Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund

Green. Cycling. Israel

KKL-JNF International Bicycle Mission

10 day option: 8 day option: 6 day option: Friday March 19 – Sunday March 21st – Sunday March 21st – Sunday March 28th Sunday March 28th Friday March 26th Green. Cycling. Israel

Itinerary

1 Friday

0 Arrival - 1 th Friday, March 2019.3 0 Transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv to HaGoshrim Hotel in Northern Israel 2 Kabbalat Shabbat followed by Shabbat Dinner at the Hotel getting to know your fellow riders.

2 Saturday

0 Shabbat 1 st Saturday, March2 210.3 0 Day at leisure to relax, get over jetlag and enjoy the scenery, walk along the streams in the area. 2 That evening we will have dinner followed by an Introductory Briefing.

Sunday

0 Let’s Ride!

nd 1 Sunday, March2 221.3 0 Upper Galilee-Hula Valley: “Borders, Forests, Water and Lots of Birds” 2 HaGoshrim by bus to Ramot Naftali (Naftali Heights) – Kefar Gil'adi – Hula Valley – HaGoshrim. Our first day will focus on the Upper Galilee – from the Ramot Naftali heights, down along the KKL-JNF Scenic Route to the Hula Valley, 800 meters below, passing through wetlands that KKL-JNF has restored and rehabilitated. We will learn about the bird migration routes returning to Europe from their “winter homes” in Africa and end our ride with a special dinner at the Lake Agmon HaHula project. 6 day and 8 day options will transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and join the group at the Agamon Hahula.

4 Monrd day Monday, March 23 0 The Lower Galilee and the Sea of Galilee: “Pioneering, Water & Electricity and a plethora of Oaks

1 (Alon)” 22.3 0 2 HaGoshrim (by bus) - Bet Keshet – Jordan River – Tel Aviv (by bus) Our second day will focus on the Lower Galilee. We will start our day planting trees at the KKL- JNF tree planting center in the Golani Junction. We will then ride along KKL-JNF's new bicycle trail in Bet Keshet Forest, enjoying a magnificent view of historical Mt. Tabor and visit the Moshava of Kefar Tabor, established the same year as the KKL-JNFL. We will continue along the Sirin Plateau for a beautiful view of the Jordan Valley from Mitzpe Elot and ride down to the Jordan River below. Visiting the first Hydroelectric plant in the Middle East. 5

Tuesth day Tuesday, March 24 0 The Coastal area and the Judean Mountains: “From the Modern to the Ancient City, from Joshua

1 to King David” 23.3 0 2 Yarkon River – Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) .- Roman Road to Neve Ilan – Evening tour of Jerusalem: “The cradle of the Jewish People”

The fifth day of our mission begins in urban Tel Aviv, cycling along the Yarkon River to the KKL- JNF constructed wetlands project at Sheva Tahanot (Seven Mills), ending this portion of the ride at the Ten Mills. We will then proceed to Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) and ride through the Park learning about ancient agriculture, aqueducts and hearing the stories of battles, ancient and modern. We will continue along the Roman Road with its milestones and fortresses to Neve Ilan Hotel where we will rest and shower. In the evening we will visit Jerusalem the capital of Israel and tour the place where it all began – The City of David. 6

Wednesdthay

Wednesday, March 25 0 The Judean foothills – Northern Negev: “Forestry, Caves, Desertification and Wildflowers Galore” 1

24.3 0 Jerusalem – Bet Shemesh –Adulam Park- Yatir Forest (by bus) – Masha'be Sadeh. 2 The sixth day of our tour will be a day of changes – from green forests and woodlands to the Negev desert. We will ride down Nahal Kisalon to KKL-JNF Adulam Park with its beautiful scenery and wealth of archaeological remains, along the new Adulam MTB trail, stopping to visit one of the new boutique wineries in the region. We will take the bus to KKL-JNF's Yatir Forest and enjoy a short ride in Israel’s largest planted forest located in the desert and continue to Masha'be Sadeh for the night, relaxing our tired muscles at the Neve Midbar Spa after dinner. 7

