hosted by Nancy Ho, Religion Educator at Hong Kong International School ​ ​ Bible Tour 2019 Discover the Ancient Paths!

10 Days ~ Friday, March 29 to Sunday, April 7, 2019 (Tentative itinerary as of Aug.01/18) ​ ​ USD 4,200 per person (based on double occupancy). Price includes: round trip airfare on Cathay Pacific Airlines from ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Hong Kong to Tel Aviv, small​ group (15 - 20 people) personalized tour, 9 touring days visiting Biblical Sites, 8 overnights (double occupancy: two per room) with deluxe lodging in Tiberias, Dead Sea Spa Resort and , transportation, two meals per day, medical insurance, fuel taxes, entrance fees, licensed tour guide, and tips. Land Only: $3,350 per person ​ Single Room (no roommate) = Add USD 900 ​

DAY Tour Details ISRAEL THU, From Hong Kong March 28 Check into the airport in Hong Kong at 22:00 on March 28th, 3 hours before departure. Leave Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific Airlines 1:00 am on March 29th (Flight CX675) ​ ​ Day 1 Arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) in Tel Aviv at 08:10 am on March 29th. Our group will be welcomed by our agent at baggage claim and then board our bus to drive north along Israel’s Mediterranean Coast toward the Galilee. FRI, March 29 Shabbat begins at Sundown

✡ Caesarea Aqueduct: (Opening Ceremony) Herod’s​ port city where Peter visited Caesarea Maritima Cornelius when the Gospel was given to the Gentiles and where Festus jailed Paul

Caesarea recorded in the Book of Acts. ✡ Stop for refreshments​ and orientation meeting Mt. ✡ Mt. Carmel:​ Mountain where Elijah called down fire on the altar and slew the Prophets Carmel of Baal, view the Valley of Armageddon, Jezreel Valley, from the overlook to Nazareth, ​ Mount Tabor, and the western Galilee. ✡ Lunch at Druze restaurant ✡ Nazareth​ ​Village​: Experience daily life in the time of at his boyhood home as you Nazareth walk in His steps. This historic depiction and authentic recreation of a Jewish village 2,000 years ago reveals the meaning of many parables. Nazareth Village ✡ Mount Precipice:​ Take in the breathtaking view of the Jezreel Valley

Check in, and enjoy a S​ habbat dinner​ and overnight at our hotel in Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee.

Day 2 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel. Depart for the day’s tour around the Sea of Galilee.

SAT, Shabbat Shalom! March 30 ✡ Nof Ginosar (Jesus Boat Museum): ​ See and learn about the miraculous discovery of Shabbat the 2,000 year old “Jesus Boat”, found by fishermen at the shore of this kibbutz in 1986. Galilee Boat Ride ✡ Boat Ride on Sea of Galilee​: Sail in a replica of an ancient fishing vessel like those used

in the time of Jesus as we worship on the water with Daniel Carmel.

Sea of ✡ St. Peter’s Fish lunch: ​Enjoy the traditional fish lunch of the Galilee. Galilee ✡ St. Peter’s Primacy​: Follow Jesus’ ministry in the Galilee and visit where He fed the multitudes with five loaves and two fish. Jesus re-appeared here following His resurrection, restored Peter and commissioned the disciples with the Good News. ✡ Capernaum​: View Peter’s home, the first house church, and ongoing excavations where

Jesus taught, healed, delivered all at His synagogue. Capernaum Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee.

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Day 3 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel in the Galilee. Depart the hotel for the day’s tour.

SUN, ✡ Magdala: Tour​ the ruins of an ancient synagogue and city, on the shores of the Galilee March 31 ✡ Katzrin: ​Superb multimedia presentation of the , the Golan and Upper Galilee history up to the Yom Kippur War and its present day restoration. Galilee ✡ Mount Ben Tal:​ One of Israel's favorite mountain​ peaks​ due to the great panoramic Mount Ben Tal views of the Golan and even Syria. This military outpost is the site of a courageous battle Golan fought during Israel's​ ​war for the Golan Heights. Heights ✡ Yardenit​: Renew your baptism in the Jordan River at this inspiring site.

Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee. Yardenit Jordan River Day 4 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel in the Galilee. Check out of hotel for the day’s tour.

MON, April 1 ✡ Ancient : ​This was the site of the Tabernacle (for nearly 400 years) and first capital of the Israelite Kingdom. ✡ Jordan River Valley: Drive​ south, down along the Jordan River and wilderness, towards Shiloh the Dead Sea. ✡ Qumran:​ Learn of the Bible’s Book of Scrolls found in the caves in 1947. Tour the Jordan reconstructed site passes through ruins of the Essenes’ community. River ✡ Masada:​ Stand high above the Dead Sea at Herod’s 2000 year old fortress. A cable car takes you up to a breathtaking view of the Judean desert, Jordan and Dead Sea area. Valley Dead Sea Floating ✡ The Dead Sea: ​Check into our hotel and float in the sea - a unique experience in the mineral rich water at the lowest spot on earth! Dead Sea Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Ein Bokek, at the Dead Sea.

Day 5 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel and depart for the day’s tour.

TUES, ✡ Drive to Jerusalem April 2 ✡ Mount of Olives:​ View the Holy City from Mount Scopus & Mount of Olives. Enjoy the panoramic view of Jerusalem and the surrounding area, including the Kidron Valley and the Eastern Gate. Lunch in the Old City ✡ Jerusalem ✡ Mt. : ​The Upper Room, traditional site of the Last Supper & Pentecost. Jerusalem ✡ King 's Tomb​: Below the Upper Room, in the City of the Great King. ✡ Garden Tomb: Celebrate​ the resurrection with a Communion Service near Golgotha and where many believe Jesus rose from the grave in Jerusalem. ✡ St. Peter Gallicantu (House of Caiaphas): Gallicantu​ Church ​where Jesus stood trial. ​

Check in, dinner and overnight at our hotel in Jerusalem. Garden Tomb Day 6 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel and depart for the day’s tour.

Western Wall (Rabbinical) Tunnels: ​Follow underground path as you walk the Roman WED, ✡ Road along walls of Herod’s Temple. Excavations reveal 3,000 years of history. April 3 Western Wall: ​Place your prayers in the Western Wall of the Second Temple, one of the ✡ holiest sites in Judaism. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) Jerusalem ✡ Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City and Roman Cardo: Shopping​ in the heart of

Jerusalem, see the restored synagogue, Golden Menorah, as we walk through the ancient streets of biblical history. Western Wall

Old City ✡ Via Dolorosa: the​ path on which Jesus carried his cross; the ‘way of suffering’ ✡ Church of Holy Sepulchre: Thought​ by some to be Jesus’ crucifixion/burial site ✡ Christchurch and Christian Quarter of Old City Jerusalem: First​ Protestant Church in the Middle East.

Our Theme Verse: Jeremiah 6:16 The Ancient Paths This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’ Rabbinical Tunnels

Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Jerusalem. 2

Day 7 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel in Jerusalem. Depart the hotel for the day’s tour.

THURS, ✡ Yad Vashem​: A compelling visit to Israel’s largest holocaust memorial. April 4 ​ ✡ Israel Museum Model​: View the 1000 square meter ‘Second Temple Jerusalem’ Model which recreates the city of 66 AD ✡ Davidson Center: ​Learn of Temple times from over 2,000 years ago. ✡ Southern Steps of the Second Temple: ​Come up to worship and stand on the Davidson Center very steps where Jesus taught and His Holy Spirit baptized 3,000 Jewish pilgrims observing Shavuot, the Feast of Pentecost, 50 days after His Resurrection​. See​ the Pinnacle of the Temple and the Shofar Sounder site.

