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Hike the north
on the Israel National Trail
Leoni Jesner
he Israel National Trail was founded Over a decade and a half was spent intricately
by journalist and avid hiker Avraham joining existing hiking routes to finally establish
Tamir, after his expedition across the Israel National Trail in 1995. It has since been
Tthe Appalachian Trail in 1980 – the named as one of the “World’s Best Hikes: Epic
world’s longest hiking-only footpath running Trails” by National Geographic in its spread of
from Maine to Georgia. Tamir’s experience the world’s top 20 “holy grail of trails.”
served as the catalyst to envision a similar
trail in Israel, one which would expose To Illustrate Israel’s diminutive size, it’s very
hikers and travellers to the country’s natural possible to walk the entirety of the country by
habitats and expansive terrains. He joined foot. The official trail commences at Metulla
forces with Ori Dvir, a founder of The Society at the Israel-Lebanon border and ends at
for Protection of Nature in Israel, to begin the waters of the Red Sea in Eilat. Although
developing the 1,000km trail. the distance from north to south Israel spans
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