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Outdoor Activities

Camel safaris leading visitors through rugged desert landscapes
Desert Safaris
Skiing
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www.hermonski.co.il
Tour operators: www.visit
Snowfall can be erratic on Mount jordan.com, www.cameland.co.il,
Hermon but there’s usually skiing for www.beerotayim.co.il
a few weeks a year. When it’s warm Some excellent outfits in the Negev
visitors can ride a ski lift up to the offer camel trips along the Spice
highest point in Israeli territory Route’s old car avan trails. In Jordan,
(7,336 ft/2,236 m) for alpine flowers the striking land scapes of Wadi Rum
and spectacular panoramas (65 miles/105 km south of Petra),
a UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Diving and Snorkeling
2 can be explored by camel or Jeep.
Dive operators: www.snuba.
Water Sports
co.il; www.oonasdiveclub.com; 4
www.inmodivers.de Operators: www.kiteaway.com
Thanks to the Red Sea’s clear water, The Mediterranean coast is ideal for
colorful reefs, and diverse marine life, sailboarding (windsurfing), in which
Eilat offers an excellent intro duction Israel has won three Olympic medals,
to one of the world’s most extra­ and kitesurfing. Several spots near
ordinary underwater eco systems. Tel Aviv and Haifa offer decent surf­
Operators offer scuba diving and you ing, brought to Israel in the 1950s.
can rent snorkeling gear at several
Bird-Watching
beaches. Or try “snuba,” a cross 5
between diving and snorkeling. Tour operators: www.birds.
org.il, www.israbirding.com,
Snorkeling in the Red Sea natureisrael.org/birding, www.
kibbutzlotan.com, www.parks.org.il
Located on the main migration route
between Africa and Europe, Israel is
perfect for bird­watching. Eilat and
Lotan eco­kibbutz in the Negev are
good bases, as is the famed Hula
Nature Reserve in the Galilee.
Matkot
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This popular beach game uses
wooden racquets and a squash ball,
and only requires you to maintain
the longest volley possible.

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