Eilat is southernmost city in Israel, that lies on the Aqaba bay of Red Sea. Huge Negev desert spread out north of Eilat and it cover almost half of the Israel territory. Negev desert is very popular among hikers and nature lovers. In this article you will find most interesting spots near town of Eilat Mont Zefahot peak, Solomon’s mountains, The Red Canyon etc. Due to hot and dry climate, best time to hike in Negev desert is between December and March.

National Park Timna, located 30 km north of Eilat is one of most amazing natural wonder of Negev Desert and entire Israel. Timna is a valley surrounded by yellow sandstone mountains shaped by wind and water. Timna was famous in ancient times for rich cooper mines, exploited by mighty egyptian pharaohs. Many people still believes that Timna is location of famous king Solomon’s mines. In this article you will find most important spots of Timna Valley such as Spirall Hill, place called “Chariot”, Stone Bridge, Solomon pillars and much more .

Maktesh Ramon is 38 km long, 6 km wide and 450 m deep crater, surrounded on all sides by a steep edge. It was not formed by meteor impact or volcanic activity, but by geological processes. This area used to be under the ocean, and the water would slowly recede. During that retreat, water dug the ground in the central part of the crater, because it was soft. This is how this natural phenomenon called maktesh was created. Altogether there are 7 maktesh in the world.  Five of them are in Israel and two in Egypt.