- Your passport should be valid for at least six months past your scheduled return date. Photocopy your passport’s identification page and keep it separate from the original.
- Airline tickets and photo identification.
- Travel and health insurance papers.
- Over-the-counter and prescription medications in their original containers. Please make a note of the generic names of your medications.
- Sunglasses, sun block and a hat.
- Camera, extra batteries, battery charger.
- Comfortable walking shoes.
- Water shoes (rafting sandals, thongs or Crocs).
- Bathing suit for the River Jordan and Dead Sea float.
- Raingear: Poncho and umbrella (from November through April).
- Sweater or light jacket (heavier windbreaker in winter months).
- Modest dress, covering the legs to below the knee, as well as the shoulders, for both sexes.
- Shampoo, personal first aid kit (they are usually not provided in Israeli hotels).
- Liquid or powdered soap for hand laundry.
- Cell phone, battery charger.
- Credit card and cash. (It’s recommended to bring a bunch of $1 bills).
- An empty duffle bag to pack your souvenirs and gifts to bring home.
- Notebook or journal and pens.
- Your most important guidebook: the Bible.
