Olive Harvest 2018 Schedule
Visit Palestine | Take part in a traditional harvest activity!
October 22 — November 3, 2018
Sun Oct 21 Arrival
4:20pm Arrive Tel Aviv airport, transfer to Bethlehem — check in Hotel — Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Mon Oct 22
Bethlehem
Orientation Session by HLT staff & Lecture about HLT
Visit Al Basma Center / Lunch and visit to Manger Square and Star Street Visit Church of Nativity
Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Tue Oct 23
Bethlehem
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:30am Olive Picking — Field work
4:00pm Geo political tour of Bethlehem (Rachel Tomb & Aida Refugee Camp and meeting the Rowwad Center
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
8:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
Wed Oct 24
Field work
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:30am — 4:00pm Olive Picking — Field work (Lunch on site)
6:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Thu Oct 25
Field work
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:30am — 3:00pm Olive Picking — Field work (Lunch on site)
4:00pm Visit with local activists
6:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Fri Oct 26
Field work
8:00am (Optional) Devotion and site see at Shepherd’s Field
9:30am — 4:00pm Olive Picking — Field work (Lunch on site)
6:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
8:00pm (Optional) Visit to Manger Square for desert and shopping
Sat Oct 27
Dead Sea
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:00am Visit Qumran, Dead Sea, Jericho, Mt Temptation and Lunch in the Dead Sea
6:00pm Debriefing session
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Sun Oct 28
Field Work
10:30am Sunday Service at Barak Presbyterian Church
11:30am — 4:00pm Olive Picking with Baraka Church (Lunch on site)
6:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Mon Oct 29
Jerusalem
7:30am Guided tour in the old city of Jerusalem
Lunch in Jerusalem
3:00pm Guided tour of Yad vashem Museum
6:00pm Debriefing session at Hotel
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Tue Oct 30
Hebron
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
9:00am Visit Hebron Old City and Abraham Tomb
11:00am Meet Christian Peacemaker Teams
12:30pm Lunch with local family in Hebron Old City
2:00pm meet the Jewish Community in Hebron
4:00pm Visit the Glass Factory
6:00pm Debriefing
7:00pm Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem
Wed Oct 31
Field work
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:30am — 4:00pm Olive Picking (Lunch on site)
5:00pm Olive wood factory and shop
6:00pm Debriefing session at guest house
7:00pm Farewell dinner in Bethlehem with Holy Land Trust team
Thu Nov 1
Galilee
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
8:30am leave to visit the water aqueduct at Caesarea Martima — visit Mt Carmel — Cana of Galilee — Church of Annunciation in Nazareth
Check in Casa De Maria Hotel — dinner and overnight in Nazareth
Fri Nov 2
Galilee
7:30am (Optional) Devotion
Visit Capernaum — Mt of Beatitude — Tapgha
Lunch at Sea of Galilee (St Peter Fish)
Visit Majdal Shams — Golan Heights (Druze Community)
Dinner and overnight in Nazareth
Sat Nov 3
Departure day
Program cost: 1250 US$ per person sharing double room
Single room supplement is 350 US$ per person
Program cost includes:
- Accommodation in Bethlehem for 11 nights
- Accommodation in Nazareth for 2 nights
- 3 meals per day ( breakfast — lunch — dinner)
- Daily transportation (except airport pick up and transfer)
- Guides tours
- Entrance fees to all sites
- Boat ride on the sea of Galilee
- Dead Sea Entry
- Honorarium fees for guest speakers
- Program registration fees
For more information, email Encounter@Holylandtrust.org
