Price List

We currently have four host families that can provide overnight stays, meals, tours, and more. The prices are as follows:

With the family of Salman Bin Hemed in the village of Bir Haddaj:
Overnight stay - 150 NIS per person with a minimum of 4 people.
Traditional Bedouin chicken meal - 60 NIS per person (minumum of 4 people)
Traditional Bedouin lamb meal - 100 NIS per person (minumum of 10 people)
Vegetarian/Dairy meal - 50 NIS per person (minumum of 4 people)
Sunset meal cooked in the desert - 80 NIS per person (minumum 10 people)
All meals are served with traditional tea prepared from desert herbs.

If you would just like to visit and hear the history of the Bedouin in the Negev and the current political reality from their perspective, this lecture costs 15 NIS, assuming you do not eat a meal or stay over.

With the family of Atia al-Athameen in the village of Khashm Zanna:
Overnight stay - 80 NIS per person (minumum 4 people)
Traditional Bedouin meal - 55 NIS per person
Vegetarian meal - 35 NIS per person
Atia can arrange hosting for groups up to 50 people.

With the family of Ibrahim abu Kaf in the village of Um Bateen:
Overnight stay - 80 NIS per person for groups up to 5 people
Traditional Bedouin meal - 50 NIS
Vegetarian meal - 50 NIS
Tour of Negev for groups up to 50 people - 600 NIS for half a day, 800 NIS for a full day

With the family of Sheikh Jumaa Kishkhar in al-Foraa
Overnight stay (bring your own sleeping bags)- 100 NIS per person
Traditional Bedouin meal - 50 NIS (minimum 5 people)
Vegetarian meal - 25 NIS
Camel ride: 60 NIS for a half-hour trek
Bedouin cooking course, learn to make traditional foods and teas: inquire

Transportation to and from the villages is not provided, but detailed directions can be found by clicking this link. We recommend that you hire a car.