2024

ARBEL NATIONAL PARK AND NATURE RESERVE

Natural site to discover

Mount Arbel is a cliff overlooking 390 metres on the west shore of Lake Tiberias. The area was declared a natural reserve in 1967. Located on the Arbel plateau, the national park and reserve are crossed by the Israel National Trail, which is part of the Jesus Trail (Nazareth - Bazaar). In the north and below the plateau, you can see the passage of the Nahal Arbel, which takes its source near Eilabun and flows into Lake Tiberias, near Migdal. His route follows the talweg between Mount Arbel and Mount Nitay, also located in the national park and reserve but inaccessible to the public.

In addition to a number of exceptional views on the lake (including Kinneret Lookout and Carob Lookout), there is a cliff-on-cliff fortress in the 37 th century, probably by Ali Beq, son of the Amir Fahr ad-Din, as well as eight caves of caves that served as refuge for the Jews during their revolt against Herod in BC. during the rebellion against the Romans in 63 after J-C. Several hiking circuits of different levels of difficulty are properly marked. In the Moshav Arbel, the remains of a synagogue used between the th and th centuries of our era are not missing.

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