Touring Israel with a tour guide

🌵  Sticky Viper’s Bugloss 🌵 Spotted in the Samar Desert Garden in the southern Negev – the striking Sticky Viper’s Bugloss (Echium glomeratum). With its hairy, sticky leaves that glisten in the sunlight & bright yellow flowers crowned with elegant pink stamens, it’s a true desert survivor. This hardy annual bursts into colour each spring, a reminder of how life adapts and thrives even in the harshest of landscapes. #Negev   #DesertFlowers   #IsraelNature   #SamarDesert   #WildflowersOfIsrael   #DesertBloom   #IsraelTravel   #ImagineIsraelTours   #NegevDesert   #HiddenIsrael   #EcoTourism   #DesertLife   #floraandfauna   #simonostertourguideisrael   #visitisrael   #israeltourism   #israeltourguide   At Imagine Israel Tours we love to notice not just the big moments of history, but also the small details of nature that make Israel unique I’m a licensed tour guide with experience driving & g...

The Mediterranean Red Bug (פנדור אדמוני). With its bold red-&-black pattern, this true bug is easy to spot as it clusters in groups on flowers & seed pods. While it mainly feeds on plants like milkweed & Sodom’s apple, it also tells a fascinating story about Israel’s natural balance – thriving year-round in our warm Mediterranean climate. At Imagine Israel Tours we love to notice not just the big moments of history, but also the small details of nature that make Israel unique 🌿🐞. #ImagineIsraelTours   #IsraelNature   #IsraelTours   #EcoIsrael   #TrueBug   #ExploreIsrael   #NatureInIsrael   #TravelIsrael   #floraandfauna   #simonostertourguideisrael   #tourisrael   #israeltourism I’m a licensed tour guide with experience driving & guiding all over Israel as an independent guide in a comfortable 7-seater vehicle & I’m an accredited tour guide for Israel’s National Parks. 🌳 🌲 🌴  I’ve also been certified as...

This aerial photograph captures the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in its early decades, dominated by the iconic Einstein Tower. Founded in 1925, the university became a beacon of Jewish learning, scientific advancement, & cultural revival. After the War of Independence in 1948, Mount Scopus was left as an Israeli enclave entirely surrounded by Jordanian-controlled territory. Access was only possible via tightly controlled UN convoys. For 19 years, students & staff made the difficult journey through hostile surroundings, maintaining academic life against all odds. In June 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli forces liberated Jerusalem’s eastern sector, ending the university’s isolation. Mount Scopus once again became fully accessible, resuming its role at the heart of Israel’s intellectual & cultural life. Today, walking these grounds is not just a campus visit, it is a journey through history, resilience & the unwavering spirit of the Jewish people. And as an...

Meet the Drimia maritima, or Sea Squill, one of Israel’s most iconic wild plants. Every late summer, just as the heat begins to soften, its tall, leafless stalks suddenly appear, covered in tiny star-shaped white blooms. For generations, its arrival has signalled the shift from the blazing summer to the gentler days of autumn. In folklore, farmers once planted rows of Sea Squill bulbs to mark field boundaries. The toxic bulbs ensured no grazing animal would nibble away the lines! From rocky hillsides to coastal plains, the Sea Squill stands proud, quietly announcing: the seasons are turning. #floraandfauna   #visitisrael   #israeltourism   #tourguideisrael   #israeltourguide   #simonostertourguideisrael #SeaSquill   #DrimiaMaritima   #WildIsrael   #IsraelNature   #MediterraneanWildflowers   #AutumnInIsrael   #NaturePhotography   #IsraeliFlora   #FlowerFolklore   #WildflowersOfInstagram   #SeasonChange