Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve

Nahal Me'arot is a nature reserve with four limestone caves on Mount Carmel that were inhabited across many time periods. These caves hold remains and tools left by different human groups, including Neanderthals and early modern people.

Archaeological work started in 1928 and revealed that people lived in these caves for hundreds of thousands of years. This long record of habitation makes it one of the most important records of human prehistory.

The caves show how people lived here over a long span of time and changed how they survived. You can see traces of the shift from hunting groups to settled communities.

Visitors can walk through the caves along marked paths that run through the natural landscape. Information boards at different spots explain the findings and help you understand what makes this place important.

The Tabun Cave shows one of the longest continuous records of human presence anywhere in the world, reaching back more than 500,000 years. This remarkable timespan within a single cave makes it stand out among archaeological sites in the region.