9 Jeep Tours in Eilat & the Negev to Build a Day Around

1.Eilat Mountains: Sunset Jeep Adventure to Mount Joash

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 143 reviews · 3 hours · from $67Our pick

Join a three-hour sunset jeep ride from Eilat into the southern mountains. Your driver-guide, often Alex, takes you through several wadis toward Mount Joash at 725 meters, stopping for local labane, pita, herbal tea, history, and wide Gulf of Eilat views. The rough driving is part of the fun, but this trip is not suited to anyone with back or mobility concerns.

“30.11.2025 / Excellent sunset-tour, Alex is a very kind guide, excellent driver & chef, explains topograhy, history & geography of the Eilat-mts region. I highly recommend this tour for all Eilat visitors, from Israel & abroad. Well done, thank you very much. Kind regards, Erwin Haas / Switzerland”

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2.Jeep tour adventure Eilat mountains

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · from $55Best value

Leave Eilat by chauffeured Jeep with guide Alex for a 2.5 to 3-hour ride through the Solomon River valley and up Mount Yoash. Expect rough tracks, wide desert views, a stop for sage or thyme tea with pita, labneh, and za’atar, plus a sunset outlook toward Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

“Wonderful tour with beautiful views; you’re in for a bumpy ride but it’s absolutely worth it. Food was fun as well”

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3.Timna Park Guided Jeep Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 68 reviews · 4 hours · from $83

Ride from Eilat into Timna Park in an old-style jeep with a guide such as Alex, stopping at copper mines, Solomon Pillars, Borg Hill, the Mushroom, arches, and Lake Timna. You will hear the park’s geology and ancient mining story, walk a little, collect colorful sand, and return to Eilat after four hours.

“Everything was great! Authentic desert-car, awesome guide Alex, interesting history and beautiful views.”

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4.Red Canyon Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 59 reviews · 4 hours · from $83

Ride from Eilat by jeep to the Red Canyon, then follow a 90-minute guided walk through pink sandstone gorges toward Ein Natafim. Your guide explains the region’s geology and history before the jeep climbs to Mount Yoash for views over the Gulf of Eilat and four countries. Alex is one of the guides frequently assigned to this outing.

“The guide was excellent and the place was amazing! Highly recommended!”

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5.Two hour guided jeep tour in to and around the Ramon crater

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 45 reviews

Ride a private 4x4 with guides such as Boaz or Elon through Ramon Crater from Mitzpe Ramon. Expect dry riverbeds, geology, Neolithic remains, an Acacia-tree stop, and broad views from Mt Gvanim. Hotel pickup, bottled water, fees, and a return ride are included.

“Elon is a great guide and great vehicle to navigate the “machtosh”( crater) Great knowledge & Great views!”

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6.Ramon Crater Jeep Tour from Mitzpe Ramon

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews

Take a private two-hour 4x4 ride from Mitzpe Ramon into Ramon Crater with a Ministry of Tourism certified guide. Climb to Mt. Gvanim, cross rugged desert tracks, visit Wadi Zochalim, rest by Acacia trees, stop at Beerot campground, and see a restored quarry. Eyal or Noram may lead the tour, in Hebrew or English.

“We had a fantastic tour with Noram and enjoyed every minute. He was a wonderful driver and very informative.”

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7.Red canyon jeep tour in Eilat

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $70

Join Alex and the Sole Tours team for a half-day trip from Eilat into the mountains. You’ll ride in a Jeep, hike the narrow Red Canyon with ladders and rocky sections, then stop at Mount Yoash for a four-country view. Hotel pickup, guiding, insurance, and entrance fees are included. Bring water and sturdy shoes.

“Fantastic tour, the guide was very helpful and friendly! The nature is absolutely stunning, and you learn lots of interesting facts. I highly recommend it!”

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8.Timna park Jeep tour adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 21 reviews · from $70

Ride from Eilat into Timna Park with guide Alex or another multilingual guide, stopping at Solomon Pillars, King Solomon’s Mine, rock carvings, copper workings, and mushroom-shaped rocks. Expect scenic Jeep travel, light walking, optional rocky climbing, a small tunnel, and Bedouin tea during this three-and-a-half to four-hour outing.

“Perfect half day trip to Timna National Park. Alexander is an enthusiastic guide who also showed us a table salt production and a copper mine on the way from Eilat to Timna Park. In the park we stopped at several spots and did a shoRead more”

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9.Sunset time Ramon Crater Jeep tour, bonfire and stargazing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews

Join Eyal Korin for a private 4.5-hour Ramon Crater evening tour from Mitzpe Ramon. Ride off-road through the crater, watch sunset from Mount Gewanim, then enjoy coffee, tea, a bonfire, and guided stargazing with binoculars and a laser pointer.

“Eyal was great tour guide very knowledgeable and was very special experience when on the same tour we saw the Mitzpe Ramon crater during the daytime, sunset and in the dark doing stars gazing and bonfire. highly recommended.”

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