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"Living Stones" Tours

There are many good Holy Land tour providers, but the tour company I use most often, offers a distinct advantage for Christian groups. Sindbad Tours is a local Christian family-owned company that has been conducting tours in the Holy Land for 50 years.

The advantage of these tours is the opportunity to meet, and worship with, fellow Christian believers -- the true "living stones" in this ancient land.

Their expert guides have a genuine personal faith in Christ and they have years of local and trained experience and a clear command of the English language. Along with the provided tour guide, you can also provide your own teacher or spiritual leader.

Your tours can be customized to go anywhere you like. The sample tour shown here is 11 days and 10 nights, but shorter or longer tours can be arranged.

Even the price can be customized to fit your group, choosing between 3 star tourist hotels, 4 star hotels, or deluxe 5 star hotels. All transportation is in a private luxury motorcoach.

The price includes transatlantic flights, accomodations, breakfasts and dinners, guided sightseeing, entrance fees, and baggage handling. Not included are gratuities, lunches, personal expenses, and flights from your home town to the east coast.

Sample Itinerary

Day 1:   Depart the United States for Tel Aviv, Israel

Day 2: After arrival in Tel Aviv, travel north to Caesarea by the sea, then over to Tiberius (on the Sea of Galilee), for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Today, tour Galilee, Capernaum, and Mt. Beatitudes. You will take a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee, and then visit the Jordan River, where if you like, a baptismal service can be held.

Day 4:   Visit Cana, Nazareth, Megiddo, cross the Allenby Bridge to Amman Jordan for dinner and overnight.

Day 5:   On the way to Petra, you will go to the top of Mt. Nebo and see the same view of the Promised land that was seen by Moses. Continue on to Madaba and Petra for the night.

Day 6:   Explore Petra today, then to Jericho, and on to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.

Day 7:   See the panaramic view of Jerusalem from the Mt. of Olives, walk among 2,000 year old olive trees in Gethsamane, visit Shepherd's Field in Bethlehem, and the Church of the Nativity.

Day 8:   Visit the Israeli Museum, home to the Dead Sea scrolls; the Holocaust Museum: Mt. Zion and the Upper Room.

Day 9: Take a walking tour of Old Jersualem, visit the Pool of Siloam, the Temple area, and the original western wall. Walk the Via Dolorosa, enter the Holy Sepulcher and the Garden Tomb.

Day 10:   Today you visit Massada, Qumran and have time to swim in the Dead Sea.

Day 11:   Depart Tel Aviv for home.

Is It Safe To Go To Israel?

While no one can guarantee total safety anywhere, statistically Israel is much
safer than most major tourist destinations. Security in Israel, Palestine and Jordan is much
stricter than inte U.S.

You will be touring in a private motor coach, not on public transprotation and you will not be going anywhere near Gaza. In the event of a regional conflict, you would be transferred to a safe area. Israel remains one of the most visited places in the world today.

Testimonial

"Glen, the SAT 7 Vision Tous was an outstanding success. The planning was very well done. The guides and bus drivers were professional, always on time, friendly, helpful, and always looking out for our interests. It was a great help to me to feel I could always trust them. They were flexible and understanding, always allowing us to schedule what we wanted to visit and see in order to accomplish our goals and objectives. They did a great job in helping us understand the culture, history, society and present day realities as we visited all the sites. The hotels were extremely nice and the food was the best. From my experience in leading trips, I will strongly recommend you and Sindbad Tours to others, to help make their trip a trip of a lifetime." -- Dennis Wiens, Director of Church Connections, SAT 7.

No other places on Earth are as spititually significant as the places of the Bible.

   In EGYPT, climb Mt. Sinai, visit Cairo and the great pyramids. Cross the Red Sea to JORDAN
   and visit the place where Jesus was likely baptized, stand atop Mt. Nebo and see what Moses
   saw as he looked out over the promised land. At Petra, be confounded at one of the truly
   great wonders of the world.

   In ISRAEL, among so many other experiences, stand in the empty Garaden Tomb and walk
   the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

   Here is just one itinerary to Israel and Jordan.