08/11/2018
JOURNEY TO THE HOLY LAND!
Egypt-Israel and Jordan with Jerash Extension
PACKAGE INCLUSIONS:
- Round-trip International airfare on economy class (Oman Air)
- 4-5 star hotel accommodation on twin-sharing basis – ALL CENTRALLY LOCATED
- Full Board Meals: ALL UPGRADED
- Tours and Sightseeing with EXCLUSIVE CHRISTIAN Tour Guides ALL THROUGH OUT
- Transportation on high-end air-conditioned coaches 2017/2018 MODELS
- Accompanied by Tour Es**rt
- Souvenir Jackets/ Luggage tags/ hats/ maps
- Pre-Departure Briefing
- Allocation of 2 Bottled Water per day in Egypt & Israel, 1 Bottle for Jordan
- Travel Insurance
- Airline taxes / border fees/ visas/ travel insurance
- Tipping
For Further inquiries about the packages, kindly call or email us on the details below:
FLIGHT DETAILS:
WY844 18FEB MANILA –MUSCAT 0715-1230
WY405 18FEB MUSCAT - CAIRO 1445-1730
ARANK
WY412 01MAR AMMAN - MUSCAT 0135-0700
WY843 01MAR MUSCAT - MANILA 0910-2120
INCLUSIONS:
📌Roundtrip International airfare on economy class (Oman Air)
📌4-5 star hotel accommodation on twin-sharing basis – ALL CENTRALLY LOCATED
📌Full Board Meals: ALL UPGRADED
📌Tours and Sightseeing
📌EXCLUSIVE CHRISTIAN Tour Guides ALL THROUGH OUT
📌Transportation on high-end air-conditioned coaches 2017/2018 MODELS
📌Accompanied by Tour Es**rt
📌Souvenir Jackets/ Luggage tags/ hats/ maps
📌Pre-Departure Briefing
📌Allocation of 2 Bottled Water per day in Egypt & Israel, 1 Bottle for Jordan
📌Travel Insurance
📌Airline taxes
📌Border Fees
📌Visa Fees
📌Tipping
PILGRIMAGE ITINERARY:
FEB 18, 2019 (DAY 01)
MANILA AIRPORT TERMINAL 1 / ARRIVAL CAIRO EGYPT
Meet and Greet with the group at the International Airport, distribution of embarkation cards before proceeding to a special check in counter provided exclusively for the group. Proceed to immigration and finally board for your flight to Cairo.
Please take note that you are transferring from another terminal in Muscat Oman, please follow instructions as provided by the airline for your easy transfer.
ARRIVAL CAIRO EGYPT
After Immigration purposes, meet and assist at the airport, dinner, then transfer to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
FEB 19, 2019 (DAY 02)
CAIRO FULL DAY
Breakfast at Hotel, today we will have FULL DAY SIGHTSEEING TOUR at the GREAT PYRAMIDS “, it was constructed over 4,500 years ago which shows the power & wealth of the pharaoh in the Old Kingdom, then the SPHINX OF GIZA “, was believed to be a form of a Sun God & was worshipped in ancient days. On to the EGYPTIAN MUSEUM “ where you will find artifacts, relics, statues and Jewelry from all of the Pharaohs that reign, proceed to lunch, then on perfumery to see how the old Egyptian process their own essential oils and perfume, then in the afternoon Visit the Hanging Church, the most famous Coptic church in Cairo which was built dedicated to Mary in the 7th century, then to the CHURCH OF ABU SERGA “. The church is dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus, who were soldier-saints martyred during the 4th century in Syria by the Roman Emperor Maximian. The most interesting feature is the crypt where Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus are said to have rested. The crypt is 10 meters deep and, when Nile levels are high, is often flooded, visit ST. SERGIUS CHURCH St. on to Simon the Tanner, a Coptic Orthodox Church made famous of the story the moving of the Mokkatam mountain. At night, prepare yourself to enjoy a local entertainment on a cruising along Nile with dinner, proceed back to hotel for overnight.
