INTERNATIONAL TOURS
PHILIPPINE ISLAND TOURS
A Special Invitation for a Post-Holy Week Pilgrimage Tour with
Rev. Fr. Larry Faraon At the Land of the Bible- Egypt, Israel & Jordan
DEPART MANILA EARLY Morning and take CONNECTING FLIGHT TO
CAIRO, EGYPT. ARRIVE CAIRO IN THE AFTERNOON, MEET OUR AIRPORT ASSISTANT AND
AFTER AIRPORT FORMALITIES PROCEED TO OUR COACH AND HAVE OUR CITY ORIENTATION
PRIOR CHECK IN AT OUR HOTEL FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. (D)
START OUR FULL DAY TOUR IN CAIRO WHICH INCLUDES VISIT TO THE
GREAT PYRAMIDS FO GIZA, SPHINX, THE
PAPYRUS FACTORY WHERE YOU CAN FIND EGYPT’S FINEST WORK OF ANCIENT PAPER ART.
CONTINUE TO THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, AND CAP THE DAY WITH A NILE DINNER CRUISE.
OVERNIGHT AT OUR HOTEL. (B,L, D)
AFTER BREAKFAST, WE CHECK OUT AND CONTINUE TO OUR NEXT
DESTINATION. VISIT THE FAMOUS HANGING
CHURCH, ABU SERGA CHURCH, THE EXACT PLACE WHERE JOSEPH, MARY AND THE CHILD
JESUS STAYED DURING THEIR "FLIGHT TO EGYPT". CONTINUE DRIVE TO THE Suez Canal TO CROSS
UNDER THE WATER TUNNEL INTO SINAI. VISIT RAS SEDR SPRINGS ON OUR WAY TO ST.
CATHERINE AND ARRIVE AT OUR HOTEL FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. (B,L,
D)
EARLY WAKE UP FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO CLIMB MT. SINAI AND DO
WHAT MOSES EXACTLY DID AND TO SEE THE AMAZING SUNRISE. TO THOSE NOT CLIMBING
SHALL BE MET DURING BREAKFAST. AFTER BREAKFAST, VISIT ST CATHERINE MONASTERY
THEN PROCEED TO TABA BORDER TO CROSS TO ISRAEL. MEET OUR LOCAL GUIDE AND AFTER
BORDER FORMALITIES, DRIVE VIA EILAT AND ARAVA DESERT CONTINUING TO THE DEAD SEA
SHORE. VISIT QUMRAN WHERE THE SCROLLS OF THE DEAD SEA WERE FOUND, THEN PROCEED TO
OUR HOTEL AT THE DEAD SEA AREA, FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY
THE “FLOAT” ON THE DEAD SEA, THE LOWEST POINT ON EARTH AND WHICH IS RICH IN
MINERALS GOOD FOR THE SKIN. (B,L, D)
AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART DEAD SEA AREA AS WE DRIVE TO
TIBERIAS. CONTINUE TO CANA, THE SITE
OF THE FIRST MIRACLE OF JESUS' CHANGING WATER INTO WINE ON A WEDDING FEAST. HERE
WE WILL HAVE OUR THANKSGIVING MASS WITH THE RENEWAL OF MARRIAGE VOWS OF OUR COUPLE
PILGRIMS. THEN VISIT NAZARETH, THE TOWN OF JOSEPH AND MARY TO SEE THE CHURCH OF
ANNUNCIATION AND JOSEPH'S WORKSHOP. PROCEED TO TIBERIAS FOR DINNER AND
OVERNIGHT (B, L,D)
DAY 06
TIBERIAS - MT. OF BEATITUDES-CAPERNAUM – TABGHA - MT. TABOR
TODAY’S TOUR INCLUDES VISIT TO MT.OF BEATITUDES, SITE WHERE
THE FAMOUS SERMON ON THE MOUNT WAS GIVEN. CONTINUE TO CAPERNAUM, THE TOWN OF
JESUS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF THE TIME FOR HIS PREACHINGS, THEN ON TO TABGHA,
THE PLACE OF THE MULTIPLICATION OF LOAVES AND FISHES AND CONTINUE TO THE TO THE PRIMACY OF PETER CHIURCH. ASCEND TO
MT. TABOR WHERE WE WILL SEE THE CHURCH OF TRANSFIGURATION. CAP THE DAY WITH A
BOAT RIDE OVER THE SEA OF GALILEE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT YOUR HOTEL IN TIBERIAS.
