Tours & Activities in Israel

Israel is the only country in the world where the deserts are shrinking—the Negev has been greening for decades thanks to intensive irrigation and afforestation projects.

The Dead Sea, at 1,410 feet below sea level, is the lowest point on Earth's land surface and so buoyant you cannot sink in it.

Hebrew was a largely dormant language for nearly 2,000 years until Eliezer Ben-Yehuda revived it as a living tongue in the late 1800s.

Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 as a planned suburb of Jaffa and has the world's largest concentration of Bauhaus architecture, earning UNESCO World Heritage status.

Israel produces more wine per capita than almost any country and has been making wine continuously for over 4,000 years.

The country sits on three tectonic plates and experiences frequent minor earthquakes, though major ones are rare.