This view shows facing southwards from the most extreme north coastal point of Israel.
This is Rosh Ha Nikra (meaning Head of the Grottos) a place of natural beauty, containing not only natural caves, but a museum built on the site of a railway line which goes from Israel through Lebanon through to Turkey built by the British in WWII, not running any more of course!
There is a nearby Kibbutz, the white tent you can see in the distance is a banana plantation, apparently British Jewish comedian who created Borat and Bruno characters Sacha Baron Cohen once lived here.
The left field has all the fruit picked. The right hand one shows the bunches of bananas has blue plastic bags round them to keep out insects and birds, as well plastic sheeting around the whole field. Means the fruit doesn’t have any chemicals on them instead.
The entrance to the cable cars and visitor centre.
Amusing looking warning signs in the cable car, the journey down was something like two minutes or so I think.
The tunnels, long since blocked off, as its impossible to cross over to Lebanon through the regular borders, carried trains all the way up through the middle east. These days in holds a cinema screen and some chairs for a presentation showing the history of this railway route.
Ancient grafitti in Hebrew here, not sure of age, not so easy to see unfortunately from this picture, could be good to bring some crayons and paper and make some rubbings if you plan to come here. On the right, some modern scribbles.
The caves are beautiful.
Traces of copper and iron in the caves, also some tiny fossils of creatures on the rock outside.
There is a very pleasant walk that winds around inside the caves and along the edges of the cliffs.
The border! Beyond here is a military base, and a demilitarized zone, before you reach Lebanon.
Only 120Kms to Beirut, Lebanon!
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