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BEERSHEBA BE PART OF HISTORY Australian Light Horsemen riding into Jerusalem in 1917 Part of the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem The equestrian statue in Beersheba which commemorates the famous charge of the Australian Light Horse in 1917 The Commonwealth War Cemetery in Beersheba COMMEMORATING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIGHT HORSE CHARGE 15 DAYS - DEPARTING SUNDAY 22nd OCTOBER WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANZACS The Wailing Wall - all that remains of Solomon's Temple The re-enactment of the Charge on the 75th Anniversary In anticipation of the Day 1 – Sunday 22 Oct 2017 brewery making beer from the fresh waters at the Arrive at Ben Gurion Airport at 7.40am from Hong source of the Jordan River. upcoming 100 year Kong if you are travelling on Cathay Pacific. You will Overnight Galilee Kibbutz (B, D) anniversary of the Charge of be met and assisted by a representative of our local the ANZAC Light Horse in Office and transferred to your hotel. Check-in time Day 5 – Thursday 26 Oct is at 10.00am. The remainder of the morning is at From Nazareth to the Jordan Valley Beersheba on 31st October leisure. Start the day with a tour of Kibbutz Degania – 1917, Zeppelin Travel Optional walking tour in the afternoon: the world’s first Kibbutz. Visit the historic site Guest Guide: Meet Ilan Schori, expert guide and Tel of Degania, preserved and authentic since its is proud to present this Aviv historian. Ilan will take us on a relaxed walking inception and hear the story of the Pioneers who historical tour tour telling stories of the ANZACs and the three came in 1910 and decided to build something commemorating the battles that took place in and around Tel Aviv / Jaffa different - the Kibbutz. Walk around Degania and where the Yarkon River meets the Mediterranean you will encounter ‘Kibbutznikim’ who love living Charge. Culminating in the Sea (TBC). the collective/communal life and will visit the ceremonies in Beersheba on Overnight: Tel Aviv – check in at 10am (B) pre-school - ‘kinder-gardens’, the dining-room and the museum. On for a visit to the relatively 31st October 2017, Day 2 – Monday 23 Oct unknown Turkish Pilots Memorial in the fields of the tour will be lead by Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel to start Kibbutz Haon. Visit the Railway Station at Semakh former Director of Health of your tour. This morning we will travel northwards and the Light Horse Memorial on the Sea of Galilee along the shimmering Mediterranean Coast. Stop waterfront and hear the story of the Battle of the Australian Army, Colonel to explore the ancient port city of Caesarea built Semakh. Explore the Crusader Castle of Belvoir. Robert Likeman, who by Herod the Great. See the aqueducts and the Enjoy the spectacular view and hear the stories will call upon his extensive restored amphitheatre now used as a concert of the Crusaders and Saladin’s inability to take venue. Explore the Crusader Fortress with its the Castle by force. Travel along the fertile Jordan knowledge of the history unique dry moat. Enjoy a coffee break at Jaser Al Valley stopping by the Bridge built by General and culture of the region to Zarka – The Blue Bridge built over the Crocodile Allenby. Visit the site of the original Baptism on the River by the Germans and Turks in honour of Kaiser Jordan River at Qaser El Yehud. give you a once in a Wilhelm’s visit to the Holy Land. Onto Meggido to Overnight: Jerusalem (B) lifetime, memorable explore the ancient mount and waterduct and see adventure. where the battle of Armageddon is prophesied to Day 6 – Friday 27 Oct take place. Jerusalem New City Overnight: Haifa (B, D) Enjoy a taste of the New City of Jerusalem today. _________________________ Drive by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament and see Day 3 – Tuesday 24 Oct the famous Menorah with biblical emblems. Visit Travel north to Akko (Acre) to explore the Knights’ the Shrine of the Book to see the original Dead Sea Halls and the secret escape tunnel dug by the Scrolls. See the model of Jerusalem as it was during ONCE IN A Crusaders. Will walk through at the old port and the time of King Herod. Experience a moving visit to will continue to the colourful bazaar. Continue Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. In the afternoon LIFETIME to Nazareth for a visit to the magnificent Basilica tour the Latrun Tank Museum, the biggest of its of the Annunciation. Stop by the German WWI kind in the world. HOLY LAND Military Cemetery with wooden crosses made Overnight: Jerusalem (B) from the propellers of crashed airplanes. Onto the TOUR Galilee