Arava
Half an hour from Eilat, but light-years away: We found wonderful sanity in the desert
Kibbutz Lotan offers a different kind of vacation, featuring a relatively new Travel Hotel, an Eco-Fun complex, nature tours, and a single card that aggregates dozens of regional experiences.
Six Senses Shaharut offers Tu B’Av experience blending cuisine, art, and desert
Silk Road Virtual Museum opens first Israel exhibit, displays ancient textiles found in Arava
Collection of 7,000-year-old ostrich eggs discovered under sand dunes in southern Israel
Timna National Park a must see for history lovers
The southern Israeli desert like you have never seen before.
IDF unveils new program to 'revolutionize' military healthcare
The IDF called its new healthcare digitization program, "Health for You," a "healthcare revolution."
'Straw-inspiring' low-tech approach to construction in Israel's Arava
“I was completely unaware that this traditional construction method is feasible until I attended a week-long course at Kibbutz Lotan in the Arava desert last month.”
Southern Arava: More sights to see in the desert
This week’s column will continue to cover places there where Israelis created attractions that showcase the desert’s natural beauty and uncommon features.
The southern Arava: A revival of tourism in Israel
This week I focus on one of my favorite parts of the desert region of our country: the southern Arava in the Eilot Regional Council.
Southern Arava offers wide variety of activities and attractions
The Arava runs adjacent to the Jordanian border from Eilat northward.
The Arava Film Festival opens in Israel
The Arava International Film Festival features the best of recent international and Israeli cinema, as well as classics.
Israel is about to see some meteor showers - here's where
Take advantage of the times and go watch a meteor shower. The Jerusalem Post Magazine offers a list of the best locations to camp out and see it.
In the desert, you can be a paramedic, fireman, solider and cop at once
A Jewish National Fund-USA project set up essential emergency assistance in the Arava desert.
Plague of pests: Lots of locusts swarm Israel's South - watch
Regardless of their legendary reputations and the sheer size and numbers of the current swarm, the locusts pose no danger to humans or animals whatsoever.
