Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Professional Program - Israel Dairy Farm Industry – 8 Days

Day 01 Arivel
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
Where you will be meet and assisted by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tel Aviv

Day 02 professional day
Visit to SHFAYIM KIBBUTZ DAIRY FARM (the most modern farm in Israel with 1000 milking cows operated daily by SAE AFIKIM SYSTEMS using just few manual labors.
Meeting with ALEFBET Architects, Engineers & Planners designer of all types of agricultural facilities and structures , one of Israel's leading planning and design companies with 60 years of field-tested experience world wild such as India, Vietnam and China.

Tour visit to Jaffa, the old quarters and port and its artists neighborhood
Overnight – Tel Aviv

Day 03 professional day
Visit to feed Center Massuot Itzhak, the largest food center in Israel supplying over 500 ton per day
Visit kibbutz Yavne farm & feed center, producing
5 million ltr/year & 300 ton per day
Tour Tel Aviv- Rabin square, the great synagogue and Neve Tzedek – the "white city", UNESCO cultural heritage site, largest collection of urban Bauhaus style buildings in the world
Overnight – Tel Aviv

Day 04 tour in Jerusalem

Transfer to Jerusalem to visit the city:
- Mount of Olives for an amazing panoramic view of the Holy City, Gethsemane gardens and church of all Nations
- Mount Zion with the Cenacle (site of the Last Supper and of the Pentecost's) and the tomb of Kind David.
- The Western Wall, Temple Mount (site of the Omar and Al-Aqsa mosques)
- Touching visit to the Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem and the new city of Jerusalem,
driving via the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) and the Menorah, Israel's state symbol.
- The Israel Museum, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are kept in the Shrine of the Book and
the model of Jerusalem from the 2nd Temple period, the time of Jesus.
Overnight – Jerusalem

Day 05 Tour in Dead sea & Masada

Drive to Masada the old Jewish settlement in the desert that was destroy in the Roman time (the most heroic story in the history.
Visit to the Dead Sea bathing and putting the special mad to hill your body.
Driving up to the north (Sea of Galilee)
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel

Day 06
Drive north for visiting some of the most developed and large milk farms in Israel.
Visit to SAE AFIKIM in Afikim (SAE Afikim develops, manufactures and markets advanced dairy herd management systems, providing decision making tools, aimed at increasing dairy farming  profitability). Visit to factory.
Visit Sneidman Family at moshavat Kineret for agro-truism and movie about the first settlements in the area
Visit to the sailing on the sea of Galilee and visit the Jordan river were Jesus was Baptismal
Overnight –Kibbutz Hotel

Day 07
Visit milk farms in Ramat Hagolan:
Yonathan farm, operated by SAE Afimilk systems, producing 13 million ltr/year with a feed center that supplies own farm and sells to outside clients
visit to the Golan Winery testing and explanation
on their produce .
Overnight – Afikim Kibbutz Hotel

Day 08
Visit the milk production unit of TNOUVA ALON TAVOR producing – yogurt, milk, white cheese and other dairy products
Visit to milk farm Harduf Ecology farm the only Green farm in Israel
Around 12:00, transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Assistance with departure procedures.

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