Client emailed me with a list of some of the sites on their bucket list and I built the itinerary from there.
- √ Jerusalem (enough days to get a good feel for the city including major Jewish and Christian sites as well as Herodium
- √ Hula Valley and Eilat area for bird migrations
- √ Negev Desert for solitude, scenery & desert mammals – Mitzpe Ramon
- √ Bahai Gardens in Haifa
- √ Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Mount of Beatitude
- √ Beit Alpha Synagogue
- √ Masada and Dead Sea
- √ Petra
- + and more
Mar 14-15 Arrival & overnight at Tel Aviv hotel [Leonardo]
- Visit to Caesarea park, aquaduct and Bird mosaic
- Bahai Gardens (Haifa
& Akko) - Akko; dinner at Uri Buri!
- Overnight in Akko [Alma]
Mar 16
Rosh Hanikra & coast sunrise- Akko tour: Crusader city; Al Jazzar mosque; Hamam; Templar tunnel; Ramhal synagogue!
- Drive to Agamon HaHula (birds at sunset)
- Overnight [Vibe Naftali]
Mar 17
- + Chastellet (Jacob’s Ford), Crusader fortress on Golan
- + Gadot Lookout War Memorial
- Nimrod fortress
- Banias falls
- + Lupines
- + Saar falls
- Overnight [Kinar]
Mar 18 Full Moon
- + Archeology museum in Katzrin
- Gamla & Griffon vultures
- Mount of Beatitudes
- Capernaum
- Sea of Galilee
- – Bet Alpha synagogue
- Drive to Jerusalem [3 Arches]
Mar 19 Shabbat
Israel museum- + Old City tour
Mar 20
- Temple Mount
- Lions Gate
- Golden gate
- Gethsemane & Church of Agony
- Kidron valley to City of David
- + Western Wall Great Bridge tour
Mar 21
- + Katisma church
- Herodium
- + Wadi Qelt, St George monastery
- + Hisham’s Palace, Jericho
- driving down to Dead Sea for sunset
- 2 nights [Ganim, En Boqeq]
Mar 22
Photoshoot at sunrise- Masada & museum
- – En Gedi (hiking) in afternoon
- Float in Dead Sea
Mar 23
- Moa fortress on Spice route;
winery? - Judean palm trees from 2,000 year old seeds at Kibbutz Ketura
- Hai Bar
Timna park- + Hidden valley
- + Eilat Bird sanctuary
- Overnight [Soleil hotel]
Mar 24
- + Eilat bird sanctuary
- Cross to Jordan (3+ days)
- Drive to Dana BioSphere Reserve w Ali
- hike of reserve w Ahmed
- Overnight [Dana Guest House]
Mar 25
- Walk around Dana
- + Frosted trees at high elevation
- Little Petra/Baydeh
- + Neolithic site
- + Petra museum
- Overnight [Amra Palace hotel]
Mar 26 Shabbat
- Petra tour w Prof. Sami El Hasanat
- + Temple; Petra church
- Wadi Rum jeep tour w Mohammed
- + Star gazing
- Overnight [el Sultanah Beduin camp, Wadi Rum]
Mar 27
- cross back to Israel from Jordan
- + Underwater Observatory, Eilat
- Red Canyon hike
- Pundak Smadar
- Drive to Mitzpe Ramon & 2 nights [Ibex ]
Mar 28
- + wildflowers along <171> to Loz cisterns
- + Hemed cistern and Nabatean terraces
- + Bio Ramon
- Makhtesh Ramon: Carpentry, colored sands, old quarry
Mar 29
- + Avdat
- En Avdat reserve; saw Egyptian vultures on their migration
- + Beersheva
- + Covid test
- drive to Jerusalem [Villa Brown, Greek Colony]
- Israel Museum
Mar 30 Drive clients to airport