Two Week Israel Itineraries

We worked with the travel company to build out a 2 week custom itinerary that started with a few days in Jerusalem, then the Dead Sea and Eilat.  We then crossed over to Jordan and saw Wadi Rum, Petra, Amman and then crossed back into Israel and saw the northern part of Israel ending our trip in Tel Aviv.

Overall the trip was very good and we really enjoyed all the sites, learning about the history.  Our guide in Israel was excellent - very knowledgable, friendly and extremely flexible. We had changes and he was very accommodating and we appreciated that.  Same was true as well as the tour company/guide/driver in Jordan.  The new Wadi Rum camp was absolutely fantastic.

The only part of the tour that was disappointing was the lack of attention to detail on meals. We had advised the travel company that we were vegetarian.  Our guide had no idea that we were vegetarian or where to take us to eat, nor were our dietary restrictions communicated to the Jordan tour company or guide. We ended up having falafal lunches most days or pizza at a strip mall. In Jordan, our lunch comprised of french fries and cold salad at rest stops. Dinners were fine since we did them on our own. If you have any kind of dietary restrictions, I would highly recommend work closely with the travel company to ensure they understand expectations.  If it was not for the meals, I would have given them a 5 star review.

We booked a one-week private tour for two on very short notice -- less than a month.  Despite the short notice, our travel agency was able to put together a beautiful itinerary for us, covering most of the highlights of Israel.  We started in Tel Aviv, then headed north to Haifa, Akko and the Golan Heights, then down to Jerusalem via Beit She'an, then down to Eilat via Masada, a one-day side excursion to Petra, Jordan, then back to Tel Aviv.  Our travel agency provided excellent service throughout.  The hotels we stayed at were all very nice, and our guide/driver was extremely knowledgeable.  Our travel agent called me personally on our first night in Tel Aviv just to check in and make sure we had arrived safely, which I thought was a very nice personal touch.  In short, we were well looked after from the time our plane landed in Tel Aviv until we were dropped off back in Tel Aviv at the end of our visit.

We had a 2 week tour of Israel including a day-trip to Petra in Jordan.  Our Middle Eastern travel agency organized an itinerary based on our interests in history, archaeology and religion.  Our guide had a prodigious knowledge of all of these areas and more.  Some of the sites included in the itinerary were unknown to us despite our research but proved to be of great interest; we were glad they had been included.

All of the details of our trip were well arranged.  Throughout our trip we felt well cared-for by our agency and confident that any issues that might have come up along the way would be dealt with by them.  If we return to Israel, as we would like, we would most definitely use their services again.