[:RU]Nahal Hava, Hava or stream, river, dry bed, canyon. This is a great place for hiking in the dry season of the year, but during the rainy visit to this place is not recommended, it is dangerous to life. In a narrow gorge, the water level rises quickly and just a dry riverbed turns into a violent bubbling mountain river, smashing everything in its path. All the while, at the bottom, I cautiously looked at the cloudy sky, rising above the gaps in the stone … But, having stepped into the path leading down … way back was gone.

Get into the gorge is easy, you only need time to get off the Israeli national trail and go left along the red markings. Then at the fork in the blue and red markings leave the blue … and tadam you at the beginning of the route.

The yellow line on the map is Shvil Israel and the black dotted with blue markings and have our route.

He completely passes through the channel of the river, part of the way on the polished stones and slabs are not lowered deep into the depths of the earth’s surface, but there are three areas for which actually worth doing all this long and not very easy way.

This two groups crevices and waterfall. Types there is not a standard, as it is something to see, to marvel. And just imagine, all this made the water.

Description will be during our progress, and as we were walking against the flow of the river, then:

1. The second group crevices River Hawa.

The path, slowly wagging, brings us to the precipice.

Looking closer, you can see the narrow crack in the ground, that’s where we have to go down …

And the entrance, the trail goes down rapidly.

Lower and lower, it seems a little bit more and we reach the gates of hell …

Go should be clearly on the markup, even if it seems you do not logical, and dumb, clearly going around the track at the right time, you will find a specially equipped step … which will facilitate, seemingly unrealistic steep descent … or will rise where seemingly without special climbing skills are indispensable.

More here … 
Backpacks had phased transfer.

And outputs in a relatively spacious room, it is the lowest part of the valley, on the top only.

Overcoming relatively simple climb out the other side of the cleft.

And back again to the river.

As I said, the whole route passes through its dry bed.

 

At this point, the landscape changes completely, instead of the narrow canyon high banks see a spill, smoothly hewn stones and fancy shapes bed.

Long walk along the river until you come up against a dead end. 
It is the highest waterfall, this place is ranked second in the list of «must be seen» on this route.

2. Waterfall.

One can only imagine how at the time of its early spring here Hava resets its waters down like a huge stream is divided into a bunch of small splashes and forms a colorful rainbow in the rays of the bright sun. But this is only speculation. 
So far there is only a small source of water, where barely trickles bracer. 
This, incidentally, is the only source that is lucky enough to meet us in the wilderness. But hopes for him as it is impossible. In arid part of the year, this source, as well as all around, dry and pleasant instead of water, you risk to catch here only sand and bare hewn stones.

The waterfall climb the hill on the right.

There is a small snack … and down the channel to the first group crevices. 
Yes, I forgot to say, after the waterfall, the movement continues to markup the Israeli national trail (red white blue). 
On this interval, all the time having to move from one climbing a huge stone on another, where crawl, jump … where the trail is not clearly expressed, rather it did not see, but especially with her ​​and not svernesh, right and left unapproachable, high banks of the canyon.

Seems movement on these slopes is only for mountain goats … 
By the way, one family of just lurking on the slope, merging with the terrain. They stood motionless, and curiously watched the uninvited guests.

3. The first group of crevices River Hawa.

The first group is different from the second only to the extent, but not nearly the scale. 
The same tall cliffs, the same narrow lumen of the sky somewhere, far above, the same quaint stone pattern on the walls. But down there is no longer necessary. Only rise only up back on the plateau.

In a tight spot again bracket. Everything here is thought out and organized for tourists.

Just a couple of steps and we have goals.

River Hawa passed, well, at least interesting part of it.

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