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Private Jeita Grotto, Harissa & Saint Charbel Tour | Beirut

By Lebanon Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$281 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Three of Lebanon's most significant natural and spiritual destinations — one private day from Beirut. Jeita Grotto: a UNESCO tentative World Heritage Site and New 7 Wonders of Nature finalist, 9 kilometres of limestone cave system of extraordinary natural beauty. Harissa: Lebanon's most iconic mountaintop shrine, reached by cable car at 650 metres above the Mediterranean. Annaya: the mountain hermitage of Saint Charbel — Lebanon's most venerated saint, canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1977, whose monastery and hermitage draw pilgrims from across the world to a remote mountain village that has barely changed since he died there on Christmas Eve 1898.
The combination is unique — natural wonder, national shrine, and one of the most significant pilgrimage sites in the Middle East — covered privately at your own pace with a knowledgeable local driver. Optional lunch stop in Byblos on the return.

Activity location

  • Jeita Grotto
    • Valley of the Dog River,
    • Jitta, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Jeita Grotto
    • Valley of the Dog River,
    • Jitta, Lebanon

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PRIVATE TOUR

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Pickup included

Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$280.62 x 1 AdultAU$280.62
Total
Price is AU$280.62

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Knowledgeable local English-speaking driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour leader
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch in Byblos (optional — at own expense)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge (optional)

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Beirut (Pass by)

9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut Your driver meets the group at your hotel and heads north — Jeita Grotto is 30 minutes away and the day begins underground.

Jeita Grotto

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
Jeita Grotto — UNESCO tentative site · New 7 Wonders finalist Two cave systems, two completely different experiences. The upper cave on foot — stalactites and stalagmites up to 8 metres tall, formed over millions of years into formations of extraordinary scale and beauty. The lower cave by silent electric boat — gliding along an underground river through chambers of absolute stillness. One of the most spectacular natural experiences in the Middle East, 30 minutes from Beirut.

Téléferique Harissa

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Harissa cable car — 650 metres above the Mediterranean Board the Téléférique at Jounieh seafront and ride up to 650 metres as Jounieh Bay opens dramatically below — one of the most photographed views in Lebanon. Your driver shares the coastal geography and the storey of Harissa as you ascend.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon

  • 30m
Our Lady of Lebanon — the national shrine The 8.5-metre bronze statue of Our Lady of Lebanon — arms outstretched towards the Mediterranean — one of the most visited and most recognisable religious monuments in the Middle East. The Maronite Basilica and neighbouring churches surround it. Panoramic views over the Lebanese coast. Revered by Christians and Muslims alike and one of Lebanon's most defining landmarks.

Monastery Saint Maroun

  • 1h
Monastery of Saint Maroun & Hermitage of Saint Charbel — Annaya Drive into the mountains above Jbeil to Annaya — a remote Lebanese village where Saint Charbel Makhlouf lived, hermitted, and died on Christmas Eve 1898. Canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1977, Saint Charbel was the first Middle Eastern saint of the modern era and remains one of the most venerated figures in the Maronite Church worldwide. The Monastery of Saint Maroun houses his tomb — a pilgrimage destination drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually from Lebanon and across the world. A short walk from the monastery leads to the hermitage where he spent the final twenty-three years of his life in complete solitude — a simple stone cell on the edge of a mountain ridge, unchanged since the day he died in it. Whether you come as a pilgrim or as a traveller drawn by the extraordinary storey of this place, Annaya is one of the most quietly powerful stops in Lebanon.

Byblos

  • 1h
Lunch in Byblos — optional A natural stop on the return to Beirut — fresh Lebanese mezze and seafood at a waterfront Byblos restaurant, the ancient fishing harbour as backdrop. Optional and at your own expense. Your driver recommends the best spots.

Beirut (Pass by)

Return to Beirut — approx. 5:30–6:30 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel — underground caves, Lebanon's most iconic shrine, and the hermitage of the country's most venerated saint, covered exclusively in a single private day.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Jeita Grotto
    • Valley of the Dog River,
    • Jitta, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Jeita Grotto
    • Valley of the Dog River,
    • Jitta, Lebanon

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