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Micha Zilberman
your tour guide in Israel and Jordan |
| Jerusalem | Golan | Jordan | Galilee |
| Negev | Eilat | Petra | Jordan Canyons |
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| Masada-This
famous natural fortress surely deserves your visit. I can not guarantee
a Roman wild
party in the palace built by Herod the Great but the last stronghold of the zealots - after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem - will gain your astonishment when you find out that they committed suicide rather then surrendering to the Romans. The place is magical and interesting. |
| Ein
-Gedy - A cool refreshment from the desert
heat is offered to your exhausted body in springs, pools and streams
of the two canyons in Ein Gedi. The waterfalls,
the tropical and desert vegetation and the unique
wildlife of ibex, exotic birds and even some leopards
will gain your
appreciation. |
| Dead Sea -A unique experience awaits you at the lowest place on earth, the saltiest body of water in the world makes you float on it in spite of your effort to submerge, the water has heeling qualities. |
| Qumran -At the beginning this ancient small monastery, doesn't look so impressive, till you are thrilled by the binding story of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the way they were found. The site you visit was the living place of the writers of one of the important archaeological findings in the 20th century. |
| Jerusalem- Ein -Gedy tour - A 4 wheel drive tour that gives you a closer look on the beduins, makes you understand better the life of the monks in the monastery of Mar Saba, enables you to visit Herodion -one of the fortresses in the Second Temple period- and fascinates you when you look down the deep canyons or view the Dead Sea and the mountains of Moab from the cliffs on the edge of the Rift Valley. |
| Plains of Jerico - This area that once was closed to the tourists is the place in which St. John the baptist baptized, prophet Elija wondered and ascended to the sky, the Children of Israel crossed the Jordan river and in which monasteries are scattered today. |
| Nahal Darga - This deepest and narrowest canyon in the Judean desert suits you the adventure seeker, ladders and ropes will help you descend towards the shores of the Dead Sea. |
| Nahal Arugot- Hiking this large canyons in the Judean desert, is a refreshing sensation that I would not recommend to miss. The flowing water all year round, the riverbed plants and pools are a nice scenery once combined with the high dolomite cliffs. If you are very lucky, a leopard might show up on your way. |
| Canyons - The canyons of the judean desert are deep impressive and steep, the canyons of Ze'elim, Rahaf and others can offer a nice hike, join one of the tours if you are a good walkers. |
| Wadi Kelt- You should take this hike along flowing springs ancient water channels and limestone cliffs of this wadi. The monastery of st. George will appear to your sight while you walk towards Jerico. |
| This local desert is bordered
by the Dead Sea from the east and the Judean Mountains from the west. The
lowness of the Dead Sea and the heights of Judea contradicts not only in
altitudes but also in temperatures, so in the lowest place on earth the
weather is hot during summer and pleasant in winter while on the
Judean hills it snows during the winter and pleasant in summer.
King David- still a young leader- fled from King Saul to the fortresses of Ein gedy, leading a group that had some troubles with the authorities. The Hasmonian rulers built fortresses in the desert as a potential refuge, those turned under Herod The Great to luxurious palaces with swimming pools and bathes. In addition to being summer palaces, they served as strongholds that were used by Herod as refuge in times of threat against his leadership. The rebels against the Romans in the years 66-73 C.E. fled to the desert and used the same palaces as strongholds against their oppressors. In the second revolt of Bar- kokhva the area was used against the Romans but this time the rebels ran to the caves in the desert and lived /fought for long periods using them as hideaways. The rebels usually found their death in the caves but not before inflicting heavy casualties on the Romans. The Essenes- an extreme jewish sect; found refuge in this desert and left us with the remarkable Dead sea scrolls. St. John the baptist who according to some scholars had connection to the Essenes, baptized Jesus in the River Jordan, in the north part of the Judean Desert. The Byzantine period turned this desert to haven for thousand of hermits living in solitude in the caves and monasteries that were built in the canyons of the desert. In the last thousand years the beduins were the masters of the desert moving with their herds from the Judean hills to the Judean desert . |
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