On a hot and dry summer day, we challengingly drive from one cool water site to the next...this is a real fun track for all... Add new Testament miracle, the most amazing Mishna age basalt synagogue, modern Israel roots of Israeli - Syrian conflict and you get a thrilling, extremely versatile off-road tour...
The Zaki water track: A combined sensation of walking in tempered fresh water, with Willow tree branches above, the sweet scent of fig trees, and the sweet and sour taste of wild raspberry (פטל בר). This little Garden of Eden was once a death trap of military mines so, how did hell become Eden?...
Nachal Samak is one of the most exciting tracks climbing up on to the Golan... In the lower valley, we dive through orchids of mango trees, bananas and vineyards all grown by state of the art farming technology and knowledge, resulting in a beautiful display of tones of fruit... Hundreds of years ago, a fascinating water activated flour mill was built from basalt rock and can still be identified by the ruins... Many crossings of the Samak stream, may be accompanied by energetic "singing" of sparrow birds, nesting in the crown of thorns trees growing densely near the water.
One of the pleasurable water sites up the Samak stream is the natural white marble slide, created by the combined flow of Nachal Samak and Nachal El-Al...

The climbing gets steep and the track deeply cut by fast-flowing winter rain water. This is a driving challenge increasing adrenaline levels for passengers too...Unexpectedly, as we climb, a narrow track, with no apparent reason for its existence, crosses ours. This was intended as a water channel, dug by Syria into the side of the cliff. How was this remote water channel, the real trigger for the 67' war, we will learn sitting in a water stream under a basalt bridge...
 

Mishna basalt synagogue. The synagogue was originally built some 1500 years ago but turned to rebels in an earthquake. All carved stones were 3D scanned by a laser, numbered by electronic ID microchip, redrawn together by computer and are now re-assembled, gradually bringing the synagogue back to life !Entirely hidden from the flat plains above, is a phenomenal originally built Israeli project... A reconstruction of the most beautiful feature rich