Itinerary – 2013


  • Tel Gezer
  • Jaffa
  • Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Israel’s Independence was signed on May 14, 1948
  • Caesarea – Herod’s City and the home of Pontius Pilate (Theatre, Praetorium, Hippodrome, & Aqueduct)
  • Look over Lebanon from Adamit where Hezbollah forces started the 2006 Lebanese War with Israel
  • Hike to the ancient ruins of Kedesh, a city of refuge conquered by Joshua
  • Tel Hazor – the destruction by Joshua and the Israelites as reported in Joshua 11
  • Evening Event: Visit the 1940s underground weapons hideout at Kfar Giladi, on the Lebanese border

Galilee Region

  • Kayak down the Jordan River
  • Tel Dan
  • Caesarea Phillipi (Banias), hiking from the waterfall to the cave of Pan
  • Golan Heights, Mt. Bental (Syrian/Israeli bunkers) and lookout over Syria and the Road to Damascus
  • Roman city of Sephoris, the capital of Herod Antipas
  • Nazareth and visit the Brow of the Hill
  • Tel Megiddo in the Valley of Armageddon
  • Mt. Tabor – the Mount of Transfiguration
  • Hike down Mt. Arbel to the Arbel Pass (Jesus’ passageway to the Galilee)
  • Bethsaida
  • Hike down the Mt. of Beatitudes to the Sea of Galilee
  • Site of John 21, “I go a fishing”
  • Capernaum
  • Sail by boat from Ginsoar to Ein Gev; Visit the first century boat of Ginsoar
  • New excavations at Magdala, the town of Mary Magdalene
  • Newly excavated ruins of Tiberias
  • Beth Shean, capital of the Decapolis.  Hike up to where Saul and his sons were hung by the Philistines.

Countryside

  • Mt. Gilboa
  • The Jordan Valley
  • Qumran: With permission, hike up the cliffs to the Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
  • The Dead Sea
  • Sunrise hike up Masada
  • Nature hike to the Ein Gedi waterfall
  • Shilo, see where the tabernacle once had been stationed.
  • Mt. Gerizim (see where the Samaritans perform their sacrifices and look over Shechem.)

Jerusalem

  • Mt. of Olives
  • Gethsemane
  • Hike through the Kidron Valley up to the Temple Mount to see the site of the ancient temple and the modern-day Dome of the Rock
  • The Pools of Bethesda
  • The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
  • Southern Wall Excavations, walk along the first century street and climb the first century steps
  • Explore the City of David and go underground through Hezekiah’s Tunnel to the Pool of Siloam.
  • Hike through the Hinnom Valley (“The Field of Blood”)
  • Evening Event: Tower of David Sound & Light Show
  • Security permitting, a private tour of the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament Building
  • Herzl Museum to learn about the rise of Zionism
  • Yad vaShem: the Holocaust Memorial
  • New Jerusalem (Jaffa Street, Ben Yehuda Street, Machane Yehuda Market, etc.)
  • The Western “Wailing” Wall
  • Western Wall Tunnels
  • Special Evening Event: Meet Elwood McQuaid, the author of Zvi: The Miraculous Story of the Triumph Over the Holocaust
  • Burnt House and the Herodian Quarter in the Jewish Quarter
  • The Temple Institute, where they have made most of the items needed for the Third Temple.
  • The Garden Tomb
  • The Road to Emmaus
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Published by Jeff Voegtlin

Dr. Jeff Voegtlin has been in Christian service for over twenty years. He is an associate pastor at Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Indiana, and a Vice President of Fairhaven Baptist College. As conductor of the church and schools' orchestra program, and overseer of the educational program of the college, his teaching has helped to train hundreds of young adults to prepare for full-time ministry. After completing a bachelor's degree from Fairhaven Baptist College, he received a master's degree in Bible from Pensacola Christian College. In 2007, he completed the requirements to finish a doctor's degree in education from Bob Jones University. Dr. Voegtlin is available for seminars in instrumental and choral music practice and philosophy, for education seminars, and to preach and present the college ministry.