Dead Sea (Israel)

The Dead sea, the most salty body of water on the planet Earth and the lowest point on the planet, is shared between Israel and Jordan.

Hitching Out

To Jerusalem

Wait an your nearest junction on Highway 90 and head north to the Beit Ha'arava Junction. Get off at the Beit Ha'arava Junction, and continue at the trempiada at the beginning of Highway 1 going east to Jerusalem. From here, it is best to wait for a ride that is going directly to Jerusalem without any stop, unless your goal is not actually to get to Jerusalem, but a town along the way, such as Ma'ale Adummim, in which case there should be people headed there as well.

To Eilat

Just get to a junction that hits Highway 90 and continue south.

To the Golan Heights

Wait an your nearest junction on Highway 90 and head north to the Beit Ha'arava Junction. From the Beit Ha'arava Junction, head north on highway one until you reach the Tsemach Junciton at the bottom of the Kinneret. From there, there is a trempiada up to the Golan. People either drive up to Highway 92 or Highway 98 from there. Highway 98 goes right up to the Golan, and Higway 92 runs along the west coast of the Kinneret from where you can pick up Route 789 at the Kursi Junction, or Highway 87 to the Golan. Route 789 connects to Highway 98 from where you can chose to either continue north or head south. Highway 87 also connects to 98, but a bit later, and it also turns west over the Kinneret or east through the center of the Golan until it picks up 98 at its end.

Hitching in

From Jerusalem

From the city center or the bus station, take buses 25, 4 or 4A to get to the "French Hill junction". This junction is the spot to hitchhike in the direction of Jericho and the Dead sea. The place is usually crowded with hitchhikers, and drivers stop often. Most likely they will go only half ways, in which case you should ask to go down in the entry junction to their settlement, and continue hitchhiking from the bus station. When reaching the Beit-HaArava junction, the road turn south and from there you can ask to get off in any location at the shore of the dead sea.