Oasis Dead Sea - Attractions

AhavaVisitors Centerat Mitzpe Shalem

A visitors and shopping center offering cosmetic products made of ingredients from the Dead Sea. Visitors are able to view the production, filling and packaging floor of the factory as well as a video about the production process. Cosmeticians provide consultation and guidance in a variety of languages and the Factory Store offers cosmetic products at attractive prices. Admission is free of charge. Visit the center for beauty, excitement and a little individual pampering.
Tel: 02-9945117, 02-9945123
Fax: 02-9945122

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EinGedi Tourist Center– Desert Tourism

Desert Vehicle Safari – Off-the-beaten path excursions in new special 4x4 desert trucks with 45 seats. The center offers a variety of fascinating trips to magnificent areas of desert beauty. A team of skilled guides is available at every site to help with any request.

 

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The Botanical Gardens

– An astonishing and unique botanical garden in at the heart of the desert containing an abundance of rare plant life from around the world. Guided tours combine an introduction to the vegetation with fascinating stories.

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Mitzpe Arugot

– A gorgeous café facing the canyon of Nahal Arugot and Har Zaroya. An unforgettable combination of fine coffee, magnificent nature and delicious cakes, including the famous Ein Gedi Carrot Cake.

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Ein Gedi Inn

– A kosher restaurant, located on the beach of the Dead Sea behind the Paz Ein Gedi Gas Station, offers home-cooked cuisine, family-style atmosphere and self-service hot and chilled meals, salad bar, selection of desserts, cakes and hot and cold beverages. Next to the restaurant, you will find a well-kept beach with free entrance.

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Desert Moods

– A variety of venues and ideas in the Botanical Gardens, which provides natural decoration for any joyous occasion – the perfect way to celebrate small events with a personal touch and unique design.

 

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Ein Gedi Land– Desert Enchantment

– The Tourist Center offers experienced tour guides, fascinating lecturers, a heated swimming pool, sport and banquet halls. The site also hosts dance evenings and barbecue meals for students.
Tel: 08-6594726, 08-6594757
Fax: 08-6520145

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Ein Gedi Hot Springs

Everything you need for pampering, rejuvenation and restoring energy to the body and soul. The air-conditioned building houses six natural thermo-mineral pools with the highest concentration of minerals in the world, offering rare healing properties. The Ein Gedi Hot Springs also has a well-kept beach on the Dead Sea, healthy black mud, a freshwater pool (in the summer), healing massages, a Bedouin tent, Hafla celebrations, night swimming and production of special events
Tel: 08-6594813
Fax: 08-6584137

 

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Qumran

Close to the site where the hidden scrolls were found, Qumran hosts the national center for cosmetics and products made with Dead Sea minerals and a shop selling books, mementos and authentic jewelry. The self-service air-conditioned restaurant offers Mediterranean-style home cooking, and seats approximately 350 people inside, with 100 additional seats on the patio, available for events as well. The restaurant offers a breathtaking view of the Dead Sea and the Moab mountains. Qumran is the perfect place to combine a relaxing swim in the Dead Sea and a delicious home-style meal.
Tel: 02-9936330/1/2, 02-9943317
Fax: 02-9942533

 

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Safari Ein Gedi

Field tours in special, renovated highly maneuverable 4x4 safari trucks (45 places) to the most beautiful and fascinating sites: The Judean desert, with its rich history (the Mar Saba monastery, the Horkanian ravine, water wells, large canyons and more) * The Negev desert, with its fascinating sites (Mt. Karkom, the perfume route, Vardit Canyon. * The Jerusalem corridor a tour peppered with stories of the War of Independence. * The Golan Heights. * Jordan, on special routes, and magical night tours in the desert. * Half-day tours to week-long tours offering a wide variety of budgetary and lodging options.
Tel: 08-6594726, 08-6594757
Fax: 08-6520145

 

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Karakal Desert Tours

Karakal Desert Tours plan and execute complex day tours requiring precision timing and specialize in planning events and “fantasies” in the heart of the desert, including evening events that include lighting, artists, premium catering and pyrotechnics. Tours and events include combine nature, music and personal pampering. Individual and family tours depart daily from the Dead Sea Ein Bokek hotels, on two-hour to full-day routes in either open or closed, air-conditioned jeeps. Guided tours are available in Hebrew or English

 

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Camel lot

Provides guided jeep tours through the Judean Desert, the Arava and the craters. Donkey-drawn carriage rides are offered from Naot Hakikar in Wadi Amatzia and last about two hours. The tour includes pitching a tent, building a campfire, baking pita bread and eating traditional meals.

Tel: 052-4891000, 052-3847571