Activities in The Negev
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Negevland Tours
Best all-round adventure company in the area. It offers jeep crater tours, abseiling, paintball, and licensed hiking guides who speak English, French and Spanish. Negevland also has the only professional bike-repair shop between Be'er Sheva and Eilat and rents 21-gear mountain bikes.
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Israel Yam Boat Cruise
A popular excursion from the main hotel area is the Israel Yam Boat Cruise, on a glass-bottomed boat that cruises between the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, before heading to the Coral Beach Nature Reserve. It lasts two hours and operates at least three times daily. The underwater scenery is fairly spectacular and there's an accompanying English-language commentary.
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Snuba
Snuba is a guided underwater adventure for beginners who have no proficiency with tanks but would love to see some of the aquatic sights. Guides take snuba divers to the Caves reef, considered one of the best coral reefs in Eilat. The cost includes two hours of snorkel rental after the activity.
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Desert Archery
A beautiful and intriguing sport, not dissimilar to a game of golf, but with a bow instead of a club and desert terrain instead of a putting green. Training is provided and it's around 50 per person for two hours with a guide and equipment.
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Desert Eco Tours
A good choice for wilderness tours is the reputable Desert Eco Tours, which does half-day to multi-day jeep, camel and hiking tours in the Negev, Sinai (St Katherine's Monastery) and southwestern Jordan. Prices don't include border taxes.
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Peter Bugel Tours
Caters for travellers who are interested in desert culture, geology and botany. It's a sophisticated outfit run by a fellow who speaks Dutch, German, English and Swiss-German. Overnight trips cost from US$350 for a group of seven.
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Siam Divers
The friendly Siam Divers is one of the best value, with the PADI open water going for US$200. For certified divers there are two guided dives a day. There are live-aboards such as the three-day Sinai experience for US$370.
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Guide Horizon
Hires out desert dune buggies for excursions into the Negev; a three-hour trip with breakfast goes for around 350 while an overnight trip, including cook-out and sauna upon return to the home base, goes for 800.
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SPNI Har HaNegev Field School
The SPNI Har HaNegev Field School on the edge of the crater is worth visiting for anybody planning any serious hiking. The study centre is about a 2km walk from the southern end of Ben-Gurion Blvd.
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Kisuski
At Kisuski you can rent all the water toys you hadn't thought of such as jet skis, jet boats, pedal boats, ski tubes and bananas.
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Red Sea Sports Club
For some fun in the sun, the Red Sea Sports Club offers scenic day trips on their cruiser to the beaches at the Taba border or to Coral Island off the Sinai Peninsula. There's also swimming, snorkelling and water sports. The price includes a barbecue lunch.
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