Hiking

Israeli hiker found dead in Japan after going missing on Mount Asahi

Israeli hiker Tevel Shabtai, 23, was found dead in Japan after going missing during a solo hike in severe weather on Mount Asahi.

Tevel Shabtai, 23, from Modi’in. May 5, 2026.
THE RISING SUN, the scent of spring flowers on the breeze, the quiet. No matter how dark it still is, no matter how tired I am, I find myself drawn out the door before the rest of the world is awake.

Hiking the Holy Land: Solitary creatures at the edge of the wilderness

Nahal Abuv

Looking for a challenge with the kids? The desert trail that will surprise you

IT IS no accident that Song of Songs is read every Passover. The book is saturated with an explosive, summoning, and impossible to resist spring – an explosion of energy and new life

Passover and Song of Songs: What spring teaches us about freedom


Israeli father found dead after family goes missing while hiking

The father seemingly suffered from dehydration after separating from the rest of the family during the hike.

 Nahal Yetev.

American dead hiker’s family won NIS 2.7 m., but did the Israeli court really dig in?

The court said it dismissed disputed aspects of the students’ narratives since there was no way to reconcile contradictions, they had clearly influenced each other, and because of inconsistencies.

MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Hiking in the holy land: adding meaning to biblical produce

Living and hiking in Israel, biblical produce takes on a much larger meaning. biblical bounty adorns even the simplest outdoor landscape, bringing pictures of the past into a new light.

 BIBLICAL BOUNTY adorns even the simplest outdoor landscape.

Remains found in California mountains where actor Julian Sands went missing

Hikers in California have discovered human remains in the area of California where Hollywood actor Julian Sands disappeared earlier this year.

Actor Julian Sands

Solving biblical mysteries and hiking the holy land

It was only years later when I moved to Israel as an adult that I finally began to understand what biblical spelunking was all about.

 ONE OF the multitude of caves in the Judean Desert, from Nahal Darja to Qumran.

Hikers worldwide believe to see ghosts, find natural optical illusion

This natural phenomenon has had people seeking more answers to this visual effect.

 The brocken spectre natural phenomenon.

Agamon Hefer - Israel's forgotten lake

Many have heard of Agamon HaHula, but there is another lake in the Sharon region just south of Kibbutz Ein Hahoresh.

 Agamon Hefer.

Israel's hikes ranked among top nature walks worldwide

Israel's Ein Gedi hike ranked higher on Explore!'s list than Nepal's world-renowned Annapurna circuit.

A MAN STANDS beneath a waterfall at Nahal David in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve area, near the Dead Sea.

The allure of the milk thistle - opinion

Milk thistles, beautiful to look at, poisonous to eat.

 thistle

Climber's body found well-preserved after vanishing 42 years ago

Altamirano was on a hiking trip with her sister and her boyfriend when she wandered into a hard-to-access area and fell into a crevasse.

 Mount Mercedario, the 8th highest peak of the Andes.