Saturday June 10th 2017 

Arriving in Ben Gurion Airport

Transfer to Alexander Hotel in Tel Aviv

The beach is less than one block away

Sunday June 11th 2017

0900 Meet Erez at the Hotel to drive to Palmach Museum

10:00 Visit Palmach Museum a great way to dive into the Israeli Story

The pamach museum is an adventure where you enter the time tunnel and “Joining” 10 young Israelis

in Tel Aviv in the 1930’s

they are all high Scholl students  who volunteered to join the secret forces of the soon to be Israeli Army

Fighting for Jewish independence

12:00 Lunch in Jaffa

Tour of Jaffa and Nave Tzedek the first neighborhood of Tel Aviv

interesting facts about Jaffa

The story of Jonah and the fish takes place in Jaffa.

Jaffa was the main port of Israel for 3000 years.

Napoleon Bonaparte was here

In England they sell Jaffa Cakes

Andromeda from the Greek mythology was saved in Jaffa

Jaffa is the gateway  to the east

Old Jaffa nowadays is an Artist Colony

Jaffa gained fame  from a fruit… !!!

Dinner at Yakki’s Home with the whole family

Monday June 12 2017

0900 Meet Eyal Your guide at the Hotel

load the Midibus

And start making  your way to the Galilee – northern Israel

Visit Caesarea . Haifa and Acre  on your Way

End Your day at Kibbutz Hagoshrim hotel

Caesarea was built by King Herod the great as a flattery to Emperor Augustus

Caesarea has the only real golf course in Israel

The Roman theater still serves a stage for the best Israeli musicians

Caesarea has one of the best sandy beaches in Israel decorated with a 2000 years old Aqueduct.

You can run in the Hippodrome like the man on a chariot from the movie Ben Hur

Caesarea is a performance started 2000 years ago

You can “talk” and ask questions historical figures in a new and amazing multimedia facility

Caesarea has a great combination of archeology, great shopping and fine cuisine

One of the best places in Israel to feel how the reach and the famous lived back then

Haifa is the main Israeli port city

It is also the holiest place for the Baha’i faith

Baha’i doctrine emphasizes the unity of mankind, despite differences such as race and class or economic status, the unity of the world’s religions, and the progressive revelation of God to humanity.

We will be overlooking the amazing Baha’i Gardens (see video )

In Acre – Akko, we will meet David Josef for late lunch

And visit the colorful markets and the old port of this ancient city

Teusday June 13  2017

Today you will explore the Golan Heights

The nature, history and the political conflicts

You will begin the day with the beautiful BANIAS hike to the “hanging bridge” and the beanies waterfall

Continue to the highest community Israel it’s a Druze village name Majdal Shams

(Tower of the san)

You will be hosted in a family home for getting to know the story of the Druze people in Israel and a great home cooked meal by Fauzia the mother of the house and an amazing self empowered lady that created this business on her own and serves as a model of success to other women in the village

In the afternoon you will visit an Israeli Army outpost looking in to Syria

That was turned into a touristic site

Understanding the geopolitical issues of the area

And in the evening you will Join our friend Roee for a night Jeep safari ride to “meet” the wild life of this region

Wednesday June 14 2017

This morning we are going to be active

Starting the day with one of the verity of adventures of Manara Cliff

See video

Overlooking to the marvelous Hula valley

Afternoon we will get to Kibbutz Afikkim to meet the family and visit the Dog kennel  facility

And End the day in the beautiful city of JERUSALEM

Thursday June 15 2017

Good morning Jerusalem

Today we will be visiting the Old City of Jerusalem

Starting at mount Scopus overlooking at the historical site getting the feel of what makes this city such a unique place

 Continue to explore the 4 quarters, the church of Holy sepulcher, the western wall, the Cardo and the Arab Bazaar.

We also will go underground to the western wall excavations one of the most fascinating archeological digs that where ever done in Israel

Fariday June 16 2017

This day will be dedicated to the modern state of Israel

We will start early (need to leave hotel by 8:30) at the Herzl Museum when we will get to meet Theodor Herzl the visionary almost in person

This museum is set in a unique way that engages young and less young people all together in the Zionist story

Some of us will go to the Yad Vashem the holocaust museum

The young crowd will go to the Monster of Jerusalem

Afternoon at the most colorful place in Jerusalem

The Machne Yehuda Market feel prepartions  for Shabbat

Evening at the western wall Kabalt Shabbat festival

Saturdy June 17 2017

Free day for family visits

Going to the Israel museum

Stroll the allies of the old city

Sunday June 18 2017

Early weak up

Check out

Load the Minibus

By 8:00 we need leave the hotel to go to genesis land

Do the camel ride and be hosted by “Abraham”

Our forefather

Visit the springs of  Ein Gedi

Take a cable car to the Top of Masada to be fascinated by the ruins of this 2000 years old fortress

Monday June 19 2017

Happy BD Maggie 

Today we will be floating in the magical water of the Dead Sea

drive to Ein Yahav to visit the family and their amazing agricultural projects

We will and our  day in TEL AVIV

Teusday June 20 2017

Volunteering with refugee kids

Help them get some day light escorting them to the nearby playground

Most of the day they are in a ” kindergartner” located in a basement

Colorful Carmel market

Arts and craft fair in Nahlat Biyamin street

Wednesday June 21 2017

Option for a free day

or

going to cave land

In the Beit Goverin area

5000 manmade caves carved into the white rock are a great adventure for anyone who likes to explore the undergrounds

The inhabitances of this town some 2200 years ago lest the place in a rush

We don’t know why.

There cloture remains are still scattered   in the ancient storages

We can also visit the Ayalon institute  – 1945 bullet factory

Near the city of Raehovt

See the video

Thursaday June 22 2017

Thank you for visiting our homeland

Hope to see soon again

Yakki Erez Iris your Israel team