5-Day Israel Tour from Jerusalem: Dead Sea, Nazareth and Masada | La Vacanza Travel

5-Day Israel Tour from Jerusalem: Dead Sea, Nazareth and Masada

Duration: 5 days
Destination: Israel, Jerusalem District, Jerusalem
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  • 5 days
  • Jerusalem
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

This action-packed 5-day tour from Jerusalem offers a perfect introduction to Israel’s holy highlights and top attractions. With your expert local guide, explore Jerusalem’s Old City ; take a cable car ride to the hill-top fortress of Masada; relax by floating in the Dead Sea; tour Nazareth and the villages around the Sea of Galilee; visit the ancient ruins of Caesarea and more. Your experience includes guided walking tours, free time to spend at your leisure, and overnight accommodation in 3-star hotels and a family-run guesthouse.

Due to maintenance working of the cable car, the site of Masada will be closed between January 13th-27th 2019.

As a substitution, tour will visit at Qumran caves and Baptism site on the Jordan River.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary

Day 1: Golan Heights Tour

Stop At: Galilee Region, Galilee Region, Northern District
Travel through the Galilee

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Jordan Valley, Jordan Valley, Northern District
Travel through the Jordan Valley


Pass By: Sea of Galilee, Sea, Tiberias Israel
Travel along the shore of the Sea of Galilee


Stop At: Ancient Katzrin Village and Synagogue, Ancient Katzrin village, Katzrin
Visit the ancient village and synagogue in Katzrin

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Museum of Antiquities in the Golan, מרכז מסחרי הישן איתן, Qatsrin
Visit the Golan Antiquities Museum

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Mount Bental, Golan Heights Volcanic Park
Visit Mount Bental and explore the remaining Syrian bunkers

Duration: 50 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Tel Aviv

Day 2: Nazareth, Capernaum and Sea of Galilee Tour

Stop At: Mt. of Precipice Lookout Point, Entrance to the city on Hwy 60, Nazareth Israel
Visit Mt. of Precipice

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Nazareth, Nazareth, Galilee Region, Northern District
Visit and explore the City of Nazareth

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Church Of Annunciation, Al-Bishara St 12, Nazareth 1622012 Israel
Visit the Church of Annunciation

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: St. Joseph's Church, Church Adjacent and north to the Basilica of Annunciation, Nazareth Israel
Visit St. Joseph Church

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Kfar Cana, Kfar Cana, Galilee Region, Northern District
Pass by Kfar Cana


Pass By: Mount Of Beatitudes, Capernaum Israel
See Mount of Beatitudes


Stop At: Capernaum, Capernaum, Galilee Region, Northern District
Visit Capernaum, town of Jesus

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Church of the Multiplication, Tabgha, Capernaum Israel
Visit Church of Multiplication

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Tiberias, Tiberias, Galilee Region, Northern District
Pass by Tiberias


Stop At: Yardenit, Kibbutz Kinneret Jordan Valley, Kinneret 1511800 Israel
Visit Yardenit, Baptism site on the Jordan River

Duration: 50 minutes

Pass By: Mount Tabor, in the eastern part of the Jezreel Valley, Kfar Tavor Israel
See Mt. Tabor where the Transfiguration took place


Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Tel Aviv

Day 3: Caesarea, Acre and Rosh Hanikra Tour

Stop At: Caesarea National Park, Caesarea Israel
Visit the ancient port of Caesarea

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Theatre at Caesarea National Park, Caesarea National Park, Caesarea Israel
Visit the ancient amphitheater from the 1st century AD

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: The Baha'i Gardens, 80 Hatzionut Avenue Yefe Nof St 61, Haifa 123445689 Israel
View Haifa from the top of the Baha'i Gardens

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Rosh Hanikra, Rosh Hanikra, Northern District
Ascend to the summit of Rosh Hanikra by cable car

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Grottos at Rosh HaNiqra, Kefar Rosh HaNiqra Israel
Visit and explore the Grottos at Rosh Hanikra

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: The Lebanese Border, Kefar Rosh HaNiqra Israel
View the Lebanese Boarder from Rosh HaNiqra


Stop At: Acre, Acre, Northern District
Visit the City of Acre

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Citadel of Acre, 1 Weizman, Acre Israel
Visit the Underground Crusader City Acre

Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Tel Aviv

Day 4: Masada and the Dead Sea Tour

Stop At: Harei Yehuda, Israel
Travel through the Judean Hills

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: The Good Samaritan Museum, Road 1, between Jerusalem and Jericho, Jericho Palestinian Territories
Pass by the Good Samaritan Inn


Stop At: Masada National Park, Masada 8698000 Israel
Ascend to Masada and explore the National Park

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Herod's Palace (Herodium), Masada 1243500 Israel
Tour the remains of Herod’s palace

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: En Gedi Nature Reserve, Route 90 Road 90 Israel
See Ein Gedi Natural Reserve


