Master Minded Ministries Tour to Jordan & Israel

Overview

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1 March 24: Depart USA

• San Francisco to Amman flight (via Istanbul)

Full Day Itinerary

Board your overnight flight to Jordan from San Francisco. Aloft, we will have dinner, time to sleep, breakfast, and the opportunity to praise the Lord for His beautiful creation from the vantage point of 35,000 feet!

Day 2 March 25: Amman

• Arrive in Amman
• Meet your Tour Director-Guide
• Check-in at your hotel

Landmark Amman Hotel & Conference Center Dinner

Full Day Itinerary

Arrive at Queen Alia Airport. After passing through passport control and customs, meet your tour director-guide and transfer to your hotel to check-in. Get a good night sleep tonight to be ready for your adventure in the morning. 

Day 3 March 26: Amman, the Citadel, Mt Nebo, Machaerus & Dead Sea, Israel

• Visit The Citadel
• See Mt. Nebo
• Explore Machaerus, Herod the Great’s ancient fortress
• Cross the border to Israel and the Dead Sea

Leonardo Plaza Hotel Dead Sea Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

After breakfast, drive to the Citadel, the ancient battlefield where the Israelites fought the Ammonites and the place from which King David sent Bathsheba’s husband, Urriah, to the front lines to be killed.

View the most revered site in Jordan, Mount Nebo, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land but would not be permitted to enter. A small, square church was built here by early Byzantine Christians and was later expanded into a vast complex.

Continue to one of Jordan’s undiscovered gems, Herod the Great’s ancient fortress of Machaerus. There, it is said, the be Beautiful Salomé danced for Herod Antipas, who presented her with the head of John the Baptist to honor her wishes. 

Arrive to the Allenby Bridge to cross from Jordan to Israel. Meet your Israeli guide and drive through the Judean desert to the Dead Sea. Enjoy time for a float in the buoyant waters and relax from the day of touring. 

Day 4 March 27: Masada, Ein Gedi Reserve, Qumran & Sea of Galilee

• Visit the mountaintop fortress of Masada
• Enjoy a hike through Ein Gedi Nature Reserve to David’s Waterfall
• View the Qumran Caves
• Arrive to Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee

Leonardo Plaza Hotel Tiberias Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

After breakfast, ascend by cable car to the fortress of Masada, where Jewish defenders made their last stand against Rome in AD 73. Continue along the shore of the Dead Sea to Ein Gedi and David’s waterfall within the wonderful nature center here. Continue to the Qumran Caves, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd. These scrolls were revealed to be the oldest Hebrew biblical scriptures ever found, shedding light on the practices and beliefs of ancient Judaism during the early days of Christianity.

Continue north via the Jordan Valley to Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee.

Day 5 March 28: Banias, Mt. of Beatitudes, Capernaum

• Drive to Banias, ancient Caesarea Philippi
• Cross the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, traditional site of Peter’s house
• Visit the Mt. of Beatitudes

Leonardo Plaza Hotel Tiberias Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

After breakfast, travel to the Upper Galilee to explore Banias (Caesarea Philippi), a pagan city dedicated to the god Pan and reconstructed in ancient times by Philip, the son of Herod. Here, Peter made his proclamation of faith in Jesus, recognizing him as the Messiah.

Cross the Sea of Galilee aboard a wooden fishing boat built to represent vessels used during Bible times, and arrive at Capernaum, once a simple fishing village, where Jesus was often a guest of his disciple Peter. Visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue and house of Peter, then continue to Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the Mount of Beatitudes, site of the Sermon on the Mount.

Continue to the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus delivered his famous Sermon on the Mount and enjoy the magnificent view of the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. 

Day 6 March 29: Yardenit, Beit She’an, Jericho & Jerusalem

• Visit Yardenit on the Jordan River
• Explore Beit She’an, a major archaeological site
• View ancient Jericho

Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

After breakfast, drive to Yardenit, a special site on the Jordan River, for a Baptism service.

Visit Beit She’an, an ancient city which has been extensively excavated and is considered the best preserved Roman-Byzantine city in Israel, with beautiful, colonnaded streets, bath houses, and magnificent mosaics.

Continue south to ancient Jericho, oldest known city in the world. Here you find the remaining wall of a round tower dating back almost 10,000 years. It was near Jericho that Jesus was baptized by John.

Continue your drive up to Jerusalem, highlight of your tour.

Day 7 March 30: Old City of Jerusalem

• Mount of Olives
• City of David
• Hezekiah’s Tunnel
• Southern Wall Excavations
• Davidson Center
• Western (Wailing) Wall

Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

Begin your day with a visit to the Mount of Olives. Walk the Palm Sunday path to Dominus Flevit Chapel and visit the ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane. Enter the Old City within the walls and walk the Via Dolorosa, the agonizing route Jesus walked with the cross on the way to Golgotha.

