Saturday, January 21, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
Nature and Environment - Part 2 Gamla Hike Shabbat
Following a falafel and humus lunch in the
Katzrin, the largest town in the Golan today, we arrived at Gamla, the Nature Reserve
and archaeological site. Here Josephus, a Jewish historian in Roman Times,
described in detail, events similar to Masada in 67 CE, 1950 years ago. Gamla
is also the site of Israel’s highest waterfall which CAARI hiked. We treked
through an ancient burial field with large and small above ground burial markers
called Dolmans. Many Griffon vultures nest in these cliffs. The recent rains turned
the natural habitat green and spring flowers were blooming!
Back at the hotel we lit Shabbat candles,
sang traditional Shabbat songs and later enjoyed Shabbat meal. . .
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| Shabbat Shalom to all our family & friends |
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Nature and the Environment - Part 1 HULA NATURE RESERVE
Today is our hiking day and the weather just perfect!
We left the hotel, driving north
and then east to the Hula Valley. Our
destination, the Hula Nature Reserve, a site of world-wide importance for water
birds and an important wetllands habitat in the Middle East. The Hula area is a ‘stopping place’ for millions of birds migrating spring and fall. Our tour began with amazing multi media 3 D film describing
the history, flora and fauna of the area.
With our binoculars and camera, and guide Neil, we walked along the path through the lake to
observe the wonders of nature! Not only did we see all kinds of birds, but we
saw water buffalo, furry coypu and catfish and carp found in the picturesque marsh setting . We stopped at the bird hides where Neil pointed out several of the
bird species - how does he recognize and remember all those names? A wonderful experience of
nature! Below are some of the sites we saw.
Our day continues on to Gamla!
CAARI 2017
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