Trip Reports

Reading trip reports is a highlight of running this website. We invite you to spend some time hiking along with others. If you have hiking journal and want it linked here, please get in touch directly and send us the link!

Each hiker interprets the trail in a unique way. Of course, the content on the sites listed below is the expression of the authors. Linking here does not imply an endorsement of political and religious opinions, nor the accuracy or reliability of any information.

Above: View from Mount Aminadav on the new Jerusalem section of the Israel National Trail, with the ancient farming terraces around the village of Battir seen in the distance.

New: TheHypeIsrael – 16 weeks on the Israel National Trail

Raphael Sacks' blog of his 2016 journey, with many stunning photos.

Chris Hillier – Wolverine Hikes

Read our interview with Wolverine here! There are full links to all of his blog posts from his 2017 thru-hike of the INT at the end of the interview. Or you can jump directly to his first post here, and continue the journey by following the links dated March, April, and May 2017 on the right-hand column. His report of the Golan Heights Trail, while not part of the Shvil Yisrael proper, is also worth reading.

Bex – The Ordinary Adventurer – Walking Israel

Bex from Basingstoke, UK, completed a 52-day, 1020-km hike on the Israel National Trail in late 2016. Her site includes a comprehensive list of needed items as well as the planning process for a thru-hiking the Shvil Yisrael, and dozens of beautiful photos and descriptions of the experience.