About Us

This site was started as an initiative by the Regional Council of Unrecognized Bedouin Villages to help bring visitors to the villages, and as a way of helping the Bedouin economy.

The Bedouin, reknowned throughout the world as the most hospitable people on Earth, are an incredibly knowledgeable and generous people. In fact, in Bedouin law, it is a punishable offense to refuse a guest food, drink, and a bed for three and a third days. Your trip to the villages will no doubt be the most memorable aspect of your visit to Israel, by far.

This website is designed to allow foreign or domestic tourists who want to see real life in the Bedouin community the opportunity to do so. We make no profit from this site, all funds go directly to the families you stay with. Our job is simply to put you in touch.

We will be happy to arrange all details of your stay for you, simply contact us with your arrival dates. If you would like to visit a village for a day-trip and a meal, but not an overnight stay, that is always an option and we would be happy to provide that for you as well.

The Regional Council of Unrecognized Bedouin Villages was created in 1997 by more than fifty leaders from across the Negev, tired of being denied access to the political process.

They started by forming 45 committees, one in each of the unrecognized villages, which were then assembled into a council, the Regional Council of Unrecognized Villages. The work of the RCUV expanded, as did our reputation on both sides of the political fence, until the RCUV became recognized as a legitimate political action body, and one that was created by the new generation to meet the needs of a changed world.