Israel in August - You Need to get Wet!

Living in Israel allows us to visit a large range of places. Summer time is always a challenge, mainly because we need to find places the kids will enjoy. It's also a time where it can get extremely hot. So unless you find a way of staying cool, you won't stay outside much.

Because of the heat, it's important to stay hydrated and always wear a hat.

A couple of years ago, around August, we took the kids for a few days to the Kineret (Sea of Galilee)  and the northern parts of the Jordan Valley. 

Day 1: We drove up to the north-east side of the Kineret, to the Majrasa. It's a fun walk through the stream and a great place to go on a hot day. Yes you will get wet. It's gets quite deep in some places, so make sure you know how to swim. 

When we finished, we got dry and hopped into the car and drove down to Kibbutz Ashdot Yaacov, where would be staying at the Nahara Country Lodgings. It's a lovely place and it's kept well. The rooms are a little small, but this was one of those trips where we were outside most of the time. 

The room came with breakfast, which is always good in Israel and there's plenty of areas for the kids to play outside when it get's cooler in the evenings. 

This is the part where I discover that I didn't take any pictures of the place. Well, there's this one:

Day 2: It was another blistering hot day. We had our breakfast and headed south down the Jordan Valley, then turned west towards the Gilboa and finally arrived at Ma'ayan Harod National Park. It's a very nice place to relax and have a picnic with the kids. There's a large shallow pool for the kids to play in too.

In the afternoon, we returned to Nahara and spent the rest of the day at the Kibbutz pool. 

DAY 3: We woke up to another hot day. It was also Tisha Be'av. It's a religious holiday and many attractions are closed. We drove up to the Kineret, this time on the west side, just south of Tiberius  there is a small water park and the Guy Beach. It's not huge, but there are some fun water slides, a wave pool, and it also has it's own private beach to go swimming in the Kineret.

It was a short trip, but we had a lot of fun and it helped pass a few days of the kids' summer vacation. 

Did you like the blog? Here are some links to other trips we've made:

• Nature in the Haifa area
• More in the Haifa area
• A Trip to Warsaw
• Vienna in Winter