13D11N HOLY LAND

Depart Manila and enjoy flight amenities. Arrival in Amman. Meet and assist at Queen Alia Airport. Meet your Jordanian guide and transfer to hotel for check-in. Overnight.

After breakfast, drive to Madaba, the city of Mosaic. Continue to visit Mt. Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died. Then back to the hotel for dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, proceed to your full-day tour to Petra, “A Rose-Red City half as old as time”, the place in the desert that is prepared by God for the Jewish people. Also, experience horseback ride through the picturesque SIQ, and Treasury, a rose-colored monumental building artfully carved out of a sheer rock. Transfer back to the hotel for dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, early hotel check-out. Drive to the border to cross Israel. Drive to Jericho for a view of the Mt. of Temptation and the Sycamore Tree. Continue to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Lastly, spend some time at the lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea. Later in the afternoon, proceed to Tiberias for hotel check-in and dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, drive to Cana. Visit of the Church of the First Miracle known also as the Marriage Church, here couples will have an opportunity to renew their marriage vows. Then onto Nazareth, the place where Jesus spent his childhood, the Church of the Annunciation and Mary’s well. Drive to Mt. Tabor and ascend by taxi to the Church of Transfiguration. Descend and proceed to Yardenit for the renewal of baptism. Late afternoon, boat ride at the Sea of Galilee where Jesus’ performed some of his Miracles. while sailing, have an opportunity to reflect on the messages of our Lord as we savor the beauty of nature. Return to the hotel for dinner. Overnight.

Breakfast and early hotel check-out. Proceed to Mt. of Beatitudes, the traditional site where Jesus uttered the immortal words. Visit the Church for private reading of the Sermon on the Mount. Continue to Tabgha, the site where Jesus performed the Miracle of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes, visit the Church of the Loft and Fish Miracle. Two hundred yards away is the Church of Primacy, built-in 1934 in basalt over a massive rock called “Mensa Christi”. Next visit Capernaum, the home of St. Peter. Proceed to the Greek Orthodox Church and the nearby archaeological excavations of the Synagogue and community. Drive to Jerusalem for hotel check-in and dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, visit Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Visit the Church of the Nativity, where we find the Grotto of Nativity, Altar of Christ’s Birth and Manger’s Square. In the afternoon, a tour of Ein Karem the birthplace of St. John the Baptist and the Church of Visitation, where Mary came after the angel Gabriel informed her cousin Elizabeth was six months pregnant. Return to hotel for dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, proceed to Jerusalem’s Old City, starting from the St. Stephen’s Gate (the Lion’s Gate), stopping at St. Anne’s Church, the birthplace of the Virgin Mary and the home of St. Anne and Joachin, the Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus told the lame man to take up his bed and walk. Reflect while following the Way of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place and resurrection of Jesus. In the afternoon, visit the Mount Of Olives, for a panoramic view of the city, Ascension Chapel, the traditional place where Jesus ascended into heaven; then Paster Noster Church traditionally the site where Jesus taught the disciples how to pray “Our Father”, then Dominus Flevit Church. Visit the Church of Ascension and walk the Palm Sunday route down the hill to the Garden of Gethsemane for intercessory prayer, Basilica of Agony, stopping along the way at the Maria Magdalena Church. Visit the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane. Drive to Mt. Zion and visit the Last Supper’s Room and the Tomb of King David. Visit the Dormition Abbey, the site where the Virgin Mary slept last, and St. Peter’s Church in Gallicantu, the site where St. Peter denied Jesus 3 times. Return to the hotel for dinner. Overnight.

Breakfast and early hotel check-out. Drive to Taba Border to cross to Egypt. Meet your guide and driver after passport formalities. Transfer to your hotel in Sinai for check-in and dinner. Overnight.

Early in the morning, climb at the Moses Mountain and catch the sunrise (optional). Here is where God spoke to Moses. Then, back to the hotel for breakfast. Visit St. Catherine Monastery. Check-out at the hotel then transfer to Cairo hotel for check-in and dinner. Overnight.

After breakfast, start your full-day tour at The Great Pyramids, it show us the power and wealth of Pharaoh in the Old Kingdom and Sphinx of Giza. Visit Old Cairo including the Church of Abu Serga, is where the Holy Family hides and St. Sergius Church. Proceed for your Nile Dinner Cruise with Belly Dancing Show. Transfer back to the hotel. Overnight.

After breakfast, visit Egyptian Museum, where you will find artifacts, relics, statues, and Jewelry from all of the Pharaohs. Transfer to the airport in the evening for a flight back to Manila.

Home sweet home.