Negev touring and Dead Sea

Here’s a 2-day itinerary to explore and understand the desert.

Day 1 – Arad to Avdat: geology, water and Nabateans

Ein Yorqeam
Makhtesh HaGadol: colored sand, petrified trees
Ben Gurion’s tomb
Lake Yeruham, we saw 1000s of storks
Avdat, Nabatean/Byzantine city
overnight at Carmei Avdat (on cheese/wine route) on site of Nabatean farm, rock drawings, wine tasting

Day 2 – Negev to Dead Sea to Jerusalem

Makhtesh Ramon: HaMinsara – black prismatic rocks, Ein Saharonim – Nabatean caravanseri on the Spice route,
Synagogue at Ein Gedi from Roman/Byzantine period
St George’s monastery, perched on the cliff at Wadi Qelt

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