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The new Southern Arava Summer Card offers perks and discounts on dozens of family activities across the region, inviting you to head down south and enjoy a relaxing stay at Kibbutz Ketura, go pedal boating at Timna Park, or take a safari tour of the Yotvata Hai Bar Nature Reserve. There’s so much to discover! / By Yaniv Levy Summer thrills: a family vacation in the Southern Arava Flamingo pools in Eilat I Photo: Noam Weiss

the region at the affordable price of NIS 165 per person for three days or NIS 250 for five. The card allows you to enjoy more than 20 attractions, tours, food and wine tastings, and more, so we tested it out for the weekend and came back with plenty of recommendations for what to see and do in Israel’s beautiful south, kids in tow. Kibbutz Ketura A relaxing stay and fun attractions Nestled among fields of date palm trees and the Adom Mountains, the Kibbutz Ketura guesthouse is a haven of tranquility, with open views, exceptional silence, and cozy rooms that are perfect for

The Southern Arava region stretches across from Yotvata and Eilat, the Negev Mountains to the west and the Adom Mountains to the east. It offers spectacular desert landscapes as far as the eye can see, a whole host of family-friendly experiences, and a rare kind of peace and tranquility you won’t find anywhere else. The Southern Arava Summer Card The Southern Arava Tourism Development Company has recently launched its very own Summer Card – a special initiative offering innumerable discounts and benefits on activities and attractions across

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The Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve I Photo: Yoav Palma