Red Canyon, Natural canyon in Eilat Mountains, Israel.

Red Canyon is a deep gorge in the Eilat Mountains with narrow passages carved into sandstone displaying red, orange, and brown tones throughout. The canyon features sections where rock walls come close together and natural formations create winding pathways through the landscape.

The canyon began forming after the uplift that raised the margins of the Dead Sea Rift, the Syrian-African fault. Its incision is estimated at 5–10 million years old, later than the rift itself, which is younger than 20 million and older than 5 million years. The southern rift is thought to have started about 10 million years ago.

The canyon's name comes from the reddish hue of its walls, Nubian sandstone coloured by iron oxides. The Hebrew name Gey Sheni refers to Nahal Sheni, the wadi it cuts through. Bedouin hunters once lured leopards into a closed stone trap here, using a kid or lamb as bait and blocking the entrance with a heavy stone.

Access is from Route 12, either on foot along about 1.5 km of trail or by vehicle on a dirt road to the overnight parking area, where a large map and often information sheets are posted and chemical toilets have been installed. There is no water source at the site. The descent into the canyon uses a stake ladder and a pipe handrail.

In some sections the path narrows to arm's width, requiring visitors to move sideways and squeeze through between red rock faces. These tight passages have metal handles bolted directly into the stone to help people navigate safely through.