Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Visite The - POMMEGRANATE Farming In ISRAEL (TENTATIVE PROGRAMME) - 8 Days

Day 01
Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv
meet by an E.S.T. representative.
Transfer to your hotel in Tiberias or Jordan Valley
Rest of the day free for resting
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley

Day 02
Full day visit to few pomegranate plantations in the Golan Heights where you will be explained the various ways to fight pests and protect the fruit.
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley

Day 03

Visit to pomegranate cooling storage rooms to learn how to extend the fruit's shelf life keeping extraordinary quality
Overnight – Tiberias or Jordan Valley

Day 04
Tourist visit to Nazareth, the home land of Jesus
Drive south through the beautiful Jordan Valley and the wilderness of Samaria and Judea until Jericho, the oldest city in the world.
Keep to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, 400 m below sea level. Float in the mineral-rich heavily salted waters. Take a mud-bath and benefit from the therapeutic qualities of the natural Dead Sea mud.
Transfer to Jerusalem.
Overnight – Jerusalem

Day 05
Full day visit to Jerusalem: - Panoramic overview from the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem's new city and the Temple Mount Esplanade of old city. Travel along the Kidron Valley to view the Garden of Gethsemane and the walls of the city. Via the Armenian Quarter enter The Western (Wailing) Wall square, via the local Bazaar enter the Christian Quarter, walk the Stations of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher – the site of the crucifixion.
Walk along the 1700 year old Byzantine main street, the Cardo and the renovated Jewish Quarter.
Tour the new city by car to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
Overnight – Jerusalem

Day 06
Visit to irrigation company Na’an Dan and learn about sophisticated water saving irrigation methods.
Visit to Yuran Company designing, producing and selling modern and efficient machines to peel the pomegranate.
Overnight – Tel Aviv

Day 07
Visit to pomegranate nursery to learn about new species
Overnight – Tel Aviv

Day 08
Free morning to rest. Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv