About Us
Eco Israel Tours offers visitors to Israel the opportunity to head off the beaten-path and to experience a side of Israel rarely seen by visitors and students. We expose groups first-hand to Israel’s natural beauty, as well as its living, breathing culture of innovation. Eco Israel Tours works with groups and individuals from around the world.
Despite its climatic challenges, Israel is a global leader in providing green solutions for environmental problems. Eco Israel Tours provides an interactive, dynamic experience of this exciting world within Israel by exploring contemporary challenges and solutions, such as water and energy. We offer a range of ecologically-oriented travel packages throughout Israel with three main types of programs:
Nature Sites ↗
Experience some of Israel’s many natural wonders and feast your eyes on their breathtaking beauty.
Eco Innovation Sites ↗
Discover the innovative solutions that are being used to address Israel’s unique climatic challenges.
Eco Volunteering ↗
Get invaluable hands on experience in tackling the environmental challenges we face through Eco Volunteering.
Map of tour locations in Israel:
We provide our clients with the following services for tours ranging from budget to VIP level:
All categories of accommodations, including hotels, country guesthouses, bed and breakfasts, and camping
Transportation by land, sea and air
Regular or customized tours
For more information or to sign up for a tour, contact Yonatan Neril, Eco Israel Tours director, at 054-723-4973 (Israel-line), or fill out our web form here.
Our Founder
Rabbi Yonatan Neril founded and directs The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and its Eco Israel Tours Branch.
He grew up in California and completed a B.A. and M.A. at Stanford University with a focus on global environmental issues. During his studies, he conducted research in India on renewable energy and in Mexico on genetically modified corn.
In 2003 he came to Israel and studied at several yeshivot and received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem.
He has led dozens of programs in Israel and North America, in forests, synagogues, and urban ecology sites. He lives with his wife, Shana, and two children, in Jerusalem.