Golan Heights Day Trip from Jerusalem
Description
Discover the beauty of Israel’s Golan Heights in all its rugged, mountainous glory, on a full-day tour from Jerusalem! On the journey to the national park, enjoy several photo stops including one at the sacred baptismal site of Yarendit, and then explore Golan Heights’ ancient capital, the village of Katzrin, on a walking tour. In the afternoon, visit the summit of Mount Bental to soak up soul-stirring views over Syria’s Quneitra Valley before returning to Jerusalem.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Travel through the Galilee
Travel through the Jordan Valley
Pass by the Sea of Galilee
Visit the ancient village and synagogue in Katzrin
Visit the Golan Antiquities Museum
Visit Mount Bental and explore the remaining Syrian bunkers
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please note that our pickup/drop-off is available from a few central hotels only. Please select the hotel closest to your address from the drop-down menu on the tour page. If you are not sure which of the listed hotels is a good fit, please choose the option “I don’t see my pickup location” and insert enter your accommodation address. After the booking is approved by the local tour operator, a confirmation email from Bein Harim will be sent to you mentioning the final pickup point closest to your address. Please read the email with the attached booking confirmation carefully to make sure you are waiting for the pickup at the correct location. Please make sure to wait for the pickup at the hotel entrance.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour operates with minimum number of participants
- Recommended to bring water, comfortable shoes, hat and sun protection
- Please note this tour is not suitable for children under the age of 4
Reviews(20)
The Golan Heights is an area of outstanding natural beauty and intriguing historical sites It was captured from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967 and is now part of Israel. The Golan Heights is of great strategic importance, it has a commanding view of the northern Galilee. Apart from its military value, the Golan is a fertile agricultural region. The trip from Jerusalem to the Golan takes around two hours by car.
You sure visited a spectacular region of our country wilth all its military history and significance. Glad it was a memorable experience for you to reach these locations
We started the tour by driving from Jerusalem to the Megiddo Junction. From there we drove north through the Plain of Armageddon and past Megiddo into Galilee. The Galilee offers expansive views of lush green pastures, farmland, vineyards, and of course a great view of the Kinneret/Sea of Galilee. The tour continues as we pass by the Jordan River and then ascend to the Golan Heights with many vintage points along the way. We pass Hamat Gader, a historic site with hot springs used by the Romans and modern-day spa-goers. We continued to the Shalom Observatory and from this elevated point, there were magnificent views all the way to the Sea of Galilee. In Katzrin there's an excavated Jewish village from the Mishnah and Talmudic eras. At Mt. Bental we explored the Syrian bunkers and trenches captured by Israelis in the 1967 Six-Day War. I highly recommend this tour with Eyal our guide. He's extremely knowledgeable from Botany, archeology, history, geology and geography. His knowledge is tremendous! Pack your own lunch and bring a lot of water as it was piping hot! All in all a fantastic day out!!
Thanks so much for this sincere and detailed feedback and most of all we appreciate your expression of gratitude for the excellent tour guide Eyal. He sure deserves your praise for his efforts and enlightening commentary.
This is the best tour one can take in order to visit and really get to know Golan Heights. Our guide was both very funny and interessating, telling us all the details about the region and the battles that took place there between the two countries. We had no problems, everything worked great and as planned.
Ami was a knowledgeable and pleasant tour guide. He made the trip fun and was accommodating to the groups needs
Thanks very much for sharing your satisfaction with our guide Ami. He sure deserves your feedback for his efforts and skilled tour management.
I booked this tour because I wanted to see the Golan Hights and learn about the history of the location. My expactations were exceeded. Our tour guide had a lot of informations about the sites we saw. He even could tell us a lot about the history of the hights. The landscape we could see from the lookout points was breathtaking! I would definitely book this tour again as long as Ami is the guide.
Thanks for this rave review of your tour guided by Ami.He sure deserves this feedback for his efforts and professional ability to provide interesting and informative commentary. You did visit a spectacular region of our country.
What a wonderful tour! Our driver/tour guide, Udi , was amazing! His knowledge and passion for sharing the history and sites around Golan Heights was so memorable. He shared personal stories as a teenager who experienced the Yom Kippur War among other pertinent stories. We left with a better grasp on the historical/ political journey of Golan Heights. Thank you Udi for such a memorable tour!
Dear Teri thanks so much for sharing this sincere posting of your memorable tour experience with our guide Udi. He deserves your feedback for his efforts, engaging manner and interesting commentary.
We had a great day touring the golan heights with Eyal. He was very informative and I learned a lot about the history of the region. I would recommend this tour.
Thanks so much for sharing that you were happy with our guide Eyal and enjoyed the spectacular locations visited on this tour. Eyal sure deserves your feedback for his skills, informative commnetary and efforts.
Today we toured with Zahi Shaked to the Golan and the Galilee. The tour was the best I’ve ever taken. He was knowledgeable about the history of the places and had a very intellectual perspective to share with us. Zahi was patient and courteous and made sure everyone felt comfortable on the tour. He made sure all our needs were met. He also made sure to be sensitive to the diverse cultures that were on the tour.
Thanks so much for sharing your satisfaction with this rave review of your tour and our guide Zahi. He is worthy of your compliments for the excellent job he has done. He is highly experienced and has a wealth of knowledge to share with his travellers. We are so pleased you have come away with a memorable tour to cherish, traveling with Bein Harim.
We just completed 3 tours in 3 days with Bein Harim. We did Masada which was amazing, Caserea and Rosh Hanikra and the last tour which was the Golan Heights. The tour guide for the Golan, Zahi Shaked did a fabulous job of keeping us on time without making you feel too rushed, explaining things and answering questions, and really is one of the few guides we met who had an understanding of customer service. Ariel and Yoav were pretty good, but Zahi really did a good job especially with our teenàge daughter.
Dear Acherson, Thanks for sharing your satisfaction with our fabulous guides Zahi, Ariel and Yoav for their professional and informative tour management. Zahi rocks with teenagers, that's true! We are happy to read you came away with an enjoyable and memorable tour experience to cherish, traveling with Bein Harim. Hope to see you sometime again soon. Sincerely, Bein Harim Tourism Services team
Yoav Malachi was a great tour guide and left us with a clear understanding of what occurred in the Golan Heights. Highly recommend.
Thanks so much for sahring this superlative acknowledgment for your guide Yoav who provided an illuminating tour experience in a unique region of our country. Your sincere recommendation of this tour and our guide is much appreciated. Hope you travel with us again soon.
