The Israeli desert affords endless adventures: hidden canyons and springs, oases, and water cisterns. Camel-riding, jeep tours, biking, Bedouin feasts, dune-sliding and bathing in the Dead Sea are just a few of the options for touring and exploring the special Israeli desert.
Trip Highlights
- Dead Sea: Ein Gedi and Nahal Tamar Canyon
- Camel Riding
- Makhtesh Ramon: Visitors' Center and Jeep Tour in the Crater
- Biking and the Vast Sand Dunes
Schedule
- Drive to Ein Gedi Reserve
- Hike in the Ein Gedi Reserve which abounds in hiking paths of different lengths.
- Meet the ibex, a species typical of the Negev and Judean Deserts
- Nahal Tamar Canyon
- Descend dry waterfalls 10 to 25 m. high
- View over the Dead Sea and the Moab Mountains
- Bathing in the Dead Sea.
- Camel riding
- Visit an isolated private farm in the Negev, based on desert agriculture.
- Arrival at a Bedouin camp.
- Bedouin "hafla" and campfire.
- Mitzpe Ramon, highest town in the Negev
- A jeep tour in Makhtesh Ramon
- Evening walk on the brinks of Makhtesh Ramon-the largest geological crater in the world.
- The Gamal Mountain
- Biking in Nitzana
- Monument of peace and an outlook over the Israel- Egypt border.
- Sandboarding down a huge sand dune.
- Return to Tel Aviv
Including
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Your Contact person from MEDRAFT staff will meet you at the airport upon arrival or at your hotel
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Assistance and briefing at the airport or at the hotel upon arrival
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Virtual guide kit which includes: Maps, vouchers and a tablet loaded with the maps and GPS orientation of the itinerary with virtual guiding at all the sites and points of interest.
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Accommodation - 4 hotel nights including daily breakfast in good tourist/first class hotels according to your choice, + one night Bedouin Tent
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Rented car –intermediate category - Mazda 3 or similar (upgrade at your choice)
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Attractions: Ein-Gedi Nature Reserve, Massada Fortress, camel ride, jeep tour, bike ride.
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One dinner in restaurant, one lunch Bedouin Hafla
Not including
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Flights
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entrance fees and activities not mentioned above
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Personal expenses
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Fuel
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Tolls
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Any insurance
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Tips