{"id":898,"date":"2023-05-10T11:09:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.negevtrails.com\/?post_type=trail&p=898"},"modified":"2023-05-10T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T08:23:43","slug":"han-beerot-ein-saharonim-beerot-khan-parsat-nekarot-and-mount-ardon","status":"publish","type":"trail","link":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/trail\/han-beerot-ein-saharonim-beerot-khan-parsat-nekarot-and-mount-ardon\/","title":{"rendered":"Han Be’erot Ein Saharonim (Be’erot Khan), Parsat Nekarot and Mount Ardon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Begin the day at Be’erot Khan, cross the jeep trail eastward, and connect to the trail junctions marked in blue<\/span><\/strong>,<\/em> purple<\/span><\/strong>, and black<\/span><\/strong>. At the fork, turn right and climb on the blue-marked trail<\/span><\/strong> (in the area of the gray water detention pond), walking on the blue-purple-marked trail (Ramon Crater circumvention trail) for about 2.6 km, through the various shades of purple, red, and orange, pink, and more of the soil colors of the Ramon Crater. Reach the junction of the blue, green, and red marked trails, and the Nahal Midbar Oasis, with palm trees and rich desert vegetation. At the top of the small hill is the Saharonim side (a lookout fort on the paths of the scents) and in the area of the maze, there is a spring called Ein Saharonim<\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

After visiting the spring and the fort, continue towards the gate of the Nekarot reserve, and climb the marked red<\/span><\/strong> trail to the peak of Mount Ardon, which offers a spectacular view of the entire Ramon Crater. From there, descend on the black-marked trail, which is steep and challenging, and requires caution, especially if there is sand or stones on the trail. Return to the starting point on the blue-marked trail.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We continue walking on the split trails marked in blue<\/span><\/strong> that enter the wadis of Parsat Nekarot, with an easy technical walk between large boulders, deep water pools (in the season), and carved caves in the rocks. The walk in this section is estimated as 1.8 km until reaching the split of the trails (split of the streams of Nahal Ardon and Nahal Nekarot), marked<\/strong> in blue<\/span><\/strong>, <\/em>green<\/span><\/strong>,<\/em> red<\/span>,<\/strong> and black<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> From the big split, we continue for about 2.4 km, passing several trail splits on both the right and left sides. You need to look for the black<\/span><\/strong> (Jeep trail) and <\/em>red<\/span><\/strong> (pedestrian trail) split. <\/em>In this split, we turn right, marked in red<\/span><\/strong>,<\/em> based on Nahal Adom, which rises parallel to Harot Hill on the left.<\/p>\n

We walk for about 800 meters from the split and arrive at the split of the red <\/span><\/strong>and<\/em> blue<\/span> <\/strong>trails<\/em>. Here, we turn right and climb up the blue<\/span><\/strong>-marked trail toward the ascent to Mount Ardon. On the blue trail<\/span><\/strong>, we climb for about 3.6 km, with a challenging ascent towards Mount Ardon (be prepared accordingly)<\/strong><\/span>,<\/em><\/strong> and arrive at a magnificent viewpoint overlooking the beauty of the Ramon Crater from east to west.<\/p>\n

From that viewpoint, we continue on the blue-marked<\/span><\/strong> trail towards the northwest and begin the descent from the mountain. We walk for about 900 meters from the viewpoint and arrive at the split of the blue-purple-black marked trail.<\/p>\n

The black-marked trail on the right leads towards the Mount Ardon overnight parking lot<\/span>, and we continue the descent on the<\/span> blue-marked trail<\/span><\/strong> for about 600 meters until we reach the Mount Ardon day parking lot (for vehicles only and daytime parking only, without overnight stay).<\/strong> From the parking lot, it is possible to arrange a ride back to Han Be’erot or Mitzpe Ramon.<\/p>\n

For those continuing on the footpath route, they connect to the blue trail<\/span><\/strong> marking based on the Jeep trail, descending about 2.1 km until reaching the trail junction based on blue and black Jeep trails (the black Jeep trail is the oil route axis). At the junction, turn left according to the black marking and the oil route axis, and continue for about 2.4 km until reaching the end of the day at Han Be’erot.<\/p>\n

Return options:<\/p>\n

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  1. A shorter route of about 14 km to the starting point at the Mount Ardon parking lot<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","blocation":[],"duration":[],"time":[],"season":[],"level":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-898","trail","type-trail","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trail\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trail"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/trail"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blocation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blocation?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"duration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/duration?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/time?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/season?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negevtrails.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}