Note: closures and restrictions
The book says the lower stream, from the falls downstream, is temporarily closed because of rockfalls (p47-48). The trail to the falls viewpoint is open. Check the current status with the Nature and Parks Authority.
Inside a nature reserve
Keep to the reserve rules and stay on the marked trails.
Nahal Oravim: a basalt canyon in the northern Golan with the Oravim falls, the highest thirty-four metres. The book says the stretch from the falls down is closed for now.
Also known as: וואדי נסרה, Wadi Nasra
At a glance
- Trail length
- 5 km
- Tallest waterfall
- 34 m
- Number of waterfalls
- 4
- Circular route:
- No
- Reserve:
- Yes
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Meeting point (parking)
Oravim crossing under the Tapline
The meeting point is the parking spot. You continue on foot from here.
Coordinates: 33.14245, 35.68675
About
The stream starts on the slopes of Mount Bar'on, crosses the plateau through an active firing zone and the Oravim reservoir, and after the Tapline begins its descent through a layered basalt canyon to the Hula valley. In winter, after rain, big falls run here.
After two low steps and a jeep track across the bed comes a three-metre fall, then one of about eight metres. Some sixty metres on, the Oravim falls begin: three falls in a row, thirty-four, eleven and ten metres, with wide steps between them. A red trail on the north rim leads to a viewpoint over the falls.
Below the falls the bed is covered in rockfall debris. About three hundred metres on Nahal Kela joins, and further down lie the wrecks of an APC and a truck that fell into the gorge. The book describes a full route of about five kilometres to the patrol road, but says it is temporarily closed because of rockfalls. The book does not describe rappelling the falls.
Access notes
The viewpoint route starts where the stream passes under the Tapline, follows the red trail on the north rim and ends at a viewpoint over the Oravim falls (about 1.6 km, out and back). The viewpoint can also be reached on a marked jeep track.
Parking
תצפית מפלי עורבים
Difficulty and suitability
- Hiking distance
- 5 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 | – | Height: – | Downclimb | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 2 | – | Height: – | Downclimb | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 3 | א | Height: 3 m | Downclimb | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 4 | ב | Height: 8 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 5 | ג | Height: 34 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | 60 m | |
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| 6 | ד | Height: 11 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 7 | ה | Height: 10 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Points on the map
- Route startPrimaryOravim crossing under the Tapline
33.14245, 35.68675
- LandmarkJeep-track crossing, head of drop A
33.14117, 35.68215
- WaterfallDrop B
33.14099, 35.68006
- WaterfallDrop C, first and highest Oravim fall
33.14098, 35.68023
- LandmarkNahal Kela confluence
33.14134, 35.67672
- LandmarkOverturned APC and truck
33.14244, 35.67204
- Route endPatrol road crossing
33.14424, 35.66492
- ExitPatrol road junction with Route 959
33.12558, 35.65409
- LandmarkOravim reservoir, north end
33.14633, 35.72990
Safety
The lower stream is temporarily closed because of rockfalls. The path is unstable and may crumble. East of the Tapline is an active firing zone.
Weather constraints
A seasonal stream; the falls run after winter rain.
Recommendations
Do not plan a descent of the falls before confirming with the Nature and Parks Authority that the stretch has reopened.
Data sources
The information on this page was collected from these sources.
- Based on the Hebrew guidebook "Golan Heights Streams" by Ronen Kalimi (2026)
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