Rappelling forbidden
Rappelling here is forbidden: an Israel Nature and Parks Authority ban, a closed reserve or a firing zone. This page is for information only, not for planning a descent.
Note: closures and restrictions
The book says the stream and its falls (except the Fajr Katan tributary and the lower part) are in an active firing zone, and further downstream there is an area suspected of mines (p66-67).
Nahal Shuah (Wadi al-Fajr), a perennial stream in the central Golan with a basalt canyon holding a run of falls from 5 to 14 metres, inside an active firing zone.
Also known as: נחל שוח ויובליו, וואדי אל פג'ר, Wadi al-Fajr, נחל שוע
At a glance
- Tallest waterfall
- 14 m
- Number of waterfalls
- 3
- Reserve:
- No
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Meeting point (parking)
Upper fall at the canyon entry (5 m)
The meeting point is the parking spot. You continue on foot from here.
Coordinates: 33.06639, 35.67546
About
According to the book Nahal Shuah is about 17 kilometres long, from its head on the slopes of Mount Avital until it splits into a delta in the Hula valley. Most of it is a deep canyon whose bed is covered in dense thorny thicket, and moving along it is not simple.
The interesting part is the central falls canyon. It opens with a low 5 metre fall, and about 350 metres later the stream drops over a 14 metre fall, its highest, where a spring emerges along the cliff and feeds the flow down to the outlet. Then comes a 4 metre fall that can be descended, an 8 metre fall, and finally another 8 metre fall whose foot, the book says, needs equipment to reach. The book says reaching the foot of some falls requires a rope, and that some have bypasses from the southern bank that are not always clear.
Below the falls the canyon is deep and overgrown, and the book describes it as impassable. The book says the stream and its falls are in an active firing zone, and there is an area suspected of mines downstream.
Difficulty and suitability
- Water activity
- Yes
- Route type
- Wet
Descent profile
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Waterfalls(3)
| # | Name | Height | Obstacle | Profile | Landing | Anchor | Bolts and stations | Rope | From previous | Details |
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| 1 | – | Height: 5 m | Downclimb | – | Pool | – | – | – | – | |
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| 2 | The high fallBypass on the left | Height: 14 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | Pool | – | – | – | 350 m | |
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| 3 | ב | Height: 4 m | Downclimb | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 4 | גBypass on the left | Height: 8 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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| 5 | Bypass on the left | Height: 8 m | Waterfall / rappel | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
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Points on the map
- First waterfallPrimaryUpper fall at the canyon entry (5 m)
33.06639, 35.67546
- WaterfallThe high fall of Nahal Shuah (14 m)
33.06714, 35.67177
- WaterfallFall B (4 m)
33.06801, 35.67119
- WaterfallFall C (8 m)
33.06832, 35.67081
- WaterfallThe last fall (8 m)
33.06862, 35.66992
- LandmarkGreen jeep track crossing the southern channel
33.06838, 35.65183
Safety
Active firing zone and minefields: per the book, do not enter without checking with the army. The bypasses are not always clear and can be dangerous, and the thorny thicket makes movement hard.
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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