Jericho & Dead Sea Day Trip from Tel Aviv: Float below sea level

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Duration10h–12h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Stand at the lowest point on Earth, then float in salt water that holds you up

You travel from Tel Aviv through the Judean Desert to Jericho's archaeological layers and Zaccheus' Tree, ride a cable car to Mount Temptation monastery, wade in the Jordan River at the baptismal site, and float in the Dead Sea for an hour. Hotel pickup, guide, and all entry fees are included; the full day runs 10–12 hours.

10h–12h

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Jericho and Dead Sea region

Travel through the Judean Desert
Visit the Biblical city of Jericho
Stop at Zaccheus' Tree in Jericho
Visit the archaeological site Tel Jericho
Arrive to the top of Mount of Temptation
Visit Qasr al-Yahud Baptismal Site
Visit the Jordan River
Relax and float in the Dead Sea

The Experience

The vehicle picks you up at your Tel Aviv hotel and heads east into the Judean Desert, dropping elevation steadily until the landscape turns dry and sculptural. Within a couple of hours you're at Tel Jericho, the archaeological site where the original settlement sits layered under centuries of habitation — your guide walks you through what the excavations have revealed, and you stand where people lived eight thousand years ago. From there it's a short stop at Zaccheus' Tree, the sycamore mentioned in the Bible, gnarled and still rooted in the town center.

Mount Temptation comes next, and you ride a cable car up the cliff face to a monastery perched on the slope, with views that stretch across the Jordan Valley toward the Dead Sea. The air thins and the scale of the desert becomes real. After that, the tour moves to Qasr al-Yahud, the baptismal site on the Jordan River itself — the water is narrow and slow here, nothing like the postcards suggest, but the weight of the place is immediate. You can wade in if you want; bring a bathing suit and a towel because the next stop is the Dead Sea, where you float on your back without effort, the salt holding you up while the sun beats down and the lowest point on Earth settles around you. Most people spend an hour here, drifting and adjusting to the strangeness of it.

The drive back to Tel Aviv takes the same route in reverse, and by evening you're back at your hotel. The whole day is structured around the geography — you go down, you visit, you float, you come back up — and the guide handles the pacing so you're not checking your phone to figure out what's next. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, as are all entrance fees and the air-conditioned transport, so logistics don't pull your attention away from the landscape itself.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off from Tel Aviv, a professional guide, entrance fees to Tel Jericho, Mount Temptation, Qasr al-Yahud, and the Dead Sea beach, plus air-conditioned transport throughout. You travel through the Judean Desert, visit the archaeological site and Zaccheus' Tree in Jericho, ride a cable car to Mount Temptation monastery, wade in the Jordan River at the baptismal site, and float in the Dead Sea.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Bein Harim Ltd

Is this one for you?A good fit if you want to see the Dead Sea and Jericho in one day without arranging your own transport or managing multiple entry tickets — the fixed itinerary and included pickups mean you focus on the sites instead of logistics. Plan for a full day out, roughly 10–12 hours, which is what fits all four main stops and the Dead Sea float into a single departure.