(B,L, D)
THIS MORNING, DEPART TIBERIAS AND DRIVE TO YARDENIT AND SEE
THE HEADWATERS OF THE JORDAN RIVER FOR OUR RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL VOWS. ON TO THE
LOWER GALILEE TO HAIFA, WHERE ISRAEL’S PORTS ARE FOUND. VISIT MT. CARMEL AND
CHURCH OF MUHRAKA. THEN ALONG THE COASTAL ROAD TO CAESAREA VISIT THE ANCIENT
ROMAN CITY. PRECEDE TO A SHORT VISIT TO
TELAVIV, ISRAEL’S FINANCIAL CAPITAL AND FINALLY TO JAFFA, TO VISIT ST. PETER’S
CHURCH AND THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE TANNER. CONTINUE TO JERUSALEM FOR DINNER AND
OVERNIGHT. (B,L,D)
TODAY, DRIVE TO BETHLEHEM TO VISIT THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY
AND HAVE OUR MASS; VIEW THE MANGER SQUARE INSIDE THE GROTTO AND A SILVER STAR
WHICH TRADITIONALLY MARKS THE PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BORN. SEE THE CHAPEL OF ST.
JEROME, FORMERLY A CAVE WHERE HE TRANSLATED THE HOLY BIBLE TO LATIN. VISIT EIN
KAREM AND SEE THE CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AND THE VISITATION CHURCH OR
CHURCH OF THE MAGNIFICAT, WHERE THE VIRGIN MARY VISITED HER COUSIN ELIZABETH.
IN THE AFTERNOON, STROLL THROUGH THE CITY OF DAVID AND VISIT HIS TOMB AT MT.
ZION. VISIT THE CENACULUM HALL OF THE LAST SUPPER AND ON TO THE DORMITION
ABBEY, TRADITIONAL SITE OF MARY’S ASSUMPTION TO HEAVEN. STOP AT THE WAILING
WALL, THE MOST SACRED PLACE FOR THE JEWS. VIEW THE DOME OF THE ROCK, THE
ORIGINAL SITE OF THE TEMPLE WHERE JESUS WAS PRESENTED TO THE FATHER. DINNER AND
OVERNIGHT. (B,L, D)
THIS MORNING VISIT THE PATER NOSTER CHURCH WHERE JESUS
TAUGHT THE “OUR FATHER” WRITTEN IN MANY LANGUAGES. NEXT TO IT IS THE CHURCH OF
ASCENCION WHICH TRADITIONALLY MARKS THE PLACE WHERE JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN,
WALK THROUGH THE PALM SUNDAY ROAD AND ARRIVE AT THE CHAPEL OF DOMINUS FLEVIT
WHERE THE LORD WEPT AFTER SEEING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. CONTINUE TO THE
GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE WHERE JESUS PRAYED ON THE NIGHT OF HIS ARREST. PROCEED TO
THE CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS OR CHURCH OF AGONY.
CONTINUE TO THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU WHERE JESUS WAS TRIED
AND DENIED THREE TIMES. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY THE HOUSE OF CAIPHAS WHERE JESUS
WAS PLACED IN A PIT. ENTER THE OLD CITY TO VISIT THE POOL OF BETHESDA WHERE
JESUS HEALED A BLIND MAN. SEE THE
CHURCH OF ST. ANNE, TRADITIONAL SITE OF THE HOUSE OF MARY’S PARENTS, ST. ANNE
AND ST. JOACHIM. FOLLOW THE STATIONS ALONG THE VIA DOLOROSA FROM THE CHAPEL OF
FLAGELLATION TO THE CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE WHICH WAS BUILT OVER THE SITE OF
THE CALVARY AND THE TOMB. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. (B,L, D)
AFTER BREAKFAST WE BID ISRAEL GOODBYE AS WE CROSS THE
ALLENBY BRIDGE TO ENTER JORDAN. AFTER
AIRPORT FORMALITIES AND CLEARANCE, MEET OUR TOUR GUIDE AND CONTINUE WITH OUR
ROMAN EXPERIENCE AS WE VISIT JERASH, KNOWN TO BE THE LARGEST AND WELL PRESERVED
SITES OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE WITH ITS COLLONADED STREETS, HILLTOP TEMPLES, ROMAN
BATHS, AND THEATERS. PROCEED TO OUR HOTEL FOR DINENR AND OVERNIGHT.
