Summer Treat: Delights in the North Thursday 1 July

We will travel north to the Golan and our first stop will be the Banias Reserve. The spring emerges at the foot of Mount Hermon and flows powerfully through a canyon eventually leading to the Banias Waterfall, the most impressive cascade in Israel.

In July, the berry season in Israel is in full swing and we will visit the fruit-picking farm, Sha’al, to learn about growing soft fruit combined with an all-you-can-eat experience! Blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and cherries are all part of their self-picking menu. Whatever you pick will be weighed for you to pay and take away. (Clothes may get a little dirty from the fruit picking.)

Our kosher meat self-service lunch stop will be at the YHA at Tel Chai or, alternatively, you may bring your own.

We shall visit the Museum of Photography in the Tel-Hai Industrial Park. The museum includes a series of exhibitions of the work of many renowned local and international photographers. At Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, our last visit, we will hear about the pre-state arms cache of the kibbutz known as the "slik”.

Please note that our lunch stop will be at 2.00pm. You might want to bring a mid-morning snack to have with our coffee break at Sha’al.

Cost: Early Bird NIS 225 After 17/5/2010: NIS 235 Optional Kosher Meat Lunch NIS 60

Depart from Kikar: 7.00am Return: 8.00pm

Keshet Eilon Music Center & Carmiel Dance Festival Tuesday to Thursday 27-29 July

Following our very successful trip to Keshet Eilon last summer we have arranged a similar program this year. In addition to the music festival we will visit the Carmiel Dance Festival.