Biblical Tour November 2023 – postponed
ICEJ UK TOUR OF ISRAEL LED BY MIKE AND MARION KERRY
This tour was fully booked but was postponed to November 2024. Please get in touch if you would like to know if there available spaces when it is re-arranged. Thank you.
Mike and Marion Kerry have visited Israel many times over the past twenty years and are experienced tour leaders having led several Biblical Tours as well as Tours to the Feast of Tabernacles. Mike is a retired Police Superintendent and Marion a retired Nurse. They have three married children and nine grandchildren (one is in heaven) and two foster grandchildren. After his retirement Mike became the Pastor of the Family Church at Billinge near Wigan and was succeeded by his son Stephen an ordained Elim minister, Mike is a member of the Board of UK Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and a trustee of the ICEJ UK Charity.
Day 1 ARRIVAL DAY – LONDON/LUTON- ISRAEL
Depart Luton Airport for Israel on an EL AL flight to the Holy Land. When we arrive our local representative will be there to assist us with the formalities at Ben Gurion Airport. After passing through customs, you will be introduced to your guide and driver, who will be with you throughout your pilgrimage. Transfer to the Nof Ginosar Hotel on the shores of the Galilee.
Dinner & Overnight in our hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Day 2. SEA OF GALILEE
After breakfast we will head to Nazareth and visit the Nazareth Village Project. We will also visit the Synagogue Church and Mount Precipice. We will then go onwards to Capernaum, the centre of Jesus’ Galilean ministry. Onwards to Mensa Christi on the Galilean shore and the traditional site where Jesus had breakfast with his disciples following the resurrection. We will travel onwards to the Mount of Beatitudes- the site of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’. We will see the ancient “Jesus Boat” and end a wonderful day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
Dinner & Overnight in our hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Day 3 UPPER GALILEE-
We will start the day visiting the excavations at Magdala, the home town of Mary Magdalene and hearing the remarkable story of its discovery. We will then drive northwards to Banias in Caesarea Philippi we will also enjoy a lovely walk in the the Dan National Park.
Dinner & Overnight in our hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Day 4 TIBERIAS – JERUSALEM
We leave the Galilee behind and drive through the Jordan River rift valley visiting the ancient city of Beit Shean, a Roman city of the Decapolis. We cannot miss a visit to Shiloh a wonderful site with an amazing Biblical history. Enjoy the last visit of the day at Qasr El Yahud, the Baptismal site on the shores of the Jordan.
Continue to the Grand Court Hotel in Jerusalem in time for dinner.
Day 5 JERUSALEM
A morning visit to Bethlehem, the church of the Nativity and the Shepherds Fields. In the afternoon we will walk down Mount of Olives we will see Dominus Flevit (the church of the tear drop) Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemane.
Dinner & Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 6 DEAD SEA
We will set out from Jerusalem and descend the Judean Wilderness, to the lowest place on earth-the Dead Sea. Visit the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve we will also visit the Qumran caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. To finish the day enjoy an opportunity to float in the Dead Sea before returning to our hotel.
Dinner & Overnight in Jerusalem
Day 7 BETHLEHEM
We will visit the Pool of Bethesda, St Ann’s Crusader Church, Ecce Homo and the Antonia Fortress. Onwards to the City of David where you can walk through Warrens Shaft or Hezekiah’s Tunnel. We will see the Pool of Siloam. We cannot miss a visit to the Western Wall and the Davidson Centre – where we will walk on the Southern Steps of the Temple where Jesus would have undoubtedly walked.
Day 8 DEPARTURE DAY – ISRAEL – LONDON
Our last visit of the tour will be to the Garden Tomb also known as Gordon’s Calvary. A very peaceful place which impacts every believer where we will worship, give thanks for a wonderful tour and have communion together before our afternoon transfer to Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport for our return flight to London Heathrow Airport
Tour Information
Please note: all itineraries, flight details and hotels are subject to change.
Price: £1838 per person based on 2 people sharing
single room price £2431
What is included in the price:
- Return direct flights to Tel Aviv from London
- Meeting and assistance on arrival and departure at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport
- Travel in luxury air conditioned coaches
- 7 nights Half board accommodation
- Experienced leader
- Qualified Tour Guide
Price does not include:
- Transport to London Luton
- Fully comprehensive Travel Insurance, Travelink offer excellent coverage for competitive prices, details to book this insurance can be found on the booking form
- Lunches, drinks and other personal items
- Tips for hotel porterage, guide and driver.
- Prices based on a minimum group size of 20 paying participants
Tour Code: ET169