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ARRIVE TO ISRAEL’S BEN GURION AIRPORT IN THE EARLY EVENING WELCOME TO ISRAEL!
LAND SAFELY AT ISRAEL’S BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND RECEIVE VIP ASSISTANCE UPON DEPLANING, WHERE YOU WILL BE LED THROUGH PASSPORT CONTROL AND LUGGAGE RETRIEVAL.
CHECK INTO OUR HOTEL AND FRESHEN UP WITH COCKTAILS, SIGNATURE TROPICAL ISRAELI BEVERAGES AND FRESH FRUIT.
CONTINUE ON A TOUR OF THE ANCIENT PORT CITY OF JAFFA, WHERE WE WILL WALK ALONG THE NARROW ALLEYWAYS. JAFFA IS THE PLACE WHERE JONAH WAS SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE AND ADDITIONALLY, IS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT NAPOLEON CONQUERED. ENJOY A WELCOME DINNER AT ONE OF TEL AVIV BEST RESTAURANTS WITH COMMANDER AMIR ESHEL, RETIRED GENERAL OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, WHO SERVED AS COMMANDER OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE. WE THEN PROCEED TO THE WHISKEY BAR & MUSEUM IN TEL AVIV
OVERNIGHT: DAVID INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL - TEL AVIV
TEL AVIV : KFAR CHABAD • AZRIELI TOWER
GOURMET BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.
PROCEED TO MORNING PRAYERS AND BREAKFAST, WITH US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, DAVID FRIEDMAN, AT HIS RESIDENCE
VENTURE CAPITAL LUNCH WITH PRESENTATION OF LEADING ISRAELI TECH VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTORS INCLUDING CHEMI PERES (MANAGING DIRECTOR, PITANGO), RONEN NIR (CARMEL VENTURES), MODI ROSEN (MAGMA) AND RAN NUSSBAUM (MANAGING PARTNER, PONITFAX)
TRAVEL TO THE VILLAGE OF KFAR CHABAD; VISIT THE MATZAH BAKERY AS WE BAKE MATZAH FOR YOUR PASSOVER SEDER TABLE.
BASED AT THE TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE (TASE), THE FLOOR PROVIDES A PHYSICAL HOME FOR LOCAL FINTECH ENTREPRENEURS AND SERVES AS THE FOCAL POINT OF ACCESS TO ISRAELI FINTECH FOR LEADING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL PLAYERS, TECH GIANTS AND VC’S.
LUNCH AT 2C RESTAURANT LOCATED IN THE AZRIELI TOWER, THE FINANCIAL CENTER OF TEL AVIV
SPECIAL VIP ACCESS TO AZRIELI TOWER ROOFTOP HELIPAD – FOR A UNIQUE 360 DEGREE PANORAMIC VIEW OF TEL AVIV
CEO FORUM & DINNER WITH TOP ISRAELI BUSINESS LEADERS AND HONORED GUESTS IN TEL AVIV AND AROUND ISRAEL.
OVERNIGHT: DAVID INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL - TEL AVIV
GENERAL BENNY GANYZ • RABBI YISRAEL LAU • NEGEV • MASADA
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL AND CHECK OUT
BREAKFAST WITH BENJAMIN ‘BENNY’ GANTZ, AN ISRAELI GENERAL AND WAS THE 20TH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE.
LUNCH WITH RABBI YISRAEL MEIR LAU, FORMER CHIEF RABBI OF ISRAEL.
DEPART FOR THE SOUTH!
TRAVEL TO HELIPAD
DEPART TEL AVIV VIA HELICOPTER TO GET A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE COMPLEX GEOGRAPHICAL LANDSCAPE TO ISRAEL. WE WILL FLY OVER JERUSALEM AND THE OLD CITY AND CONTINUE FLYING LOW ALONG THE DEAD SEA AND PAST THE OASIS OF EIN GEDI AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY TO MASADA AND SEE THE MAGNIFICENT FORTRESS.Â
WE WILL FLY ALONG THE NEGEV DESERT OVER THE ANCIENT CITY OF OVDAT, KIBBUTZ SDE BOKER FROM ABOVE AND DAVID BEN GURION TOMB. LAND INÂ
THE RAMON CRATER AND ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE AT THE BERESHEET HOTEL OVERLOOKING THE SUNSET IN THE CRATER.Â
OVERNIGHT: BERESHEET HOTEL
RAMON CRATER • OFIR FISCHER • ATV TOUR, JUDEAN DESERT
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
EXPLORE THE RAMON CRATER UP CLOSE WITH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS:
• RAPPELLING ON THE CLIFFS OF THE RAMON CRATER
• CAMEL RIDE ALONG THE RIM OF THE CRATE
• HORSEBACK RIDE ALONG THE RIM ON THE RAMON CRATER
JOIN FOR A PRIVATE AND EXCLUSIVE LUNCH, WITH A PRIVATE CHEF AND SUPERB WINE TASTINGS IN ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRIVATE RANCHES IN ISRAEL WITH OFIR FISHER, CEO, OR COMMUNITIES AS WE LEARN ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT CONFRONT THE NEGEV TODAY.
EMBARK ON A CHALLENGING OFF-ROAD ATV TOUR IN THE JUDEAN DESERT FOLLOWED BY A MAGICAL BANQUET DINNER AND BONFIRE IN A REMOTE CANYON UNDER THE WILDERNESS DESERT SKY.
