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Golan Heights & Hermon

The Golan Heights and Mount Hermon form Israel’s northeastern frontier, taken in the 1967 Six Day War. The posts here include hikes (the Zavitan Stream, the Hermon’s slopes), the Druze and Circassian communities scattered across the plateau, and the geological story written in the basalt and volcanic cones.

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7 articles
Hiking up the Ein Tina stream in the Golan Heights with the assistance of some helpful hand railings
North · Galilee

Going off the beaten path in northern Israel

A two-day road trip through the Galilee Panhandle and the Golan Heights: the Hunin Crusader fortress, a sealed Hezbollah tunnel near the Lebanon border, the Roman temples at Hurvat Omrit, the Hexagon Pool, and a Yom Kippur War memorial at Tel Saki.

Sep 2021 · 5 minute read
A spelt snack at the Pitputim Bakery in Rosh Pina Clambering through the Yiftach Crevices in Israel's Upper Galilee with the help of iron handholds The Hunin Crusader Fortress Memorial to the South Lebanon Army on the Israel/Lebanon border The blocked-up entrance to a tunnel that Hizbollah dug under the Israel-Lebanon border (the border is in the background) with the objective of conducting terror attacks within Israel. A stream flows through Hurshat Tal National Park in the Hula Valley Ruins of three Roman temples at Hurvat Omrit in the Golan Heights A sizzling steak at HaBokrim restaurant in Merom Golan Nachal Meshusim (the Hexagon stream) flows through the Golan Heights Remarkable geological formations at the Hexagon Pool in the Golan Heights Hiking up the Ein Tina stream in the Golan Heights with the assistance of some helpful hand railings The memorial at Tel Saki in the Golan Heights to Israeli soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War De Karina chocolatier in Ein Zivan, the Golan Heights
View looking out westwards from Mt Hermon
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Hiking to the top of Israel: Mt Hermon

Hiking the 2,040m peak of Mt Hermon on Israel's northern border in the middle of summer: the heat, the army permission, the views from above the clouds, and the berry picking on the way home.

Oct 2020 · 7 minute read
View looking out westwards from Mt Hermon View from the peak of the Hermon Mountain Looking out over the border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights from Mt Hermon. The symbolic beginning of the Israel Trail Blackberry picking the Bereishit orchard in the Golan Heights. A chocolate milkshake in the De Karina chocolate factory in Ein Zivan.
Bathing in the Zavitan Hexagon Pools
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Hiking the Zavitan Stream

A short hike on the upper Zavitan stream in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve, with basalt-column pools, a waterfall and plenty of opportunity to cool off in the Golan heat.

Aug 2014 · 2 minute read
Small creek near Nachal Zavitan Bathing in the Zavitan Hexagon Pools Undisturbed pool along the Zavitan Stream Zavitan Waterfall
Roman Baths at Hamat Gader
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Southern Golan Heights

A stormy field-trip day around the southern Golan Heights: Hamat Gader's Roman bathhouse, the Peace Vista over the Sea of Galilee, Gamla's last stand, and the reconstruction at Umm el Kanatir.

Dec 2013 · 3 minute read
Roman Baths at Hamat Gader View over the Sea of Galilee from the Peace Vista (Mitzpe HaShalom). View over Gamla Reconstructing the Byzantine synagogue at Um el Kanatir
Waterfalls at Banias
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 3: Mount Hermon

Day 3 of our Golan Heights course: up the Mt Hermon chairlift for views into Syria and Lebanon, then the Druze tomb of Nabi Hazuri, the Nimrod Fortress, the waterfalls at Banias and a sombre stop at the Helicopters Memorial.

Jul 2013 · 3 minute read
View over the Golan Heights from Mount Hermon Nabi Hazuri View over the Hula Valley from the Nimrod Fortress Waterfalls at Banias Helicopters Memorial
Tel Dan hike
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 2: the Lower Hermon and the Northern Golan Heights

Day 2 of our Golan Heights course: Tel Dan's salamander, the world's oldest arch, the Hellenist temple at Banias, the Yom Kippur battlefields at Mt Bental and the Valley of Tears, and a kumzitz to close.

Jul 2013 · 5 minute read
Salamander at Tel Dan The world's oldest arch at Tel Dan Tel Dan hike Beit Ussishkin Museum Agrippa's Palace at Banias View towards the Syrian border with Israel from Mt Bental Valley of Tears Memorial Jubat el-Kabiera (the Big Juba) Birket Ram Campfire songs at our kumzitz
Waterfall in Nachal Jilabun / Gilabon
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 1: Central Golan Heights

Day 1 of the Golan Heights campus: a hike down Nachal Jilabun, wine tasting at the Golan Heights Winery, the Talmudic Village of Katzrin, and memorials at Mitzpe Gadot and Tel Faher.

Jul 2013 · 4 minute read
Waterfall in Nachal Jilabun / Gilabon Wine tasting at the Golan Heights Winery Byzantine period Synagogue at Ancient Katzrin 'Venus of the Galil' at the Archaeological Museum of the Golan Heights in Katzrin Memorial at Mitzpe Gadot Memorial at Tel Faher (Mitzpe Golani)
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