2-day Israeli Desert Trip (Ein Akev hike)

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[@biblereadingoutreach2284]

Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

[@GastonyOxana]

סרטון מעולה! אנחנו בדיוק יורדים לדרום בקרוב💪🏻💪🏻

[@andrewroper1507]

I really appreciate this video, I've Always want to see the other side of Israel what it looks like. This is a hide that I'd love the scenery, the beauty, the peace and tranquility bringing a divine presence to it. I'm jamaican but my love for Israel is beyond me. Keep up the good work much appreciated God bless you.

[@Sam-sk6wk]

Thank you Oren! On a gap year with Masa right now and looking to do this hike on one of my free weekends. Considering making Aliyah I love this country!

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

🤗 THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR …on my way to my 80s myself 😅 SO GLAD YOU COULD TAKE ME ALONG 😍😍😍

[@kathidori8504]

Exactly my thoughts...... our combined age is 137... so we travel through the videos of "real" hikers.

[@CaravelKiwi]

add another 75 years from an old lady in New Zealand, no desert here!

[@99Michael]

I remember a Kibbutz trip into the Negev in the late 1970s to Ra's Muhammad. Oren, you forgot to mention the wonderous night sky and how brilliant the stars are from horizon to horizon. Coming from an urban area with light pollution, this was one of the most lasting impressions I had laying in the sleeping bags looking out into the cosmos and only imaging what our ancestors thought thousands of years ago.

[@miskaknapek]

thank you for the video - I was looking forward very much to seeing the desert :)

[@pelockey]

Absolutely a fantastic video of one of the most beautiful places on earth: the Negev. And yes, with the absence of distractions of civilization one experiences the divine in a way that is almost tangible. Thank you for making this video. Sometimes you have to make a video that perhaps speaks to a smaller audience but it is enormously appreciated.

[@simsalb]

Wow, it's over 30 years since I last hiked in the Negev. Still as hauntingly beautiful as ever. Thank you so much for sharing your hike. Brought back some happy memories.

[@beachstart]

Great video, makes me want to pack my bag right away. I got almost lost near Crater Ramon once. Just left the car for a quick photo-walk to the rim at sunset and a little further and further. The way back looked so different since I did not pay attention to the way (there was no trail) while looking for a photo opportunity. Then darkness came, no phone signal, no water. That was scary - lesson learned - but I got the photo :-)

[@morahrakefet]

I am much more comfortable hiking in the Northern part of Israel (I lived for year in Afula many years ago) but this was beautiful and I really enjoyed seeing the landscape. I started watching your videos after seeing your documentary about living outside when you were at school, it was very good! (Some of my good friends live in Haifa, so I have seen the valley where you lived.) We usually do a lot of hiking when we visit, so we may need to add this to the list when we can finally visit again! Thank you for the beautiful video, even if it did make me homesick!

[@rayross997]

Thanks Oren. There are some great hiking trails in the world, even Wisconsin has awesome trails. I much appreciate all your videos. :-)

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Do you mean the great state of Wisconsin??

[@jamiewojciechowski205]

Such a beautiful vast area, I love this opportunity to see the desert. Thank you for sharing.

[@Kerminator-qq9sc]

