Have it Your Way
Custom Tours
Custom Tours
If you want to visit Israel with friends, family or the congregation, but expect more than a standard cookie-cutter tour, then my individualized, Tailor-Made Tours are exactly right for you. As your personal Tour Guide and Travel Planner, I will find out your wishes and needs in an initial phone conversation, which will allow me to fully personalize your Israel-Experience. Such a 100% customized trip will connect you to Israel by feeling, walking, smelling and tasting the country and by interacting with the locals. On this Personalized Private Tour we will discover the true essence of the country in order to return home with unique impressions.
JEWISH TOURS
CONNECT TO YOUR ROOTS
Israel is the only Jewish state in the world. As such, it holds a unique place in the minds and hearts of Jews from all over the world. At the same time, Israel is a contested place, making it the focus of the Middle East conflict. Both of these aspects are real, and both of them are treated equally in my multi-day Jewish Tours.
The primary aim of my Jewish Tours is to connect you to your ancient homeland by showing you not only its beauty, but also the historical roots that the Jewish People have in this land. Secondly, I want you to understand the immense importance that this this strip of land has held throughout its entire history, which ultimately resulted in the expulsion of the Jews from this land. Thirdly, I want to explain to you how the Jews returned to their ancient homeland after 2000 years and how this return affects the politics of the region until this day.
Whether this is your first time coming home to Israel, or whether you have been here many times before – you will be surprised by how are discoveries in this land will affect not only your mind, but also your heart.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Personalized Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour
- Jewish/Christian Heritage
- History of Zionism
- Adventure-Hikes in Nature
- Adventure Activities on Water
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours
CHRISTIAN TOURS
THE FIFTH GOSPEL
An estimated 1.5 million Christian pilgrims visit Israel annually, and they do so for a good reason – they all want to experience the Bible in its original setting. The Holy Land is where Jesus was born and where he was crucified. And it is here where he began his ministry, which eventually turned a small Jewish sect into a world religion.
By visiting Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Christian pilgrims can do more than just visit the places in which Jesus was active. With the Bible in hand, they can retrace the steps of Jesus and thereby behold this land as he beheld it, and experience its beauty as he has experienced it. It is for this reason that the Holy Land of Israel is often referred to as the Fifth Gospel.
All of my Christian Multi-Day Tours are highly customized to the wishes and needs of the specific community, as different denominations put different accents on the sites they visit. Be it that you put the emphasis on visiting churches or be it that you put the emphasis on walking the land as Jesus did – I will make sure to customize your visit to your exact needs, thereby creating a spiritual experience, which will remain with you for a lifetime.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Personalized Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour
- Jewish/Christian Heritage
- History of Zionism
- Adventure-Hikes in Nature
- Adventure Activities on Water
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours
FAMILY TOURS
DISCOVERIES FOR ALL AGES
Traveling as a family with children is not always easy. Kids have a relatively short attention span and their interests are often at odds with the interests of their parents. But traveling as a family doesn’t have to be a complicated or tiring experience. I believe that if planned and executed properly, a custom-made experience in Israel can help strengthen the bonds within your family and create common memories that will last a lifetime.
I believe in infusing my family tours with lots of positive energy, and I believe in making fun a high priority during the trip. Fueled by my love for this country and by my deep knowledge of its history and culture, I will custom-create an experience for you and your family that contains the exact right amount of education, excitement, relaxation, emotion and adventure.
I have a natural ability to catch children’s imagination by talking to them on an eye-to-eye level and by truly incorporating them into my guiding day. More often than not, kids lovingly refer to me as “Uncle Ofer” right at the beginning of the tour – a title I wear with much pride, as I truly become a member of your family in the course of our days together.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Personalized Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tour
- Jewish/Christian Heritage
- History of Zionism
- Adventure-Hikes in Nature
- Adventure Activities on Water
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours
CULINARY TOURS
TASTY ADVENTURES
As a tour guide, my guests often ask me to define Israeli cuisine. The answer, quite simply, is that there is no such thing as original Israeli cuisine. Being a country of immigrants, Israeli cuisine is a delightful mix of a multitude of culinary influences from all over the world.
