Welcome ESRA hikers to the new season of ESRA hikes. Let us hope and pray that this season will be less traumatic than last year and that we will have a season of uninterrupted hikes.
12km moderate with areas of water.
We will start near Kibbutz Ein Hashofet, located in the Menashe Heights 25k from Haifa. This kibbutz was established in 1937 by Hoshomer Hatzair and is named after the famous Supreme Court judge Louis Brandeis.
We start hiking down to Nahal Gacher on a challenging trek along the river bed until we reach Kibbutz Hazorea. This is the only kibbutz established in 1934 by German Jews of the German Werkleute movement. We continue climbing up the hills back to Nahal Hashofet where there will be beautiful views and eye-catching flora and fauna this time of the year.
Pick-up points:
6:30 | Raanana - Mercaz Klita (car park)
6:45 | Beit Yehoshua Train Station
For other pick-up points please call Lawrence 054 773 4394
Hikers should come properly prepared for each hike: plenty of water (2 litres per person in normal weather, at least 3 litres per person if it’s hot), good walking boots or shoes, change of clothes/towel if swimming, hat, sunscreen and food for breakfast & lunch in a backpack. Walking poles optional, but useful.
ESRA hikes are suitable for people in good health. We reserve the right to refuse participation on the hike to any person who does not come properly equipped or is not physically capable of making the distance.
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