12 2-Day Experiences in Israel to Build a Day Around

1.2-Day Petra Tour from Jerusalem

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 212 reviews · from $420Our pick

Leave Jerusalem at 7:30 am for Jordan with a guide, visiting Mount Nebo, Madaba, Shobak Castle, and Petra. You sleep in a Bedouin-style camp near Wadi Musa, eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and return the next night. Expect long roads and slow border crossings, but six hours at Petra.

“I really liked this tour. The border crossing took little long but was easy because the tour guides helped us to get the necessary checking done fast. Our tour guide at Jordan was very knowledgeable, and funny and made the trip a pleasureRead more”

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2.2 Day Tour to Petra and Wadi Rum from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 154 reviews · from $399

Travel from Tel Aviv to Jordan for Petra and Wadi Rum, with guides such as Abdullah, Ahmed, or Nizar, a sunset jeep ride, Bedouin camp stay, dinner, and breakfast. Expect a very early start, a walking border crossing, shared bathrooms in the standard tents, and a group of up to 25.

“What we like: Wadi Rum and Petra are the highlights of this trip and they don’t disappoint. Wadi Rum is fantastic. Vast area of fine soft sand and serenity. The tour guide Abudulah started the jeep tour at 4pm when the weather is more manRead more”

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3.Palestine Revealed: 2-Day Private Tour from Jerusalem

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 110 reviews · from $1,245Top rated

Spend two days with a private English-speaking guide visiting Hebron, Bethlehem, Mar Saba, Gush Etzion, and Aida Camp. Expect biblical sites, settlement viewpoints, the Separation Barrier, Palestinian meals, local encounters, and frank discussion of history and politics.

“Myself and my friend took the Ramallah and Bethlehem day tour. Firstly, following our late booking the night before the tour which turned out to be to late, Green Olive kindly offered to organise a private tour for the following day, which they did not have to.”

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4.2-Day Petra Tour from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 49 reviews · from $430

Travel from Tel Aviv into Jordan for Petra, Jerash, Mount Nebo, Madaba, Shobak Castle, and an Amman driving tour. You spend the night at a Bedouin-style camp, eat dinner by the fire, and travel by air-conditioned van. Guides such as Mahdi and Abdullah have been praised for their care and clear explanations.

“Loved it, totally worth it, one in a life experience! Going and sleeping at the desert and then seeing Petra was amazing, the guide was wonderful, the place we stayed was great too, would recommend for sure”

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5.2-Day Best of Israel Tour from Tel Aviv: Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Masada Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · from $360

Travel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Masada, and the Dead Sea in two tightly planned days. You’ll walk the Old City, visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Church of the Nativity, ride a cable car to Masada, and float in salt-rich water. Hotel, breakfast, guide, and transport are included.

“This was an amazing tour! Our guide named Rikki was fantastic! She was very knowledgeable and happy to answer any questions. Masada was an amazing place to see. Floating on the Dead Sea was so much fun! I would recommend this to anybody. We were very luRead more”

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6.2 Day Petra Tour from Jerusalem

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 28 reviews · from $379

Leave Jerusalem at 3:00 a.m. for Petra via the Eilat border, with transport, entry fees, a licensed Jordanian guide, free time, three-star lodging, and breakfast included. The schedule is demanding, but two days gives you far more time than a rushed day trip. Petra by Night is optional and costs extra.

“- Pick up: very bad, the driver doesn’t speak English , very aggressive talking to us, confusing us , almost loose the bus and the driving very dangerous, with the phone while driving …”

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7.Petra and Wadi Rum 2 day tour from Jerusalem

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 28 reviews · from $399

Leave Jerusalem at 3am for Jordan with an air-conditioned vehicle and border assistance. See Aqaba, ride a Jeep through Wadi Rum, sleep in a Bedouin camp, then tour Petra. Meals and entrance fees are included, with a chalet upgrade available.

“Lamentablemente la experiencia hubiera sido diferente si el guía no hubiera sido tan grosero. Reservamos este tour con mucha anticipación y muy entusiasmados de conocer tanto el Wadi Rum como Petra. Los cuales no nos decepcionaron Read more”

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8.2 day tour to Petra from Eilat

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 22 reviews · from $299Best value

Travel from Eilat to Petra with border assistance, air-conditioned transport, admission, breakfast, and a licensed guide. You get a guided introduction on day one, free time both days, and an overnight stay. Petra by Night is optional on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

“The tour was cancel, I wait refund because not possible reschedule, I can not give a opinion because not take it tour”

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9.Petra and Wadi Rum 2 day tour from Eilat

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 21 reviews · from $339

Travel from Eilat into Jordan for Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, a sunset jeep ride, dinner, and a Bedouin camp stay. The $339 price includes transport, entry fees, breakfast, and dinner. Expect a small group of up to 25, shared camp bathrooms, and a long border crossing.

“Ridiculous guide in Jordan, so biased politically and religiously! He talked all and all about muslim idealogy and nobody could stop him, not too much about history of the places visited! The planning in Jordan was really bad, I was supposed tRead more”

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10.2-Day Best of Israel Tour: Old Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Masada and the Dead Sea

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 17 reviews · from $360

Spend two packed days with Bein Harim visiting Jerusalem’s holy sites, Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, Masada and the Dead Sea. Expect guided walking, a cable-car ascent, hotel pickup, breakfast and overnight lodging. Guides such as Amir Call Or, Shmil and Osi have received especially warm praise, though group size and hotel quality can vary.

“It was absolutely fantastic, guides were great and tour small enough to enjoy with the guide, would recommend to anyone, and will probably use them again for a different tour of Israel”

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11.Petra 2 Day Tour from Tel Aviv

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · from $379

Travel from central Tel Aviv to Petra by air-conditioned vehicle, cross into Jordan with border assistance, tour the UNESCO-listed city with a licensed guide, and return the next night. The package includes Petra admission, breakfast, and three-star lodging, but border and visa fees require cash.

“Drive and transfer to Jordan went fine. Petra has become a mass of people trying to sell items to visitors and convince them to ride their camels, horses and carts. Not at all what we expected and hoped for.”

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12.2-Day Northern Israel Tour from Jerusalem: Golan Heights, Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · from $360

Travel from Jerusalem by air-conditioned vehicle with a guide, covering Katzrin, Mount Bental, Nazareth, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, and Yardenit in two busy days. Breakfast, hotel pickup, drop-off, and one overnight stay are included. Baptism with a priest requires advance coordination.

“The tour was great in the sense that it covered a lot of Israel, and gave us a picture of the country. There was a good mix of history, scenic beauty, current life. The Sea of Galilea, the Talmudic village and Nazareth were great experiences. The guides were very well read, Read more”

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