But Johan Huibers from The Netherlands estimates renting tugboats to transport the motorless vessel could cost $1.3 million.
Speaking with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency while holding a Bible, he said: “My preferred destination for the ark is Israel.
“It may sound scary, but I believe everything written in this book, cover to cover.
“This is a copy of God’s ship. It only makes sense to take it to God’s land.”
The 60-year-old had planned to sail the ark to Israel sooner but wildfires hampered his plans.
Opened to the public in 2012, after a four-year construction project, it was constructed according to the specification’s God gave Noah for his ark (as recorded in Genesis). It measures 390 feet long and 75 feet high.
Huibers, a businessman, felt inspired to build his to-scale replica of Noah’s ark when he was reading about it to his children one evening in 1993.
Huibers completed his first replica in 2006 but it was only 230 feet long – owing to size restrictions on canal-faring vessels in his home country.
For the past two years, his full-size model has been open to tourists on the Maas River in The Netherlands.
Earlier this year, Premier reported how a replica of Noah’s ark caused chaos at a port after it broke free during Storm Eleanor.
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