Close your eyes and imagine the products you will be able to find in the Negev; I bet wine is not going to be at the top of your list. And yet wine tasting or even a full wine tour will be surprisingly easy to organize. As a matter of fact, if you are a lover of the genre, you could build your entire stay in the area around the history of wine and wine tasting.
Category: Blooming Desert
The Lost City or the Halukim Enigma
Visiting the Negev in the Spring
Although every season is a good season to visit the Negev (see our post about winter and summer), spring is considered to be the best season to do so.
Spring in Israel is not a real season. It is still very much part of the winter when you have a difference between gorgeous days (the vast majority) and rainy days. February, March and April are the most popular months for visiting the Negev. You have more chance of having gorgeous weather, between 20-25C, than say December or January. Although of course, there is no guarantee. Actually, this year, we had our first rain at the end of February and it has rained several times in March. Last year, the biggest floods occurred at the end of April…
Borot Lotz
Borot Lotz hike is a 45 minute drive from Sde Boker and the guesthouse.
Update: before you venture to Borot Lodz, check that the road 171 is open. Due to some important damages to the road, it has been closed in October 2022 until repaired.
How to get there?
You start driving South on road 40 in the direction of Mitzpe Ramon. About 6 km before Mitzpe Ramon, you turn right on road 171.
Narcissi in Nahal Hatzatz
This is a two hours hike out, the time to go is December/January and the objective is the annual appearance of narcissi.
