Haritun Cave

We start our day with a twenty minute hike through the Judean mountains, with gorgeous views of the surrounding mountains, scenery that still looks almost the way it looked in Biblical times. We pass hundreds of archeological ruins, from a range of periods, some as old as 3000 years ago. The hills are riddled with caves, large and small, some of which have served as shelters for over 5000 years, as evidenced by the pottery shards and other archeological finds. We will hike down through the valley, down into the main canyon, named Nachal Tekoa. After a few minutes, we will arrive at the opening of this very special spelunking site - Haritun Cave.

Haritun Cave is the longest and largest limestone cave in Israel (3,450 square meters, which is over 37,000 square feet!), with four main levels, at least 55 “halls” and over 4 ½ kilometers (2¾ miles) of tunnels! We will explore this vast network of underground wonder with headlamps to penetrate the pitch black darkness, crawling and climbing through nature - and history.

Keep in mind that this cave involves crawling through tight spots, which makes this cave difficult for big-boned people.

Estimated time: 3 ½-7 hours.