DIVING TOUR of JORDAN and Israel-10 days/9 nights
Day 1: Tel Aviv / Jerusalem
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Meeting and assistance by the agency's representative. Transfer to the hotel in Jerusalem. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Jerusalem: Old city
After breakfast at the hotel we will visit the famous "Mount of Olives" to enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the city of Jerusalem. We will visit "the Carmelite" Pater Noster Monastery. After that, we will descend to the Gardens of Gethsemane. In the afternoon we will visit the Old City of Jerusalem with all its bazaars, the Wailing Wall, the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 3: Bethlehem and New Jerusalem
Breakfast at the hotel. We begin in Bethlehem by visiting the birthplace of Jesus Christ, then we visit the Shepherds Fields and their caves. In the afternoon we continue to Ein Kerem where we will visit the Church of St. John the Baptist, then return to Jerusalem for a panoramic tour of the modern part of the city: the Supreme court building, Parliament (Knesset), Menorah and finally visit the Museum of the Holocaust (Yad Vashem). Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: Jerusalem / Dead Sea / Masada / Eilat
Breakfast at the hotel. We will leave Jerusalem and cross the Judean desert to the Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth, 400 meters below sea level. Stop at one of the beaches to enjoy the unique experience of floating in the Dead Sea, which is also a great opportunity to test the therapeutic qualities of mud, which contains a lot of minerals. We continue to Masada, where we will visit the famous fort of King Herod, a symbol of the resistance of the Jewish people. Then we will continue our journey towards Eilat, a famous tourist resort on the Red Sea coast. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 5: Eilat
Breakfast at the hotel. We start the day with three dives in the Red Sea on the Israeli side. Starting at the reef "Japanese Gardens". The first two dives will be from the ship while the third dive would be from the coast. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 6: Eilat / Aqaba
Breakfast at the hotel. After the passing through the border formalities, we will meet our Jordanian representative and proceed to the hotel in Aqaba. At 11am, we will do our first dive - "Gorgon II" (Gorgon II), and another dive at 2pm at a place called "Seven Sisters", where we will see a sunken tank. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Aqaba
We will start the day very early around 7am, for our first dive and will dive to the sunken ship of the rectory sunk "Cedar Pride". We will return to the hotel for breakfast. At 11 am we will return to the beach for the second dive, we will see the aircraft Hercules C130. Afterwards we will go Back to the hotel and rest. the last dive of the day will take place in Japanese gardens at 3PM. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Note: All dives from the boat include lunch.
Day 8: Aqaba / Wadi Rum / Petra
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head out to Wadi Rum to enjoy the two-hour Jeep 4x4 trip through the desert. Here we will visit the remains of the incredible city of Petra, which was inhabited by the Nabateans in 300 BC. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 9: Petra / Madaba / Mount Nebo / Tel Aviv
Breakfast at the hotel. We will climb up Mount Nebo, from where Moses saw the "promised land". Next we go to Madaba, which is known for its Byzantine mosaics. We proceed to the Allenby Bridge, to undergo the border formalities and eventually we will return to Israel. Transfer to hotel in Tel Aviv. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 10: Tel Aviv / return
Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning in Tel Aviv. Transfer to the airport.
