Hosted by:

Todd Bolen (IBEX professor, 1996-2007)

Randy Cook (IBEX professor, 1996-2008)

and John Black (IBEX professor, 2021 – present)

IBEX semester alumni, their spouses, and children aged 12 and above

Along with your registration, send a clear color scan of your passport face page. If you don’t have your passport when you submit your registration form, email or mail it to the IBEX office by May 1st.

Please complete the registration form legibly. This will help ensure we have accurate information and don’t incorrectly read someone’s handwriting. You can scan the form and email it to or mail it to the IBEX Office (see below address).

• To pay by check, please make the check payable to The Master’s University and mail or deliver it to the IBEX Office.
• IBEX Office—Box #16, The Master’s University, 21726 Placerita Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91321
• For any questions regarding logistical and payment details, please contact the IBEX Office at 661-362-2616 or .

• Christian Quarter
• Jewish Quarter
• Southern Excavations
• City of David
• Hezekiah’s Tunnel
• Shephelah
• Tel Beth Shemesh
• Tel Azekiah
• Shrine of the Book
• Israel Museum
• Caesarea
• Mt Carmel
• Megiddo
• Tiberias
• Bethsaida
• Chorazin
• Tel Hazor
• Tel Dan
• Caesarea Philippi
• Capernaum
• Seat of Galilee
• Beth Shan
• Jericho
• Jordan River
• Judean Wilderness
• Masada
• Qumran
• Dead Sea
• Mount of Olives
• Gethsemane
• Bethlehem
• Abu Gosh

This is a Land-Only Tour. Travelers are responsible for getting themselves to Israel within the recommended time frame.

If you need help purchasing flights, you may reach out to our travel agent, Adam Cartner, for assistance. Adam is very familiar with travel to Israel and has been a great help to our IBEX program. He can be reached by email at .

Participants can check in to the hotel on 14 June 2026. For those who land at Ben Gurion International Airport on 14 June 2026, they can take public transportation to the hotel.  For those who arrived in country earlier, they can make their way over to the hotel on 14 June 2026. Name, address, and directions to the hotel will be provided once we receive your application and deposit.

A current passport is required and must not expire until six months after our return date. Don’t delay in applying for your passport, as it may take several weeks to process. Each traveler must obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL) before departure. A tourist visa will be issued upon entry to USA passport holders. If you are a non-USA citizen, please check online for possible additional entrance requirements.

ETA-IL: https://israel-entry.piba.gov.il/

No vaccinations are required.

After the trip roster is settled, your trip leader will email a file that provides guidance on what to bring and what to expect for the weather.

Rest assured that the IBEX Office does not want to put you in harm’s way. We won’t let the IBEX students go to Israel if we are convinced it is not safe, and we won’t move forward with the Reunion Tour if we have any significant concerns. We don’t go near Gaza during our trip, we don’t hang around border crossings, and we don’t match the profile that terrorists pursue (people in uniform).

In every part of the world, we cannot avoid random events over which we have no control. In the end, we trust God’s providence, and we are in continuous communication with people who know the status of travel in Israel.

Once you submit your application and deposit, your trip leader will email suggested pre-trip resources.

Since travel insurance does not represent health insurance, you need to contact your health insurance provider to see if they will cover medical expenses during your trip to Israel.  Several insurance policies cover “out of network” expenses and reimburse you for them (or a certain percentage of that expense) after you return home and submit your receipts.

A trip canceled before full payment is due will be refunded. A trip canceled after then can’t be refunded, as the money will be out of our hands. Individuals can buy travel insurance if concerned. Be advised, most travel insurances will not refund trip costs because choosing not to travel does not serve as one of the conditions for refunding trip expenses. If a person flying on their own calls off the trip because bad weather will delay their arrival, TMU will have no money to refund and most travel insurances will not apply. If TMU cancels the trip, then we will refund as much money as possible.