Thursthday Thursday, March 26 0 Negev Mountains – Nahal Tsin: “Cliffs, Springs, Nabateans and Bedouins” 1

25.3 0 Halukim Ridge - Nahal Tsin - En Akev and En Avedat springs – Traditional Bedouin Hospitality. 2 We will ride past the home and grave of David Ben Gurion the founder and first President of Israel to Halukim Ridge riding down to Nahal Tsin Canyon and along the oasis of Shaviv, Zik and Ekev springs. We will end our day by hiking up the canyon cliff of En Avedat Nature Reserve to our destination where we will spend the night enjoying traditional Bedouin desert hospitality.

Frthiday Friday, March 27 0 Eilat Mountains: “Egypt, Sinai, the Red Sea …”The Finger of God” 1

26.3 0 Negev Desert - Eilat Mountians - Red Sea -Eilat. 2 Our last day will begin with a bus ride via the famous Ramon Crater to the road along the Egyptian border. We will begin our ride descending from Maaleh Sayarim to the amazing Nahal Etek canyon. We will proceed to Timna Park through Nahal Raham with the wondrous Solomon’s Pillars and ancient copper mines, we will reach the end of our trip at the city of Eilat on the shore of the sparkling blue Red Sea. This last stretch will be along the bicycle trail KKL- JNF developed in the area. That evening we will sit together for Shabbat Dinner at the hotel. 6 day option will depart for Ben Gurion Airport in the morning. 9

Saturday th Saturday Night, March 28 0 You can enjoy a day of Rest and Relaxation followed by our Farewell Dinner saying goodbye to 1 all, until next year! 27.3 0 10 2

Sunday 0 Departure to Ben Gurion 1

28.3 0 2

We will supply full support (SAG) (Bicycle rental available for 50 NIS per day); detailed briefings and maps; 4 star hotel accommodation. The KKL Ride is supported by professional staff and off-road bike guides that will ensure you have an experience of a life time.

Itinerary subject to change based on number of participants and weather conditions

Costs (per person in a double room): Ten days: $2,200; Eight days: $1,800; Six days: $1,400. Single supplement $50 per day. Cost includes all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), snacks and energy drinks, technical assistance, tubes, double occupancy hotel rooms. Trip cost does not include flights or additional days. The cost does not include rental bikes, tips, porters, airfare or storage and personal expenses.

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Israel's small size and varied landscape make cycling through the country a unique experience – what takes many days in other countries is accomplished here in just a few. Forests, streams, urban and rural landscapes and the extreme desert in the south are only a few of the wonderful features bicycle riders can enjoy over a short period of time.

Israel provides tastes and aromas of almost everything: traditional farming villages and Bedouin hospitality, boutique wines and modern agriculture – only a short ride from busy modern cities.

During our excursion we will cross Israel on KKL-JNF bicycle trails from north to south, discovering all its distinctive features. We will explore the mountainous Upper Galilee learning about how KKL-JNF is rehabilitating the forests burnt during the Second Lebanese war and ride through the Hula Valley with its amazing birds. We will ride along the green fields and villages of the Lower Galilee and proceed from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on the newly developed bicycle path KKL-JNF gave the State of Israel as a gift for its 60th Anniversary. We will experience the vast expanses of the desert, getting to know this special land with both its Jewish farmers and the Bedouins and their lifestyle and then ride down through the arid wilderness to Eilat on the gleaming Red Sea.

For further information please contact your nearest KKL-JNF office

KKL Projects and Marketing Department, Resource & Development Division, Jerusalem 2009. Green. Cycling. Israel

Itinerary

1 Friday

0 Arrival - 1 th Friday, March 2019.3 0 Transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv to HaGoshrim Hotel in Northern Israel 2 Kabbalat Shabbat followed by Shabbat Dinner at the Hotel getting to know your fellow riders.

