(Link to the 2 hour version of Ness Ziona jeep tour)
The Ness Ziona 4x4 track is not only surprisingly challenging but is a microcosm of the struggle and revival of the Jewish people in their homeland from 1883 to date !!
Time permitting, here are some of the attractive sites: The Lerer estate reconstructed largest Antila water well, once operated by donkey, horse or camel and now by inquisitive tourists... Wadi Hanin (the rose stream), marking the first orange groves planted by local Arab families that have fled in the 1948 war of independence. Today, it is a source of plentiful cane "bamboo", excellent for a decorative sustainable fence. Now for action, we have a series of hills to climb: Oranim, Haruvim, Iron Dome and Ayanot. Spread in the open space, are orange groves, potato fields, beehives ans fox-land playground... We may head to the Kurcar phenomena "ridge" and Bedouin sheep "farms" or turn west, "sailing" on sand tracks and crossing the Sorek wadi water bed. Whichever way you look at it, 25 minutes from Tel Aviv, and you are "riding" the playground of nature...
Once you have discovered the outdoor pearls of Ness Ziona, you should seriously consider the top secret underground No. 1 defense facility during the British occupation: Machon Ayalon... (located in the neighborhood of the Hi-Tec park, restaurants and the train station to Tel Aviv)