25 April – 6 May 2012

Led By: Rev Francis Khoo of Covenant Vision Centre

DAY 01: 25 APRIL 2012, WEDNESDAY
Flight Details:

SINGAPORE - HONG KONG on CATHAY PACIFIC
Date           Flight No       Destination         Depart     Arrive
25 April      CX 736       Singapore/Hong Kong   1010hrs     1405hrs

HONG KONG – TEL AVIC on El Al AIRLINES
25 April      LY 76        Hong Kong/Tel Aviv     16100hrs     2220hrs

Arrive Ben Gurion Airport. Meet and assist. Transfer to GILGAL HOTEL or similar in Tel Aviv for overnight.

DAY 02: 26 APRIL 2012, THURSDAY
Tel Aviv – Jaffa – Caesarea - Mt Carmel - Kibbutz Merchavim - Nazareth

Breakfast and check out at hotel. Drive along the Mediterranean coast to CAESAREA to visit the ancient city, amphitheater and the Aqueduct. Then continue to MT. CARMEL, MUHRAKA where Elijah prayed for fire from heaven. Lunch en-route at Haifa. After lunch we walk through the strategic city of MEGIDDO, which Solomon fortified. We end the day’s tour in Nazareth. Dinner and overnight stay at the NAZARETH PLAZA HOTEL or similar.

DAY 03: 27 APRIL 2012, FRIDAY
Nazareth – Cana - Mt Tabor – Megiddo - Tiberius

Breakfast and check out at hotel. Tour NAZARETH visiting Annunciation Church & Mary’s Well. Continue to CANA where the first miracle of the Master was performed. Thereafter we make our way up MT TABOR, the Mt of Transfiguration. Lunch en‐route. Visit Rabbi Arial for worship at Metchavim in Afula. We cross the Valley of Jezreel (Valley of Armageddon) and descend into the Rift Valley to the Sea of Galilee where we check into GAI BEACH HOTEL or similar in Tiberius.

DAY 04: 28 APRIL 2012, SATURDAY
Tiberius - Sea of Galilee – Ginosar - Mt Beautitudes – Capernaum – Tabgha – Yardenit - Tiberius

Take a BOAT RIDE at the Sea of Galilee. Visit YIGAL ALLON CENTER (BOAT AT GINOSAUR), Then we visit MT. OF BEATITUDES where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount.. Thereafter, we visit CAPERNAUM where more of Jesus’ recorded miracles were performed. We continue on to TABGHA, where Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves and two fishes. End the day at YARDENIT, the traditional baptismal site on the River Jordan. Return to hotel in Tiberius for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 05: 29 APRIL 2012 SUNDAY
Tiberius - Upper Galilee - Golan Heights - Tiberius

After breakfast we travel up north through UPPER GALILEE on our way to HAZOR, the largest city in Palestine during the days of Joshua and Solomon. In DAN we climb the steps leading to the altar where Jeroboam placed a golden calf when the nation divided. We stop at CAESAREA PHILLIPPI where Peter confessed Jesus to be the Messiah. We go up the GOLAN HEIGHTS and see some of the plains of BASHAN and pass by the eastern shores of the lake and see the area where Jesus healed a demonic and as a result a herd of pigs rushed over the cliff and drowned. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 06: 30 APRIL 2012, MONDAY
Tiberius - Bet Shean – Jericho - Dead Sea

Breakfast at hotel and check out. Drive through the Jordan Valley visiting to EIN HAROD – the spring where Gideon selected 300 men for his army and to BET SHEAN ‐ where the Philistines hung the bodies of Saul and Jonathan after Israel’s defeat. Following that, we visit Jericho the oldest and lowest inhabited city in the world. Then proceed to the DEAD SEA and check in at LEONARDO HOTEL or similar for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 07: 01 MAY 2012, TUESDAY
Dead Sea – Masada – Qumran – Beersheva - Jerusalem

Breakfast and check out at the hotel. Start with visit to MASADA (take a cable car) where Herod the Great fortified and where the Jews had their final resistance against the Romans until A.D.73. Following that we visit QUMRAN CAVES where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Then proceed to JERUSALEM. Dinner at the GENESIS LAND. Check in at DAN JERUSALEM HOTEL or similar for overnight stay.