2 Saturday

0 Shabbat 1 st Saturday, March2 210.3 0 Day at leisure to relax, get over jetlag and enjoy the scenery, walk along the streams in the area. 2 That evening we will have dinner followed by an Introductory Briefing.

Sunday

0 Let’s Ride!

nd 1 Sunday, March2 221.3 0 Upper Galilee-Hula Valley: “Borders, Forests, Water and Lots of Birds” 2 HaGoshrim by bus to Ramot Naftali (Naftali Heights) – Kefar Gil'adi – Hula Valley – HaGoshrim. Our first day will focus on the Upper Galilee – from the Ramot Naftali heights, down along the KKL-JNF Scenic Route to the Hula Valley, 800 meters below, passing through wetlands that KKL-JNF has restored and rehabilitated. We will learn about the bird migration routes returning to Europe from their “winter homes” in Africa and end our ride with a special dinner at the Lake Agmon HaHula project. 6 day and 8 day options will transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and join the group at the Agamon Hahula.

4 Monrd day Monday, March 23 0 The Lower Galilee and the Sea of Galilee: “Pioneering, Water & Electricity and a plethora of Oaks

1 (Alon)” 22.3 0 2 HaGoshrim (by bus) - Bet Keshet – Jordan River – Tel Aviv (by bus) Our second day will focus on the Lower Galilee. We will start our day planting trees at the KKL- JNF tree planting center in the Golani Junction. We will then ride along KKL-JNF's new bicycle trail in Bet Keshet Forest, enjoying a magnificent view of historical Mt. Tabor and visit the Moshava of Kefar Tabor, established the same year as the KKL-JNFL. We will continue along the Sirin Plateau for a beautiful view of the Jordan Valley from Mitzpe Elot and ride down to the Jordan River below. Visiting the first Hydroelectric plant in the Middle East. 5

Tuesth day Tuesday, March 24 0 The Coastal area and the Judean Mountains: “From the Modern to the Ancient City, from Joshua

1 to King David” 23.3 0 2 Yarkon River – Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) .- Roman Road to Neve Ilan – Evening tour of Jerusalem: “The cradle of the Jewish People”

The fifth day of our mission begins in urban Tel Aviv, cycling along the Yarkon River to the KKL- JNF constructed wetlands project at Sheva Tahanot (Seven Mills), ending this portion of the ride at the Ten Mills. We will then proceed to Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) and ride through the Park learning about ancient agriculture, aqueducts and hearing the stories of battles, ancient and modern. We will continue along the Roman Road with its milestones and fortresses to Neve Ilan Hotel where we will rest and shower. In the evening we will visit Jerusalem the capital of Israel and tour the place where it all began – The City of David. 6

Wednesdthay

Wednesday, March 25 0 The Judean foothills – Northern Negev: “Forestry, Caves, Desertification and Wildflowers Galore” 1

24.3 0 Jerusalem – Bet Shemesh –Adulam Park- Yatir Forest (by bus) – Masha'be Sadeh. 2 The sixth day of our tour will be a day of changes – from green forests and woodlands to the Negev desert. We will ride down Nahal Kisalon to KKL-JNF Adulam Park with its beautiful scenery and wealth of archaeological remains, along the new Adulam MTB trail, stopping to visit one of the new boutique wineries in the region. We will take the bus to KKL-JNF's Yatir Forest and enjoy a short ride in Israel’s largest planted forest located in the desert and continue to Masha'be Sadeh for the night, relaxing our tired muscles at the Neve Midbar Spa after dinner. 7

Thursthday Thursday, March 26 0 Negev Mountains – Nahal Tsin: “Cliffs, Springs, Nabateans and Bedouins” 1

25.3 0 Halukim Ridge - Nahal Tsin - En Akev and En Avedat springs – Traditional Bedouin Hospitality. 2 We will ride past the home and grave of David Ben Gurion the founder and first President of Israel to Halukim Ridge riding down to Nahal Tsin Canyon and along the oasis of Shaviv, Zik and Ekev springs. We will end our day by hiking up the canyon cliff of En Avedat Nature Reserve to our destination where we will spend the night enjoying traditional Bedouin desert hospitality.

