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A broad desert valley in Israel’s far south, holding Ovda airport and a series of Neolithic stone installations whose purpose is still debated. Discussed here as part of a course day across the northern Arava and Ovda Valley.

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Crawling through an ancient copper mine in Timna
South · Negev

Campus Eilat Day Four: Timna

The final day of Campus Eilat at Timna Park (King Solomon's Mines): the Arches, an ancient copper mine, the Mushroom, an Egyptian hunting-scene inscription, the Midianite temple and King Solomon's Pillars.

Arch at Timna Crawling through an ancient copper mine in Timna Copper ore in Timna sandstone Ancient hunting scene etched in the rock at Timna Ancient temple / ritual site in Timna View over King Solomon's Pillars, Timna
Flamingos in the Avrona Salt Pools near Eilat
South · Negev

Campus Eilat Day Three: Southern Arava

Day three of Campus Eilat: heading up the Southern Arava — the Eilat Bird Park, the Avrona farms and fugarot tunnels, the Doum Palms, Shechoret Canyon, the Chai Bar and a desert kite, ending with a Chanukah candle lighting back in Eilat.

Our guide shows us some migrating birds in the Eilat Bird Park Flamingos in the Avrona Salt Pools near Eilat Crawling through the fugarot / qanat tunnels at the Avrona Farms Doum Palms in the Arava Hiking through Canyon Shechoret View after hiking through Canyon Shechoret Ancient predator trap Safari in the Chai Bar: roaming Oryxes Chai Bar: feeding time for the leopards Remains of a desert kite in the Negev Our infamous course coordinator Benny lights the chanukkiah
Hiking the Red Canyon in the Eilat Mountains
South · Negev

Campus Eilat Day Two: Eilat and the Eilat Mountains

Day two of Campus Eilat: starting at Umm Rash Rash and the story of the Ink Flag, hiking the Red Canyon and ascending Mt Tzefachot for the four-countries view, before ending at the Eilat Underwater Observatory.

Um Rash Rash: Operation Ovda Memorial Hiking the Red Canyon in the Eilat Mountains View from Mount Tzefachot over the Eilat bay. The Red Sea coral reef from the Eilat underwater observatory
Ruins of an Israelite fortress at Ein Hatzeva / Ir Ovot
South · Negev

Campus Eilat Day One: Northern Arava and Ovda Valley

Day one of Campus Eilat: heading south through the northern Arava and into the Ovda valley, taking in Ein Hatzeva, the Peace Route lookouts, Shacharut, the Leopards Temple and the Kasui sand dunes.

Ruins of an Israelite fortress at Ein Hatzeva / Ir Ovot View from the Peace Lookout in the Arava Valley View from the Jabel Huferia Lookout in the Arava Valley View over the Arava Valley from Shacharut Ancient leopard images at the Leopards Temple in the Ovda Valley Kasui sand dunes in the Ovda Valley
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