Holy Land Pilgrimage

Day 1 – Amman & Mount Nebo (Jordan)

• Arrive Queen Alia International Airport; meet & assist through formalities

• Visit Mount Nebo (memorial of Moses; panoramic view to Jordan Valley & Dead Sea)

• Check in to hotel

• Lodging & Dinner: Amman

Day 2 – Border Crossing · Nazareth & Cana (Israel)

• Check out; cross Sheikh Hussein border into Israel (customs & immigration)

• Visit Nazareth: Basilica of the Annunciation and St. Joseph’s workshop

• Visit Cana (first miracle: water into wine)

• Check in to hotel

• Lodging & Dinner: Nazareth

Day 3 – Galilee Sites · Jordan River · Jericho · To Bethlehem

• Visit Mount Tabor

• Visit Capernaum, Tabgha (Multiplication), Mount of Beatitudes

• Take a Sea of Galilee boat ride; stop at Primacy of Peter (Mensa Christi)

• Visit Yardenit on the Jordan River (baptismal site)

• Visit Jericho: view Mount of Temptation and Sycamore Tree

• Proceed to Bethlehem; check in

• Lodging & Dinner: Bethlehem

Day 4 – Old City of Jerusalem & Ein Karem

• Walk the Via Dolorosa (14 Stations) to Golgotha inside the Holy Sepulchre

• Visit Cenacle (Last Supper Room) and Tomb of King David

• Pray at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall)

• Visit Ein Karem: Birthplace of John the Baptist and Church of the Visitation

• Lodging & Dinner: Bethlehem

Day 5 – Mount of Olives, Gethsemane & Bethlehem

• Panoramic from Mount of Olives; visit Pater Noster and Ascension sites

• Walk Palm Sunday Road; visit Dominus Flevit and Garden of Gethsemane

• Visit Basilica of Agony and Tomb of St. Mary

• Visit St. Peter in Gallicantu (house of Caiaphas)

• Visit Shepherds’ Field; Church of the Nativity, Manger Square, Milk Grotto

• Lodging & Dinner: Bethlehem

Day 6 – Dead Sea · Bethany · To Egypt (Taba → Cairo)

• Float at the Dead Sea (lowest point on earth)

• Visit Bethany (house of Martha, Mary, Lazarus; Lazarus’ Tomb)

• Long drive to Taba; cross border; continue to Cairo

• Lodging & Dinner: Cairo

Day 7 – Cairo: Pyramids, Sphinx & Old Cairo

• Visit Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx

• Visit Old Cairo and Christian (Coptic) Churches

• Optional Nile dinner cruise (evening)

• Lodging & Dinner: Cairo

Day 8 – Egyptian Museum & Departure

• Visit the Egyptian Museum

• Proceed to airport for outbound flight

• Lodging & Dinner: —

Day 9 – Arrival Home

• Arrive at your home airport