Massada and the Dead Sea tour

Descend to the Judean Desert via the inn of the Good Samaritan. Ascend Massada by cable car to tour the 2000-year-old fortress and palace built by King Herod. Drive via Ein Gedi and Qumran, overview the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
Float in the mineral-rich Dead Sea - at 400m. below sea level, the lowest place on earth. Take a mud-bath! And benefit from the therapeutic qualities of the natural Dead Sea mud.  Drive back to Jerusalem with over view of Jerico and old Roman Road.

Following the tour to Massada we spend approximately 2 hours at Mineral beach. Dead Sea Treatments available on arrival.

Recommended hats, bathing suits, towels, comfortable shoes and beach thongs

A list of available alternatives:
- Kibbutz Almog, a museum that displays the reconstruction of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Jericho, visit the oldest and lowest city of the world (Palestinian Authority Territory)
- Guided tour of the site of Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
- Ein Gedi nature resort, walking in a wadi (David or Arogot) different routes between 1 to 4 hours.
- The ancient synagogue and botanical gardens at Ein Gedi
- The flour cave in the narrow gorge of Nahal Perazim