Private Unique guided Tours to Israel ?? and Jordan, by an Expert Tour Guide James McKeever.

James is a British born Israeli citizen, served in the IDF, fisherman, explorer and a qualified Israeli tour guide living in picturesque Kibbutz Ein Gev.

Enjoying the Discovery:

It is fascinating to learn about places in Israel unknown, even to many Israelis.

It was amazing to see the evidence of Joshua’s destruction of the city of Hatzor from the bible or see the tool marks of some of the first copper miners in the world in Timna.

Being an expert guide taught James to love the desert. Not only is it a beautiful place, but also contains the cities of the Nabatean perfume traders from the Roman era and the makteshim or huge craters in the desert mountain ridges.

The Golan Heights are filled with hidden springs and water falls as well as the history of Israel’s wars and a personal favourite of mine are the Crusader buildings and citadels dotted around the country.

Israel is home to many UNESCO sites, including the Bahai gardens in Haifa, but also the less well visited biblical city of Beer Sheva and Bronze Age city of Arad, one of the first cities in the world, with a fort from the time of the first temple period above it.

Desert farms in the salty soil of the Arava are another modern wonder of the state of Israel, fulfilling Ben Gurion’s dream of making the desert bloom.

James still lives in the kibbutz between the lake and the mountains, hiking, swimming and exploring hidden paths in my new home. It’s always wonderful to share the marvels of this beautiful, ancient and holy land.