Special Educational and Devotional Trips hosted by Brent & Angie MacDonald  in association with Lion Tracks Ministries

Best of Bible Lands 2011 - Details coming soon We only host a trip every second year. If you are interested in receiving information as soon as it's available make sure to email or phone and get on our list. There is no obligation to be on this list. Booking starts a few months later. Our 2009 trip sold out within days! This is an unbeatable value and experience. The group at Giza during our group trip in 2007 Ask to be notified of our next trip. Details below are from our last trip. We are now booking our 2009 Bible Lands Trip of a Lifetime. The link below contains a copy of our trip brochure, complete with itinerary, and pricing. !!! Preview the Coffee Table Book of our 2009 Trip !!! 2009 Brochure with Itinerary 2009 Printable Registration Form See itinerary in web page below Four incredible countries in two weeks! Our dates will be February 16 through March 1, 2009. The trip will again include Athens (Greece), Egypt, Sinai, Jordan, and Israel. Phone or email for more details or to reserve your spot on this once in a lifetime adventure. Though pricing is up some (since our last trip), due to a low US$ and high fuel costs, our pricing remains far under prices of similar trips offered elsewhere (if you can find one!). As always, we will be limiting numbers since we find smaller groups much more mobile!

Wondering what to expect on a trip like ours? Listen to what other had to say about our last two trips... Outstanding trip! What an experience to walk in Moses' and Jesus' footsteps. Dave P, USA Thanks for the amazing trip - it is so exciting to stand and see the places we've heard about all our lives. Thanks for the research you've done and how you made the places of the Bible come alive! Debbie M, Canada Thank you so much for leading us through the experience of a lifetime. I cannot read the Bible ever again in the same way. Billy P., USA What an amazing opportunity! I cannot think of a better way to learn. These two weeks have been a grand example of discipleship, unlike what we typically see in America. C. Johnson, USA "I'm glad I was your guide today... I would have never seen this!" Comment from our licenced, long-time, guide in Israel upon having seen an amazing excavation of a Biblical site that most trips never get to see. Bible stories became even more alive. I trust that I will be a better teacher because of it. Keep on learning and passing it on to others. I hope to return again... Mark F., USA "Can I video tape your teaching at the sites we will be at tomorrow? I'm working on my masters thesis, on the Hebrews in Egypt, and I've never seen these archaeological sites before." Comment from our licensed, long-time, guide in Egypt after hearing specifics of what historical Old Testament sites we would be visiting after leaving Cairo. The Old Testament has come to life in a new way. Cindy L., USA Thank you so much for making the most memorable trip of my life possible. Sue F., USA My personal highlights are what I call my "wow" moments - the times I kind of stood back and said "look where I am, look what I'm doing." They are... Mt. Sinai - particularly seeing the sunrise from the top Petra - specifically singing in the Urn tomb after reading the passage from Isaiah - it felt like we were answering God's call we'd just read Petra - galloping [on a horse] across the plains - quite a location for my first gallop! Sodom - at one point I looked and I could just SEE that this was what was left - also the scope of the site made an impression Tel Dan - singing along with the group that was before us felt like reclaiming lost ground for the true God Megiddo [Armageddon] - Welcome to the end of the world. Enough said. Mediterranean Sea - I love the ocean, so just being near salt water on that scale was great for me Caiaphas' palace - singing in what might have been Jesus' cell Church of the Holy Sepulchre - singing outside the tomb we looked at Masada was also a highlight for me - it got missed because it didn't have a "moment." The history of it is just so cool. A lot of the ["wow"] moments that stuck with me have to do with singing. They were amazing sites before we started singing, I just think the singing woke me up to pay attention to where I was. It's hard to think of what to tell people to expect. They should definitely plan to spend a lot more [on souvenirs] than they think they will, unless they have iron wills. Other than that, I found myself very well prepared by what you had emailed me. The entire trip was just so great! God Bless! J. Mahar, Canada (Our trips include Americans and Canadians) J. Mahar getting ready to go up Mount Sinai by camel (2007)

Best of Bible Lands 2009 One of many stone buildings at Petra in Jordan   The Incredible Itinerary February 16-March 1, 2009 (2 Weeks) Day 1 – Depart from New York for Athens, Greece at 4:30 pm. [Sleep on Flight, Olympic Airlines] Day 2 – Athens: Mars Hill, Acropolis, Parthenon, and Agora. [Day Room and Dinner in Athens]. Depart for Cairo, Egypt [Sofitel LeSphinx, Cairo, 5 star – which also assures safe and excellent food for westerners!] Day 3 – Egypt: Giza Pyramids, Saqqara Tombs, Memphis, Cairo Museum [Sofitel LeSphinx, Cairo, 5 star] Day 4 – Land of Goshen (Pithom, Succoth, Avaris, Fortress of Tjaru), stay at Lake Timsah on Suez Canal [Etap Hotel at Ismailia, 4+ star] Day 5 – Sinai: Ayun Musa (Moses Spring), Elim (Wadi Gharandel), Rephadim (Wadi Feran), arrive at Mt. Sinai. [St. Catherine’s Village, 4 star] Day 6 – Optional Climb of Mt. Sinai (for sunrise), St. Catherine’s Monastery, Southern Sinai, Travel to Aqaba, Jordan (via boat across Gulf of Aqaba). Follow “kings highway” through Jordan to Petra [Petra Panorama, 4 star] Day 7 – All day at the amazing stone city of Petra [Petra Panorama, 4 star] Day 8 – Sodom (Bab edh-Dhra), Arnon Gorge, Mt. Nebo, Enter Israel, Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) and float in Dead Sea. [Hod Hotel & Spa, 5 star Dead Sea resort] Day 9 – Masada, Fortress of Arad, Valley of Elah, Beth Shemesh, Tel Maresha [Metropolitan Hotel, Tel Aviv, 4 star] Day 10 – Caesarea Maritima (king Herod, the Apostle Paul in prison, etc.), Megiddo (think Armageddon), Mt. of Beatitudes at Sunset [Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House on the Sea of Galilee, 4 star] Day 11 – Boat on Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi (king Agrippa) [Kibbutz Ein Gev Guest House, 4 star] Day 12 – Beth Shan/Scythopolis of the Decapolis, Go up to Jerusalem, Mt. of Olives, Gethsemane [Grand Court Hotel, 4 star] Day 13 – Jerusalem: Caiaphus’ Palace, Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Old City, Ophel Archaeological Garden at Temple Mount, City of Zion, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Pool of Siloam [Grand Court, 4 star] Day 14 – Depart Tel-Aviv for New York, with a lifetime of Bible memories! The itinerary is subject to change either prior to departure, or on location, due to site conditions or weather.   The Temple Mount in Jerusalem (from the Mount of Olives)   Flash presentation previewing some sights to be seen - prepared for 2007 trip (4.4 MB)   Trip host Brent MacDonald at Succoth in the Land of Goshen (Egypt 2007)   Reasons to come ... #1. Incredible opportunity to see FOUR countries and a multitude of authentic Bible sites and artifacts. #2. Incredible price! This price is virtually unheard of... as a non-profit we don't build in a profit as so many other trips do. #3. This trip will change how you understand and view Bible-times events and places. #4. It will help you to be a better Bible teacher or student of the Word! #5. You'll regret not coming! The number one comment we've heard at many Bible sites are people saying they wished had done this years before. DON’T MISS OUT! RESERVE YOUR SPOT FOR OUR NEXT TRIP NOW