The pleasant weather took hundreds of thousands of hikers to nature sites and beaches this weekend. Rain is also expected in the coming days and on Wednesday the first rain of the season is possible.
Already on Friday morning, the large influx of tens of thousands of travelers to the north and south of the country began. “It was a special experience to ride the scooter between the springs with the pleasant water, the stream, the fish ponds and the vegetation at its peak,” said an Irishwoman who came from Rishon Lezion to the springs park.
Many of the hikers who crowded the northern region were stuck in heavy traffic, due to the closure of Route 65 to vehicular traffic until Friday afternoon, following a large protest demonstration held in Umm al-Fahm. Crowds of hikers continued to reach nature and beach sites as well yesterday and in some places, the sites were closed, due to heavy loads.
Load in the Judge’s Eye in the Menashe Forests (Photo: Roi Revach, JNF Forest)The Nature and Parks Authority left at 09:30 in the morning, calling not to reach the area of the Nahal Tavor Reserve, due to a congestion of hikers. During the day, about 150,000 hikers visited the national parks and nature reserves. Notable sites included Caesarea, Yarkon Tel Afek, Ashkelon, Eshkol and Beit Guvrin.
The Kinneret Cities Association said that over the weekend, more than 10,000 people visited the union’s beaches. Many of them came for picnics and hikes along the Kinneret, against the background of the lake, which is only 48 cm short of full level.
“Thousands of visitors and hikers arrived this morning at the JNF’s Sick Reed to say goodbye to the cranes in the area. Over the next few weeks, tens of thousands of cranes will roam their nesting areas in the northern countries.” In, in the forests of Bar Giora and Nes Harim, many vehicles parked on the sides of the road and their occupants walked a long way in an attempt to experience the blossom up close.
Ceylon Beach (Photo: Itzik Levy, Kinneret Cities Association)Many visitors have also been seen since the morning in the picturesque boat dock in the fishing village of Jisr a-Zarqa. “It’s perfect weather for hiking,” explained Haim, who came from Ramat Gan. Large loads were recorded by the JNF forests also in the forests of Shokeda, Bari, Ruhama and Yatir in the south, when crowds came to witness the anemone bloom.
The Middle Arava Regional Council said that thousands of families came to the first agricultural and culinary festival this weekend, which took place in the agricultural greenhouses under the title “From the Greenhouse to the Plate.” Council tourism reported that many of the visitors participated in self-picking of vegetables, in Jesus workshops with chefs and on unique walks in the desert.
The parks within the cities also had many visitors. In the areas near the national park in Ramat Gan, heavy traffic loads were created towards noon, when many tried to reach the bustling park.
A walk along the monastery axis at the baptismal site (Photo: Saar Kfir, Nature and Parks Authority)However, the police were also forced to rescue a number of people who became entangled while on their trip. She announced that in the Finger Ridge in the Mount Carmel Reserve, her men rescued a 65-year-old hiker from Zichron Yaacov, after suffering from general weakness and not being able to finish the route. After being given primary medical care, the staff evacuated her outside the reserve, where MDA staff evacuated her to the hospital for further examination.
In addition, police volunteers rescued a 47-year-old woman from a kibbutz in the center of the country near Kibbutz Yaron, who was walking with her family in the river, suffering from chest pain and exhaustion. Paramedics from the unit gave her first aid, she was carried on a stretcher journey by the rescuers out of the creek, where an MDA ambulance was waiting for her and evacuated her for further tests at the hospital.
The second rescue carried out by the volunteers was a 62-year-old walker from Petah Tikva who was walking with her family and suffering from exhaustion.
Weather Forecast
The pleasant weather is expected to continue in the coming days as well. According to the forecast of the Meteorological Service in Beit Dagan, tomorrow (Sunday) there will be a drop in temperatures and it will be clear with partly cloudy. The temperature in Tel Aviv will reach 18 degrees, in Jerusalem – 16, in Haifa – 15, in Tiberias – 21, in Be’er Sheva – 22 and in Eilat – 28.
Monday will be clear with partly cloudy, with no significant change in temperatures. But on Tuesday in the mountains and inland there will be a rise in temperatures and they will be slightly higher than normal for the season. On Wednesday there will be considerable warming and it will be hotter than usual until it rains.