Masada and The Dead Sea Private Tour

We drive eastwards, Jerusalem Mountains. We bypass Jerusalem from the North, start descending toward the Judean Desert. We pass by The Sea Level Point and go further east, going down to the Jordan Rift Valley. We visit Qumran National Park - Home of the Dead Sea Scrolls. We walk in the National Park, exploring the wonders of the Essenes, who might have dwelled here for some 2 thousand years ago. We continue to the south, getting to Masada National Park. A lofty plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, UNESCO has declared Masada National Park a World Heritage Site. We reach atop the plateau by a short cable car ride. We will visit Herod's palace, see nice mosaic floors, Fresco wall paintings and Stucco designs. We talk about the heroic battle that took place here some 1950 years ago between the Romans and the zealots, and about the symbolic value of Masada nowadays. We finish our visit to the desert region in floating in the Dead Sea, and drive back to the starting point.