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 . 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 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 / 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: (B, D) Enjoy a taste of the New City of Jerusalem today. ______Drive by the Knesset, ’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 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 where we see , 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. , 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. Built in 1115 (B, D) Light Horse Association and the WWI Heritage by Baldwin I. of Jerusalem it was strategically Society. A large contingent (in full World War located on a hill on the plain of Edom, along Day 9 – Monday 30 Oct One battle attire) plan to re-enact the ride the pilgrimage and caravan routes from Syria to Following the path of the ANZACS in 2017, the 100th Anniversary of the great Arabia. Guest Guide: Meet Avi Navon, former chairman charge. Continue on for the Australian event at Overnight: Petra (B, D) of the WWI Historical Society and expert on the the magnificent Park of the Australian Soldier history of ANZACs in the Holy Land. Avi will host established by the Pratt Foundation in 2008. Day 13 – Friday 3 Nov us over the next two important days focusing on The Park includes special facilities for children Petra the events surrounding the Charge of the Light with physical and/or mental disabilities, Enjoy a spectacular full day tour exploring the Horse at Beersheba. ** Today we closely follow including a maze for blind children with signs in rose-red city of Petra. Travel by foot through the path of the ANZAC’s leading up to the attack Braille. ** Onto Jaffa or Abu Gosh for a festive the awesome ‘SIQ’ valley. Visit the Treasury, and on Beersheba. Visit the ANZAC Memorial at farewell dinner at an authentic Middle Eastern explore hundreds of buildings, tombs, temples, Kibbutz Be’eri and look over the border towards Restaurant. and a 3,000-seat theater from the first-century Gaza. Travel along the Besor River. Cross the Overnight: Tel Aviv (B, D) AD. Hanging Bridge to the Besor Dam built by the Overnight: Petra (B, D) ANZACS. Stop by the restored Turkish “Patish” Day 11 – Wednesday 1 Nov Ruins and hear the story of Colonel Richard Depart Tel Aviv and drive to Sheik Hussein Day 14 – Saturday 4 Nov Meinertzhagen’s “Haversack Ruse”, where he Bridge for border crossing procedures to enter Onto Aqaba for a tour of the city and see the deliberately left false clues of a major attack Jordan. Our first stop is Jerash, the ancient biggest flag in the world. See the Mamluk coming from Gaza instead of Beersheba. Finish Roman city of the Decapolis. The city is one Castle where a great Arab victory took place the day at Abraham's Well and Visitors' Center - of the best examples of the grand, formal in 1916 when this heavily defended Turkish situated on the banks of the biblical Beer-Sheva provincial Roman urbanism found throughout stronghold fell to a daring Arab camel charge. River, at the gates of the Old City. Discover the the Middle East. It contains paved and Transfer to Eilat for your domestic flight to Tel innovative heritage site dedicated to showcasing colonnaded streets, soaring hilltop temples, Aviv International Airport and onto your Tel the life of the Patriarch Abraham. a handsome theatre, spacious public squares Aviv hotel. Overnight: Desert cabin accommodation OR and plazas, baths, fountains and city walls Overnight: Tel Aviv (B) Beersheba / Arad hotel (B, D) pierced by towers and gates. Onto Al Salt, an ancient agricultural town and administrative Day 15 – Sunday 5 Nov Day 10 – Tuesday 31 Oct centre. The architecture of this period is the Depart to Tel Aviv Airport for departure with Beersheba Day highlight, houses with long-arched windows wonderful memories of a fantastic trip! (B) Enjoy a special day in Beersheba in picturesque narrow streets. This town commemorating the centenary of the was the site of a dramatic battle in 1917. achievements of the Australian soldiers in Drive to Amman. Visit Amman Citadel and Feeding and watering 40,000 horses - not an easy task!

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Twin Share: $6,299 per person Colonel Robert A non refundable deposit of $2000 per person Single: $8,334 Likeman CSM is a is required at the time of the booking. Full former Director payment is due 90 days prior to departure. INCLUSIONS: of Health of the Australian Army. Bookings made within 90 days prior to • Escorted by professional Tour Born in England, he departure, subject to availability, will require Director from Brisbane studied Arabic and immediate payment. Credit card payment Hebrew at Oxford surcharges apply. Minimum passenger numbers • 14 nights twin share University before accommodation in 4 star hotels are required for this tour to run at the advertised taking up medicine. He cost. If 15 passengers have not booked by 90 • Meals as mentioned in itinerary emigrated to Australia days prior to departure then it may be necessary • Excursions/Sightseeing & in 1972. to review the tour cost and escorted tour component and offer similar arrangements on an Entrance fees as mentioned in In addition to his medical and military careers, Dr itinerary unescorted basis. Likeman is also an established military historian, • Sevices of English speaking Local and has published seven books of Australian *PRICES AND CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT: This guides during sightseeing (9 days military history. Of particular interest for this tour is quoted in AUD and is subject to currency From Law to War tour is , the biography of adjustments either up or down until the booking touring in Israel and 4 days touring Brigadier General Lachlan Wilson, Commanding in Jordan) is paid in full. Any variation to the prices will be Officer of the 5th Light Horse Regiment in the based on the rates available to us at the time the 3rd Light Horse Sinai Desert and afterwards of deposit is paid and again on the final balance. Brigade TOUR COST EXCLUDES: in which was first into Damascus. Cancellations fees will apply. All services From the Tropics to the Desert • International flights from/to Australia Also of interest is , and reservations provided are subject to the • Meals not mentioned in itinerary which includes an account of the Desert War condition of the principal providers. in Egypt and Palestine 1916 - 1918. Colonel • Gratuities Likeman has travelled widely in the Middle East, • Excursions/Sightseeing & Entrance Travel Insurance is strongly recommended. and in 2011 represented Australia at the 5th fees not mentioned in itinerary International Medical Conference sponsored by Reservations may be booked through Zeppelin • Room extras such as mini bar, room the Israel Defence Force in Tel Aviv. Travel, The Professional Centre, Suite 1, 189 Ashmore Road, Benowa QLD 4217. Please call service etc He also led our successful tour to Gallipoli for the • Travel Insurance 1300 786 888 or 07 5557 9888 or Centenary in 2015. visit www.zt.com.au • Visa and Border Crossing fees

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