Faith & Pilgrimage
The Life of Jesus
12 days / 11 nights
A biblical pilgrimage following the Old and New Testament across Jordan and the Holy Land: the Baptism Site, Mount Nebo, Mukawir, the Decapolis, Petra, Wadi Rum, then Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Day by day
How the journey unfolds.
Day 1
Meet and assist at the airport, transfer to the hotel, welcome drink and a briefing on the programme.
Day 2
The Old Testament and the Baptism
Madaba and St George's church with its mosaic map, Mount Nebo, Mukawir where John the Baptist was imprisoned, then the Baptism Site on the Jordan river.
Day 3
Healing and the Decapolis
The Decapolis: Jerash, Gadara (Umm Qais), Pella, then Rabbath Ammon in Amman.
Day 4
The Christians after Christ
Umm Ar-Rasas, then Kerak via the Mujib (Arnon) valley, continuing to Petra.
Day 5
Petra
A full day in Petra, once a city of churches, with time for prayer in the mountains.
Day 6
Prayer in the desert
Wadi Rum — a place of complete silence — with a group prayer in the desert, then Aqaba and the crossing into Israel.
Day 7
Cross the King Hussein bridge to Jericho: the Mount of Temptation and Elisha's Spring, then Beth She'an and on to Tiberias.
Day 8
The Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha and Capernaum, then Cana and Nazareth. Overnight in Jerusalem.
Day 9
The Old City of Jerusalem and Bethlehem: the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre, then the Church of the Nativity and Shepherds' Field.
Day 10
Mount Zion, the Dormition Abbey, the Room of the Last Supper, then the Mount of Olives and Gethsemane.
Day 11
The Dead Sea and Masada, Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, then the crossing back to Amman.
Day 12
Transfer to the airport for your return flight.
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