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Nahal Og Reserve

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The reserve has two parts: in the west the Nahal Og Reserve, which covers about 13,000 dunams, and in the east the Reserve in the Advantage of Og, which covers an area of about 9,000 dunams. The reserve includes the area of the ridges east of the Jerusalem mountains to the Dead Sea Rift. The ridges rise c. 200 m above sea level and descend to a height of c. 370 m below sea level.

The Nahal Og Reserve is located in the north of the Judean Desert, south of Road 1, between Mishor Adumim in the west and the Dead Sea Road in the east (Road 90).

Ogg observation: In the Nahal Og parking lot, about 1.5 km south of the Almog junction. A beautiful view of the Jericho steppe and the area of ​​benefits

Two ancient roads pass through the reserve: the Sugar Road (Darb a-Soker) and Darb Rajib. The sugar road descends from the Ma’ale Adumim area to Bir Malki and ends at Nabi Musa. During the Crusader and Mamluk periods, the main road passed from Jerusalem to Jericho. In those days Jericho was a major center of sugar production, hence the name of the road. According to Christian tradition, this area linked Jerusalem to the baptismal site in Jordan. An ancient section of road, perhaps part of the Sugar Road, is found in the advantages of marl, on the south bank of the Og River.

Mitzpe Ramon - Ramon Lookout

Mitzpe Ramon - Ramon Lookout

Mitzpe Ramon - Ramon Lookout is a town in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 2,400 feet (800m.) overlooking an enormous erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater. This crater, or “Machtesh”, as it is called in Hebrew (a term also used by geologists around the world) is 28 miles long and five miles wide. It is a formation unique to Israel and the Sinai. Ramon Crater Ramon Crater is the largest one one of the three Negev craters. It contains geological formations unparalleled elsewhere in the world. Together with magnificent panorama, it presents a fascinating story of geomorphologic evolution. The Ramon Nature Reserve encompassing the crater and the Negev mountains surrounding it is the largest nature reserve in Israel. Mitzpe Ramon was originally founded in 1951 as a camp for the workers building the road to Eilat. The town's first permanent residents, immigrants from North Africa and Romania, settled there in the 1960s, and it became the southernmost of the Negev's development towns. The development of Mitzpe Ramon was adversely affected by the opening of Route 90 in the late 1960s. After the inauguration of this highway, traffic to and from Eilat bypassed Mitzpe Ramon almost entirely. However, growing interest in ecotourism, jeep trekking and hiking, and the upgrading of Route 40, which is considered a more scenic route to Eilat, have improved matters since the mid-1990s. There is a visitors center overlooking the Ramon Crater and the fit can walk down into the crater for a 4 to 5 hour trek without any shade. There is a Lama and Alpaca farm and other attractions.

Sand surfing, surf on a dune with a board!

Sand surfing, surf on a dune with a board!

In 2012, Dror introduced sand surfing to Israel in the Negev Mountain's spectacular dunes. *We will be happy to host in the desert in a shaded area including: mats, mattresses and pillows, water and herbal tea, suitable music and a lot of love for the desert. The sand on which you will surf and play is soft as silk. It comes from the Sahara desert through the Nile in Sinai and is found only in three places in Israel, including this dune. Surfing is for everyone with us, no previous experience required. Family and group experiences are available for children and grandparents alike. The sport of surfing can be done in a variety of ways on sand boards, including in pairs. Please call in advance for more details: 08-6753636.

The Ashalim power station

The Ashalim power station

The Ashalim power station is a solar power station in the Negev desert near the kibbutz of Ashalim, south of the district city of Be'er Sheva in Israel. It consists of three plots with three different technologies the station combines 3 kinds of energy: solar thermal energy, photovoltaic energy, and natural gas. In the 1950's, David Ben-Gurion spoke about his vision for "exploiting the abundant solar energy in our country and especially in the Negev". Six decades later, drivers to Eilat are witnessing a remarkable shiny site, a thermo-solar power station in Ashlim in the Negev. The uniqueness of the station, whose construction began in 2015, is the production of electricity from energy produced from the radiation of the sun's rays using half a million mirrors during the day. The mirrors are installed on steel constructions which are fixed to the ground, heating thermal oil inside insulated tubes to a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius. A system of heat exchangers heats water which creates steam that runs a huge turbine. A generator is connected to the turbine that supplies electricity. Another effect of this station is the ability to store solar energy during the day, which is released during the night and produces additional electricity for about 5 hours and all this as mentioned without direct sunlight. The storage of the additional energy is made possible by means of two large steel tanks (made of steel with a lower wall thickness of about 63 mm and weighing 1,070 tons each), which store inside a special chemical salt that heats up during the day and heats the oil during the night. The project covers an area of ​​about 400 Hectares, and is expected to supply electricity to about 60,000 households. This amount of electricity is equivalent to 1% of the total national consumption. The supply of the station is 121 MWh and the annual output is about 450 GWh. 15% of the energy produced at the station is utilized from natural gas that will be transported through pipes laid by the Negev Gas company to the entrance of the station.

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