Nahal Salvadora/photo: Society for the Protection of Nature
Nahal Salvadora is one of the mysterious streams in the Judean Desert, and the trip there is a nice and surprising experience because the stream contains all the elements found in other streams in the Judean Desert that are much longer than it: a huge waterfall, a spring, a beautiful bend, a field of huge rocks (boulders), a fossil surface, activity Many animals, rich vegetation, all this in a section that is less than a kilometer long!
Just perfect for families.
The stream flows from the cliff of Ha'Atakim in the nearby waterfall, to the highest point on the cliff - creating a cliff at a height of about 700 meters.
In the stream there is flora of Sudanese origin (tropical-dry) such as spiral acacia, desert sedum and of course the Persian salvadora after which the stream is named.
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One of the mysterious streams in the Judean desert.
Nahal Salvador / Society for the Protection of Nature
Yalim on the route/The Society for the Protection of Nature, Yoav Perlman
Only 1 km but full of surprises. Nahal Salvadora/The Society for the Protection of Nature
At the end, we connect to the blue trail marking that descends above the river channel, when we turned towards the Dead Sea and the mountains of Moab/The Society for the Protection of Nature
Her mysterious body was identified in the stream
Ruth Koenigswald, director of the Sde Ein Gedi school of the Society for the Protection of Nature, notes that the story of the discovery of the stream is fascinating and mysterious - it begins with the disappearance of a hiker.
After long searches that yielded no results, his family decided to use the services of a Dutch parapsychologist.
In the telegram he sent to Eretz , the
'hidden seer' asked if a search had been conducted in 'a small ravine located 6 km north of the Sde Ein Gedi school, in which there is a small spring from which a tree grows.'
This guidance. They stopped their car and started walking in the river channel. After walking less than a kilometer, they found the spring but did not find the body of the missing person.
However, at the beginning of 1994, an archaeological survey was conducted at the site and a little south of the stream, a human body was discovered buried under a wave of stones.
To date, the body has not been identified.
The desert starlings are on track.
In the background, the Dead Sea/The Society for the Protection of Nature
In the stream there is vegetation of Sudanese origin (tropical-dry).
Salvador Persit/The Society for the Protection of Nature
Hikers are gradually helped along the route/the Society for the Protection of Nature
What do you do and how do you travel?
We will park the car near road 90 in the dirt parking lot and start walking along the green marking parallel to the road, we will go down a comfortable ladder to the creek bend, from where we will continue walking up the creek channel.
In the gorge there are two dry waterfalls that can be crossed using steps (pegs) and a comfortable path.
After a few meters the stream opens and widens, and the walk combines a passage between huge rocks and diverse vegetation.
Climb several rock steps until you reach a vast fossil surface - remains of oysters about 90 million years old!
Continuing on the green path to the tiny Salvadora spring, another short walk will lead us to the bottom of the huge and powerful waterfall.
After that, we will retrace our steps to the fossil surface, and connect to the blue trail marking that descends above the river channel, when we turned towards the Dead Sea and the mountains of Moab, until we get back to the vehicles.
It's time for the Judean desert.
Part of the replica cliff in Nahal Salvadora/The Society for the Protection of Nature
Desert starlings on the bush of Salvador / Society for the Protection of Nature
In the gorge there are two dry falls that can be crossed using steps (pegs) and a comfortable trail/The Society for the Protection of Nature
The view of the Dead Sea during the route/Society for the Protection of Nature
to the trip we went
How to get there:
on WAZE "Nahal Salvadora".
Nature of the trip:
It is possible to travel on a round-trip route.
Difficulty level:
easy - challenging.
Length:
1.5 km.
Intended for:
families, couples, flower lovers.
Recommended period:
fall, winter, spring. You must check the forecast before going on the trip, you cannot walk in the streams of the Judean desert when there is a risk of flooding.
Accessibility:
the route is not accessible
important highlights :
In this season, it is important to walk with closed shoes, it is also important to have water and a hat. The trip is in a nature reserve, so it is forbidden to pick flowers and you must take any waste with you. There are no trail markings on the site, but the walking paths are clear, please do not get off the trails, and look at the flowers from the trails. Picking is prohibited Keep the flowers protected so that others can also experience this beauty.
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