Explore the City of David and see the newest and exciting excavations of Jerusalem during the time of the first Temple period. The story of the City of David began over 3,000 years ago, when King David left the city of Hebron for a small hilltop city known as Jerusalem, establishing it as the unified capital of the tribes of Israel. Today, deep underground, the City of David is revealing some of the most exciting archeological finds of the ancient world. Walk through Hezekiah’s Tunnel which still flows with water.

Visit the Southern Wall Excavations, an impressive archaeological park containing artifacts from the First and Second Temple periods, the Byzantine Muslim period, the ancient Crusades period, among others. The Davidson Center is a museum within the archaeological park with  presentations and exhibitions related to findings from the site.

Continue to the Western Wall, the last remaining segment of the ancient walls that surrounded the Second Temple and considered the most sacred place where Jews are permitted to pray and is a symbol of Jewish yearning for their ancestral and spiritual homeland. (Don’t forget to put your prayer note in a crack in the wall before you leave.)

Day 8 March 31: Old City of Jerusalem

• Via Dolorosa
• Pools of Bethesda
• Church of St. Anne
• House of Caiaphas
• Garden Tomb

Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

Enter the gates of the old city and walk the Via Dolorosa. Arrive at the Pools of Bethesda dating back to the 2nd century BCE and the place where Jesus cured a sick man. According to tradition, Bethesda is also where Jesus’ maternal grandparents, Anne and Joachim, lived — and where his mother, Mary, was born. The Church of St Anne, built around 1140, with amazing acoustics that demand at least one hymn before leaving, stands nearby.

Continue to Caiaphas’ House at Peter in Gallicantu, the site of Jesus' trial by the High Priests and where Peter denied Jesus three times just as Jesus prophesized.

End the day with a visit and a communion service at the Garden Tomb, believed to be the garden and sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea, and the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus. 

Day 9 April 1: At Leisure in Jerusalem

• Enjoy a free day in Jerusalem

Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

Enjoy a full day at leisure in Jerusalem. Stroll the busy streets of downtown Jerusalem, shop in the Old City "suk", and explore the many amazing facets of the world's most desired and coveted city. 

Day 10 April 2: Samaria

• Ancient Shiloh
• Mt. Ebal (conditions permitting)
• Joshua’s Altar (conditions permitting)

Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Breakfast & dinner

Full Day Itinerary

After breakfast, drive to ancient Shiloh, site of the Tabernacle, first capital of the Israelite Kingdom and among the most importance heritage sites in Israel, with a history going back  3,000 years. The layers of the different historical periods tell the story of the region and its people. This is the place where biblical stories of its original inhabitants, Samuel the prophet, Hanna and her famous prayer for a child, the 15th of Av celebrations in the vineyards and more, come to life.

Conditions permitting, visit Mt. Ebal and Joshua Altar.

 

Day 11 April 3: Israel/USA

• Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport

Full Day Itinerary

Your spiritual journey comes to an end as you arrive in the USA later today.

Hotels

Landmark Amman Hotel & Conference Center

Deluxe

The Landmark Amman Hotel & Conference Center is located in the heart of Amman, just a short walk away from the old city Jabal Al Lweibdeh and the new downtown area of Abdali. During your stay, discover a distinct blend of warm Jordanian hospitality, inspiring local influences, and contemporary cosmopolitan elegance at one of the city’s most renowned hotels.

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Leonardo Plaza Hotel Dead Sea

First Class

Leonardo Plaza Dead Sea is a modern hotel overlooking the peaceful shoreline of one of the world's most famous saline water lakes. It's convenient location offers easy access to nearby attractions such as the Qumran Caves, Masada, and the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve and National Park. The hotel has direct access to the Dead Sea for those who want to experience first-hand the benefits of bathing in the wonder lake.

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Leonardo Plaza Hotel Tiberias

First Class

Facing the calm, blue waters of the Sea of Galilee, Leonardo Plaza Hotel Tiberias is close to several attractions, including St. Peter's Church, Tomb of Maimonides, the Ancient Roman Theatre, and the Hamat Tiberias National Park. The hotel is a sophisticated oasis of peace and well-being, offering outstanding accommodation, premium amenities, and all the facilities and entertainment to make your vacation more memorable.

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Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem

Deluxe

The Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem is centrally located in the heart of Jerusalem. The Independence Park is directly across from the hotel and the Old City and Western Wall are only 15 minutes away. This hotel is the perfect starting point if you wish to visit other popular sites such as the Tower of David Museum, Yad Vashem Holcaust Memorial, Israel Museum and Dead Sea Scrolls, Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, City of David, and Biblical Zoo.

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In the unlikely event that a particular hotel is not available, a similar or better hotel may be substituted.

Trip Details

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