including a falafel dinner.

Overnight: Jerusalem


Day Thirteen
Monday - Return to the U.S

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Check out of the hotel.
  • Transfer to the airport for flight home. (Hotel transfers included. Please allow a minimum of three hours for check-in).
  • Flight back to the U.S. (Arrival on the same day).
Need to Know
  • Tour prices are per person in U.S. dollars. All hotel accommodations, motor coach transportation, special dinners, sightseeing, admissions, luggage handling and the services of local guides, drivers, and the Expedition Educator are included.
  • Hotel Accommodations: The tour price includes all hotel accommodations, in hotel rooms with private baths. Our standard is to provide the best available hotels while considering value. Although the level of the accommodations may differ slightly from hotel to hotel, we are committed to your comfort. Two-bed rooms are reserved in most hotels. Triples are two-bed rooms with a rollaway cot where available and are not recommended when considering the comfort of those in the room. King-size beds are not available in most hotels; what is considered king-size usually consists of two single beds pushed together and made up separately, but with one headboard. Some two-bed rooms may have two twin - not full- or queen-size - beds.
  • Meals are included as specified in the itinerary.
  • Expedition Educator: All trips are conducted by our Expedition Educators or local guides who remain with the group throughout the tour.
  • Gratuities Included: All gratuities for restaurant and hotel staff.
  • Luggage Responsibility: All tour packages allow one piece of luggage per person and one carry-on bag. Excess luggage will be subject to charge of up to $100 per piece. The Travel Agent and/or Tour Operator shall not be held responsible for any damage to or loss of luggage/personal items. All damage/loss must be reported at time of incident and documented in writing by local authorities for submission to your insurance company.


Not Included


  • Airfare to the tour departure point and from the tour ending point is not included. Airfare may be purchased from us for travel originating in the United States. Please see Flights tab in the right-side toolbar.
  • Personal Expenses: All personal expenses such as: laundry, valet service, cables, telephone calls and postage are not included.
  • Guide and Driver Gratuities:
    • 4 seater - $70  (i.e. 2 pax) - per day
    • 7 seater - $90 (i.e. 3-5 pax) - per day
    • 10 seater - $110 (i.e. 5-7 pax) - per day
    • 10-19 passengers: Guide $10, driver $5 - per participant per day
    • 20 passengers and more: Guide $8, driver $4 - per participant per day 


       

Additional Information


  • Airline Security Measures: In the U.S., you must provide identification in the form of a passport at the time of airport check-in for travel to international destinations. Your passport name must match the name on your tour reservation and airline ticket or you may be denied boarding.
  • If you are traveling from an airport outside the jurisdiction of the U.S, you will need to determine what travel documentation and identification is required for that particular airport.
  • Due to heightened security regulations, certain items such as a metal nail file, pocketknife, cigarette lighter or tweezers, and some liquid, gel, or aerosol items may not be permitted in your carry-on luggage. Please call your airline prior to departure to obtain current information on non-permissible carry-on items and recommended airport check-in times. You may also wish to visit the Transportation Security Administration website at www.tsa.gov to obtain more information on acceptable identity documentation and prohibited luggage items.
  • Holidays and Museum Closures - Museum visits and personal shopping time may be disrupted due to unforeseen circumstances or the many religious, state and local holidays locally observed in the destinations being visited.
  • Photography During Tours: We will occasionally use photographs taken by fellow guests or your trip director for promotional purposes. If you prefer that your photo not be used in any marketing activities, please notify us at the start of your tour.
 
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