for check-in to a unique kibbutz hotel for Day 7 – Saturday 28 Oct country style hospitality. Ancient Jerusalem Overnight Galilee Kibbutz (B, D) Visit the Jerusalem Commonwealth Cemetery • Tel Aviv built on a site today known as French Hill. On for a • Galilee Day 4 – Wednesday 25 Oct rooftops tour of the Old City. Walk the Via Delarosa Golan Heights off road and brewery visit and stop at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Place • Jerusalem Stop at The Bnot Yaakov Bridge - a landmark site a note at the Western Wall and visit the Jewish • Amman where ANZACs fought a historic battle in 1918. Quarter. Stroll the oriental markets of the Arab • Haifa The bridge is of strategic importance as it is one of Quarter. Walk along the walls from Jaffa Gate to the few fixed crossing points for the Jordan River Mt. Zion. Visit the Dormition Abbey and the Room • Jordan enabling access from the Golan to the Galilee. of the Last Supper. Drive to the city of Bethlehem. • Petra Experience a jeep tour of the Golan Heights with a Walk through the Manger's Square to visit the view of the Syrian Israeli border and an explanation Church of Nativity. Continue on for a visit to the • Dead Sea of the Sykes Picot agreement that still holds in the Shepherds' Field. Stop at a local souvenir store for • Beersheba area today! Finish the day with a visit to the ‘Golan genuine olive wood products. Free to wander in Magic’ audio visual experience and a tour of the Jerusalem this evening to explore the many options The Wailing Wall - all that remains of Solomon's Temple The Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives for dinner in the various restaurants and coffee World War I. Start the day with a moving Amphitheater. The Citadel is considered an shops in the city. service hosted by the Australian Ambassador important site because it has had a long history Overnight: Jerusalem (B) and various dignitaries at the Beersheba of occupation by many great civilizations. Commonwealth Cemetery. The cemetery Overnight: Amman (B, D) Day 8 – Sunday 29 Oct contains 1,241 Commonwealth burials of the Floating the Dead Sea Great War, 67 of them unidentified. There Day 12 – Thursday 2 Nov Depart Jerusalem and drive to the Dead Sea are rows upon rows of graves, meticulously Kings Way region, 400 metres below sea level and the maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Stop at Zizia Railway Station on the Hajeez lowest place on earth. Enjoy a nature walk Commission. Many of the graves are dated 6 Railway Line which ANZAC Light Horse captured at the desert oasis of Ein Gedi where we see November 1917, the date of the battle of Tel-El at the closing point of the war. This was in wild animals roaming freely in the desert. Khuwelfeh, an intense two day engagement, important strategic achievement in cutting Hike to the waterfalls and dip your feet in the six days after the Battle of Beersheba. Join off the Hejaz railway link to the Ottoman cold clear water. Visit the mountain fortress of in the opening ceremony of the new ANZAC garrisons in Arabia. Depart Amman for Madaba. Masada, once a luxurious palace built by Herod Museum in Beersheba. The new museum will Best known for its spectacular Byzantine and the Great and later the last stronghold of the be dedicated to the history of the Battle of Umayyad mosaics, Madaba is home to the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. Explore Beersheba and will be built by the Beersheba famous 6th century Mosaic Map of Jerusalem the unique remains including the bathhouse, Municipality in cooperation with the Australian and the Holy Land. Visit Mt. Nebo where Moses water cisterns, storerooms, hanging palaces and Government, the Australian Embassy in Israel viewed the Promised Land before his passing. the Synagogue. Continue to your hotel on the and the Pratt Foundation. The museum will Explore the remains of the Byzantine Church shores of the Dead Sea for an afternoon of rest be completed and officially inaugurated on with a mosaic floor, and from a platform in and relaxation. Enjoy a float on the salty waters 31 October 2017 (TBC). Visit Tel Sheva for front of the church enjoy a breathtaking view of the Dead Sea. The high mineral content in an overview of the main battlefield sites in across the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea. Visit the water and the mud is well known for their the area and a special ceremony hosted by the magnificent ruins of the crusader castle at curative effects. the New Zealand Embassy. Experience a re- Shobak. The castle is perched in a wild, remote Overnight: Dead Sea OR Beersheba / Arad hotel enactment of the Charge by the Australian landscape in southern Jordan.