12 Day Israel Jordan Egypt Tour

Noah Tours representative will meet you upon arrival. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Cairo.

Visit the Mohamed Ali Mosque and the Coptic-Christian area of Old Cairo. Continue to visit the Egyptian National Museum where you will see the treasures of the boy-king Tut. Continue to the Pyramids of Giza, the only site remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Sphinx is still in its place to safeguard the region.

Depart Cairo to drive through the Sinai Desert to the foot of Mt. Sinai. Visit the St. Catherine. Drive through the marvelous desert and rugged mountains and savor the spectacular scenery that is Sinai. At the foothills of Mount Sinai you will spend the night. Dinner and overnight in St. Catherine.

Enjoy a pre-dawn climb of Mount Sinai, marvel the sunrise from the summit upon which, according to a tradition, Prophet Moses received the Ten Commandments. After a leisurely descent, have breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Monastery of St. Catherine, little changed since it was built on the site where Moses encountered the Burning Bush. Until recently the only entrance to the enclosure wall of the monastery was by a basket and pulley system to an elevated doorway. At the Monastery, see the fortress that successfully protected monks and pilgrims from advancing Bedouins. Visit the church of Emperor Justinian, the Well of Moses, the Gallery of Icons and the delightful garden shrine of the Burning Bush. Return to Cairo for Dinner and departure.

After breakfast take a flight to Luxor. Visit the east bank of the Nile. The Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak which were linked together by an avenue of Ram Headed Sphinxes. Enjoy leisure time to explore on your own.

Tour the Valley of the Kings, which was a complex of burial chambers for the Pharaohs from Titmouse. Visit the Hatshepsut Temple and the Colossi of Mammon, the two gigantic statues. Transfer to the railway station to travel back to Cairo in a Sleeper Train. Overnight in train.

Fly from Cairo to Ben-Gurion airport, Israel. Enjoy a short tour through Jaffa for a view of the old port and artist’s quarters. Continue for a city tour in Tel Aviv, Dinner and overnight in Tel Aviv.

After breakfast, proceed along the cost to Caesarea to visit the Roman Theater and the Crusader fortress. Continue to Haifa, sightseeing tour of Haifa, including the Bahai Shrine, Persian Garden and Mount Carmel for a panoramic view of the city and the bay. Drive to Acre for a visit of the old, famous Crusader stronghold and medieval fortifications. Continue to Tiberias, the old center of Jewish learning. Dinner and overnight at the Sea of Galilee.

Drive to Nazareth to visit the Christian Holy Sites. Drive along the shores of the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, to visit the ruins of the ancient synagogue. Continue through the Jordan Valley to Beit Shean. Visit the excavations of this beautiful preserved Roman City. Transfer to Tel Aviv Airport for a flight to Eilat, overnight in Eilat.

After breakfast leave Eilat-Israel, cross the Arava border and drive to Petra through the scenic Jordanian desert and the Wadi Rum area. Enter the Rose City of Petra through the Siq, .a narrow passage through the mountains that has inspired people for centuries. up to the treasury which suddenly appears at the end of the gorge, leaving the visitors breath-taken by it’s size, color and beauty. Continue into the heart of this ancient city carved into the mountains, passing hundreds of tombs and monuments and a spectacular Amphitheatre, which once held 3,000 spectators. Stop for a sit-down lunch, followed by a visit to Moses Spring before leaving Wadi Mussa – the new town of Petra. Drive to Aqaba for a short city tour, return to the Arava border and back to Eilat for overnight.

Drive to Mt’ Scopus for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. On to the Garden of Gethsemane and Church of the Agony. Continue to Israel Museum’s Shrine of the Book with the famous Dead Sea scrolls, then a visit to the beautifully renovated Model of the Herodian city of Jerusalem, dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue to Yad Vashem (the memorial to the six million Jews who were killed in the Holocaust. Afternoon visit the Hadassah medical center’s synagogue, with Marc Chagall stained glass windows. Via Ein Karem (the birth place of John the Baptist). Return to Hotel.

Breakfast and transfer to the airport for departure flight to Tel Aviv. If needed it’s possible to take the last evening flight to Tel Aviv upon return from the tour.