I like your videos but I wish you had left out the millions of years comment. I own a book which outlines over 30 dating methods which show that the earth is around 6000 years old and why the popular billions of years dating methods are full of false assumptions and disagree with each other by millions and billions of years. If they were accurate, their results should be within thousands of years or hundreds of years. If the earth was only a million years old, the magnetic gravitational pull, which decreases every year, would be too strong for life to exist 1 million years ago. At the current rate of silt deposits into the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi river, the gulf would be filled in completely in less than 1 million years. The Niagra Falls wore away it's cliff edge at a certain rate every year (before they took steps to stop the errosion), which shows the gorge length to have 4000 years of errosion, putting it back to the time of the flood. All the fossils we see today, in every country in the world, including sea shells on my Father in laws farm in Ohio and the same type of sea shells at an altitude of 10,000 ft and 13,000 ft in Bolivia, where I grew up, were formed as a result of the pressure of thousands of feet of water which happened during the world wide flood of Noah. As the fountains of the deep burst forth with their water according to God's timing, the voids left behind caused the plates of the earth to have major shifts, which, when they crashed to a halt, formed the Rocky Mountains, the Andean Mountains and the Himalayan mountains. This is why you find sea shell fossils at all these locations. God used natural forces together with His supernatural guidance to make the event happen while preserving Noah and his family on the ark, which has been discovered repeatedly on Mt Ararat over the last hundred years, with the most recent documentation being made by a Chinese science group, where they found and entered into 7 of the arks rooms. The video is on u-tube. But most convincing is the eye witness written testimony found in the Bible which gives precise dates. Adam lived long enough to meet Methuselah who lived long enough to know Noah for 600 years, who see son lived long enough after the flood to meet Abraham and Isaac, so word of mouth only passed through four generations up until that time, not to mention the fact that mankind has almost always had their language put into writing. Ignorant cave men was an anomaly and not the norm. Complicated string instruments were invented over a 1000 years before the flood. People may object by ignorant arguments such as the length of time needed for star light to reach the earth. First, light has never been measured one way, but only as an echo or as it is returned to earth after bouncing off an object, so we do not know it's initial speed. Secondly, if God can create stars in one day which are millions of light years apart, why can He not also make the light from these objects already within view of the earth, for which it was made for ... Plus with billions of stars out there, why do we not see new stars appearing each day or burning out each day. Speaking of stars,if the sun was a million years old, the earth would have burned up a million years ago, because it would have been too close from being too large. Also, if it was too big, the gravitational pull of the sun would prevent it's energy from escaping and reaching the earth and the earth would be pulled into the sun. Then there is chaos. Everything goes from order to disorder and never the other way around, unless it is pre-programmed self replicating life forms. All the programming of the life forms had to be done instantly at the same time. The blood vessels cannot function without blood or a pumping heart or without a brain or without a organized pathway or without a way to aquire energy or a way to expell energy. Everything has to be pre-programmed. A house cannot build itself, and we are billions of times more complex and interconnected than a house, even at the microbe level. Scientist who hold to long dating methods are mostly willfully ignorant, as no human can be that dumb, unless they willfully refuse to seriously think about it in a logical manner ... Often because of peer pressure or because they are uncomfortable with the idea of a creator God who matches the Bible who they might be accountible to.

[@beyondhorizons9758]

First video where you did not mention Wisconsin :) Desert is beautiful, looks a lot like Utah or Nevada !

[@Lee-yr4ib]

Absolutely beautiful, I had no idea. Also an amazing water-finding talent

[@michaeld2716]

Great video. The open and blue sky. How many Israeli's in history looked at the same sky, or heard the Word. It might be interesting if you noted some possible history of the places you walked through. The people or the historical reference.

[@phillipleboa5251]

THIS IS EXACTLY what I want to do in Israel. Win the lotto and travel and do it by foot - 6 months at least. xoxoxoxxcoxo

[@Joedebengaluru]

Was a very nice video, enjoyed the walk with you guys and loved the Geology Lesson

[@baalah7]

Wow privileged to have the full place to yourselves - Oasis in middle of the Dessert 🙌🏼

[@AllanEland]

Great video. Absolutely Enjoyed it. 👍

[@breatharian2009]

Nachal Zin separates Eretz Yisrael from medinat yisrael. It is a biblical border.

[@miepmiepzoefzoef]

I love hiking videos from Israel, I watch those regularly on other channels. So hikes can only be a nice addition to your channel.

[@rabibbibar6134]

I know its the middle of the desert, but not a piece of trash anywhere. A very beautiful place.

[@krashcash]

That's low standard

[@lolatom125]

I’ve got to get back after my 70th birthday next year!

[@jonatasteles7225]

I could even listen your breathing

[@orderoftheredstarofbethlehem]

I’ve been to that aroma and gas station lol. I ate lunch there 3 years ago. Have fun!

[@maryr8364]

I agree with you. Hate crowds

[@devarabergen1146]

Shalom what a great video! Loved the valleys and moon scaped rocks. very pretty and a great location for movies. Its like you were both on another planet. Todah Rabah Thanks so much. Nehedar!!!

[@anai7458]

this was a beautiful video. Why aren't there many people there? Is it pretty easy or a dangerous hike? I enjoyed learning about the ground.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Because it was a working day

[@ChristopherLudeke]

Very interesting - the landscape is so opposite to our South Island of New Zealand. Thanks

[@loveisallyouneed5877]

BEAUTIFUL DESERT! Thank You Brother Oren for Your Wonderful presentation with the Wonderful Music (specially the piano) - there is no deflection in the Desert, so good for clearing the mind - i am sure KING DAVID loved the Desert also - Yalla Bye👑💖👑

[@rasaragaisyte3747]

I didn't watch the whole video yesterday, but I did all of it today :) Thousand thanks!! Keep them coming

[@mpscow1812]

Lol

[@arulsammymankondar30]

-16.56: " We are old and our combined age is 80". Oh! This is nothing. Your ancestors walked/wandered 40 years under the command of a 80 plus old man in the same old areas. Man , you have that genes!

