Hiking
Israel packs a surprising range of hiking into a small country, from the basalt streams of the Golan to the granite mountains around Eilat. Posts here cover specific routes: the Zavitan Stream in the Golan, Nachal Amud in the Galilee, the Eilat Mountains, and the desert canyons of the southern Arava.
14 articles
14 articles
The Sharon Plain
A day on the Sharon coastal plain, off the regular tourist trail: viewpoints at Tzur Natan, an Ottoman tomb on a Samaritan synagogue, the Crusader ruins of Kakun, a soft-shelled turtle hike along Nachal Alexander, the Cheftzi-ba farm, and the cliff-top archaeology of Apollonia.
Mount Sedom
Our third trip on the guiding course took us back to the Dead Sea region: the Meitzad Zohar viewpoint, the badlands of Nachal Peratzim, a hike across the salt mountain of Mount Sedom and a final stop at the Dead Sea factories.
Nachal Kziv and Montfort Crusader Castle
A day off the course in the western Galilee: hummus at Abu Adham in Kfar Yasif, a wooded hike down Nachal Kziv past springs and an old flour mill, and a steep climb up to the ruins of Montfort Crusader castle.
Mount Carmel
A day on Mount Carmel, from the panoramic Mishmar HaCarmel viewpoint and the burn scars of the 2010 fire to Little Switzerland, the Chai Bar wildlife reserve, the Druze town of Daliyat-al-Carmel and the Muchraka monastery linked to the prophet Elijah.
If you are going to Israel, you would be mad not to give him a call.
Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster
Having been on trips in Israel with seven different tour guides, Samuel stood above all the rest.
Seasoned Israel traveller
Samuel is one part walking encyclopedia, one part storyteller, one part stand-up comedian.
Berkeley Haas Business School student