The Dead Sea is actually a big inland lake.

The name "Dead Sea" was attributed by Christian Monks who were amazed by the apparent absence of any form of life in the sea water.

More recently, scientific research discovered 11 types of bacteria in the water. Even more amazingly, in wells sometimes only one meter from the Dead Sea shore, live unique, indigenous small fish.

This species evolved from big carp common in the Lake Tiberias but have adapted to survival in these hard conditions.

The area offers fascinating landscapes: In the southern sector, mushroom-like hills from a mixture of minerals and sand were sculpted by erosion from wind and floods in the mountains of Judean the desert.

In the northern sector, threatening rocky cliffs rise hundreds of meters high, with sweet water streams and waterfalls in beautiful Nature Reserves, full of flora and fauna.