Frthiday Friday, March 27 0 Eilat Mountains: “Egypt, Sinai, the Red Sea …”The Finger of God” 1

26.3 0 Negev Desert - Eilat Mountians - Red Sea -Eilat. 2 Our last day will begin with a bus ride via the famous Ramon Crater to the road along the Egyptian border. We will begin our ride descending from Maaleh Sayarim to the amazing Nahal Etek canyon. We will proceed to Timna Park through Nahal Raham with the wondrous Solomon’s Pillars and ancient copper mines, we will reach the end of our trip at the city of Eilat on the shore of the sparkling blue Red Sea. This last stretch will be along the bicycle trail KKL- JNF developed in the area. That evening we will sit together for Shabbat Dinner at the hotel. 6 day option will depart for Ben Gurion Airport in the morning. 9

Saturday th Saturday Night, March 28 0 You can enjoy a day of Rest and Relaxation followed by our Farewell Dinner saying goodbye to 1 all, until next year! 27.3 0 10 2

Sunday 0 Departure to Ben Gurion 1

28.3 0 2

We will supply full support (SAG) (Bicycle rental available for 50 NIS per day); detailed briefings and maps; 4 star hotel accommodation. The KKL Ride is supported by professional staff and off-road bike guides that will ensure you have an experience of a life time.

Itinerary subject to change based on number of participants and weather conditions

Costs (per person in a double room): Ten days: $2,200; Eight days: $1,800; Six days: $1,400. Single supplement $50 per day. Cost includes all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), snacks and energy drinks, technical assistance, tubes, double occupancy hotel rooms. Trip cost does not include flights or additional days. The cost does not include rental bikes, tips, porters, airfare or storage and personal expenses. Green. Cycling. Israel

Itinerary

1 Friday

0 Arrival - 1 th Friday, March 2019.3 0 Transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv to HaGoshrim Hotel in Northern Israel 2 Kabbalat Shabbat followed by Shabbat Dinner at the Hotel getting to know your fellow riders.

2 Saturday

0 Shabbat 1 st Saturday, March2 210.3 0 Day at leisure to relax, get over jetlag and enjoy the scenery, walk along the streams in the area. 2 That evening we will have dinner followed by an Introductory Briefing.

Sunday

0 Let’s Ride!

nd 1 Sunday, March2 221.3 0 Upper Galilee-Hula Valley: “Borders, Forests, Water and Lots of Birds” 2 HaGoshrim by bus to Ramot Naftali (Naftali Heights) – Kefar Gil'adi – Hula Valley – HaGoshrim. Our first day will focus on the Upper Galilee – from the Ramot Naftali heights, down along the KKL-JNF Scenic Route to the Hula Valley, 800 meters below, passing through wetlands that KKL-JNF has restored and rehabilitated. We will learn about the bird migration routes returning to Europe from their “winter homes” in Africa and end our ride with a special dinner at the Lake Agmon HaHula project. 6 day and 8 day options will transfer from Ben Gurion Airport and join the group at the Agamon Hahula.

4 Monrd day Monday, March 23 0 The Lower Galilee and the Sea of Galilee: “Pioneering, Water & Electricity and a plethora of Oaks

1 (Alon)” 22.3 0 2 HaGoshrim (by bus) - Bet Keshet – Jordan River – Tel Aviv (by bus) Our second day will focus on the Lower Galilee. We will start our day planting trees at the KKL- JNF tree planting center in the Golani Junction. We will then ride along KKL-JNF's new bicycle trail in Bet Keshet Forest, enjoying a magnificent view of historical Mt. Tabor and visit the Moshava of Kefar Tabor, established the same year as the KKL-JNFL. We will continue along the Sirin Plateau for a beautiful view of the Jordan Valley from Mitzpe Elot and ride down to the Jordan River below. Visiting the first Hydroelectric plant in the Middle East. 5

