Hi,
We enjoyed the hot weather on Sabbath and visited with our friends in Nahal Me’arot (Caves stream) Nature Reserve.
The stream flows down from the Carmel Mountain and has 4 caves in which remains of early human life were found.
The place is considered by Unesco World Heritage Site, for the fact it shows at least 500,000 years of human evolution. It also shows how Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans existence at the same time and help researchers understand the evolution of human species.
The idea came after I saw a small hike near my friends that led to a cave. The friends said it ain’t worth it and said we should visit really caves. Later I learned they have hiked down the stream last weekend and got here too late to visit the caves.
The walks are short and the excavation are hard for kids to focus on. Lucky us we had a very good guide tour who manage both the kids and us to enjoy the explanations. In the end of longest and biggest cave there a short movie that fascinated our kids (although it seems to be as old as the remains found in the cave 😏)
Take Care
Gad
The cliff of the Carmel mountain on the south side of the Nahal Me’arot in which the cave
G’di (Skhul) cave outside of the reserve
Barefoot Trail – allow to walk barefoot and feel the ground the way the early man felt it
The sign of the site being an UNESCO World Heritage site
Colchicum blooming in the reserve
How the cliff was created
The Tanur (Tabun) cave with ropes marking the layers of archeological digging
A rock hold by steel cables just above the trail
Gamal (Camel) cave
El Wad (Nahal) cave and the video at the end