(EIN AVDAT IS A CANYON IN THE NEGEV DESERT OF ISRAEL)
OVERNIGHT: BERESHEET HOTEL
HOT AIR BALLON • NEGEV • RAMON AIRBASE • SOROKOVA
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL AND CHECK OUT
EXPERIENCE FLOATING ON THE AIR IN THE NEGEV! FROM 500 METERS FAR ABOVE THE LAND, STANDING IN A BASKET, THE ROMANTICISM OF FLYING IN A HOT AIR BALLOON IS UNIQUELY INFECTIOUS. IN A ONE-HOUR, SUNRISE FLIGHT YOU WILL FOLLOW THE TRAILS OF THE AMAZING DESERT RIVERS FROM ABOVE, GLIDE OVER THE BREATHTAKING MOUNTAIN RIGS, VALLEYS, AND WATER HOLES; SPOT DESERT FAUNA ON THE GROUND AND FLY WITH THE BIRDS OF PREY IN THE SKY, ALL OF WHOM SHARE THE NEVER-ENDING DESERT LANDSCAPE WITH US.
IN THE NEGEV IN THE SOUTH OF ISRAEL, YOU WILL TRAVEL ABOVE THE ROCKY DESERT, TAKING IN GEOGRAPHICAL WONDERS, AND WITNESSING FROM ABOVE SOME REMARKABLE GREEN SETTLEMENTS WHERE PEOPLE EMBRACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE DESERT, AS WELL AS BEDOUIN FARMS, AND MAYBE EVEN SPOT SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE ANIMALS WHO LIVE IN THIS HARSH PLACE.
EXPERIENCE THE ISRAEL DEFENCE FORCES FOR A VIP EXPERIENCE WITH COL. ZVI LEVI. RAMON AIRBASE, ALSO TITLED WING 25. WAS BUILT AS THE RESULT OF JOINT ISRAELI AND US GOVERNMENT FUNDING AS PART OF THE IAF’S REDEPLOYMENT OUT OF ITS BASES IN THE SINAI AFTER THE PENINSULA WAS HANDED OVER TO EGYPT FOLLOWING THE 1978 CAMP DAVID ACCORDS.
VISIT TO ISRAEL’S SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR A FASCINATING TOUR OF INNOVATION WITH CEO OF CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES, THE LARGEST HEALTH MAINTNENACE ORGANIZATION (HMO) IN ISRAEL. THE SOROKA IS THE LARGEST MEDICAL CENTER IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE THIRD LARGEST IN ISRAEL WITH 1,063 BEDS.Â
VISIT TO ISRAEL’S LEADING TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR - JERUSALEM VENTURE PARTNERS.
DINNER AT PSAGOT WINERY WITH YORAM COHEN, THE 12TH DIRECTOR AND FORMER CHIEF OF ISRAEL’S SHIN BET, ISRAEL’S INTERNAL SECURITY SERVICE (SIMILAR TO THE AMERICAN FBI).
WE THEN PROCEED TO EXPLORE LAYERS OF JEWISH HISTORY IN THE KOTEL TUNNELS. TOUR OF KOTEL WITH RABBI OF THE WESTERN WALL, RABBI SHMUEL RABINOVITCH
OVERNIGHT AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA JERUSALEM
JOB MEDVED • IDF ADVENTURE • CAVE OF MACHPELA • JERUSALEM
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL WITH JON MEDVED, CEO, OURCROWD, A HYBRID EQUITY CROWD FUNDING COMPANY AND VC. HEAR ABOUT ISRAEL’S CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES.
OURCROWD BREAKS BARRIERS TO STARTUP INVESTING, PROVIDING GLOBAL, VC-LEVEL DEAL FLOW, DUE DILIGENCE AND TERMS TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS. MEDVED HAS INVESTED IN OVER 100 ISRAELI STARTUP COMPANIES, HELPING 12 OF THEM TO GET TO VALUATIONS IN EXCESS OF $100 MILLION DOLLARS.
WE THEN START THE DAY WITH THE PREMIER IDF SHOOTING ADVENTURE: LEARN FROM THE EXPERTS ABOUT WEAPONS HANDLING, COUNTER TERRORISM TACTICS AND THE VALUES THAT GUIDE THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES. COMPETE IN A SNIPER TOURNAMENT, PARTICIPATE IN A LIVE COUNTER-TERROR DEMONSTRATION WHILE EXPERIENCING THE LIFE OF ISRAELI SECURITY PROFESSIONALS.
WE CONTINUE WITH A TRIP TO THE CAVE OF MACHPELA, THE WORLD’S MOST ANCIENT JEWISH SITE AND THE SECOND HOLIEST PLACE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AFTER TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM.
CONTINUE TO THE COLORFUL MACHNE YEHUDA MARKET FOR A UNIQUE CULINARY TOUR AND LUNCH EXPERIENCE JACKO’S STREET RESTAURANT
TAKE SOME FREE TIME FOR SHOPPING.Â
RETURN TO HOTEL TO PREPARE FOR SHABBAT
CHECK INTO THE HOTEL TO RELAX BEFORE THE EVENING. WALK THROUGH THE JEWISH QUARTER, SEEING THE ROMAN CARDO, AND DESCEND TO THE WESTERN WALL TO REJOICE WITH THE MANY PEOPLE COMING TO CELEBRATE THE SHABBAT.
MEET ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND TOGETHER AS WE ALL WELCOME IN THE SHABBAT, DANCE AT THE KOTEL AND EXPERIENCE A UNITY THAT LIFTS THE SPIRITS OF ALL.
FESTIVE CEO SHABBAT DINNER AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, MINUTES AWAY FROM THE WESTERN WALL.
OVERNIGHT AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA JERUSALEM
EXPERIENCE SHABBAT IN JERUSALEM.Â
DINE WITH GUEST SPEAKER KHALED ABU TOAMEH.
TOUR, BY FOOT, MONTEFIORE’S WINDMILL, YEMIN MOSHE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PRIME MINISTER’S RESIDENCE IN JERUSALEM.Â
SAY GOODBYE OVER A FAREWELL DINNER. DEPART.Â
