Bedouin culture is known for its generous hospitality. Anyone who comes to a Bedouin tent is greeted with a hot drink and a place to rest. Today, many of these tents have become tourist attractions, where a member of the tribe explains the traditions of his culture. An older member of the tribe will be [...]
Tel Be’er Sheva National Park, located in the Negev is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The national park houses an archaeological site where remnants were found of a settlement village dating back to the time of the biblical patriarch, Abraham. The national park has become an important location in regards to the study of biblical [...]
Ben Gurion’s Hut is located on Kibbutz Sde Boker, in the northern Negev, and is the home of Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and his wife. Ben Gurion’s home has remained intact to showcase how Ben Gurion lived his life in the early days of the State of Israel. Ben Gurion lived here [...]
The Israeli Air Force Museum is located on the Hatzerim Air Force Base, west of the major city of Be’er Sheva. The museum houses a vast collection of Israeli Air Force standard equipment, including helicopters and airplanes. One exhibit in the museum includes various models of Israeli civil aviation. The museum also contains a number [...]
Eilat Bay, the southernmost tip of Israel, includes a beautiful coral reef that straddles the equator. The warm water in the Red Sea enables coral to grow and thrive in the area. Visitors are welcome to come to Eilat Bay and snorkel or scuba dive around the coral and see the diverse fish life that [...]
Dolphin Reef Beach is a private beach located on the shore of the Red Sea that offers diverse services including restaurants, diving courses, swimming and diving with the dolphins, and a whole lot more. You won’t see any dolphin shows, but the dolphins are very playful and visitors will often be an audience to an [...]
The Underwater Observation Marine Park enables all visitors an opportunity to experience underwater sea life in the Red Sea including colorful fish and rich corals. The park has an extensive exhibition of many creatures that make their home in the Red Sea, including aquariums, a turtle and stingray pool, a shark tank, and two underwater [...]
Snuba is a guided underwater adventure geared mainly toward beginners who have no scuba experience. Visitors to the Snuba Diving Club can either go snuba diving or snorkeling; you can rent or buy snorkel equipment. Snuba is similar to scuba except that the air tank remains at the surface of the water in a boat, [...]
Kings City Eilat is a biblical amusement park that covers 40,000 square feet on three levels, and is a recreation of a royal king’s palace. There are four distinct areas in the park. There is the Journey to the Past where visitors can go back to the time of the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt; the [...]
Timna Valley Park is a national park located in the Negev, just south of Kibbutz Yotvata and 25 kilometers north of Eilat. This park is the home of the world’s oldest copper mine, which is at least 6,000 years old. Excavations between 1959 and 1990 enabled archaeologists the ability to reconstruct the copper mines history [...]
Ramon Crater, Makhtesh Ramon, located 85 kilometers south of Beersheba, is a geological landform that is 40 kilometers long and up to ten kilometers wide. There is a settlement close to the crater, Mitzpe Ramon, located by the edge of the crater. Ramon Crater forms the largest national park in Israel, known as the Ramon [...]
Located in Jordan, Petra is an archaeological and historical city that houses rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems. First built around the 6th century BC, it has grown to become a symbol of Jordan. All visitors enter Petra by foot and walk down toward the Siq, a winding sandstone canyon that takes you further into [...]
