Jericho and the Dead Sea

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This tour takes you down below sea level to the Dead Sea region. Here you will see the dramatic desert landscape and visit Biblical, natural and historical sites. The tour takes you to Tel Jericho, the excavated original Jericho settlement; Elisha Spring that provided a vital water source to the people of Jericho and to the sycamore tree in Jericho which is mentioned in the Bible. You will visit a Mount Temptation and the baptismal site of Qaser el Yahud where you can be baptized in the Jordan River. Then enjoy time on one of the Dead Sea‘s best beaches.

• Pick up from your hotel in Tel Aviv at 06:50 .

• Beginning of the excursion with "Nebi Moussa‚Äù, the Tomb of Moses, Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to Spring of Elisha, Fig Tree of Zacchaeus, Monastery of Temptation on Mount Karantal *.

• 12:00 noon. lunch break (not included ) you may add it for 17$ extra fee.

• Continue with visiting the Monastery of Saint Gerasimus and Monastery of St. Hozevit (St. George)

• 14:30 take a break at the dead sea beach and feel the salty waters.

• 15:30 start the way back to Tel Aviv

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