About The Trip
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About the trip

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2-Week Sample Itinerary

Day 1 – Monday, June 14th

  • Arrive to Tel Aviv
  • Independence Hall
  • Bike tour of Tel Aviv
  • Center for Israeli Innovatio
  • Jaffa’s flea market
Day 2 – Tuesday, June 15th
  • Volunteer program at Leket
  • Krav Maga and social activism
  • Davidson Institute
Day 3 – Wednesday, June 16th
  • Tour Zichron Yaakov
  • Ekipo
  • Program with local Israeli teens

Day 4 – Thursday, June 17th

  • Tornado boating and snorkeling
  • Akko Prison
  • Zippori National Park

Day 5 – Friday, June 18th

  • Tour of Old City Tzfat
  • Volunteer at the absorption center of Tzfat
  • Otzar Hastam experience
  • Shabbat dinner
  • Shabbat evening programming

Day 6 – Saturday, June 19th

  • Shabbat programming
  • Saturday night color war

Day 7 – Sunday, June 20th

  • Tel Dan Nature Reserve
  • Rafting Down the Jordan River
  • De Karina Chocolate factory
  • Mount Bental

Day 8 – Monday, June 21st

  • Hameshushim River Nature Reserve
  • Slingshot, The bunker experience
  • El Rum tourism, fruit picking
  • Boating on the Kinneret
  • Tiberius boardwalk

Day 9 – Tuesday, June 22nd

  • Special kibbutz experience, Sde Eliyahu
  • Nir David
  • Falkon, water tag
  • Introduction to Jerusalem

Day 10 – Wednesday, June 23rd

  • Western Wall visit
  • Kotel (Western Wall) tunnel tours
  • Lunch in the old city and mini tour
  • Susan’s House volunteer experience

Day 11 – Thursday, June 24th

  • Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
  • Har Herzl guided tour
  • Volunteer with the elderly
  • Ben Yehuda free time and dinner

Day 12 – Friday, June 25th

  • Bnei Gush Etzion light and sound
  • Pat BaMelach, bread workshop
  • Eretz Ayalim Deerland, zip-line, wall climbing & rope park
  • Machane Yehuda market
  • Western Wall, Kotel for Friday night Shabbat

Day 13 – Saturday, June 26th

  • Shabbat programming
  • Israeli music and culture night

Day 14 – Sunday, June 27th

  • Ben Gurion University tour
  • Volunteer in Beer Sheva
  • Sandboarding
  • BonFire and star gazing in the desert

Pre-trip Rwanda Experience Sample Itinerary:

Day 1 – Monday, June 7th
  • Arrive to Kigali International Airport
  • Dinner and check in to overnight in Kigali
Day 2 – Tuesday, June 8th
  • Brief driving tour of Kigali
  • Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial Center
  • Tour Nyamata and Ntarama Church Memorial Sites
  • Introduction to Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village
  • Dinner and activity with ASYV students

Day 3 – Wednesday, June 9th

  • Village tour
  • Lunch with ASYV students
  • Local volunteer program
  • Group discussion session and reflection
Day 4 – Thursday, June 10th
  • Safari tour
  • Challah braiding
  • Dinner with ASYV students
Day 5 – Friday, June 11th
  • Nyamirambo Women’s Center walking tour
  • Lunch at Kigali Chabad and tour Envision Media Arts Collective
  • Free time to spend with students
  • Shabbat dinner
  • Shabbat evening programming
Day 6 – Saturday, June 12th
  • Shabbat morning programming
  • Free time to spend with students
  • Discussion session and activities
  • Musical Havdalah

Day 7 – Sunday, June 13th

  • Farewell to ASYV
  • Explore the Kimironko Market/Caplaki Market
  • Final reflection and depart Rwanda