The Ultimate Family & Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour

Sunday Departures 12 Days • 10 Nights Bar or Bat Mitzvah

child FREE! Rafting on the Jordan River FAMILY & BAR/BAT MITZVAH TOUR Tour Includes: Highlights: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony in • Herodian Excavations • Deluxe Hotels • Rabbinical Tunnel • Davidson Center • City of David • Archaeological Dig • Camel Ride in the Desert • Bedouin “Hafla” Dinner • Kayaking or Rafting on • Comprehensive Group Sightseeing the Jordan River • Visit an Army Base • Jeep Riding in the • Escorted by Professional Tour Manager Bread & cheese making activity • Tree Planting at Neot Kedumim • Sound & (Option for Touring by Private Car) Light Show in Jerusalem • Many more Special Events and lots of surprises! • Arrival and Departure Transfers Plus! A Festive Bar/Bat Mitzvah Celebratory Evening 18 Meals: • Israeli Buffet Breakfast Daily sample ITINERARY products as well as performance art- • Welcome Dinner in ists. Evening at leisure in vibrant Tel • A Bedouin “Chafla” dinner at Genesis Land Sunday: En Route Aviv. (B) • Lunch & Dinner at a Dead Sea Spa Hotel Depart the USA on your flight to . Wednesday: Caesarea/Haifa/Galilee • Shabbat dinner in Jerusalem Drive to ; visit the perfect • Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gala Dinner Monday: Tel Aviv Caesarea Roman Theatre, the Hippodrome, • Kibbutz Dinner in the Galilee Welcome to Israel! Arrive Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv; meeting, assis- the crusader walls and stop at the • BBQ dinner in the Galilee tance, and transfer to your hotel on new multimedia show where one can • Farewell dinner in Jerusalem the sparking Mediterranean shore. “speak” to King Herod and many of Balance of the day at leisure. Welcome the prominent elders who shaped Deluxe Hotels Dinner get-together this evening. (D) history some 2000 years ago. Then, City Nights Hotel head to Haifa; see the meticulous Tel Aviv 2 Carlton – Sea View Rooms Tuesday: Tel Aviv Bahai Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, often described as Galilee 2 Kibbutz Kfar Blum We’ll all meet this morning and begin our tour driving first toMachon Aya- the “eighth wonder of the world.” Jerusalem 6 Orient lon, a secretive bullet factory estab- Proceed to a nearby Druze Village (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner lished by the Haganah underground where we will learn about the Druze movement in 1945. As the largest people and their way of life. Continue bullet factory during that time, it to Mitzpeh Hoshaya’s Kfar Kedem; produced 2.23 million bullets between participate in cheese making and 1946- 1948, while keeping the secret bread baking and take the Donkey from the ruling British military. Con- ride challenge (if you are skilled you’ll tinue to Neot Kedumim, an eco-tour- get your license as well). On to the ism site and a “living museum” that Jordan River area, where you can test recreates the physical setting of the your skills kayaking on the Jordan Bible, in all its depth and detail. Here, River and zip lining on the Omega. you will have the opportunity to plant Dinner and overnight at your Kibbutz a tree in the soil of Israel. Drive back hotel. (B.D) to Jaffa to explore the reconstructed Artists’ Quarter with its galleries and Thursday: Galilee boutiques. We’ll head to Tel-Aviv’s We begin at Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar; popular Nachalat Benyamin, an open test your skill at target shooting. pedestrian Arts and Craft Fair where Visit an Army Base, with a wonderful you will find a variety of hand made opportunity to see IDF soldiers and

Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL www.isramisraelusa.com | 41 Falls observe the life of an active combat unit. Sunday: Jerusalem Dinner of Bedouin cuisine while you enjoy Continue down the Northern slopes of the Drive to Ammunition Hill to learn about the their unique hospitality. Return to Jerusalem Golan Heights, stopping for a spectacular epic battle fought by the Israeli Paratroop- for overnight. (B.D) view of the lush finger ofthe Galilee en route ers and Jordanian Legionnaires in the to Tel , the largest source of the Jordan Six Day War (1967) that resulted in the Monday: Jerusalem River. An outdoor and FAMILY & BAR/BAT MITZVAH TOUR MITZVAH & BAR/BAT FAMILY BBQ Dinner Jeep Ride unification of Jerusalem. Continue toYad The big day is here and we’ve made sure that completes this spectacular day. (B.D) Vashem national memorial and Museum it’s everything you’ve hoped for and more. . Stop in the Grove of the Friday: Jerusalem of the Holocaust The Bar/Bat Mitzvah service will take place at Righteous among the Nations; continue to the Southern Wall Archaeological Park where Begin the day in the ancient, sacred city of the Children’s Memorial and take part in a you will experience a fascinating presentation Safed, the center of Kabbalah; explore the special “Yizkor” (memorial service) in Bikat describing life around the Temple Mount. picturesque ancient alleyways, the historic Ha Kehilot (The Valley of Communities); visit Continue to the Biblical City of David in the synagogues and visit some of the many fine the new museum. A special program will heart of Ancient Jerusalem, the city of kings galleries in this artists’ colony. Drive through be provided for children (accompanied by and prophets, where the most exciting finds the to . Visit the Jordan Valley Beit Shean one parent). Stop at Mt. Herzl to discuss of recent years were found including an im- largest excavated Roman city in the Middle “from Shoah Vetkuma” (from destruction to pressive public structure from the times of the East that was home to approximately 40,000 Independence); visit the final resting place Kings of Judea. Visit the underground water people. See the Roman temple, artisan of the founders of modern day Israel who system including new discoveries in the area workshop, public baths and a magnificent had a dream and some of the young men of the Canaanite Citadel and the Canaanite amphitheater that is still used for perfor- who paid the ultimate price to make the Pool. Take the full wet trail or walk in the dry mances. Then drive south and rise through dream a reality. Drive to Machane Yehuda tunnel. Arrive at the , the mountains to Jerusalem. Upon arrival, Market and walk along the alleys tasting lo- Kotel – the Western Wall stop for a blessing of Shehecheyanu while cally made halva, homemade Jerusalem ice Judaism’s holiest site, and finish the day’s taking in the sweeping views of the Old City. cream, natural health drinks and fine olive adventure walking back in time through the Tonight, traditional Shabbat Dinner at the oils. This evening, meet with the Rabbi for Western Wall (Rabbinical) Tunnels, a fantastic hotel in Jerusalem. (B.D) a final rehearsal before the Bar/Bat Mitzvah route running under the Old City. Tonight ceremony before driving to Genesis Land we’ve planned a Festive Bar/Bat Mitzvah cel- Saturday: Jerusalem located in the heart of the Judean Desert. ebration in honour of the children’s hard work Day at leisure in this fascinating city with an Experience life as it was in the biblical and the dedication they have shown. Enjoy opportunity to rest, participate in one of the times. You will be greeted by Abraham’s a specially arranged dinner planned around many Shabbat services, or visit with family. servant, Eliezer, and a train of camels who the freshest of local bounty and live entertain- Or, simply enjoy the swimming pool and will lead you down to Abraham’s tent ment (subject to group size). It will be a night fantastic facilities at your hotel. (B) for the Bedouin “Chafla”- a sumptuous to remember! (B.D)

42 | www.isramisraelusa.com Isram Israel (844) 9-ISRAEL Tuesday: Dead Sea/Jerusalem mineral-rich waters and enjoy the hotel evening will be transferred to Ben Gurion Airport where you will be met and assisted Descend through the Judean Desert to the facilities. Return to Jerusalem for overnight. Evening: Sound & Light show in Jerusalem. for your departure flight.(B.D) Dead Sea, the lowest point on Planet earth, (B.L) stopping first atEin Gedi Nature Reserve Thursday: En Route where the landscape and climate conditions Wednesday: Jerusalem Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport (meeting have created an ecosystem of springs, water- and assistance provided) for your return Today begins with an archaeological dig at falls and pools surrounded by lush greenery flight to the USA. the Tel Maresha excavations where we will (B) in the desolate desert setting. Enjoy an op- take part in a hands-on search for ancient portunity to cool off in the refreshing pools objects; followed by a ‘crawl’ through the Eilat Extensions (with optional tour to Petra) and waterfalls of this unique oasis. Ascend famous Beit Guvrin caves. Continue to available, please inquire! Masada by cable car, the last stronghold of Latrun, a strategic location on the road to the Zealots who chose death rather than Jerusalem during Israel’s War of Indepen- surrendering to the Roman Legion in the dence. Tour the IDF Armoured Corps This is a sample itinerary. Schedule of sites Jewish Revolt against Rome some 2000 years Musuem, where all the tanks used by the and visits are subject to change. Please ago. Descend Masada and drive to one of Israeli army since 1948 are on display. refer to the price chart below showing the sequence of stay, which may vary according the hotels at the Dead Sea for lunch and Return to the hotel to refresh before our to your selected departure date. swim; float effortlessly in the therapeutic farewell dinner. Those departing late this

2019 Land Prices (USD) Bar/Bat Mitzvah Child is FREE (applies to ONE Bar/Bat Mitzvah child per family of 3 or more – Bar/Bat Mitzvah Child must be 12 or 13*): Per person rate from $4,256.

*Total Rates for Families that include a Bar/Bat Mitzvah Child. Jun 30-July 11 Aug 4-15 Dec 23- Jul 14-25 Aug 18-29 Jan 2, ‘20

Single (one person in a room) Pays for 1 Single $5,920 $5,979 $6,049 FAMILY & BAR/BAT MITZVAH TOUR Couple (sharing a double room) Pay for 2 persons $8,512 $8,652 $8,870 Family of 3 (Parents, 1 BM child in 1 room) Pay for 2 persons $8,512 $8,652 $8,870 Family of 4 (3 Persons plus BM child - 2 rooms) Pay for 3 persons $12,768 $12,978 $13,305 Family of 5 (4 Persons plus BM child - 2 rooms) Pay for 4 persons $17,024 $17,304 $17,740

No additional discounts apply for non-Bar/Bat Mitzvah children in rooms above. Maximum ONE Free Bar/Bat child per family. Extensions available in Tel Aviv or to Eilat with Optional Petra Day Tour for either Pre or Post the Tour dates.

Private Car Touring using the above itinerary & customized itineraries for Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Family Tours available; please inquire.

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