Bitronot Be’eri Reserve

General information:
Tour type: Observatory and hiking route
Tour duration: 1-3 hours.
Difficulty level: Medium.
Rest Rooms on-site: None. (Restrooms and water facilities are available at “Lamedavesh” bike store nearby).
Possible picnic points: Close to the observatory, there is a small grove suitable for picnics. Also, close to the end of the track, at Nahabir, there is a forest with a children’s playground, restrooms, water fountains and picnic facilities.
Getting there: Those arriving from the north, take Road 232 south from Sa’ad Junction, pass kibbutz Alumim and turn to Kibbutz Be’eri. Those coming from the south, pass kibbutz Re’im, and after about twenty meters, turn right and ascend to the observation point on the dirt road.
Opening hours: Open. Free of charge.
WAZE – Bitronot Be’eri
About the site:
A remarkable nature reserve where you can find plant species unique to the place (endemic) and local animals. An excellent site for hiking trails of various lengths suitable for all ages and full of flowers.
What can you see? A small and surprising nature reserve full of dozens of species of plants and small animals, Be’eri’s first settlement site, a view of Gaza and a lovely playground.
Tour:
Observatory – from this Bird’s-Eye Lookout, one can see the Gaza Strip, Kibbutz Be’eri, Kibbutz Alumim, agricultural fields, and can tour by bike in the area and more…
The ravines are actually remnants of the “Be’er Sheva Canyon” estuary that drained the streams from the Eastern Negev to the Mediterranean Sea millions of years ago. The reserve features various soil types and fossils typical of this period of the retreat of the Tethys Sea.
Nahabir – Old Be’eri. Established as part of the 11 points – i.e., 11 settlements founded in a large operation to settle the Northern Negev on Yom Kippur eve, between October 5 and 6, 1946, initiated by the Jewish Agency. The campaign’s purpose was to force the inclusion of the Negev region within the borders of the future Jewish state.
Nahabir was the name of a plot of land purchased from the hands of a young widow from Gaza. The meaning of the name in Arabic is bisected land.
From Nahabir one can see the Anzac Monument located at the Be’eri forest.












































