Haifa, a city in nature • 'There is nothing more beautiful than it' - The Israel Trail on Carmel ○ Inbal Chen Bergev

(live here in the wild) - Did you get to go to the section on the Carmel? Do you know the path? Do you know his special marking? What does the orange color in the marking mean? Did you know that "National Geographic" magazine included the Israel Trail in the list of the 20 best hiking trails in the world? 

Israel Trail

This is the "National Trek" that connects Tel Hai in the north of the country with Almog Beach in the Gulf of Eilat, along 1,050 km. The marking of the trail, as determined by the Israel Trail Marking Committee (supervised and financed by the Society for the Protection of Nature), appears in a graded form in three colors which symbolize the snow in Hermon (white), the sea (blue) and the desert (orange). The upper color will always indicate the direction of walking, so those who walk north Jacob follow the marking where the white color is graded upwards.

Section No. 13

Section No. 13 of the Israel Trail passes entirely over the "evergreen mountain", Mount Carmel. On the "Shebilist" website and in the book "Shebil Israel" by Yaakov Sa'ar and Yael Henkin (known by the shebilists as the "Bible of the Israel Trail"), you can find all the information about the route of the route, which starts at Kibbutz Yagor and ends at the Oren junction and stretches for 16 km.

"There is nothing more beautiful and interesting than this path"

Nadav Barkai, a resident of Haifa with extensive experience as a guide on the Israel Path, tells about the experience of walking in the Carmel section:
"As a resident of Carmel, I set out in early 2016 without any prior knowledge, to the Israel Trail on Carmel. I didn't know what slopes there were along the way, I didn't know the route or the level of effort required and I didn't know which shoes were suitable for walking in these places, but the views I saw, the blossoms I saw And the people I met along the way made me realize that there is no place more beautiful and interesting than this path."

library for

Nega Goldstein, a Haifa resident and an activist in the "Library for" project adds:
"The Shebil Libraries is a project that allows books to be borrowed freely along the Israel Trail. The dream to establish Shebil Libraries was born in 2015, when two hikers traveled together on behalf of 'Meeting for Israel'. They dreamed of enriching the discourse and adding to the physical journey a mental journey, full of thought and emotion The dream became a reality, and today there are 18 libraries established under the auspices of the Shalem Academic Center (Bachelor's Degree in Humanistic Studies) in collaboration with RTG. The path's librarians who maintain it are students like me, who love the land from the feet, from the literature, from the thought and the human encounter together.

Trip, ideas and meetings

In section 13 is a hidden and intimate trail library. You are invited to enrich your world, embark on a spiritual journey and wander between reality and imagination, and of course, you are also invited to add to the library books that are looking for a new traveling home, as well as your own writings and thoughts. The Israel Trail in general and the Carmel Trail in particular, are an opportunity not only to experience a refreshing trip, but also to share ideas, mingle and create new human encounters."

travel in a group

There are several leading groups that offer you to join journeys for Israel and be part of a social fabric that produces shared and unforgettable experiences along the trek for Israel. You can go out to some of the segments, you can join some of them and there are those who chose to do the trip after their army along the country and its scenery.

More information about the Israel Trail, about the traveling groups and the libraries - in the links:

Note: The author is not a tour guide and therefore all the listings are recommendations only. Travelers must verify the degree of difficulty of the route and the route of the terrain and act according to their best judgment when setting out on any route or trip.