Israel Activities

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo – Visit with your Family and Children

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

When you think of Jerusalem when visiting and taking a tour to Israel, one does not think about animals and zoo’s yet Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo is a great experience and visit during your stay in Israel. The Zoo offers an imaginative landscape stretching over 62 acres, surrounded by magnificent views. Visitors and tourist can see a range of animals including many species mentioned in the Bible as well as endangered species.
The Zoo is great for everyone but special with children offering a Zoo train (exception on Saturday and Holidays), a petting zoo, ecological maze and diverse play grounds. Other special attractions in the zoo include the “Wet Side Story” exhibit with fish, river otters and sea horses. The 3D theater features the nature movie “bugs” with special effects. Don’t forget to visit the beautiful Sumatran tiger exhibit for a great thrill, and stop by the “underground world” exhibit with prairie dogs, scorpions, meerkats, mole rats and many more surprises.

Who Knew a Mini Israel, See it small!

Mini Israel theme park

Mini Israel tourist attraction is a theme park showing Israel and most famous sites. It’s representation in small scale includes 385 exact replicas at 1:25 scale models including of architectural, historic, archeological, religious and including modern day replicas of Israel. This and 25,000 Israeli residents at 7cm tall for your amusement.
This theme park is most popular with families during a trip to Israel, children but as well as seniors and all tourist whom want to enjoy a fun day. The theme part is located at Latrun, half way from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, only a 30 minute drive for either city, and 15 minute drive to the Ben Gurion International airport. The park is open Sun-Thu and Sat. Nov – Mar from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Apr – May 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Jun 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jul – Aug 10 a.m to 10 p.m. Sep – Oct 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. *Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. check schedules before visiting at www.minisrael.co.il or via tel 972-8-9130010.

The Medicinal Benefits of the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea in Israel is among the most popular sea in the whole world. It is famous for many reasons but nowadays the main reason behind its popularity is the benefits of its water. There are many researches done on the water of Dead Sea and it is concluded that the water of Dead Sea actually helps the body and especially the skin to remain active and to remain healthy. The water of Dead Sea is used for most cosmetic purposes because it is great water for cosmetics. There are many more benefits of the water of Dead Sea that visitors during their Israel tour package can benefit from.

There are many minerals and salt available in the water of Dead Sea which helps the skin to restore its health, youthful, radiant glow etc. different tests have been done on the water of Dead Sea and with the help of studies it has proved that Dead Sea helps the skin to remain fresh and to remain healthy. There are some benefits of Dead Sea that are as follows:

• Help your skin to heal itself
• Relaxing, rejuvenating and soothing
• Protect your skin against pollution
• It keeps your skin moisturized and hydrated
• It offsets internal toxins
• It cures and prevents different skin allergies

In the Dead Sea there is a high amount of salt and other minerals such as bromine, magnesium, calcium,  potassium. These are the salts and minerals in which the Dead Sea holds its healing power. Different medical researches have proved the medicinal benefits of Dead Sea. There are many products that we use daily that consists of water from the Dead Sea. Not only the water of Dead Sea but the mud also helps the people in different places and to cure some diseases and infections. Well there are many more benefits of Dead Sea that helps us to remain fit and healthy, to travel to this wonder of the world, travel on popular Israel Tours which includes the Dead Sea as part of the tour. Many Holy Land Christian tours also include the Dead Sea as part of their itineraries.

Israel Archaeological World Heritage site Shivta

An archaeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, east of Nitzana, and is now the Israeli Artillery Corps main training facility. For a long time, Shivta was considered a classic Nabataean town and terminal on the ancient spice route. Archaeologists are now considering the possibility that the town was actually a Byzantine agricultural colony and a way station for pilgrims en route to the Santa Catarina, Egypt, located on the supposed site of Mount Sinai. Until now, the preponderance of Byzantine ruins were believed to be the remains of a monastic community that established itself on the ruins of an earlier Nabataean town. The Shivta site contains three Byzantine churches, 2 wine-press, residential areas and administrative buildings. After the Arab conquest in the 7th Century CE, Shivta began to decline in population. It was finally abandoned in the 8th or 9th Century CE. In June 2005, UNESCO declared Shivta a world heritage site.

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Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum

The second most visited tourist site in Israel, after the Western Wall, with over 800,000 visitors in 2009 is Yad Vashem ‎ sometimes written as Yad VaShem. Established in 1953 Yad Vashem is Israel’s official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.
The origin of the name is from a Biblical verse: “And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name (Yad Vashem) that shall not be cut off”.
Located at the foot of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem has no admission charge and is a 45-acre complex containing the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites; such as the Children’s Memorial and the Hall of Remembrance, The Museum of Holocaust Art, sculptures, outdoor commemorative sites; such as the Valley of the Communities, a synagogue, archives, a research institute, library, publishing house and an educational center & The International School for Holocaust Studies.

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