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

😆

[@kathidori8504]

They had the pillar of fire and the pillar of smoke to guide them. And every morning fresh manna.

[@mikropower01]

Very interesting country there. Worth for a winter travel. But I think it is important to get a tour guide. Here we pay for a tour guide 70€ per hour, for 2 or 3 whole days this would be 3360 - 5040€. This means that we would need 10-20 people if we do not want to increase our travelling costs to much. At the end we only have the possibility to be in a bigger group and be able to do this hiking for some hours. This what the average tourist is able to do.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Or purchase my app :)

[@phillipleboa5251]

You said it so BEAUTIFUL: "feel CLOSER to the DIVINE than ever before - even amongst lots of people". GOD is really looking down on you and HE REALLY is smiling down on you !!!! Wonderful !!!!!!!!! Those mountains DO only say ONE THING: GOD IS GREAT, THE ONLY CREATOR, THE RULER OF THE UNIVERSE AND OUR SOULS !!!!

[@lau.e.3316]

Thank you for recording this beautiful landscape.

[@judahtyreman7806]

Thank You!!!! Finally someone showing Israel. I'm so sick ofJerusalem videos. Finally seeing the beautiful country instead! Keep it up, we love it.

[@yaelieden9438]

Hi Oren I like your Hiking Video very much.. Entertaining and informativ like always. Thank you.

[@yurizhivago4848]

Great video. I like to see nature and hike and the only views we get of your area are from movies like Ben Hur and Lawrence of Arabia so it is nice to see your land in real time/boots on the ground. If you get the chance to visit Masada National Park and go to the top that would be very interesting. Just like Canada in the deep winter you really need to know how to survive and have proper clothing and food and emergency supplies when traveling. And no we don't have polar bears roaming around and eating us. LOL.

[@drknockers5716]

Nice

[@loveisallyouneed5877]

Hi Oren - Britney is free!!!!! 🤸‍♀️ 🎀 ❣️ please tell us soon some about Your Corona Diet - GOD bless You and Your Family 👑 ❤️ 👑

[@bethcares17anonymous38]

Enjoyed the view! I live in Arizona where we have the 2nd rate of Skin Cancers in the world, after Australia (old information, probably). How do Israel's combat Skin Cancer? Is it prevalent?

[@pernille8071]

On such a hike, how much water do you count per person per day?

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

5 liters and more if you plan to cook

[@angelvpineda8148]

Oren come on bro your a geriatric millennial that ain't old bro. LMAO 🤣🤣🤣 your guys combine ages 80 laughable bro you guys are still young man. Love your videos.

[@bartvissers4682]

Beautiful video, Oren. Thank you very much. Feels a little like walking there myself👍.

[@SeanOLennon]

I lived and worked in the Negev from 1980-82 at a military airbase which quickly became a tourist airport for Eilat. (Who could predict?) Echoing "simsalb's comments, this brought back wonderful memories of living, working, and hiking in the lower Negev. Keep up the great work, Oren. (Get yourself on Rumble.)

[@jeffchristie9561]

I can tote only so-much water; eg: Not enough for a Summer day from Yosemite Village to the top of Half Dome & back. Ibex are watering somewhere out there in that Desert & we can drink from the same source, safely if filtered & treated. But, where are the Jeep Crews hiding the water, anyway, just in case? (Asking for a friend.)

[@MassiveCarbonFootprint]

I like the geography. I would be interested to know about the gear you use guiding and hiking. I would also love a series on animals &/or plants of the Bible. As a young guy in church I used to gaze at hyraxes and jackals etc...in the back of my Bible during dull messages. Seeing a hoopoe was one of many highlights...though few Israelis I asked knew what I was inquiring about. I just heard that they found an amethyst with the balm of Gilead inscribed. My biggest disappointment in Israel was the pollution, especially at the Sea of Galilee. Keep up the good work.

[@RonenRadomski]

מדהים! אבל האם זה בטוח? זוג לבד בלב המדבר, רחוק מהציוויליזציה... לסופר אני הולך חמוש...

[@kathidori8504]

בדיוק מחשבותיי. אבל אני מכירה אנשים שעושים זאת. הם מוכנים לכל סכנה..... יש אזורים ללא קליטה.......

