Ein Gedi Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
nature reserve in Israel
About Ein Gedi
TheEin GediNational Parkis the second largest oasis inIsrael. It is one of few places in the Israeli deserts where streams are running all year long. The park is found in the Dead Sea Valley, which is an effect of the Great Rift Valley. Visitors can follow trails past waterfalls, springs, caves, canyons and an early Bronze Age temple. Four springs flow through and water the reserve all year: the David, the Arugot, the Shulamit, and the Ein Gedi springs. Kibbutz Ein Gediis just south of the park. Almost the entire outdoor area of the Kibbutz is one bigbotanical gardenwith more than 900 species from the entire world. The garden, which covers about 100 dunam (10 hectares), is the only botanical garden in the world that contains a settlement inside it. Several landscape features in the area ar
Where to Stay in Ein Gedi
- 🏨Ein Gedi Country Hotel
- 🏨The Ein Gedi Beit Sarah Guest House
- 🏨The Ein Gedi Field School Inn
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