Ein Bokek beach — Attraction in Tamar Regional Council

Let me start by saying there arguably is no beach as fascinating as the dead sea. The Ein Bokek beach is a massive 421 meters below sea level and us simply the beach to go to when considering entering the dead sea. In Hebrew they call it the Yama Melach (i.e the sea of salt).. The water is warm here too. The reason it is called the dead sea (in English) is that there is absolutely no marine life (fish etc) that can survive in the extremely salty water. So the sea is effectively dead. If you come here you probably won't want to leave the water, the sea is relaxing and therapeutic. The water is very warm too. The special thing about this beach is that you cannot sink here, you literally float on top of the water, as a result of the extremely dense salt water. A few points of caution, do not get this water into your eyes or mouth. So avoid swimming here, rather, just float. If you have a cut it will sting too. But nonetheless, this water will clear your skin and heal your wounds. I highly recommend this beach and the dead sea in general. By the way, parking is cheap, you pay only 10 shekels for...

Beautiful mountain and natural lighting scenery!

I would recommend photographers to this site of amazingness. There are several tips and warnings in my experience for photographers.

Sunrise and sunset—best natural lighting will occur when the sun will set or rises. I prefer sunset due to not waking up so early but also sunrises will occur on the opposite side of the beach.

Unstable platforms—be careful of the salt platforms over the rocky areas! They tend to break under human weight and will result in you and your equipment becoming wet. I recommend throwing a rock on the area you’re planning to venture on.

Avoid Salt—by this I mean make sure you prevent getting salt water on your equipment. This will fry the electronics and may result in a dead device.

Sharp salt—The salts formation has sharp ends so beware!

Bring wipes—they will be useful when you’re utilising your camera equipment and phone to wipe them down if you get saltwater on them.

Much love from Jesus...

8.28.17 - You can only float in the Dead Sea, which is a hypersaline lake.

We went in low season so not a lot of people. The sand is not groomed and feels little lumpy and very packed.

The water is hot, and I mean uncomfortably hot at first. Any scratches or open skin will burn and we saw little children screaming in pain because their couches started to burn so you saw them standing at the showers or water bottle stations washing their crotches with their parents looking helpless.

There are changing rooms, eye wash stations, and paid parking for 5 NIS per hour. Some areas are under but it's not too obtrusive.

We only stayed for 1 hour and moved onto the next destination because it's essentially a money dump. If you like spending hours on the beach with an occasional 5 minute dip, this is your place, but there's a lot better ways to spend your day than on a salty...