[@RonenRadomski]

@@kathidori8504 אכן... בעייתי... לא שכל מי שיוצא לבד למדבר לא יחזור בחיים, אבל אני חושב שמן הראוי שהיה מכניס שם יחד עם הסכנות של התייבשות ושטפונות היה מכניס גם את העניין הבטחוני. בייחוד כשהערוץ פונה לציבור לא ישראלי שאוליי פחות מודע...

[@RRacel]

i been to Israel, sadly I never seen the deserts.I only seen the lush green mountains and valleys............And I only seen 1 Mcdonalds in the highway heading to Gallilee.......

[@secallen]

thank you👍

[@dougbevan1786]

Thanks so much for this video. When you mention names or businesses in Israel, is it possible edit in the name in text so we could see how its spelt? Makes it a whole lot easier to search for further information on the Internet. I'd love you to make more hiking videos - I really like the details you add that others don't. Could you possibly comment on access to the trails using public transport? I'm interested in Avdat National Park, Tel Arad National Park and the Zim Valley hike (they sound exceptionally beautiful places). But could I hop off the bus on the way to Mitzepah Ramon in the morning, hike any of these & find a bus late afternoon to a hostel?

[@deannesanv8931]

If I were to visit, I would want to spend a month and see the country, not the city sights or the tourist sites. There is another explanation for the lay of the land: the Flood of Noah’s day about 4500 years ago. It makes sense of the fossils, the ice age, the geology, and so much more. :)

[@wotan10950]

I like very much this adventure! I hiked the Machtesh many years ago, but I am now 65, so this is no longer in my possibilities.

[@wms72]

Limestone cliffs at 5:25? Then your geological explanation is in error. 6:14 strata deposited by the Great Flood. Odd sunglow at 7:53, never saw it before. Camera artifact? Are there scorpions, rattlesnakes, or sand fleas/biting insects in that desert?

[@thehealinghiker]

Yes more of these please! Interesting to see what Israelites pack in their backpacks 😳

[@kathidori8504]

A package of "bamba", for to get back the salt we lost through sweating.

[@ChasingDepth]

Can you share a link to the Ein Akev hike? And how do you actually find the secret cache of water? Thanks! Amazing!

[@paulofdirt538]

I'd like to see how to travel by bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Dead Sea, Masada etc.

[@carlbrown9082]

These visuals are so beautiful. I love the views of the mountains and the desert. Most people just see the dryness and the barrenness and look no further. But there is amazing life and beauty locked up in these places. Thanks for this video, Oren.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Thank you very much!

[@jeffsaperstein4296]

HI Oren. Love the video and want to do more hiking. What are the best Kibbutz Guest Houses for us to stay next year in the Galilee and Negev Areas?

[@thetopcat8946]

If I bought a place there for holidays in winter. Would they still turn me down without a vaccine? Or would my money mean nothing?? 😉

[@ronaldmiller2740]

T.I. - SHALOM -- GOOD MORNING!! GOOD TIME NOW TO GO FOR A HIKE I AM UP EARILY .. WOW,,. .. LAST TIME I WAS IN THE DESSERT THIS WAS N.NEGEV..YEARS AGO I WAS IN THE (IDF) ARMY YOU CAN SEE SAND FOR MILES IT WAS GREAT.. LATER I WENT TO A KIBBUTZ LOTAN ,, SPENT SOME TIME THERE HELPING OUT AND LIVING THERE.. THIS VIDEO IS GREAT.. TODAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@probill4703]

No joke I did something very similar and started from McDonald's a few years ago. This is great to remember the trip

[@thetopcat8946]

My first time there was almost 4 years ago..a lot has happened since then . I plan to return but vaccine free. I had covid in the early days and gained immunity and my health is something I take care of. God will make a way. 💙😉🙏

[@janonamouse8151]

You most beautiful video by far! I’ve camped un Utah dozens of times and now understand the comparisons. Shockingly similar in many ways. Great job.

[@G1D1B2]

FYI - I watch while working (from home) so I had to stop the video for a meeting, but will be back on after.

[@gedman3085]

I think your text should say "My film about **living** in the forest"

[@sabrinafair35]

Hi, Oren! We made it to Israel! I think you cover this in one of your videos, but I don’t recall: is it customary to tip restaurant servers in Israel?