FEB 20, 2019 (DAY 03)
CAIRO – SAINT CATHERINE- MT. SINAI
Breakfast at hotel, then check out for drive towards ST. CATHERINE passing by Suez Canal for crossing under the water Tunnel into Sinai. Visit Moses Springs on your way to ST. CATHERINE. Check-in upon arrival, Dinner & Overnight @ hotel or take the afternoon climb to Mt. Sinai (Optional)
FEB 21, 2019 (DAY 04)
MT. SINAI–TABA BORDER CROSSING–ARAVA DESERT/JORDAN VALLEY–BETHLEHEM
Breakfast at hotel. Check-out, then visit the Monastery of St. Catherine and the burning bush before your transfer to Taba border to cross Israel. After Immigration customs, meet and greet with your guide, then drive through the Arava desert with their rocks and mountains in red, gray, yellow and white. Drive to the Jordan valley on the way towards Bethlehem for your Three (3) nights sojourn.
FEB 22 2019 (DAY 05)
BETHLEHEM-SHEPHERDS FIELD-NATIVITY-MILK GROTTO-VIA DOLOROSA-HOLY SEPULCRE-OLD CITY-ECCE HOMO-ST ANNE- MT ZION/LAST SUPPER/DORMITION ABBEY-ST PETER OF GALLICANTU-WESTERN WALL
Breakfast at hotel, today we visit the shepherds field, see the caves where shepherds “kept watch over their flock” still abound in the area east of Bethlehem. Here, the Gospel of Luke tells us, an angel announced the birth of Jesus, the proceed to the birthplace of Jesus and visit the Church of the Nativity, where we find the Grotto of Nativity and Altar of Christ's Birth and Manger's Square, we have scheduled Mass here, then lunch. Afterwards, proceed to the old city to commemorate Christ’s passion, via dolorosa start with Ecce Homo, the arch was the place where Pontius Pilate displayed Jesus — beaten, crowned with thorns and clothed in a purple robe — to a hostile Jerusalem crowd with the words: “Behold the man” (“Ecce Homo” in Latin),follow the stations and end to the Holy Sepulcre ( tomb of Jesus). Afterwards proceed to St Anne, the best-preserved Crusader church in Jerusalem. It marks the traditional site of the home of Jesus’ maternal grandparents, Anne and Joachim, and the birthplace of the Virgin Mary beside is the Pool of Bethesda, identified as the scene of one of Jesus’ miracles. This was the healing of the paralysed man who had waited for 38 years for someone to help him into the pool “when the water is stirred” — an event believed to have curative powers. Proceed to Mt Zion, to visit Last Suppers Room and Dormition abbey, where its believed to be have fallen asleep, then to St Peters Gallicantu, this is where the denial of St peter of Jesus, see the church, Under the church is a dungeon thought to be the cell where Jesus was detained for the night following his arrest. Last Stop is The Western Wall in Jerusalem is the holiest of Jewish sites, sacred because it is a remnant of the Herodian retaining wall that once enclosed and supported the Second Temple. It has also been called the "Wailing Wall" by European observers because for centuries Jews have gathered here to lament the loss of their temple. Proceed to hotel for dinner and overnight.
FEB 23 2019 (DAY 06)
BETHLEHEM-MT OF OLIVES-JERICHO-MT OF TEMPTATION- ST GEORGE MONASTERY ( WADI AL QULT)-SEYCAMORE TREE – BETHLEHEM
After Breakfast, start our appreciation of the Holy City of Jerusalem with a visit to the Mount Of Olives, for a panoramic view of the city, Ascension Chapel – traditional place where Jesus ascended into heaven; then Pater Noster Church traditionally the site where Jesus taught the disciples how to pray "Our Father"; then Dominus Flevit Church in memory of Jesus weeping over the fate of Jerusalem. Visit the Church of Ascension and walk the Palm Sunday route down the hill to the Garden of Gethsemane for an intercessory prayer; it was here where Jesus spent His last night before He was arrested; Basilica of Agony, stopping along the way at the Maria Magdalena Church. Visit the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane. Proceed to Qumran, the place where the dead sea scrolls were found, then lunch then to Jericho, the oldest city in the world, see the Mt. of temptation where Jesus stayed 40days 40nights. Proceed to St. George Monastery ( Wadi Al Qult ) The spectacle of the Monastery of St George — a cliff-hanging complex carved into a sheer rock wall in the Judaean Desert, overlooking an unexpectedly lush garden with olive and cypress trees — is one of the most striking sights of the Holy Land. The monastery’s picturesque setting is in a deep and narrow gorge called Wadi Qelt, in a cliff face pocked with caves and recesses that have offered habitation to monks and hermits for many centuries. Pass by a centuries-old sycamore tree recalls the incident in which the tax collector Zacchaeus, too short to see over the crowd, climbed a sycamore's branches in order to see Jesus. Proceed back to Bethlehem for dinner and overnight.
