Israel
Negev
2 routes
About Negev
The Negev or Naqab is the name for a desert and semidesert area in southern Israel. Today, it forms the bulk of the Southern District of Israel, whose largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba, in the north of the Negev. At its southern end lie the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city and port of Eilat. It contains several development towns, including Dimona, Arad, and Mitzpe Ramon, as well as a number of small Bedouin towns, including Rahat, Tel Sheva, and Lakiya. There are also several kibbutzim, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter became the home of Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, after his retirement from politics.
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Trek IsraelEin Avdat: The White Canyon of Zin
A short, vertical day in the Negev — a white chalk gorge with a 15-metre waterfall, spring-fed pools, Byzantine monks' caves and a ladder climb out onto the rim above the Wilderness of Zin.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 5 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Trek IsraelMakhtesh Ramon — Rim to Crater Floor
One to two days in the world's largest erosion crater: the rim promenade at Mitzpe Ramon, the prismatic stone columns of the Carpentry, the coloured sands of the Ardon valley and the desert spring at Ein Saharonim.
- Duration
- 2 days
- Distance
- 18 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate