Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

#197 among destinations in Israel

Cave, Unesco, Natural attraction

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The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel. ()

Local name: נחל מערות Unesco: from 2012Area: 1.43 mi²Coordinates: 32°36'40"N, 34°57'55"E

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Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Wad, Kebara Cave, Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Ramat HaNadiv.

4.1 miN
Cave
El Wad, Atlit
105 min walk • El Wad is an Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mugharat el-Wad or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave.
4 miSW
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Kebara Cave
102 min walk • Kebara Cave is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
2.6 miS
Synagogue, Gothic Revival architecture
Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov
68 min walk • Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, located in Zikhron Ya'akov, a town in the Haifa District of Israel, was established in 1886 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. Rothschild commissioned the construction the synagogue in memory of his father Jacob Mayer de Rothschild. It was completed in 1884.
4.5 miS
Lush memorial garden and park with trails
Ramat HaNadiv, Zikhron Ya'akov
116 min walk • Ramat Hanadiv is a nature park and garden in northern Israel, covering 4.5 km at the southern end of Mount Carmel between Zikhron Ya'akov to the north and Binyamina to the south. The Jewish National Fund planted pine and cypress groves in most of the area.
4.1 miN
Prehistoric site
Tabun Cave
105 min walk • The Tabun Cave is an excavated site located at Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel and is one of the Human Evolution sites at Mount Carmel, which were proclaimed as having universal value by UNESCO in 2012.
1.1 miN
Prehistoric site
Skhul Cave
29 min walk • Es-Skhul or the Skhul Cave is a prehistoric cave site situated about 20 km south of the city of Haifa, Israel, and about 3 km from the Mediterranean Sea.
2.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Cafarlet
66 min walk • Cafarlet or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav HaBonim, Israel, on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of Kafr Lam.
5.6 miE
Archaeological site
Nahal Tut Archaeological Site
142 min walk • Nahal Tut is an archaeological site excavated along the streambed of the same name in northern Israel's Menashe Heights from February to July 2005 by Amir Gorzalczany and Gerald Finkielsztejn in preparation for the northward extension of Highway 6.
3.3 miS
Winery, Wine tours
Carmel Winery, Zikhron Ya'akov
85 min walk • Carmel Winery is a vineyard and winery in Israel. Founded in 1882 by Edmond James de Rothschild, its products are exported to over 40 countries. It is the largest winery in Israel, with a local market share of almost 50%.
5.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Mount Carmel, Beit She'arim
139 min walk • Mount Carmel, also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias, is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve.