Sample Itinerary: To Israel Now

This sample itinerary is meant to give you a taste of what a typical Israel Now experience is like. Once you are confirmed on a trip an actual itinerary is typically sent out within a month of your departure date and will vary according to the exact dates of travel and many other factors. Enjoy it!

Sunday / Depart for Israel & Arrival

• Depart for Israel, spend the night above the clouds  wake up in...ISRAEL!

Day #1 / Monday / Welcome to Israel!

• Welcome to Israel! Arrival at Ben-Gurion International Airport
• Opening ceremony & orientation on the shores of the Mediterranean 
• Drive up north and along the coast
• Rosh Hanikra - Ocean swept grottos and caves on the Mediterranean
• Summer: Nahal Kziv – water hike | Winter: Visit Mount Meron: Burial place of Judaism's spiritual leaders
• Dinner at Hotel
• Group Program 
• Accommodations: Western Galilee 

Day #2 / Tuesday / Bottles, Battles & Kayaking/4x4: The Golan Heights 

• Breakfast 
• Hiking in the Nachal Jilaboun Canyon
• Borders with Syria and Lebanon: Mt. Bental and Border Observation 
• Lunch in Katzrin
• Golan Heights Olive Oil Press
• Golan Winery – Tasting & Tour 
• Summer: Kayaking in the Jordan River | Winter: 4X4 Jeep tour of the Golan Heights
• Tour of Kibbutz Deganya
• Dinner at Hotel  
• Group Program - Israeli movie
• Accommodations: Galilee 

 Day #3 / Wednesday / From Jewish Mysticism & Kabala: Tzfat to Tel Aviv

• Breakfast & Checkout
• Tour of Tzfat – Home of Jewish Mysticism
• Art and Kaballah with Avraham Leventhal 
• Lunch in Tzfat
• Yitzchak Rabin Square – memorial of murdered Israeli prime minister
• Swimming at Tel Aviv Beach 
• Dinner at Hotel
• Night out in Tel Aviv
• Accommodations: Tel Aviv 

 Day #4 / Thursday / The City that Never Sleeps - Tel Aviv! 

• Breakfast & Checkout
• Neve Tzedek – walking tour of historic neighborhood
• Bicycle tour of Tel Aviv
• Graffiti Tour from Neve Tzekek to Florentin
• Lunch & free time on Shenkin Street
• Bauhaus Architecture in UNESCO listed White City of Rothschild Ave. 
• Independence Hall
• Volunteering & Co-Existence program in Lod
• Dinner at Hotel
• Group Program
• Accommodations: Jerusalem 

Day #5 / Friday / Soldiers & Spirituality: Shabbat in Jerusalem  

• Israeli Participants Join the Program. Preparation for Shabbat 
• Breakfast
• Meet Israeli participants who join us for the remainder of the trip
• Getting to know our Israeli participants 
• Hiking through ancient terraces and agriculture site on the Sataf 
• Lunch & tasting tour at Machane Yehuda, the ultimate outdoor Jerusalem Market 
• Preparation for Shabbat at hotel
• Drive to Western Wall
• Kabbalat Shabbat Ceremony to greet Shabbat in The Old City
• Dinner at Hotel
• Friday Evening Activity – Oneg Shabbat
• Accommodations: Jerusalem 

Day #6 / Saturday/Shabbat / Where Ancient Meets Modern: Jerusalem 

• Breakfast
• Synagogue tour of Nachlaot - Jerusalem's hippest
  neighborhood
• Lunch at Hotel
• Tour the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) Area
• Group Program at Sachar Park
• Third meal for Shabbat
• Israel and the Region Current affairs with Neil Lazarus 
• Havdallah - Start of New Week Ceremony
• Dinner on Ben Yehuda Street – Pedestrian Shopping Mall
• Accommodations: Jerusalem 

Day #7 / Sunday / Complex and Beautiful: Jerusalem today 

• Breakfast 
• Hass Promenade – Observation of Jerusalem
• Security Fence tour
• Lunch in The Old City
• Tour of The Old City of Jerusalem
• Western Wall
• Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony in the Old City at the Southern Wall
• Israeli Society through Movies –with Screenwriter Yishai Goldflam 
• Dinner at Hotel
• Preparation for Yad Vashem
• Accommodations: Jerusalem 

Day #8 / Monday / Remembrance & Commemoration: Yad Vashem and Mount Herzl 

• Breakfast
• Yad Vashem – Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Lunch at Beit Hakerem
• Mt. Herzl – National Memorial Cemetery
• Bedouin hospitality / Dinner & Bonfire
• Accommodations: Bedouin Tent - Negev 

Day #9 / Tuesday / Bedouins, Camels & Salads: The Negev 

• Breakfast & Checkout
• Camel trekking!
• Desert Canyon hikes through Nahal Havarim & Ein Ovdat 
• Sde Boker – Grave of Ben Gurion - The First Israeli Prime Minister
• Lunch at Shvil Hasalat
• Shvil Hasalat - Israeli agriculture innovations
• Tour Sderot
• Dinner at Hotel
• Group Program
• Accommodations: Arad 

Day #10 / Wednesday / Floating at the Lowest Point on Earth: The Dead Sea and Masada  

• Checkout
• Climb Masada for a beautiful sunrise 
• Breakfast
• Ein Gedi nature reserve
• Floating in The Dead Sea 
• Lunch
• Dead Sea mud and Spa treatments at the Ein Gedi Spa
• Group Summary 
• Dinner at restaurant
• Drive to Ben Gurion Airport for return flight