Excursion

Day Trip to Ramon Crater 05-01-2019

 

  •  Departure from Weizman Institute at 07:30
  • Hike from visitor's center in Mitzpe Ramon down into Ramon Crater and up to the 'Carpentry Hill' OR Hike from Mount Saharonim to Saharonim Fort.
  •  Bedouin Lunch and Camel Riding at Adel's Tent
  •  Time permitting - sunset and lookout from rim of Ramon Crater
  •  Arrival back to Weizmann Institute at 20:00

Ramon crater: This is the world’s largest erosion crater or makhtesh. A landform unique to Israel’s Negev and Egypt’s Sinai deserts’, a makhtesh is a large erosion cirque, created 220 million years ago when oceans covered the area (the word crater is therefore a misleading translation of Hebrew to English.) The Ramon Crater measures 40km in length and between 2 and 10km in width, shaped like a long heart, and forms Israel’s largest national park, the Ramon Nature Reserve.

 

Organizers

  • Haim Beidenkopf
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Erez Berg
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Shahal Ilani
    Weizmann Institute of Science