DAY 08: 02 MAY 2012, WEDNESDAY
Jerusalem - Old City

Breakfast at the hotel. Start the day with a visit to MT. SCOPUS for a panoramic view of the city. Drive to BETHANY (Lazarus’ Tomb). Continue to MT. OF OLIVES: DOMINUS FLAVIT, ASCENSION CHAPEL, PATERNOSTER CHURCH, GETHSEMANE GARDENS, and BASILICA OF AGONY. Then continue with the walking tour in the OLD CITY: POOLS OF BETHESDA, VIA DOLOROSA, HOLY SEPULCHER CHURCH, . Visit KING OF KINGS Messianic Church for Sunday Service. Return to hotel for dinner & overnight.

DAY 09: 03 MAY 2012, THURSDAY
Jerusalem

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to WESTERN WALL with TUNNELS and TEMPLE MOUNT, CITY OF DAVID, UPPER ROOM where the Last Supper was instituted by Jesus, KING DAVID’S TOMB, DORMITION ABBEY. Continue to MT. ZION, visiting ST. PETER IN GALICANTU CHURCH, where Peter denied Jesus and the Pretorium courtyard is where Jesus was tried by Pontius Pilate. Visit YAD VASHEM, YAD HASHMONA BIBLICAL GARDEN. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight. Night tour in Jerusalem that include the show at the David Tour.

DAY 10: 04 MAY 2012, FRIDAY
Jerusalem  - Bethlehem

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to BETHLEHEM and visit the NATIVITY CHURCH. This is the birth place of Jesus. View the SHEPHERD’S FIELDS and see where the shepherds kept their flocks by night, when the angels of god came to them to give them the great message of the birth of Jesus. After lunch we visit the GARDEN TOMB where we remember Christ’s death and resurrection with a communion service. Return to hotel overnight. (Night meeting: Israel Perspective from a Messianic Jew).

DAY 11: 05 MAY 2012, SATURDAY
Jerusalem (New City)

Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Visit the HOLOCAST MUSEUM and Drive via Knesset and Menorah to ISRAEL MUSEUM to see the DEAD SEA SCROLLS and also a scale-model of Jerusalem as it was in the time of Christ. Visit JOPPA (also known as Jaffa) where Jonah boarded a ship for Tarshish. Tour the city of Tel Aviv and Diaspora Museum. Dinner and then off to airport to catch our flight home….

TEL AVIV - HONG KONG
05 May 2012     LY 75         Tel Aviv/Hong Kong     2100hrs     1355hrs

DAY 12: 06 MAY 2012, SUNDAY
HONG KONG - SINGAPORE
06 May 2012     CX 711     Hong Kong/Singapore     1525hrs     1910hrs

Home sweet home…

Package Price in SGD (Per Person)

                  Min. 28 Paxs    Min. 33 Paxs    Min. 38 Paxs        Min. 42 Paxs
Twin-Share      4,375.00          4,175.00        4,125.00          4,025.00
Single              5,400.00          5,200.00        5,150.00         5,050.00
Child               4,050.00          3,850.00        3,800.00          3,700.00

* Child rate is applicable for children aged below 12 years and sharing with 2 adults paying passengers

Price Includes: ~
•    Economy airfare Singapore/Hongkong/Tel Aviv/Tel  Aviv/Hongkong/Singapore on Cathay Pacific & El Al Airlines;
•    Meet and assist upon arrival and departures
•    10 nights tour with stay in 4-star hotels
•    All meals as per itinerary including 1 dinner at “Genesis Land” with camel ride
•   Transfers, sightseeing (as per itinerary) by private, deluxe, air-conditioned motor coach with Israeli English speaking Government licensed local guide
•    Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in the itinerary
•    Boat ride on Sea of Galilee, Masada cable car ride and entry to the Western Wall Tunnel
•    01 bottle of mineral water upon arrival and welcome kit
•    Porterage at airports and hotels; Gratuities to guide & driver

Price Excludes: ~
•    Price above excludes Airport Taxes & Fuel Surcharges (currently estimated at $546)
•    Price above excludes Travel Insurance;
•    Entry Visa to Israel (if required. Singapore passports do not require visa)
•    Beverages with meals and expenses of personal nature

Flight Details: ~
25 Apr    CX 736    Singapore/Hongkong    Dep 1010hrs            Arr 1405hrs
25 Apr    LY  76        Hongkong/Tel Aviv             1610hrs            2220hrs
05 May    LY  75        Tel Aviv/Hongkong             2100hrs            1355hrs
06 May    CX 635    Hongkong/Singapore             1525hrs            1910hrs

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