FEB 24 2019 (DAY 07)
BETHLEHEM-EIN KEREM-BASILICA OF VISITATION-CAESARIA-MT. CARMEL-HAIFA-BAHAI GARDENS-CANA
Breakfast and check out. Today we go to Ein Kerem the birthplace of St. John the Baptist (now the Church of St. John the Baptist) and the Church of Visitation – where Mary came after the angel Gabriel informed her cousin Elizabeth was six months pregnant despite her advance years. Proceed to Caesaria is a town on Israel's Mediterranean coast. It’s known for Caesarea National Park, which includes a large Roman amphitheater and the historic port. On the site is an archaeological park with pillars and sculptures, and the remains of a hippodrome, with frescoes and stone seating. The ruins of the seafront Promontory Palace include the remains of a mosaic floor. This is also where, the first centurion named Cornelios was first baptized by peter. Proceed to Lunch, afterwards to Mt Carmel, see the cave where Elijah’s fire-lighting challenge took place — one of the Old Testament’s most spectacular contests between Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, and a pagan deity. See The Bahai temple, see the Terraces of the Bahá'í Faith, also known as the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces around the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, then to Cana, for your renewal of wedding vow.
FEB 25 2019 (DAY 08)
NAZARETH- ANNOUNCIATION-TIBERIAS-MT OF BEATITUDES-TABGHA-CAPERNAUM-YARDENIT-BOAT RIDE-NAZARETH
Breakfast at hotel, today we will visit the Basilica of Annunciation. The towering cupola of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth stands over the cave that tradition holds to be the home of the Virgin Mary. Here, it is believed, the archangel Gabriel told the young Mary, aged about 14, that she would become the mother of the Son of God. And here Mary uttered her consent: “Let it be done to me according to your word.” Proceed to Tiberias is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, visit the Mt. of Beatitudes, believed to be the setting for Jesus’ most famous discourse, the Sermon on the Mount, is one of the most beautifully serene places in the Holy Land, proceed to Tabgha, visit the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes at Tabgha stands on the site of a 4th-century church, displaying Byzantine mosaic decorations that are among the most elegantly executed in the Holy Land, then to Capernaum. an ancient fishing village on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is home to a celebrated Byzantine-era synagogue as well as the house where Jesus healed a paralytic and St. Peter's mother-in-law. Then to Yardenit, for your renewal of baptism and end your day with a boat ride in galilee. Proceed back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
FEB 26 2019 (DAY 09)
NAZARETH –MT. TABOR-BORDER CROSSING TO AMMAN via SHEIK HUSSIEN –ANJARA-JERASH-AMMAN
After breakfast and check out. Today we go to Mt Tabor to see the church of Transfiguration, we will have mass here drive to border to cross to JORDAN. Visit the Church of Our Lady of the Mountains in Anjara and Beyond Bethany – the baptismal place of Jesus. Then proceed to visit the northern part of Jordan to visit Jerash, see the Greco-Roman Ruins, the Hadrian arch and amphitheatre. Proceed to your hotel in Amman for dinner and overnight
FEB 27, 2019 (DAY 10)
AMMAN – PETRA – AMMAN
After breakfast, drive to PETRA. Following a short ride on horseback to reach the CANYON LIKE SIQ, walk through to reach THE LOST CITY OF PETRA . Spend the morning exploring some of the places, TOMBS & SORE ROOMS CARVED OUT OF CLIFFS. Return to hotel in AMMAN for dinner and overnight stay.
FEB 28, 2019 (DAY 11)
AMMAN – MT . NEBO- MADABA–AIRPORT
Breakfast at hotel. Today we will have a late check out. Lunch, the visit the Christian Village of Madaba & see THE ANCIENT MOSAIC OF THE HOLY LAND , then visit Mount Nebo where Moses viewed the Promised land. Proceed to the city tour of Amman, dinner and proceed to airport for your flight back home
MAR 1 2019 (DAY 12)
DEPARTURE AMMAN / ARRIVAL MANILA AIRPORT TERMINAL 1
FLIGHT AT 01:35 AM – OMAN AIR –WY412
ARRIVE MUSCAT : 07:00
CONNECT MUSCAT – MANILA – WY843
ARRIVE MANILA - 21:20
VISA REQUIREMENTS:
▪Colored scanned copy of Passport
▪Passenger Information Sheet
▪Passport should be valid for 6 months