Experience the breathtaking beauty of The Dead Sea area, with its wonderful nature reserve hikes,  flowing streams and waterfalls,  unique health enhancing properties, first class hotels, convention and recreational facilities  and of course the experience of The Dead Sea itself. Even in the middle of winter, the Jerusalem tourist can jump in the car, and within 40 minutes, they hit the Dead Sea in all its splendor.

The Dead Sea ( Yum Ha Melach in Hebrew ) is 75km long, ranges from six to 16 km wide and has no outlet. The high salt content makes any plant and animal life impossible. The high concentration of salt has nothing to do with it being below sea level, but rather is caused by the high evaporation rate, which has, over the years, led to the build up of salts.

The Dead Sea is known for its unique climatic conditions. Firstly, the area has 330 sunny days a year. There   is less than 50mm annual  rainfall. Low humidity with dry air and constantly high temperatures are known to soothe the symptoms of asthma, cystic fibrosis and certain lung diseases.

The Dead Sea is the only place on earth where you can sunbathe for extended periods with little or no sunburn because harmful ultraviolet rays are filtered through three natural layers: an extra atmospheric layer, an evaporation layer that exists above the Dead Sea, and a rather thick ozone layer. It is recommended, however, that guests to the Dead Sea maintain careful and progressive exposure to the sun.

Benefits from Dead Sea bathing are attributed to a natural tar in the water, and also to high levels of minerals that may affect how the rate of skin cell growth. Dead Sea mud is considered helpful in two ways: the dark mud helps UV light get absorbed, and mud packs stimulate blood circulation around joints affected by psoriatic arthritis.