30 days tour in Israel ,
2010
General information :
Israel is an expensive country to visit , in this tour suggestion we try hard to reduce costs , to do that we use as much of home stay accommodation and home made food.
Tour main targets :
We would like to provide a very friendly tour to know most of the highlights of Israel and some of the less known places , we would like our guests to return to PNG with a lot of knowledge about Israel include : Nature , Geography , History , Politics , Culture and more.
We would like to make it pleasant tour with a lot of meetings with local people.
We would like our guests to remain our friends when they return to PNG.
Costs :
This tour costs 20,000 $ for 10 people for 30 days , this is includes :
Accommodation
Food
Transportation
Guidance
We would like to do the whole tour with this price without any extra costs.
Accommodation:
While we stay around Galilee area we will use home stay , this is include my own house and another 1 or 2 houses ( all of them are new houses with very friendly people) , in home stay you will get a nice clean room for 2 or 3 people.
In my house it is the second floor which has 2 sleeping rooms + big hall + bathroom + big balcony.
In the other houses it will be separate units with nice sleeping room and private bathroom.
While we be on the road we will use budget guesthouses with dormitory rooms , I will make sure we stay only in nice places.
For example while we stay in Nazareth there is beautiful guesthouse in the middle of the old city.
Food:
While we in Galilee area we will use mostly home made food : this will be a very good food include chicken , fishes , rice , pasta etc.
All the people here like very much to cook so I am sure you are going to have very good meals here.
While we are on the road , we will eat 1 meal each day in nice budget restaurant and we will taste many kinds of local food during the days.
I can make you sure that you are going to eat very good in Israel.
Transportation:
We will do all the tour with my car , which is comfortable 11 sitters car:
Guidance :
I will be with you all the days , while we visit special
places like church of Annunciation in Nazareth we will use a local guide.
About the tour plan:
This plan try to avoid long drives per 1 day , Israel is not so big country so we have no drives which is longer then 3 hours , most of them are much less.
This tour plan is only the first suggestion ,we can make changes easily.
I would like to know what you think about it.
Tour plan for 30 day ( 29
nights) :
1) Arrive at the airport , driving to Galilee for resting after the long flight in home stay.
2) North part of Israel , mt. Hermon , Syria and Lebanon borders observation , visiting Druzes people village , overnight in a beautiful guesthouse near Nimrod castle:
3) Visiting north Golan heights for special villages , visiting Hachula swamps area to watch the massive birds migration , overnight same place.
4) Driving to Galilee area , visiting circasian people village and beduin people village both with great hospitality and special traditional food. overnight in home stay.
5) Visiting Nazareth , short site seeing tour , walking from Nazareth to Mt. Tavor on an ancient trail ( about 6-7 km ) , overnight in home stay.
6) Visiting Arbel cliff walking on Jesus trail to Capernaum on the same trail which is in use for thousands of years , overnight in home stay.
7) Visiting Corazim , Tabcha , Mt. Beatitude , overnight in home stay
8) Visiting Ein Dor and Nein , experience in olive oil production , overnight in home stay.
9) Driving to Jerusalem via the Jordan valley , first site seeing tour in Jerusalem old town with local monk , overnight in Jerusalem area guesthouse.
10 ) Visiting more sites in Jerusalem , grave church , Gat Shemanim , Western Wall etc. overnight in Jerusalem area guesthouse.
11) Visiting Beth Lechem for the whole day , overnight in Jerusalem area guesthouse.
12) Visiting other sites in Jerusalem area , walking again in the historical parts of Jerusalem , overnight in Jerusalem area guesthouse.
13) Driving to the Dead sea , Ein Gedi oasis , Masada fortress , staying in Hazeva on the Arava road.
14) Experience some special desert agriculture technics in Hazeva , driving to Eilat , overnight in Eilat guesthouse.
15 ) Relax day in Eilat for sea and sun , visiting the underwater museum , overnight in Eilat guesthouse.
16 ) Driving to Mizpe Ramon , watching a unique geological crater , visiting farm in the desert , overnight in Mizpe Ramon.
17) Driving to Beer Sheva , visiting the city and continue to Tel Aviv , overnight in Tel Aviv guesthouse.
18) Tel Aviv : markets , shops and beach. overnight in Tel Aviv guesthouse.
19) Visiting Jaffa and more sites around Tel Aviv. overnight in Tel Aviv guesthouse.
20) Driving via Ceasaria and Zichron Jacob to Haifa , visiting the Bahaic gardens , overnight in Haifa guesthouse.
21) Haifa sites and driving to Accre , visiting the old port of Accre and Templers buildings, overnight in Accre.
22) Driving back to Galilee area , visiting Sephories and Cana on the way , overnight in home stay.
23) Visiting Tiberias and Yardenit . overnight in home stay.
24) Visiting the ancient Gilgal site and bathing in hot springs of Chamat Gader. overnight in home stay.
25) Visiting Galilee Beth Lechem to see the Templers houses and to experience some local herbs products. overnight in home stay.
26 ) Visiting Nazareth again , feeling the special atmosphere of this ancient city , overnight in beautiful Fauzi Azar guesthouse.
27) Visiting the sea of Galilee include bathing and walking on a creek in Beit Saida. overnight in home stay.
28) Relax day for watching local cheese and wine and honey makers. overnight in home stay.
29) Last day we can do whatever you choose : we can return to nice places or just relaxing. eating supper in Mt. Gilboa hebal farm which is very good restaurant, overnight in surprise luxury place.
30) Airport
Some pictures from sites we
will see :
Mt. Tavor
Nazareth churches:
Nazareth spices market:
Road from Mt. Tavor to the Sea of Galilee:
Fauzi Azar guesthouse entrance in old Nazareth :
