Masada and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Tel Aviv

Posted By : 811martenp
I really enjoyed the trip!

The guide Eyal was very provident and professional! I Learned a lot about the places we passed by. We went through the sites without any hurry. The things were explained in an very eupeptic manner.

Although we passed through the Westbank in summer 2024, there was no impression of any danger on the way. Local people we found where very kind at all places.

The stay at the beach was about 1.5h, enough to enjoy this extraordinary place.

Thanks for a very nice trip!
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Posted On : 2024-06-26 16:13:01

Posted By : esimisrael
This "Masada and the Dead Sea Day Trip from Tel Aviv" was incredible! The convenience of hotel pickup and drop-off, combined with comfortable air-conditioned travel, made the journey stress-free.

Our guide's detailed explanations at Masada were enlightening, enhancing our appreciation of this historic site. Floating in the Dead Sea was a surreal experience, with optional therapeutic treatments available. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Israel!
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Posted On : 2024-06-26 05:21:46

Posted By : Jason_S
Rude awful tour guide. They refuse to drop you back at your hotel and drop you 12 miles away and tell you to pay for a private taxi to your hotel despite the tour offering hotel pick up and drop off. I don’t recommend this tour. The staff are rude, aggressive and confrontational when it was pointed out to them that hotel drop off was included in the tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-16 16:00:53

Posted By : Quinn_A
I was outside my hotel 10 minutes early for pickup. My Viator ticket had my hotel's name and time. I received a call from Avi, asking me to hurry up and go outside. He kept saying "Hurry, Hurry!". But I was outsid the hotel. Avi yelled at my over the phone saying he didn't see me. Turns out, Avi posted a revised schedule with new pick up locations and times last night on an App called WhatsApp, which I do not use. Nobody told me about this! Avi then hung up the phone. I Googled the new pickup point and rushed over there, it was about a 7 minutes walk away from my hotel. Avi phoned me again and told me to "Hurry Up! Take a Taxi! Hurry Up! I will leave without you!". Then Avi hung up the phone again. I was having heart palpitations and my mouth was dry. Avi phoned me again and said "I am leaving!" and I said that I could see the van from where I was, and to just wait a couple fo minutes. I was having a panic attack and had to take my emergency Rx pill that I keep in a tiny key fob. For the third time, Avi phoned me and yelled "I am leaving without you!" I could literally see the van from where I was. I have never been treated so badly in my life. Avi is a bully and treats other people like crap. I have never been treated in such a hostile manner. I am a paying customer for a 12 hour tour and Avi can't wait 2 minutes for an error in scheduling that HE HIMSELF CREATED. This was an epic failure and has effected my opinion of the people of Israel.
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Posted On : 2024-05-31 11:42:35

Posted By : Charlotte_B
I will start with the good part: our guide, Eyal, was very informative and professional. The tour was both in English and in Spanish and he switched effortlessly from one language to the other. He was ponctual and everything was well organized.
The less good part: instead of accessing the Dead Sea in Ein Bokek, in Israel, you access it in Kalia beach, which belongs to an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. This should be clearly stated in the description of the tour, as it can raise concerns both for security and ethical reasons.
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Posted On : 2024-04-13 01:52:10

Posted By : hansjoachimd628
Udi, the guide, was extremely well informed and made the trip great. I would recommend the trip with him in a small group at any time.
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Posted On : 2023-10-05 13:48:18

Posted By : João P
Very organized tour with a prepared, enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide about the places visited. The ruins of Masada are impressive and the landscapes of it and the Dead Sea are very beautiful and unique. We suffered from the sun and the heat but the visit is remarkable both for the history of the place and the nature around it.
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Posted On : 2023-09-21 13:50:08

Posted By : ziyikuek
One of the best tour I have had. Aviv was very knowledgeable in his histories and stories. Handing our tour in both French and English! However we did not once felt tied down or slowed down by his dual explaining he was doing. He handled his group very professionally, informing us of our gathering point and route very detailedly.

Love all the information on Masada and the relax time at Dead Sea in the end!
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Posted On : 2023-09-18 07:45:18

Posted By : TRAVELINGCWS
The company picks you up then takes you to a transfer site. We departed forty minutes after pick up.

We stopped to take photos of a camel. Then we stopped at a bad rest stop for snacks while they drove some of the people who bought an all day tour of Galilee. Fifteen minutes later after getting a bad coffee and worse croissant we were off again. The rest rooms were terrible, nasty. BTW - nothing was priced - they gave you a number to pay. I hate that at a tourist place.

They took us to a place that makes facial creams - the factory. They made us sit in a video presentation. Which ends in their retail store. What a joke. I hate this crap and it's why I'll never take another tour company tour.

The Masada tour was very good. Our guide knowledgeable. However; watch a video, rent the audio tour.

Then they took us to this state park that had a gift shop with a terrible restaurant. The parking lot was full of buses, a line out the door. A tour guide telling us we are in the wrong line because he wanted his people ahead of us. No prices, over priced below average food. Nasty toilets with waste cans over full. Why did they subject us to eating at a huge gift shop - they get money for it.

Then we went to the Dead Sea. It's not a very nice place. It's interesting to see. With so many visitors why don't they have nicer facilities. My wife and I watched people put on mud and float in the sea.

So, in summary. After another bus tour.', I'd rent a car, watch videos etc. The Masada is cool, Dead Sea should be a quickie.
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Posted On : 2023-09-16 10:18:50

Posted By : Vincenzo_N
Masada is a magical place and the Dead Sea experience will be a lasting,very well organized tour and very professional and friendly guide
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Posted On : 2023-09-15 17:32:56