Combine these international influences with the abundance of fresh ingredients growing right in front of our doorsteps, and you have the perfect recipe for what has in recent years become one of the world’s most exciting places to explore through your palate. Is it any wonder, then, that Israeli chefs are so well known around the world and that Israeli cookbooks are found at the top of worldwide bestseller lists?
If you want to experience the wonders of Israeli cuisine, then a custom-made culinary tour is exactly the right thing for you. Experiencing this country through its cuisine is a unique way to understand its history, geography and culture. Embarking on a culinary tour does not mean that we will just hop from one restaurant to another.
What it means, rather, is that we will visit markets in order to soak up their smells, tastes, sounds and aromas. It means that we will sample hand-made delicacies in people’s homes and in little holes-in-the-wall that you would have easily missed. It means that we will be invited to people’s homes in order to prepare together with our hosts some of the most delicious ethnic food that you have ever tasted.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Local Vegetable Markets around Israel
- Home-Hosted, Self-Prepared Meals
- Participation in Cooking Workshops
- Sampling Street Food with Locals
- Learning about Palestinian Arab cuisine
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours
HIKING TOURS
WALK AND FEEL THE LAND
Ever since God told Abraham in the Bible to get up and walk around the land through its length and width, people have appreciated Israel as a hiker’s paradise. The country is blessed with an amazing variety of geographical and geological regions and the fact that summer comes early and leaves late, means that you can enjoy nature here while other parts of the world are still freezing cold.
This being the Land of the Bible, there is actually no other way to truly connect to this land than to walk through it. Become one with this historic land by smelling its flowers, by visiting its religious sites, by meeting its locals and by treading on its history-laden soil with every step that you take.
Hiking tours can last as little as one day and can go as long as one week or more. These tours are geared towards religious pilgrims, nature lovers, sports enthusiasts or those who simply want to experience Israel from a different angle. You will be surprised how much your group or family will start bonding after even one day of experiencing Israel on foot.
Let me create a personalized and custom-made hiking itinerary for you and your group, which will include suggestions for appropriate accommodation, transportation and food-options. Together we will explore any region of Israel that you prefer, be it the lush green landscape of the Galilee up north or the amazingly barren and isolated landscape of the desert in the south.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Walk Part of the Israel National Trail
- Experience the Bible on the Jesus Trail
- Peek into Syria from the Golan Trail
- Hike through Jewish and Arab villages
- Hiking over mountains and through valleys
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours
BIKE TOURS
RIDE THE COUNTRY
You are looking for a different Israel-experience that includes a little bit of a challenge? You want to enjoy Israel’s warm climate during the winter months? You want to get to know the country from a completely different angle and connect to it in ways not otherwise possible? Then you should hop on a bike with me and explore this country on two wheels!
Not many people know that Israelis are fervent biking-enthusiasts. Take any given weekend, and you will find the parks, forests, deserts and roads filled with cyclists of all ages. What makes Israel such an attractive cycling-destination is the fact that it offers an amazing array of different geographical regions in a relatively small area. My aim is to discover together with you the hidden gems that Israel has to offer with regards to religious and historical sites, breathtaking landscapes and hospitable locals.
My bike tours are custom-planned to serve your exact needs and they can be adjusted to your personal level of riding-experience. Let us explore Tel Aviv on an e-bike or let’s embark on a sunrise bike-tour around Jerusalem’s Old City walls. Let’s ride from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea through the Judean Desert or let’s challenge ourselves by riding single-track trails through the forests in Israel’s north. Bike tours can be customized for a small group of friends, as well as for larger groups of up to 30 people. For multi-day bike tours, it is possible to arrange for a professional mechanic and a support-vehicle to accompany us, as well as book the appropriate accommodation for us along our route.
SUGGESTED THEMES
FOR THIS TOUR
- Ride Part of the Israel Bike Trail
- Tel Aviv City-Tour on an E-Bike
- Judean Hills Mountain Bike Rides
- Cycle along Israel’s Seashore
- Explore the Galilee Region by Bike
TOUR INFO
✔ Personalized Trip Planning Service
✔ 100% Customized Tour Itinerary
✔ Hotel Booking Services available
✔ Flexible Options for Transportation
✔ Option for All-Inclusive Tours