Hi,
We stopped at Kedem hot springs, on the Dead Sea beach, on our way to our short vacation in a hotel on the sea shore.
The springs are all natural and spreaded along the shore, in different distances from the sea. The springs temperature is around 42-45c degrees, which is hot.
We started with the northern springs, which are small poles that allow 2 people to squeeze in them (you can always bring a shovel and expend them). They are pretty close to the beach, so you can jump from the hot poles to the cold water of the Dead Sea and back.
It took us some time to realize it – but the beach is kind of a nudist beach as many of the boys lay naked in pools. There was even one young girl that took off her clothes to bath, but I did not have the chance to see her (only Atzva did 🫣)
After the long time we spent in the pools, we went to look for the southern springs. They are further away from the shore and create beautiful small creeks in the ground.
Take Care
Gad
Kedem steam beach
Kedem steam dry watefall
A sign warning from sinkholes in the area covered with fallen memorial stickers
Northern kedem hot spring pools and small waterfalls
More of the springs pools
The creeks of the southern Kedem hot springs
The hot spring stream inside the creek the water made in the ground
Sinkhole on the dead sea beach, there are many of those along the dead sea beaches and they a real hazard to the infrastructure and buildings.
Layers of clay and salt with beautiful geomatry
Logs and plants covered with thock layers of salt
Layers of salt along the sea
Beautiful color pool (not hot, just dead sea water)