Pass By: Qumran Caves, Wadi Qumran Palestinian Territories
Pass by the Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found


Stop At: Dead Sea, Israel
Float and mud yourself at the Dead sea

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Jerusalem

Day 5: Jerusalem Old and New Tour

Stop At: Mount Scopus National Botanical Garden, Mount Scopus Hebrew University Campus, Jerusalem Israel
View the Old City from Mount Scopus

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Garden of Gethsemane, Jericho Rd, Jerusalem Israel
See the Garden of Gethsemane


Pass By: Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony), Garden of Gethsemane Foot of the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem Israel
Pass by the Church of All Nations


Pass By: Kidron Valley, Behind Old City Walls, Jerusalem Israel
Pass through the Kidron valley


Stop At: Old City of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Israel
Explore the street of the Old City of Jerusalem

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem Israel
Visit the Jewish Quarter and explore the Byzantine Cardo
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Western Wall Plaza Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem 97500 Israel
Visit the Western Wall

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Christian Quarter Road, Jerusalem Israel
Visit the Christian Quarter

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Way of the Cross - Via Dolorosa, Via Dolorosa Old Town, Jerusalem Israel
Explore some of the Cross stations - the Via Dolorosa

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Eglise du Saint-Sepulcre, Christian Quarter, Jerusalem Israel
Visit the the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Muslim Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem Israel
Visit the Muslim Quarter and The lively Bazaar

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Mount Herzl Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Entrance to the site is via the Holland Junction, situated on Herzl Boulevard, Jerusalem 91034 Israel
Visit the Holocaust Museum

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Professional guide
  • 4 nights accommodation
  • 4x Breakfast
  • Accommodation included: 4 nights
  • Entry/Admission - Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
  • Entry/Admission - Citadel of Acre
  • Entry/Admission - Masada National Park
  • Entry/Admission - Theatre at Caesarea National Park
  • Entry/Admission - Caesarea National Park
  • Entry/Admission - Dead Sea
  • Entry/Admission - The Grottos at Rosh HaNiqra
  • Entry/Admission - Ancient Katzrin Village and Synagogue
  • Entry/Admission - Museum of Antiquities in the Golan

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities

Additional Info

  • Comfortable walking shoes, hat and water are recommended
  • Modest dress is obligatory for visits to holy sites; covered knees and shoulders
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Recommended to bring hats, bathing suit, towels and sun protection when visiting the Dead Sea
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Our company does not participate in organizing a baptism with a priest in the Jordan River - for travelers who want to be baptized with a priest, we will coordinate it with the Yardenit site in advance; the estimated visit time in the Yardenit is 15:30-16:15
  • Tour itinerary order may change according to your day of departure
  • Please note this tour is not suitable for children under the age of 4
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Please note that our pickup/drop-off is available from a few central hotels only. Please select the hotel closest to your address from the drop-down menu on the tour page. If you are not sure which of the listed hotels is a good fit, please choose the option “I don’t see my pickup location” and insert enter your accommodation address. After the booking is approved by the local tour operator, a confirmation email from Bein Harim will be sent to you mentioning the final pickup point closest to your address. Please read the email with the attached booking confirmation carefully to make sure you are waiting for the pickup at the correct location. Please make sure to wait for the pickup at the hotel entrance.


Departure Time

05:40 AM

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

5 days

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

bertoiafoundation

05 May, 2023

Bein Harim is the best! Prompt, communicative, organized, reasonably priced with excellent guides. They make sure to account for everyone, and are willing to help with special situations such as needing to get dropped off somewhere other than the normal stops. Dorit, Daniel, and Tomar were all above average guides. They are well read, know their history both Christian and Jewish, and easy to talk to. Having never been to Israel, I learned so much about the people, the country, and the history. They were willing to share personal stories that added even more to their descriptions. I would go with them again, for sure.

joseopiedoso

02 Dec, 2018

It was a perfect tour for me. Full of history, religion and politics. Everything that I like to know about. The guides were excelent, but I make a special congrats to Ami (former colonel of the Golani Division) - he knows everything about the military strugle of Israel to become a country and gave us unforgetable lessons about it; also a great applause to Yoav Malachi, that took us to Nazareth, for his competency and knowledge; and for Amr Koovar (??? - they should send us an email with their names) that took us to Haifa, Acre and Hosh Hanikra on 25/11. This guy is a crazy one. Energetic and full of opinions. One of the best guides a tourist could get.

