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Desert tourism is taking off in Israel's Judean Desert, and
if you like the idea of stepping backwards off a cliff, then
this is the perfect place to try a two day beginners course
on rappelling, dropping straight into the thin air
of Israel's most spectacular canyons.
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The Dead Sea and the Judean Desert are popular
tourist destinations for outdoor activities, from Desert tours,
rapelling, and trekking in wads, seasonal dry river beds.
There's plenty of sites to uncover in the dry Desert, like
the fortress of Masada and
the fortress of Herodian built on the Herodian volcano
and Rachel's Tomb, 5 miles south of Jerusalem, the
only Matriarch not to be buried in Hebron. Parts of the desert
still remain very isolated and the communities are not modernized,
still harvesting crops with a sickle.
The nearby Grand Canyon in Jordan is a fantastic
site to visit for swimming and flora and fauna, rapelling
is unavoidable to conquer the mountains. The Wadi Mujib
Gorge trail can be visited in small numbers with a guide.
It's a perfect place to swim in deliciously cool pool and
sparkling waterfalls as an oasis from the oppressive desert.
The 15 metre Mujib Waterfall can be abseiled down the
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