Sataf located in the the Jerusalem Hills, is famed for its hiking trails and natural beauty, set in one of Israel’s most incredible and powerful landscapes. Pine forests line the hillsides providing a powerful entry to the powerful city of Jerusalem. Just off the road are a large number of amazing places, within breathing distance of the city. These include the village of Abu Ghosh, Israel’s hummus capital, the village of Ein Kerem, famed for its Biblical importance, and a large number of beauty spots of which Sataf is definitely one. With a great walking or hiking trail, amazing views, and a great cafe, its a great place to escape the city and enjoy some shaded beauty.

The Ramat Gan Safari Park is the main zoo of the Tel Aviv area and is home to the largest collection of animals in the Middle East. Arranged as a 250 acre African Safari Park, unique in the world as the African animals who live here are able to roam around the park, and visitors are able to have an African safari experience, just minutes from the center of downtown Tel Aviv. There is also a zoo within the park.

Beautiful Mount Carmel stands tall alongside the Mediterranean Coastline of Israel, just to the south of the city of Haifa. In December 2010, the beautiful forests were hit by terrible forest fires. Now, a three hour program allows tourists, as part of their trips to Israel, to reforest the Carmel. Running every Sunday through Thursday, this unique thing to do in Israel is totally free.

A family destination and Israel’s biggest tourist attraction, the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem covers over 62 acres of stunning terrain in Jerusalem. The park centers on a vast man-made lake complete with waterfalls and side pools, surrounded by spacious lawns and shaded beauty spots. The park includes a wildlife savannah with free-roaming animals and a visitor’s train that provides transportation throughout the park with several stations along the route.

There are over forty national parks in Israel ranging from archaeological sites such as Caesarea National Park and Masada to sites of natural beauty such as the Carmel National Park. With so many national parks to visit, which are the ones that a tourist should try to find time in their itinerary to experience? In this article, we will list the ten best national parks in Israel to visit.

The Beer Sheva Art Experience provides educational tours and workshops for all kinds of groups wanting to experience the capital of the Negev. From short, hour improvisational workshops, to two day environmental tours they insure the best quality programing with lectures, art activities, games, acting and site seeing. Most workshops will be conducted outside the old mosque in the centre of the Old Town, Beer Sheva.

Horse Riding in Israel provides a unique perspective over a unique land. From the saddle of a horse, whether it is along a trail in Mount Hermon’s alpine summer meadows, overlooking the Sea of Galilee in the region’s stunning terrain, at sunset, riding along the beach or cliffs of Israel’s dramatic and beautiful Mediterranean coastline, or the ridge of the amazing Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert, Israel’s “Grand Canyon,” a horseback rider gets an amazing experience in incredible surroundings.

Sukkot is a week-long Jewish festival which falls shortly after Yom Kippur. Sukkot in Israel is a time of vacation – the first and last days are national holidays when most businesses will be closed (similar to a regular Shabbat), whilst the intermediary days are normal business days except for the fact that many Israelis take the time off work. The result is that there are loads of activities for Sukkot across Israel so it is a great time to be visiting. The Sukkot festival in 2011 falls between October 13-20 although the events also take place slightly before and after these dates.

GREAT FOR THE FAMILY! The beautiful rural Moshav of Mevo Modi’im, is located in the heart of the Ben Shemen Forest about half way (about 30 mins) between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, near the town of Modi’in.

The 30-acre oasis that is the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens on the southeast corner of the Hebrew University’s Givat Ram campus houses about 10,000 species arranged according to geography, with sections for plants native to the Mediterranean region, Central and Southwest Asia, Australia, North America, Europe and Southern Africa. It also has a large collection of bonsai trees, a tropical conservatory and an herb and medicinal plant garden.