✡ : Site​ of ’s Tunnel and the King’s palaces. Enjoy a multimedia Jerusalem presentation of David’s City, where Jerusalem’s history began and its kings anointed and preparation to build the First Temple started. ✡ Hezekiah’s Water Tunnel (Chizkiyahu tunnels) to the Pool of Siloam​: Walk Hezekiah’s Tunnel through part of Jerusalem’s ancient water system located under the City of David. It City of connects the —Jerusalem’s fresh water supply—with the Siloam Pool. David ✡ Dinner​ at hotel ✡ Citadel of David Night Spectacular ​(21:00): Fabulous outdoor, evening Sound and Light Show of Israel’s history, Jaffa Gate and Citadel of David Museum.

Night Spectacular Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Jerusalem. ​ ​Citadel of David Night Spectacular is after dinner. Day 8 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel. Check out of hotel and depart for day’s tour.

FRI, Shabbat begins at Sundown April 5

Mount of Olives - Palm Sunday Path:​ visit ​Dominus Flevit ​(Teardrop Church), where ✡ Jesus wept over Jerusalem before His crucifixion, death and resurrection.

Jerusalem ✡ Garden of Gethsemane: Enter​ the Garden, with the ancient olive trees believed to date Garden of Gethsemane back to the times of Jesus and where He prayed, was betrayed by Judas and arrested by the Romans. ✡ Church of All Nations: ​Where Jesus prayed the night of His arrest. Bethlehem ✡ Bethlehem​: Spend some time in the hometown of King David and birthplace of Jesus. Tour the famous Church of the Nativity at Manger Square. See the Shepherd’s fields, where angels announced the Messiah’s birth. Enjoy lunch and shopping. Bethlehem Farewell Shabbat Dinner​ and overnight at our hotel in Jerusalem. ​ Day 9 Israeli Buffet Breakfast in your hotel. Check out of the hotel.

SAT, Shabbat Shalom April 6 ✡ Friends of Zion Heritage Center: A​ n interactive historical museum about the Shabbat return and restoration of the Jewish people back to their Promised Land; honors the biblical and modern heroes of faith and offers a reflective overview of our tour. ​ ​http://www.fozmuseum.com

Transfer to Airport ✡ Bus​ ​transfer from Jerusalem to Ben Gurion International Airport to check-in at 12:00 noon for ​Flight CX 676 departing Tel Aviv (TLV) at 15:15​ ​on Cathay Pacific Airlines​ to Hong Kong.

Day 10 To Hong Kong SUN, International Cathay Pacific Airlines Flight arrives in Hong Kong at 6:15 am on April 7 April 7

Arrival in

HK End of Israel Tour – Itinerary subject to pleasant surprises!

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Includes: ✡ Round trip airfare on Cathay Pacific Airlines from Hong Kong to Tel Aviv ✡ Small group (15 - 20 people) personalized tour ✡ Meeting, assistance at Ben-Gurion Airport by our tour representatives and staff. ✡ Luggage porterage for your suitcases at the Ben Gurion Airport and hotels. ✡ 8 overnights at deluxe hotels:​ 3 nights at the Sea of Galilee, 1 night at a Dead Sea Spa Resort and 4 nights in Jerusalem. ✡ All hotel stays based on double occupancy (2 persons per room). Single Supplement needed for single room stays. ✡ 9 days sightseeing visiting Biblical sites, special evening activities, and guest ministries. ✡ English speaking, Bible believing master tour guide throughout the entire tour. ✡ Individual headsets to adequately hear our guide onsite. ✡ Luxury air-conditioned coach and entrance fees to each site as noted on the itinerary. ✡ Meals: include delicious, full Israeli buffet breakfasts and dinners at hotels daily. ✡ Official Israel Ministry of Tourism Ambassador for Israel Certificate and Travel Kit. ✡ Insurance in Israel for medical emergencies. ✡ Tips to driver, guide, hotel and restaurant staff. ✡ Not included:​ single supplement fee (for single room), ​ ​expenses of a personal nature, such as souvenirs, extra meals, bottled water, phone calls or personal travel insurance.

For Further information, contact Nancy Ho at ​[email protected] with www.lipkintours.com​​ Aaron & Eti Lipkin [email protected]​

YOUR HOST:​ Nancy Ho, ​Religion Educator at Hong Kong International School, has traveled to Israel eight times since 2008.

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