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.
Due to the current situation, we have decided to move the first hike on 22nd October from the Galilee to the Judean Hills. The hike will start at Mitzpe Harel which is a rural settlement discovered uncovered in 2013 leading to the Burma Road. It was uncovered when archaeologists looking for gas discovered this amazing find.
We hike along the trail until we come to the Burma Road which was a makeshift bypass road between Kibutz Hulda and Jerusalem built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 siege of Jerusalem. For those who haven't hiked on the Burma road its an experience not to be missed.
Pick-up points:
6:30 | Beit Yehoshua Train Station
6:45 | Ra'anana Mirkaz Kilita car park
7:15 | Latrun Cafe
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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