Guide to Guides – Batsheva Miller
Israel Outdoors is proud to have some of the best Israeli tour guides that Israel has to offer. We asked tour guide Batsheva Miller to tell us a little more about herself. See below for more information about Batsheva and don’t forget to check out the rest of our fantastic tour guides and our Israel…
Read MoreFrom the Hula Valley to Tzfat to Tel Aviv!
After a few great days in the north, Israel Outdoors’ TL-31-288 left Kibbutz Gonen and the Golan Heights. On their drive to Tzfat, they stopped at the Agamon Hula lookout. The Golan Heights was to the left, the Hula Valley straight ahead, and the upper galilee on the right. This valley was formerly filled with water (plus malaria…
Read MoreDay 2 of #IsraelOutdoors #Bus288’s Israel Adventures
Today’s TL-31-288 update is written by trip staff Dana Sabghir: Today really put the “outdoors” in Israel Outdoors. We started our day at Gadot, a memorial overlooking Lebanon. We learned about Israel’s northern borders with Syria and Lebanon. Then we drove to Yehudia Park, where we hiked the Zavitan Stream, which runs to the Kinneret…
Read MoreFollow My Footprints
Rachel Cerrotti is a 4 time veteran staff with Israel Outdoors who has been working on a year long project called Follow My Footprints. Follow My Footprints is a long-term project that documents the cultural landscape of Rachel’s grandmother’s displacement as a result of the Holocaust. In 1939, at the age of 14, Hana Dubova…
Read More#IsraelOutdoors #Bus288 has arrived in Israel!
For Israel Outdoors, the winter Birthright Israel season has begun! TL-31-288 landed in Tel Aviv today. Please see an update written by trip staff Dana Sabghir: “Everyone was excited to meet our guide, Maxi, our medic/security guard, Yosef, and our bus driver, Lazar. We drove 3.5 hours north to a beautiful kibbutz in the Golan.…
Read MoreLive Trip Updates – September 11, 2014
Every day we will post live trip updates. Check for the group code (starting with TL-30-) for a specific group… TL-30-447: The group toured the city of Tel Aviv today. They began with a visit to Independence Hall where they learned about the creation of the Jewish State of Israel. Then, they stopped at Rabin…
Read MoreLive Trip Updates – September 10, 2014
Every day we will post live trip updates. Check for the group code (starting with TL-30-) for a specific group… TL-30-445 and TL-30-446: Today the group spent their final day in Israel touring Tel Aviv. They began with a visit to Rabin Square, a memorial to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Then, they toured…
Read MoreLive Trip Updates – September 9, 2014
Every day we will post live trip updates. Check for the group code (starting with TL-30-) for a specific group… TL-30-445 and TL-30-446: The group started their morning today with a camel ride through the Negev. Then, they headed out for a desert hike on the Nahal Chavarim trail. Next, they visited Sde Boker, a…
Read MoreLive Trip Updates – September 8, 2014
Every day we will post live trip updates. Check for the group code (starting with TL-30-) for a specific group… TL-30-445 and TL-30-446: Today the group began their day with a great hike up Masada to see the beautiful sunrise over the Israeli desert. After a long hike down the mountain, they enjoyed a quick…
Read MoreLive Trip Updates – September 7, 2014
Every day we will post live trip updates. Check for the group code (starting with TL-30-) for a specific group… TL-30-444: The group spent their final day in Israel today. In the morning they visited the Israel Museum and then had a final wrap up session to reflect on their time in Israel. They headed…
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