Israel Trip Itinerary

Day 1 – Departure

Day 2 – Arrival & The North 
Landing at Ben Gurion Airport at 1:45 PM 
Meet Israeli Staff
Depart for the North 
Opening ceremony in Caesarea
Program introductions & ice breakers 

Day 3 – The North 
Gadot Lookout
Nahal Zavitan – Canyon Hike in the Golan
Mount Bental – View of the Golan Heights 
Jordan River Rafting 
Cultural Activity 

Day 4 – The North & Jerusalem 
Merion to Hirbet Humema – Canyon Hike 
Tzfat – Birthplace of Jewish mysticism
Depart for Jerusalem
Prepare for Mifgash 

Day 5 – JerusalemHaas Promenade – Panoramic view of Jerusalem
Welcome & icebreakers with Israeli peers 
City of David – Tour of Biblical Jerusalem 
Jewish Quarter – Old City walking tour 
The Kotel – Reflections at the Western Wall
Mahane Yehuda – Colorful Jerusalem marketplace 
Prepare for Shabbat
Start of Shabbat – Candle lighting ceremony
Festive Shabbat dinner 
Group Activity
Oneg Shabbat – Celebrating Shabbat 

Day 6 – Jerusalem 
Political Seminar with Neil Lazaros – The Situation Today in Israel 
Walking Tour of neighborhood 
Group Activity 
Havdallah Ceremony – Conclusion of Shabbat 
Prepare for Yad Vashem

Day 7– Jerusalem & The NegevYad Vashem – 
Holocaust Memorial & Museum
Har Herzl – National Memorial
Depart for the Negev 
Mifgash activity with Israeli peers

Day 8 – The NegevAscend Masada – Via the Roman Ramp 
Masada – Ancient mountaintop fortress 
Descend Masada – Via the Snake Path 
Nahal David – Desert waterfalls trek in Ein Gedi Reserve 
Dead Sea – Floating at Ein Bokek Beach 
Depart for Bedouin tent
Bedouin hospitality 

Day 9 – The North & Tel Aviv 
Camel trekking – Travel the Negev desert in style!
Ein Ovdat – Canyon Hike

Sde Boker – Desert outpost & grave of Ben Gurion
Green Activity – Shvil HaSalat 
Wrap up and depart from Israelis 
Depart for Tel Aviv 
Group Night Out 

Day 10 – Tel Aviv 
Rabin Square – Memorial to Yitzhak Rabin
Independence Hall – Declaration of the modern State of Israel 
Tel Aviv Beaches – Relax along Tel Aviv’s Mediterranean Coast 
Jaffa – Ancient seaport & artist colony 
Closing Dinner and Wrap-Up Session
Depart for airport

Day 11 – Departure