[@pamreynolds6812]

This brings back such memories of my days hiking in the negev and exactly where you are. That was over 40 years ago. My dream is to return

[@coreygrua3271]

This hiking and videoing video works for me. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Thanks for your sincerity Oren and your comment on where you find the divine. It brings back memories of a crowed visit to the Church of the Nativity and a tour group that tried to force its way in front of us to get into the grotto before a mass began. It was my own little international incident; not love thy neighbor. Sad.

[@asic45]

Last time I saw landscape like that, it was photographed by the Perseverance Rover !

[@ladanweheliye5688]

This is very interesting because I had assumed that the Israeli desert would be sandy but this looks a lot more rocky. That’s much nicer. But did you guys also see the stars at night? ❤️

[@orrinkom3829]

I was with Walk About Love a couple of years back most of the way from Eilat to Jerusalem. Amazing hike, wonderful people. Great presentation here...I would add only that there are a lot of shady spots early and late in the day in March/April, and with acacia trees etc. there were moments when it looked like a garden, not a desert.

[@hscollier]

Very good idea, and we watched the whole video! 👍🏼 A view of the sunrise and sunset, and stars at night might be interesting.

[@michealfriedman7084]

Remember, water can be found in low areas with lots of vegetation. Dig down in a few areas. Potential water sources.

[@curtis3948]

I really love this video. As a tourist, what’s the best way to approach something like this? Especially if I’m here on business but have a few days for something like this? Do they rent camping equipment? Are there set parks to go to? Yes the cities and architect are great,but yes I’d love to learn more how to do these sort of things when visiting.

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

Hey, Thanks! check the links below the video.

[@wimm1392]

That is a beautiful hike something I'd really like to do. Toda Raba

[@fynejules]

Historically has Negev always been a desert while the northern part of Israel lush?

[@tommyedodson2412]

Fantastic. Please more like this (places off the normal tour routes). The desert can be so beautiful and yet dangerous as you said.

[@andrewsoh8592]

I watched the whole video and enjoyed it! It gives more context of the place rather than just snapshots here and there. Honestly, this is not a place I would like to visit, but I’m glad you did it so I do not have to! :) By the way, there are some video artifacts (especially with the wide angle shots).

[@ohad157]

"My film about living*** in the forest"

[@deserteagle9025]

Great video Oren and very good idea doing it. Please continue. I agree whole heartedly that nature itself is where human feels spiritually connected. And desert like in Zin Park or in New Mexico are more special.

[@dogbert52]

Fantastic vid. Loved the pakal coffee.

[@biblereadingoutreach2284]

Numbers 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

[@ricardo68]

Wow! What a wonderful experience!

[@adelinehorst7359]

Absolutely beautiful so Serene calming and relaxing beautiful colors in the desert thanks for sharing

[@jamesberry4514]

Awesome views, great description for how the valley was created as well.

[@dgreensotr]

Does anyone ride mountain bikes out there? Looks like a good area for bike packing.

[@denizalgazi]

Do not try this at home…

[@kathidori8504]

😅😂🥰

[@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500]

Thank you. Sounds good to me! And yes, beautifully spiritual.

[@sandrapotgieter7488]

Love your video's...thank you...

[@007CarpeDiem]

Wow!!! Amazing video! How could I have missed it? Thank you! 😊👍 As an "Eilati" I felt right at home and I will have go on a trip to that area soon. Why don't you come down south to the Eilat Mountains to make another video like this (and perhaps include some Red Sea underwater footage)?

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

I will

[@CaravelKiwi]

Ibex on the rocks! Love the geology

[@PeterPanMan]

No kids?

[@Travelingisraelinfo]

No :)

[@kathryndavis6986]

Thank you for this peak at Israeli nature.

[@BarelyInformedWithElad]

nice

[@CKLewper]

Oren: please don’t say combined age of almost 80 is old. I’m still dealing with the fact that the 80s isn’t 20 years ago. Leave us to our delusions. Seriously though, this is a great video. My kids are starting to approach taglit age and I hope they get to see more of Israel’s nature than I have.

[@eyesopen-paintbrush-full298]

Yes I agree, please Sheket already about ages, Mr. Oren, sir!.. (politely.) We just hiked in Timna, Zin and Western Negev, (for Darom Adom anemone season, so yafé meod ! ) and we have a combined age of 131 as a couple... Let's just remember Abba Avraham did a lot of hiking in Negev, & I can't even calculate his combined age with Ima Sarah! 🤷‍♀️😎😀

[@RJ-hs8ch]

That was so beautiful! Thank you 🙂

[@jeffreyspeelman3609]

Beautiful landscapes 😍