I was up at around sunrise for some great views over the kinneret before heading off. The forecast was for hot weather (30+) so I wanted to get started early.
After a moderately strenuous climb (which I was happy to be doing in the cooler weather), I reached the Poria spring, with some great views over the kinneret.
The path went through a forest (which I visited a few months ago)
including some nice views of parts of Tiberias
The path soon led to the upper part of Tiberias, where there was a gradual descent. The city was very quiet (probably because it was part of Pesach holiday, and Tiberias is a relatively religious city)
After grabbing a snack at the petrol station (for some reason I had been craving pesach pastries, satisfied by a kosher-for-pesach apple pie), the path went through Mitspe, and soon passed by Kfar Hitim. This section was very overgrown with spiky plants, I was happy to get past it! The ascent continued with more views of the kinneret
before reaching the top of the Arbel mountain and the national park.
I took a rest at one of the view points and had lunch (trying to cool down in the hot weather, enjoying the shade put up by the national park).
I soon started the descent, taking a quick detour to see the fort (unfortunately closed due to safety / renovations) and some of the caves where people escaped to numerous times in history.
The descent was pretty quick
and before long I arrived at Ein Nun (Nun spring). Although the water was cold, submerging myself (it was not very deep) was amazing on such a hot day
I looked for a place to camp by the kineret and found a small beach next to the Selina hotel where a few other people were also camping.
After a quick dip in the kineret, I set up my tent.
My tent. While there were only a few other people there who didn't make much noise, the bar at the hotel next door made a lot of noise. Thankfully not too late they switched to music without words which combined with the exhaustion at the end of the day I managed to sleep through.
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