Galil & Golan

Gamla Nature reserve

The Gamla Nature Reserve in the central Golan Heights is a wonderful combination of nature, landscape and historical remains. It is home to a globally unique number of raptors for its small size, including rare species, and one of the worlds most ancient synagogues.

Dozens of pairs of Griffo...

Tel Dan Nature Reserve

Dan Springs and the biblical city The Tel Dan Nature Reserve is a kind of wonderland: Streams flow everywhere into a wild river and tall trees provide welcome shade even on the hottest summer afternoon.

The Dan River is the largest and most important source of the Jordan. It is fed by rain an...

Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve

The Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve, covering 66,000 dunams (16,500 acres) in the central Golan Heights, is shaped like a hand, the wrist of which is in the Bethsaida Valley and each of whose fingers is a flowing stream. The land slopes moderately westward from 400 to 100 m above sea level.

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Banias (Hermon Stream) Nature Reserve

The Banias Spring emerges at the foot of Mount Hermon and flows powerfully through a canyon for 3.5 km, eventually leading to the Banias Waterfall, the most impressive cascade in Israel. Nine kilometers from its source, the Hermon Stream meets the Dan, and together they form the Jordan River.

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Katzrin Park

A small museum of regional history that is modern, light, and well planned is the heart of this complex. Here you can also see an exhibit and short film about the Golan stronghold of Gamla, destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 67 during the First Revolt against Rome.

The Ancient Qasrin Archaeolog...

Golan Magic

Located in a new mall at the eastern entrance of Katzrin, this is the Golan Tourist Associations dynamic, high tech exposition of what to see and do in the Golan and a must for visitors before venturing farther into the area. Theres a 180 degree panoramic screen film presentation of the Golans hi...