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Martin_S. Says: Isa and I went to visit this Nabatean city of Avdat and one of the places that we went to was the lower living area, just below the palace on the western slope. Entering an underground complex of short tunnels just adjacent to the outside rooms with these wonderful arches,...
Ein Avdat, main pool from above and below
Martin_S. Says: This is the main pool as seen from the upper waterfall from a height of about 15 meters or so. From here you get a good idea of both the quantity of water, or rather its lack (the "stream" is actually only a trickle. You have a minimum of water from the Ein Ma'arif spring...
Martin_S. Says: This is the main waterfall and an upper secondary one at top, at the bottom you can see the pool that has formed in the bare rock. Sorry here in the national park there no swimming. It would disturb the creatures, such as frogs and dragonflies that live there.
Ein Avdat Scolopax Rusticola (Woodcock)
Martin_S. Says: Scolopax Rusticola (Woodcock), as seen in the wild at the Ein Avdat Nature Preserve about an hour south of Arad. This is the first time that I have seen this bird here.
Bregman Says: Keep your eyes open for the local wildlife. A lot of animals come here to drink the water. The ibexes are the most visible ones. But, there are more animals to see here, like the cute fat sand rat.
Bregman Says: Ein Avdat is located in the middle of a dry desert. It's hard to imagine how it looks like when you still up there seeing only dry sand as far as the eye can see. So, just enjoy the coolness of the water, you'll miss it one you're up and of og the wadi...
Visitors Center - Avdat National Park
Jackiekg Says: The visitors center, where the Spice Route is brought to life.Other places of interest in the vicinity:Mizpe Ramon Visitors Center, Makhtesh Ramon, Bio-Ramon, alpaca farm; Prime Minister Ben-Gurion's desert home, and where he is buried (nearby), Hawwarim Cistern, Nahal...
Interesting Excavations - Avdat National Park
Jackiekg Says: Whilst on a trip to the Negev recently we visited Avdat (not the name given on VT), although I've been there before, it is still a very interesting place to visit and was once on an anxient spice route. (See my travelogue for more pictures).
Martin_S. Says: The Ibex, or deer, are very common and is a species of goat actually. They do need to drink so we can sometimes find them near the streams in the desert, but it is fairly uncommon to see females (does), or babies (kids), usually you only see the mature males (bucks). You can...
Ein Avdat, dragonfly on stairs
Martin_S. Says: We found another visitor to the nature preserve, this dragonfly. These are such great creatures to watch fly, it always amazes me how they coordinate all those wings, and that is not to mention the irridescent colors they sport.
Martin_S. Says: As you pass the main pool you will find a rock stairway on the right side that will take up to the higher level pools and the upper waterfall. From there you will also enter a stand of trees and can also scale the walls of the canyon on a series of ladders that takes you...
Martin_S. Says: Once again we were lucky to see these young bucks butting heads in their play. It is the first time I have seen juveniles doing this. Sorry for the poor picture quality, but we were about 30 yards distance and the amount of dust in the air was awesome. We spent about 20...
Bregman Says: If you have a car, you should drive towards Beer-Sheva and then go south on road number 40. After the junction with road number 204, you will reach Kibuttz Sde Boker. Keep on for a little more and then turn left to Midreshet Ben-Gurion. You should see signs for "Ben-Gurion's...
Bregman Says: In order to come here by bus, you should first go to Beer-Sheva. Take line number 370, from the Tel-Aviv central bus station. If you come from Jerusalem, you should take bus number 446 or 470. From Beer-Sheva you should take the bus to Mizpe-Ramon, it's bus number 060 or...
READ the sign and SEE the SIGNS
Martin_S. Says: Okay so this may not be truly a LOCAL custom, but rather an international one.You see a sign posted which says "DO NOT ENTER", attached to a rope which bars your path....so what do you do???Just take a look at the HUGE number of footprints (yes many sizes and styles, so...
Bregman Says: One word of caution, there are two places named Avdat. There is Ein Avdat which is the oasis and is a nature reserve and there is the ancient city of Avdat which is a little to the south and is an archeological site of a Nabataean city.
Martin_S. Says: The remains of this doorway or portal entrance to the central area on the top plateau of Avdat was a great place to make another frame, this time for our entire group, Xiao, Vaness, Ilana, Roie and myself....and yes before you ask it was a cold winter day in December....so...
Martin_S. Says: At the ruins of Avdat there are ample opportunities to get good people shots also, here Vanessa found a complete restored doorway in the eastern wall, a perfect frame for her.
Being silly with statues - yes everyone
Martin_S. Says: Okay, okay so everyone wants to be a comic, even me at times, here you can see another of those groups of statues that they put up at the Avdat site, only this time you can see that Xiao is not alone, I am there, along with Roie, Vaness and Ilana....silly people...PLEASE try...
Being silly with statues - Xiao tries the goat
Martin_S. Says: For some reason the park authorities decided to put up iron two dimensional statues of biblical animals and people around the ancient site of Avdat. Here you can see Xiao "trying out" the goat... I wonder if she had the goats consent ??? ^O^
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The authorities put up this "sculpture" at the entrance, it is supposed to show or represent a Nabatean caravan traversing the wastelands. I think it could have...
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Avdat with Carmen, Stacey and Martin
This is how the remains of the Nabatean fortress Avdat looks from the cliff dwellings on the north.
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Avdat sits on the ancient Spice Route between Petra and Gaza. The city was named for the admired Nabatean monarch Avdat, apparently Avdat II (30-9 B.C.E.), who asked to be buried here. King Avdat...
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In the middle of the desert, you will find this oasis. It's full with water and there is even a waterfall. The hike is quite easy, except for the climb at the end. There are two options here, you can...
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Ein Avdat is located in the middle of the Negev Desert. It's an interesting oasis of wildlife today, and a kind of living museum to prehistoric tribes dating back to the Palaeolithic period. Of...
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