Things to do in Mitzpe Ramon
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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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Alpaca Farm
Inspired by their love for South American wildlife and culture, Ilan and Na'ama Dvir flew 188 camelids (llamas and alpacas) here from Chile. Starting with 188 creatures, they now have over 500 at their beautiful Alpaca Farm tucked into a hidden valley about 3km from Mitzpe Ramon. The animals are being raised for their wool, which is for sale as hats and scarves. If your timing is right, you can see such activities as shearing, washing, spinning, weaving and, for kids, there is a llama ride. You can also stay in their attractive hillside suites. Each cabin is decked out with wood floors, cable TV, kitchenette and a great balcony for enjoying the views of the desert and all…
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Bio Ramon
If you missed out on seeing desert creatures during your time in the Negev, don't worry as the entrance fee to the visitors centre includes the very worthwhile Bio Ramon, where you can see scorpions, porcupines and snakes all in a rather scaled-down version of their natural habitat. The 'bedroom hatches' mean you can even view nocturnal animals, but the knowledgeable staff recommend coming as late in the day as possible for best sightings. The Bio Ramon is just down from the visitors centre.
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Haksa
Enjoy delicious home-style grill dishes such as meatballs with aubergine and couscous at this friendly restaurant in the industrial zone. There are no real vegetarian options but the owner will happily bring out salad, hummus and oven-hot pita if you ask. The library in the next room has every Marxist/feminist/anti-globalisation handbook there is translated into Hebrew, but also some English magazines that can be read on the couches out the back.
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Made in Mitzpe
To see regeneration in action, check out the industrial zone at the entrance to town, where an assortment of artists and urban-escapists have transformed the old hangars into studios and galleries. Stop by Made in Mitzpe studio for local ceramics, jewellery and clothing. Out the back a designer makes mud furniture.
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HaHavit
Located next to the visitors centre, the inviting HaHavit (Barrel) serves up huge portions of fresh salad, soups, sandwiches and pasta dishes. On Tuesday nights, young soldiers leave their Uzis in the corner and dance up a storm. By the way, it's not the well-stocked bar making you drunk; those views are for real.
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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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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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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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Hannah's Restaurant
This simple roadside diner at the Paz Petrol station turns out surprisingly decent dishes with a Moroccan-French twist. It's self-service and there are also standards such as schnitzel and pasta available.
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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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Nature Scent
A street over from Made in Mitzpe, Nature Scent is a family-run workshop creating over 50 types of handmade soaps from natural ingredients, as well as delicious-smelling bath products.
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Star Trip Planetarium
To get closer to the Negev's amazing night skies drop into the small Star Trip Planetarium.
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