Holy Land Pilgrims has been planning Christian pilgrimages to Israel since 1993, serving senior pastors, denominational groups, and small home churches alike. Tell us about your group in five minutes and we will build the itinerary around you.
30+ Years
of Holy Land experience
2,500+
church groups guided
75,000+
pilgrims served
Holy Land Pilgrims has organized Christian pilgrimages to Israel since 1993. Over three decades we have moved more than 75,000 pilgrims through more than 2,500 group itineraries, ranging from twelve-person prayer retreats to hundred-twenty-person diocesan trips. Pastors return to us because the logistics hold up under pressure: licensed Christian guides, vetted hotels, contingency routing when conditions shift, and a single point of contact from booking through return flight.
Four ways churches structure a Holy Land pilgrimage. Pick the one closest to your group and we will tune the rest with you.
The traditional 8 to 10 day route covering Galilee, the Jordan Valley, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem. Built for groups who want the full canonical circuit with biblical sites and archaeology in balance.
View the route →The same geography, more time at each site for reflection, group worship, and communion at Galilee, Gethsemane, and the Empty Tomb. For congregations that want depth over breadth.
Explore depth itinerary →A footsteps-of-Jesus itinerary anchored in the Galilee ministry, the Jordan baptismal site, and Holy Week in Jerusalem. Best for groups whose primary focus is the gospels.
See full itinerary →For groups with a denominational distinctive, a specific theme, or a fixed window of travel days. We build the route, hotels, and pacing around your group's needs.
Design my trip →Thirty-plus years in Israel means we know which hotels hold their blocks, which guides handle a senior congregation well, and which roads to use when the headlines change. When something unexpected happens, and over three decades it always does, we have already worked the contingency.
Our itineraries leave room for prayer at the right sites, communion at the Empty Tomb, Sunday worship, and Mass where the calendar calls for it. We have run groups of twelve and groups of a hundred and twenty. Both work, with different logistics behind them.
We do not publish a flat per-person number because pricing follows group size, season, length, and hotel tier. Larger groups unlock better rates per pilgrim. Tell us your group size and dates, and we will return a tailored quote for your church.
Most Holy Land pilgrimages flow on a 4-2-3 spine, though we adjust by group. Four days based out of the Galilee cover the Sea of Galilee boat ride, Capernaum, the Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, and Cana. Two to three days work south through the Jordan baptismal site, Jericho, Qumran, Masada, and the Dead Sea. The final three to four days center on Jerusalem and Bethlehem: the Mount of Olives, Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulcher, and the Grotto of the Nativity. That is how a typical pilgrimage flows. Every group's exact route gets shaped by your answers in the planning quiz.
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Tell us your group size, target travel window, and what matters most to your congregation. We will return a tailored itinerary and a quote shaped to your church, not a stock package. The quiz takes about five minutes and starts with your email.
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