20/09/2018
BIBLICAL JORDAN AND ISRAEL
USD 2188 per pax (minimum of 2 pax )
INCLUSIONS:
• Roundtrip Airfare on Economy Class
• Airline Taxes and PH Tax
• Jordan Visa Fee and Border Crossing Fee
• Hotel accommodation for 7 nights using First Class Hotels
• Daily breakfast and dinner at hotel including farewell dinner at local restaurant
• Lunches (L) at local restaurant as per program
• Sightseeing as per itinerary including entrance fees
• Professional Licensed English-Speaking Tour guide per country
• Modern A/C bus all throughout (equipped WIFI)
• Pick-up / drop-off transfer service at airports and borders
• Porterage at hotel (1 piece per person only)
• Tipping for guides and drivers
• Hats, maps, Pilgrim certificates, Jerusalem souvenirs
• Pre-departure briefing
• Accompanied by a tour coordinator from the Philippines
• Pilgrimage Chaplain
• Travel Insurance for until 75-year-old only (if 76 yrs. old & above, supplement applies)
EXCLUSION:
• Israel Visa Fee for restricted nationalities (Filipino passport holders – not required)
• Any meals not mentioned in the itinerary
• Beverages during meals & sightseeing
• Any personal extras
• Other items, excess baggage / services not indicated in the inclusions
VISA REQUIREMENTS:
• Scanned original passport valid for 6 months
• Duly filled-up visa manifest form and Guarantee
Letter
ITINERARY:
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DAY 1 DEPARTURE MANILA • AMMAN ARRIVAL (D)
Depart from Manila to Amman. Enjoy your flight amenities while on board. Arrival in Amman.
Meet and assist at Queen Alia Airport. Meet your Jordanian guide and board to your air-
conditioned bus to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
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DAY 2 AMMAN • PETRA • AMMAN (BLD)
After breakfast, proceed to your full day tour to Petra, “a rose-red city half as old as time", the
place in the desert that is prepared by God for the Jewish people. Also experience horseback
ride 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.
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DAY 3 AMMAN • ALLENBY BORDER • JERICHO • QUMRAN • DEAD SEA •NAZARETH (BLD)
Breakfast at the hotel and proceed to the border crossing ALLENBY BRIDGE (or King Hussein
Bridge). Upon arrival Israel, drive to Jericho for a view of the MT. OF TEMPTATION and the
Sycamore Tree. Continue to QUMRAN where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, were written
over 2000 years ago. Lastly, spend some time at the lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea.
Later in the afternoon, we will proceed to Nazareth for hotel check-in, dinner and overnight.
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DAY 4 MT. TABOR • BOAT RIDE • MT OF BEATITUDES • CAPERNAUM • TABGHA •YARDENIT (BLD)
Hotel breakfast. After breakfast drive to MT. TABOR, the site of Jesus' transfiguration. In
remembrance of this, the CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION was built in 1923, Drive back to
GALILEE area and view the ancient boat excavated on the shores of the Galilee, believed to
have been used during the time of Jesus. Enjoy a boat ride along the SEA of GALILEE where
Jesus walked on the water, calmed a storm, and showed the disciples miraculous catches of
fish. Drive up the MT. OF BEATITUDES, where Jesus delivered the Sermon of the Mount.
Drive down to CAPERNAUM, Jesus hometown and the scene of many of his miracles, and
where Jesus recruited his first disciples. See the ruins of an ancient synagogue, one of the
earliest and best preserved of the Galilean synagogues. On to the church built over the ruins of
what was believed as the house of St. Peter. Proceed to TABGHA and visit the Benedictine
CHURCH OF THE MULTIPLICATION OF LOAVES and FISHES, a 4th century church.
Beneath its altar is the rock on which it is believed Jesus placed the loaves and fish when he
blessed them On to CHURCH OF ST. PETER’S PRIMACY, built in 1934, is where Jesus is
believed to have made his third appearance to his disciples after his Resurrection. Drive to
YARDENIT, a traditional baptismal site on the Jordan River for the renewal of baptismal vows.
Drive to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
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DAY 5 NAZARETH • CANA • HAIFA • BETHLEHEM (BLD)
Breakfast at hotel. Continue to Nazareth, the place where Jesus spent His childhood; the
Church of the Annunciation which was believed to be where the angel Gabriel Announced to
the Blessed Mother of Christ which she humbly accepted, "Behold I am the handmaid of the
Lord. May it be done to me according to your word" and Mary's well. Drive to Cana for a visit of
the Church of the First Miracle known also as the Marriage Church, here couples will have an
opportunity to renew their marriage vows. Drive to Haifa atop Mt. Carmel where Elijah
confronted the prophets of Baal. Visit the Carmelite Monastery, Stella Maris and the Persian
Gardens. Drive to Bethlehem for hotel check in, dinner and overnight.
