| July august heat was less heavier this year, | | | | bags threw giant garbage bags to one-use |
| so we packed up our courage, frozen water | | | | nylon gloves for cellular phone protection |
| bottles, sun protection cream and on we go to | | | | against the water. |
| the Yehudia - the most wildest and beautiful | | | | |
| of all the Golan streams, well known in its | | | | Crossing this little extreme park is not as |
| cool ponds, ladders and iron steps needed to | | | | frightening as told by the older hikers |
| cross the stream canyon. | | | | apparently because that 20 years ago the |
| | | | ladder want here. |
| We started from gush Dan area after visiting | | | | |
| the local super market and supplying with | | | | After crossing the pool and getting our gear |
| some pastry for the road. On the way we | | | | out of the nylons we meet Dutch tourist and |
| picked up our friend Michael that came from | | | | join together for the trail to lower Yehudia |
| Jerusalem to hike with us. | | | | and the "paradise" pool. |
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| The trail start in the Yehudia parking by | | | | The road to the paradise pool stretches to 3 |
| paying entrée fee to national parks | | | | kilometers and crosses the trail crossroad of |
| authority, and by the red marked trail to the | | | | green and red (the green go back up to the |
| ruins of the Yehudia village. | | | | Yehudia village) it pass threw magical pools |
| | | | that in any other stream were first class |
| In the village the trail splits to green | | | | attraction but in the lower Yehudia all |
| trail that goes down to the lower Yehudia and | | | | hikers continue directly to the paradise pool |
| red trail that continue to upper Yehudia | | | | and they know why. |
| (since the hike is one-way one can go from | | | | |
| upper Yehudia to lower but not vise versa). | | | | After the 3-kilometer trail and about 2 |
| | | | liters of sweat we come to the decent to |
| The trail lead us east on the canyon edge in | | | | paradise pool threw waterfall pouring into |
| the yellowish landscape of the summer, it is | | | | it, happily on the waterfall side small iron |
| amazing how only 4 months ago this area was | | | | holdings are installed to ease the climbing |
| decorated in all colors flowers, and how fast | | | | down and prevent slipping on rocks. |
| the summer painted all in yellow. | | | | |
| | | | The pool as can be hinted by its name is a |
| After about one and half kilometers the trail | | | | magical place of about 40 meters diameter, to |
| go down in a series of basalt stairs to the | | | | which flows water fall (from which we got |
| Yehudia waterfall where the canyon hike | | | | here) 4 meters high and on its north side up |
| starts. | | | | from the cliff hidden spring pour its water |
| | | | to create refreshing shower on the pool north |
| At the bottom of the fall refreshing surprise | | | | bank. |
| to the sweating hikers - clear cool pond to | | | | |
| which the fall flows, a suitable place for | | | | After refreshing in the pool and watching the |
| resting swimming and of course breakfast. | | | | youths jumping from the cliffs to the pool, |
| | | | and of course Michael planning on the fishes |
| The pool is fill with fish and hungry Michael | | | | (pretty big to admit the truth) we decide due |
| imagines having them on the grill, we remind | | | | to the heat to go back to the park threw the |
| him this is nature reservation and the | | | | green trail which we passed on our way here |
| tenants are not to be eaten. | | | | (this trail is less steep then this on the |
| | | | end of lower Yehudia). |
| We continue on the trail about a kilometer | | | | |
| and half to the well-known Yehudia ladder. It | | | | We go back to the trail crossing and start |
| is a 12-meter ladder descending from steep | | | | the accent threw the green trail leading to |
| waterfall directly into narrow pool 20 meters | | | | the Yehudia ruins in which we started the |
| long. | | | | hike at the morning. The accent is done on |
| | | | army routine - from tree shade to the next |
| And more challenge awaits at the end of the | | | | and drinking a lot under each tree. |
| pool, a small cliff from which we descent | | | | |
| using iron steps to another pool. | | | | After the accent happy but tired we pass |
| | | | threw the Yehudia village ruins, and pass the |
| In front of the ladder queues of hikers line | | | | cows herding here - and only Michael planning |
| up putting their equipment in nylons as best | | | | to grill them. |
| as they can improvise, from special sealing | | | | |