Tours
GENERAL INFORMATION
Eco Israel Tours offers a range of tours on the connection between Israel, ecology, optionally with the addition of ancient religious teachings.
Israel Agricultural Technology Tour
This tailor-made tour gives participants the opportunity to visit organic farms, agricultural technology companies, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to gain insight into the practical aspects of Israel’s farming culture from farmers on their own land. Tours can range from several days to two weeks.
Mahane Yehuda Market
This tour takes you through the hustle and bustle of Mahane Yehuda Market while giving you a taste of the hidden layers of an open-market that most visitors never experience. The tour explores the significance of the emergence of globalized food in the context of broader Israeli society and global environmental issues, as well as the emergence of organic produce and health food stores in the market in recent years. This tour can also include an exploration of local and global food through the lens of traditional religious teachings.
Israel’s Water Challenges
In this tour we discuss how and why Israel’s main water sources have been rapidly depleting and how Israel has responded with advanced technological solutions. Following a guided hike we will discuss Biblical sources on water conservation in relation to this contemporary challenge and discuss how Israeli technology is helping solve the world’s water problems in the 21st century.
The Kidron Valley
This tour investigates the environmental history of the Kidron Valley up to modern days. The tour starts on Mount Scopus, continues with a discussion about its history and religious impact at the foot of Mount of Olives and then along the river, while discussing contemporary waste water treatment issues.
Jerusalem’s Ecological Issues
Participants will see and learn about environmental challenges and successes in the bustling metropolis that is modern Jerusalem. They will walk to various sites throughout the center of Jerusalem, such as the community gardens and the bird observatory, while passing cutting edge public transportation projects, buildings, and learning of their impact.
Desert in Israel
This tour will let you experience, first-hand, the silence of the desert. We will share contemporary poetry, commentaries and ancient texts about this very desert. After experiencing the soul silence of the desert, the group will return to a nearby moshav (village) to participate in workshops that connect the desert experience to their everyday lives. Participants will engage in activities about green buildings and community building that will challenge them to connect the awe of the desert into values of human and environmental relations.
Israel Bird Migration
Explore the Hula Valley Nature Reserve and see thousands of birds from dozens of species. They represent a small fraction on the 500 million birds that cross Israel’s airspace twice a year. Participants will get to see not only the beauty and wildlife that the Hula Reserve has to offer, but also a piece of Israeli history.
Israeli Organic Farming
Explore the emergence of organic farming in Israel through interactive activities that link modern Israel, contemporary environmental issues, and Biblical sources to help better understand these ideas and see how they are being used in a modern context. Meet a local organic farmer, walk through his land, hear his story, taste farm-fresh organic produce, and experience the country life style by partaking in local, organic food.
Israel Solar Energy Field
Witness Israel’s creativity and the advanced technology it is using to shift to sustainable energies. Travel to the Arava Valley, between the Dead Sea and Eilat to visit the Arava Power Company’s Solar facility, the first solar photovoltaic sun field in the Middle East. Then, explore solar facilities within the city of Jerusalem and learn about the growth of solar use among public and private institutions and consumers.
Eco Golan Heights
Learn about alternative energy in the Golan and explore Jewish values of conservation and waste reduction through encountering Green Tech and Renewable Energy installations. Experience the many plants and animals of the Golan Heights on the Golan Heights Plant and Animal Biodiversity Tour as well as study Jewish sources and values relating to the treatment of animals.
Multi-Day Eco Tours
Eco Israel Tours offers multi-day tours ranging from two-days to two-weeks. The tours provide clients with a full itinerary: transportation, accommodation and tour guides with a deep familiarity of ecological issues in Israel. Please contact us for more information about how a bespoke multi-day trip could incorporate all your interests.
Interfaith Panels on Religion and Environment
Experience the different voices of the land through interfaith panels of clergy and leaders from multiple faiths. The panels enable groups of students, tourists, or others to hear varied perspectives from distinguished people of faith living in the Jerusalem area.
- These different seminars can be combined into one itinerary.
- The cost of each seminar depends on the number of participants and accommodation level required.
- The content of these activities can change according to group preferences, schedules and age profiles.