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DAY 6 MOUNT OF OLIVES • WAILING WALL • BETHLEHEM (BLD)
Hotel breakfast. Begin the day with a visit to the MOUNT OF OLIVES, Jerusalem’s
highest peak and offers an unrivalled vista of the Old City and its environs, stopping
at ASCENSION CHAPEL, is a Christian and Moslem site since Muslims also believe in
the Ascension of Jesus. We also visit the PATER NOSTER CHURCH, Christ’s teaching
of the Lord’s Prayer to his disciples. Translations of the Lord’s Prayer in 140
languages are inscribed on colorful ceramic plaques in the walls around the church and
the vaulted cloister. Walk along THE PALM SUNDAY ROAD, the path that Jesus took on
his last days in Israel passing by the Franciscan Church of the DOMINUS FLEVIT, where
the Lord wept and shed over the future fate of Jerusalem. We continue on the Palm
Sunday Road ending at the GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, the place where Jesus went
with his disciples to pray the night before he was crucified and the CHURCH OF ALL
NATIONS, built over the rock on which Jesus is believed to have prayed in agony the
night before he was crucified. Visit the holiest site of the Jewish nation, the WESTERN
WALL (WAILING WALL), located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western
side of the Temple Mount. It is remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish
Temple's courtyard, a place where Jews down the ages have expressed their grief over
the destruction of the Temple, their anguish giving the wall its name. On to Bethlehem to
visit the CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, Christ’s birthplace. Entering the church means
having to stoop low. The only doorway in the fortress-like front wall is just 1.2 meters high.
To Christians, it seems appropriate to bow low before entering the place where God
humbled himself to become man. Next door to the Church of the Nativity is the
Roman Catholic church of ST. CATHERINE. It is in this church that Christmas midnight
mass is celebrated and relayed throughout the world via satellite. Visit the SHEPHERD’S
FIELD where angels appeared to the shepherds to announce the birth of Jesus. Dinner,
overnight
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DAY 7 OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM • MT. ZION • EIN KAREM (BLD)
After breakfast, proceed to the OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM stopping first at the CHURCH
OF ST. ANNE, 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. Visit the POOLS OF BETHESDA, identified as the scene of one of Jesus’
miracles, the healing of the paralyzed man. Follow the 14 Stations of the Cross along
the VIA DOLOROSA and site of the crucifixion, CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE,
now shared by six Christian communities. On to Mt. Zion to visit the room of the LAST
SUPPER, a second-story room in Jerusalem that commemorates the "upper room" in
which Jesus shared the Last Supper with the disciples located directly above the KING
DAVID’S TOMB. Visit the nearby CHURCH OF ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU, to
commemorate the apostle Peter’s triple denial of his master, his immediate repentance
and his reconciliation with Christ after the resurrection. Drive to EIN KAREM, the
birthplace of John the Baptist. Visit the CHURCH OF THE VISITATION where Mary went
to see her cousin Elizabeth who greeted the future mother of Jesus with the
words “blessed art thou among women”. Mary responded with the “Magnificat”, a song of
praise to the Lord. Transfer to hotel, dinner and overnight.
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DAY 8 BETHLEHEM• ALLENBY BORDER • DEPARTURE AMMAN (BL)
Breakfast at hotel. Check out, visit the Old City of JAFFA and St. Peter’s Church, drive to
Allenby Border to cross to Jordan Continue to MADABA, the city of Mosaic. Then, visit
MT. NEBO, where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died. Transfer to airport
for flight back home.
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DAY 9 ARRIVAL MANILA
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BOOKING CONDITIONS:
• Non-refundable deposit of USD 600.00 pp & passport upon reservation.
• Minimum of 30 full paying adult required operating the tour
• If the group fall from 29 passengers and below, your travel agent has the right to cancel or reschedule the tour, otherwise new rates will apply.
• Penalty applies for cancellation made within 30 days prior to departure.
• There is no refund for unused services
RATES, TOUR PROGRAMS and SCHEDULES are subject to change if conditions so
demand. We reserve the right to postpone the departure if participants fall below the
required number of persons or visas are not processed on time. Tour fare is based on
group departure. Air tickets are based on group / discounted fares. Hence, certain
restrictions apply, i.e non-endorsable, non- reroutable, with refunds, if any, subject to
cancellation and other charges.
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