A new tourist transport service has launched on the Dead Sea. The DeadSeaBus connects the hotels along the shores of the famously salty lake with some of the tourist sites around the lowest point on earth.
The bus operates on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays on a fixed schedule with a route that begins at Kibbutz Ein Gedi and stops at Kikar Sodom a settlement with an ecological park, art galleries and agricultural tours, Ein Gedi Oasis, Ein Gedi Botanical Gardens and Masada, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
The round trip service costs 45 NIS (£8)
See www.thinkisrael.com and deadseabus.co.il/en/
About the Dead Sea
- The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth, 417m below sea level
- The quantity of water that evaporates from it is greater than that which flows into it making it have the highest concentration of salt in the world (340 grams per litre of water).
- Its name comes from the fact that the salinity means there are no life forms in the sea.
- The salt is said to have many healing properties for conditions such as psoriasis and osteoarthritis