Tuesth day Tuesday, March 24 0 The Coastal area and the Judean Mountains: “From the Modern to the Ancient City, from Joshua

1 to King David” 23.3 0 2 Yarkon River – Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) .- Roman Road to Neve Ilan – Evening tour of Jerusalem: “The cradle of the Jewish People”

The fifth day of our mission begins in urban Tel Aviv, cycling along the Yarkon River to the KKL- JNF constructed wetlands project at Sheva Tahanot (Seven Mills), ending this portion of the ride at the Ten Mills. We will then proceed to Ayalon Canada Park (by bus) and ride through the Park learning about ancient agriculture, aqueducts and hearing the stories of battles, ancient and modern. We will continue along the Roman Road with its milestones and fortresses to Neve Ilan Hotel where we will rest and shower. In the evening we will visit Jerusalem the capital of Israel and tour the place where it all began – The City of David. 6

Wednesdthay

Wednesday, March 25 0 The Judean foothills – Northern Negev: “Forestry, Caves, Desertification and Wildflowers Galore” 1

24.3 0 Jerusalem – Bet Shemesh –Adulam Park- Yatir Forest (by bus) – Masha'be Sadeh. 2 The sixth day of our tour will be a day of changes – from green forests and woodlands to the Negev desert. We will ride down Nahal Kisalon to KKL-JNF Adulam Park with its beautiful scenery and wealth of archaeological remains, along the new Adulam MTB trail, stopping to visit one of the new boutique wineries in the region. We will take the bus to KKL-JNF's Yatir Forest and enjoy a short ride in Israel’s largest planted forest located in the desert and continue to Masha'be Sadeh for the night, relaxing our tired muscles at the Neve Midbar Spa after dinner. 7

Thursthday Thursday, March 26 0 Negev Mountains – Nahal Tsin: “Cliffs, Springs, Nabateans and Bedouins” 1

25.3 0 Halukim Ridge - Nahal Tsin - En Akev and En Avedat springs – Traditional Bedouin Hospitality. 2 We will ride past the home and grave of David Ben Gurion the founder and first President of Israel to Halukim Ridge riding down to Nahal Tsin Canyon and along the oasis of Shaviv, Zik and Ekev springs. We will end our day by hiking up the canyon cliff of En Avedat Nature Reserve to our destination where we will spend the night enjoying traditional Bedouin desert hospitality.

Frthiday Friday, March 27 0 Eilat Mountains: “Egypt, Sinai, the Red Sea …”The Finger of God” 1

26.3 0 Negev Desert - Eilat Mountians - Red Sea -Eilat. 2 Our last day will begin with a bus ride via the famous Ramon Crater to the road along the Egyptian border. We will begin our ride descending from Maaleh Sayarim to the amazing Nahal Etek canyon. We will proceed to Timna Park through Nahal Raham with the wondrous Solomon’s Pillars and ancient copper mines, we will reach the end of our trip at the city of Eilat on the shore of the sparkling blue Red Sea. This last stretch will be along the bicycle trail KKL- JNF developed in the area. That evening we will sit together for Shabbat Dinner at the hotel. 6 day option will depart for Ben Gurion Airport in the morning. 9

Saturday th Saturday Night, March 28 0 You can enjoy a day of Rest and Relaxation followed by our Farewell Dinner saying goodbye to 1 all, until next year! 27.3 0 10 2

Sunday 0 Departure to Ben Gurion 1

28.3 0 2

We will supply full support (SAG) (Bicycle rental available for 50 NIS per day); detailed briefings and maps; 4 star hotel accommodation. The KKL Ride is supported by professional staff and off-road bike guides that will ensure you have an experience of a life time.

Itinerary subject to change based on number of participants and weather conditions

Costs (per person in a double room): Ten days: $2,200; Eight days: $1,800; Six days: $1,400. Single supplement $50 per day. Cost includes all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), snacks and energy drinks, technical assistance, tubes, double occupancy hotel rooms. Trip cost does not include flights or additional days. The cost does not include rental bikes, tips, porters, airfare or storage and personal expenses.