Kimberly K

03 Sep, 2017

I took four tours with Bein Harim (booked through Tourist Israel). I'll review them separately because the quality was so different with each of them. General notes- they never picked me up at my hotel and they were always AT LEAST 15 minutes late (sometimes an hour). They're also always bilingual which is problematic for the reasons below. Caesarea, Haifa, Rosh Hanikra, Akko- My pickup time was 5:50am from Jerusalem. I walked the 10 minutes to the pickup point and waited outside for a while. At 6:05 I asked the receptionist at the random hotel if she could call. She got in touch with someone who asked to speak with me. He asked if I would like to go on a different tour instead because no one else is leaving from Jerusalem for that tour. I said no because I was completely booked all week and Caesarea was a must-see for me. They sent a taxi at around 6:30 am, 40 minutes from my pickup time. When it's that early in the morning, that extra 40 minutes would have been great. They never had any intention of sending someone to get me, which is alarming. Guide- Jacob. He was so focused on making jokes I didn't feel I got much out of the tour. The tour was bilingual, English and German, but at least 70% of it was in German (even though there was one German family who indicated English was fine for them). It took double the time to get through the sights and it just seemed like he was trying to practice his German. He would start sentences in English, finish in German, and never go back to explain what he said in English. He was too focused on his shtick making fun of people to actually tell us anything about Akko the Crusader city. We didn't eat until after 2:30 pm which meant I left my hotel at 5:30 before breakfast and didn't eat until 9 hours later. And it was the worst meal I'd ever had. I asked when we were going to eat because I'm type 1 diabetic and it's necessary information, and he made a big joke to everyone that he'll make sure I'm the first one to get food. It was just annoying and embarrassing. Jerusalem Old City Tour- Another bilingual tour, this time, French. Unpleasant as usual but in includes a good tour of the things you want to see in Jerusalem and the Holocaust Museum, which is a must-see. Guide- Liat. She was really nice and informative. She made the hot day enjoyable. My only qualm would be that she was constantly making us wait in the sun for stragglers. She could have wrangled the French people a bit better. Masada/Dead Sea- Masada is amazing and the Dead Sea is eh, but that has nothing to do with Bein Harim. When you get to the Dead Sea, do not eat in that restaurant at the top. The food is way overpriced. There's a falafel stand down by the beach at the "lowest bar in the world." Guide- Charlie. He was wonderful. Told us everything we needed to know about Masada and made it fun. It was over 100 degrees up at Masada and he was careful to move us into the shade for the informational portions. You can tell he really cares about his job and his country. Couldn't ask for a better guide. It was a bilingual tour but once he realized the two French women were fine in English (as they indicated) he kept it to English and only spoke French if they needed clarification. Nazareth, Capernaum, Sea of Galilee- Do not do this tour from Jerusalem. My pickup was at 5:50am-6:20am (thirty minute pickup window?) and the bus finally came around 6:15, so I waited outside, in the dark by myself from 5:50. We ended up getting to Tel Aviv to the meetup point at 7am, an hour early. There was no reason to pick us up at 5:50am when it's a Saturday so it's Shabbat and no one is on the road, and it never took more than an hour from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv anyway, never mind 2 hours as they budgeted. So we had to waste an hour in Tel Aviv before we could pick up the people touring from there. We got to the pickup point and the bus meeting us was late. We didn't get to the first stop until 10:15am, so over 4 hours from my pickup time. Which brings me to the guide. Guide- Eli. We very much started off on the wrong foot. At 8 am, when I had been traveling for over 2 hours and we were sitting on the side of the road in Tel Aviv, I asked him when we would be getting to Nazareth. He basically told me that if I expected to get to Nazareth from Jerusalem right away I would be disappointed (4 hours is not exactly right away...). He was super unpleasant about it and didn't even apologize for having us lollygag around Tel Aviv. He gave me pretty serious attitude. I asked to speak to his supervisor to see if I could be put on a different tour, but he just offered to talk to him. That would only make it worse so I just got on the bus and sat there. On the way to Nazareth, we basically got a rundown of Arab cities in Jerusalem and how the situation with Jews and Arabs is not black and white. I was expecting to hear a little bit about Jesus of Nazareth, since he's the reason every single person on the tour was going there. We didn't get one piece of info about his teachings or his life. We arrived at Nazareth and were shepherded into a souvenir store. By 10:15 am, we finally reached the church. Once we were there, Eli was good about explaining things and gave us a sufficient amount of time. Oh, this one was bilingual Spanish and again, it was pretty miserable. Two women repeatedly refused to get to the bus on time, making us wait for 30 minutes for them at one point. Eli should have been on top of them. It was beyond rude. Eli did apologize for his earlier behavior and gave me the lunch for free, which was nice and went a long way toward making me feel a little better about the tour. Capernam was really cool and he did a good job explaining. Once we got to the Sea of Galilee, our last stop, we waited again for the two women and it made us even later getting home. TL;DR- Lots of timing problems. Guides hit or miss. Every single tour is bilingual. Waste a TON of time.

sxyesq2002

11 Jul, 2014

The first day of the tour was pure hell. Our itinerary said that our first day would be a tour of Jerusalem with an 8:30 a.m. pick up. We got a call at 6:00 a.m. telling us that we were late for our tour. We had 10 minutes to pack and head down to the bus. We ended up taking a bus to the Northern region of Israel. We were hungry, angry and completely unprepared.

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