Arava and eilat post conf tour

Arava and Eilat Post-Conference Tour – 4 days

Thursday, November 11, 2010
14:00 Depart Sde Boker for hike and tour of Ramon Crater
16:00 Visit antiquities in Uvda Plateau—site of ancient desert civilizations
Visit Kasui Sand Dunes
19:00 Arrive at Kibbutz Ketura and check into guest rooms
20:00 Barbeque dinner and round robin discussion with kibbutz members:
Modern Settlement in the Arava Desert

Friday, November 12, 2010
7:00 Breakfast in the kibbutz dining room 8:30 Depart for Kibbutz Lotan's Center
for Creative Ecology featuring the
program:
Following Bird Migration
tour the constructed wetlands and
the bird reserve
10:30 Depart Lotan for Ketura fields:
Sustainable Agriculture:
tour experimental orchards with Dr.
Elaine Solowey
13:00 Visit Yotvata and Ein Evrona, sites of ancient desert agriculture with tour of
17:00 Return to Ketura
18:30 Sabbath services in kibbutz synagogue
19:30 Festive Sabbath dinner in kibbutz dining room
20:30 Evening with students of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9:00 Depart for hike into mountains behind kibbutz 10:00 Walk to date orchards with discussion about
modern irrigation methods in date farming 2010 13:00 Return for lunch
14:00 Tour Algae technologies and Arava Power
Company; Optional (additional 10$) - visit
the marine observatory in Eilat
17:30 Depart for Eilat for free evening for shopping, dinner; Optional tour of Eilat
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Visit Kibbutz Samar's Solar Energy
Project and Kibbutz Yotvata's
Biofuel Project

9:30 Tour ancient copper mines and hike
at Timna Park, Israel's largest
nature reserve.
Visit Mekorot's (Israel Nat'l
Water Co) Desalinization Plant in
Eilat and Flamingo Salt Ponds
14:00 Optional: Flight from Eilat to Tel
Tour Details:
Price per person in double room - US$400 (Single room supplement is US$100) Includes: Room and full board—Thursday, Friday, Saturday
(we will provide a $10 for dinner in Eilat) Bus transportation from Sde Boker on Thursday, all transportation during seminar, guiding and educational program, entrance fees to sites (besides an additional 10$ to be paid on site for those interested in marine observatory). Flight from Eilat to Ben Gurion Airport or Sde Dov airport on Sunday (at The program is subject to change and depends on a minimum number of
participants
Please visit the websites of some of the sites we will visit: Arava Institute for Environmental Studies at www.arava.org Guest room facilities and program organizers: www.keren-kolot-israel.co.il Kibbutz Lotan Center for Creative Ecology: www.kibbutzlotan.com Timna Park at: www.timna-park.co.il Mekorot, israel's national water company: www.mekorot.co.il Algatechnologies, Ltd.: www.algatech.co.il

Source: http://www.entersymposium.com/ddd/site/Arava_and_Eilat_Post_Conf_Tour.pdf