Jordan, Israel & Egypt Pilgrimage with FR. BENJIE LEDESMA

Late afternoon arrival in Amman airport. Meet and assist by a local guide. Transfer to the hotel in Amman for check-in. dinner and overnight. 

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Drive to Mount Nebo, where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died. Have a long-distance drive to the hotel in Petra for check-in, dinner and overnight. 

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Visit the lost city of Petra with optional horseback ride through the picturesque SIQ, and visit the Treasury. Then shop at Holy Land gifts. Drive to Amman. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out. Proceed for BORDER crossing into Israel. You will be met and assisted by a local guide. Continue to the hotel in Nazareth for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Have breakfast at the hotel. Go up to Mt. Tabor to see the Basilica of Transfiguration. Return to Nazareth to visit the Basilica of Annunciation where the Archangel Gabriel announced to Virgin Mary the birth of Jesus Christ. Visit also St. Joseph's workshop and Home of the Holy Family. Then proceed to Cana, where Jesus performed His first miracle. He turned the water into wine at the Wedding in Cana. (Those who wish may renew their Wedding vows at the Church). Return to the hotel in Nazareth for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to Mount of Beatitudes; this is the site of the Sermon on the Mount. Proceed to Tabgha, where the Miracle of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes took place. Then continue on to St. Peter's Primacy Church. Visit to Dalmanuta in Tabgha. Drive to Capernaum, the town where Jesus made His home after leaving Nazareth. View the remains of the ancient Synagogue in which He taught. Have a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Drive to the diamond factory. Then back to the hotel in Nazareth for dinner and overnight. 

Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Drive down to Caesarea, which was built by Herod the Great, to catch sight of the Aqueducts and the Roman Theater. Continue to Mt. Carmel to visit Stella Maris Church and pass by Haifa where one can enjoy a panoramic view of the Bahai Gardens. Proceed to your hotel in Bethlehem for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Start the full day tour at the Pool of Bethesda and Church of St. Anne. Then proceed to Via Dolorosa starting at Ecce Homo where Pontius Pilate washed his hands. Proceed to the Flagellation until you reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Jesus was crucified, died and rose from the dead. Then continue to the Wailing Wall. Move on to Bethlehem to visit the Shepherds Field, the site where the star appeared to the shepherds which lead them to the manger where baby Jesus was born. Visit also the Milk Grotto, the Basilica and Grotto of the Nativity and the Church of Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and the Manger Square. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Mount Zion area to see the Dormition Abbey. Then visit the Upper Room where Jesus and his disciples had their last supper. Visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. See also King David’s tomb. Proceed to the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. Drive to Ein Karem for a visit to St. John the Baptist Church and Church of Visitation (Magnificat) where the Blessed Virgin Mary visited Elizabeth. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive to the Mount of Olives to visit the Ascension Chapel where Jesus ascended into Heaven. Visit the Church of Pater Noster to witness the “Lord’s Prayer” written in several languages. Proceed to the Church of Dominus Flevit (God Wept) where God wept over Jerusalem. Move on and continue by walking down the Palm Sunday Road to the Church of All Nations and the Garden of Gethsemane to see the Rock of Agony the place where Jesus prayed before the Roman soldiers came for Him. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Drive to Qasr Al Yahud for the renewal of Baptismal vows. Continue to Jericho, pass by to see the “Sycamore Tree”, where Zaccheus, the tax collector, climbed the tree to see Jesus who was passing by. View the Mount of Temptation. It is a high mountain west of Jericho where satan tempted Jesus. Then go to Qumran, the caves of the Essenes where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a wandering shepherd boy. Proceed to Dead Sea for a dip in the lowest and saltiest sea on earth. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at hotel and check-out. Have a drive to Eilat for the BORDER crossing into Egypt. Meet and assist by the local guide. Drive to Taba. Transfer to the hotel for check-in, dinner and overnight. 

Breakfast at the hotel. Have a visit to the new Egyptian Museum, one of the richest museums in the world. Proceed to the Pyramids and Sphinx. Stop at the Papyrus factory and perfumery. In the evening, we will have a Dinner Cruise at the Nile River before returning to the hotel for overnight stay.

Breakfast and check-out at the hotel. Visit the Hanging Church and to the Crypt of the Holy Family. Proceed to Cairo airport for your flight back to Manila. 

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