Flash flood danger
Do not enter the canyon when rain is forecast in the area or upstream, even under clear skies. Check the forecast on the morning of the trip.
Inside a nature reserve
Keep to the reserve rules and stay on the marked trails.
Nahal Kane, a short steep channel south of Nahal Tmarim, with a close run of drops ending in an eighty-five metre rappel.
Also known as: Nahal Qane
Information as of 24 Oct 2026
At a glance
- Trail length
- 4.5 km
- Total descent
- 330 m
- Tallest waterfall
- 85 m
- Number of waterfalls
- 4
- Shuttle
- Not needed
- Exit distance:
- 1.7 km
- Circular route:
- Yes
- Flash flood risk:
- High
- Reserve:
- Yes
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Meeting point (parking)
Parking at the date plantations entrance
The meeting point is the parking spot. You continue on foot from here.
Coordinates: 31.63891, 35.41775
About
Nahal Kane is a short channel that reaches the northern Dead Sea shore between Nahal Tmarim and Nahal Samar. It drains a small area at the eastern edge of the desert plateau and drops down the escarpment in a chain of tall falls, without a real canyon.
Where the red dirt road crosses it the channel is shallow and open, and after a few hundred metres the drops begin. First a small six metre step, right after it forty metres, and after a short walk forty-eight metres.
The last drop is the highest, eighty-five metres. On the right (south) side it is one continuous wall, on the left two separate steps of forty-five and thirty metres. Below it the bed reaches Route 90 after about half a kilometre, and from there you walk back north to the parking.
Access notes
From the parking climb the blue trail of Ma'ale Tmarim, on the south side of Nahal Tmarim. From the top continue on blue north to a green-marked dirt road, follow it west to a junction with a red-marked dirt road, and take the red road south until it crosses Nahal Kane. From the end of the stream reach Route 90 and walk north along it for about one point two kilometres to the parking.
Parking
Parking at the entrance to the date plantations, by the mouth of Nahal Tmarim on Route 90. The loop starts and ends there.
Difficulty and suitability
- Hiking distance
- 6.2 km
Descent profile
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Waterfalls(4)
| # | Name | Height | Obstacle | Profile | Landing | Anchor | Bolts and stations | Rope | From previous | Details |
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| 1 | א | Height: 6 m | Waterfall / rappel | Stepped | – | – | – | – | 300 m | |
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| 2 | ב | Height: 40 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 3 | ג | Height: 48 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 4 | ד | Height: 85 m | Waterfall / rappel | Vertical | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Points on the map
- ParkingPrimaryParking at the date plantations entrance
31.63891, 35.41775
- ExitNahal Kane at Route 90
31.63105, 35.41465
Safety
No entry when there is flash flood risk. The book mentions no bypasses or ways out, so plan to rappel the whole run. The walk back is along Route 90, so take care.
Recommendations
At the last drop you can choose between one long rappel on the right side and two shorter ones on the left.
Equipment
Full rappelling gear, a helmet for everyone, plenty of water, and ropes suited to the long last drop, depending on the side you choose.
Data sources
The information on this page was collected from these sources.
- osm© OpenStreetMap contributors, License: ODbL
- Based on the Hebrew guidebook "Judean Desert Canyons" by Ronen Kalimi (2023)
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