AFTER BREAKFAST, TRAVEL DOWN THE DESERT ROAD TO WADI MOUSA TOWARDS
THE “RED ROSE CITY”
CALLED PETRA (ONE OF THE NEWEST WONDERS OF THE WORLD), AND WHICH WAS INHABITED
BY THE NABATEANS FROM 300 B.C. TAKE A HORSE RIDE THROUGHT THE “CIQ” (CANYON)
AND SEE THE TREASURY CARVED IN PINK STONES AND CONTINUE TO THE ROMAN THEATER,
THE CORINTHIAN TOMB AND THE PALACE TOMB TO THE ROMAN ROAD. CHECK IN AT OUR
HOTEL FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT. (B,L, D)
TODAY WE CHECK OUT AND DRIVE ALONG KING’S HIGHWAY TO THE
CHRISTAIN VILLAGE OF MADABA AND SEE THE MOSAIC OF THE HOLYLAND. CONTINUE TO MT.
NEBO FROM WHERE MOSES VIEWED THE PROMISED LAND. HERE WE CAN SEE THE JORDAN
VALLEY, JERICHO AND THE JUDEAN HILLS. HAVE OUR REFLECTION AND DEPARTURE
THANKSGIVING MASS. SEE THE REMAINS OF THE BYZANTINE CHURCH WITH MOSAIC FLOORS.
PROCEED TO THE AIRPORT FOR RETURN FLIGHT TO MANILA. (B)
DAY 13 ARRIVE MANILA.
TOUR COST: (based on minimum 30 passengers)
USD$ 2,620.00 – based on twin sharing
USD$ 590.00– single
supplement
USD$ 296.00- Approximate
airline taxes
(Subject
to change until final ticket issuance)
USD$ 71.00– Border
taxes (subject to change)
USD$ 144- Mandatory
tips
PHP 1, 550.00- Egypt visa fee and assistance
TOUR INCLUSIONS:
Roundtrip economy class airfare via Qatar Airline
Roundtrip transfers
Hotel accommodations on twin sharing/ GUARANTEED 4* hotels
FULL Board meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Guided tour all through out with services of private coach
Porter age of one (1) piece luggage
Services of Filipino tour escort and pilgrimage chaplain
Jordan visa
PAYMENT & CANCELLATIONS:
*A nonrefundable deposit of USD$300.00 per person
upon reservation NOT LATER THAN
FEBRUARY 15, 2010 payable in USD Dollars with photocopy of passport
and pilgrim’s documents;
*Balance or full payment due upon ticketing or 1 month prior
departure.
*Cancellation charge of fifty percent (50%) of tour cost
will be imposed if cancellation is done than two (2) weeks before departure
date
*Full tour cost will be forfeited if cancellation is done 1
week before departure *Unused portion of the tour is non-refundable.
PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE Philippine travel tax (PHP
1620.00), NAIA airport taxes (php750.00) visas fees and documentation expenses,
insurance, medical and hospitalization expenses, tours and transportation
expenses during free periods, porterage of extra luggages, drinks and meals not
specified in the itinerary, tips for drivers, tour guides, porters & waiters (approx.
USD12.00/day/person), and such other personal nature like telephone calls,
fax, laundry, room service and expenses not mentioned in the itinerary terms
and conditions. EPHESUS TRAVEL AND TOURS has arranged for the various tour
services to be performed under the responsibility of various operators. Our
company or its subagents therefore only acts as agents for the operators
providing the various services described in this tour and assume no
responsibility or liability that may occur out of or in connection with losses
or unexpected expenses due to delays, overbooking, and defaults. The tour itineraries and prices are
subject to change without prior notice. Should the number of participants fall
below the required number, we reserve the right to increase the tour cost or
cancel/reschedule the tour. The payment for a reservation fee on the tour
shall constitute acceptance and consent to all provisions in the tour
conditions/responsibility published in this tour.
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