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Shkedi's Camplodge

חאן שקדי

Guest house · No kosher certificate

Moshav Neot HaKikar, Neot HaKikar

A desert camp lodge on Moshav Neot HaKikar, between the Dead Sea and the Arava: group lodges, wooden cabins, tents and two converted buses around a bar, a campfire dome and a ring of hammocks

Shkedi's Camplodge is owned and run by Gil Shkedi, who left the centre of the country for the desert nearly 20 years ago, led jeep tours, and more than a decade ago began building a place to host hikers, slowly and with his own hands. It stands on Moshav Neot HaKikar, between the Dead Sea and the Arava, close to trails such as Nahal Peratzim, Mount Sodom, the Small Crater, Nahal Tamar and Gavei Peres, about half an hour's drive from the Dead Sea. Groups, families and single travellers sleep in four wooden group lodges, two wooden cabins, two tents or two converted buses with private yards, and three guest cabins with jacuzzis stand five minutes' walk away. In the shared grounds each group gets its own seating and dining corner with a barbecue; hammocks hang in a circle under a geodesic dome, a central campfire burns under another on winter nights, and the bar sells beer, soft drinks, pizzas and the dates from Shkedi's own grove.

15 facts checked 2026-10-05

At a glance

Kosher
No certificate
Wheelchair
It covers the website; for the lodge itself it says there are no steps and that accessible parking and an escort can be arranged ahead by phone or email
  • Own website
  • Active on Instagram
  • Facebook page
  • Wi-Fi

Rooms

  • Suite Bus

    1 room · Sleeps up to 2

    A converted bus set apart from the other sleeping areas, for couples only: an air-conditioned bedroom with a double bed, an air-conditioned lounge with mattresses and cushions, an equipped kitchen with an espresso machine, its own shower and toilet, and a private yard facing the marl hills with a barbecue, a hammock, sofas and water misters.

  • Dream Bus

    1 room · Sleeps up to 4

    A colourful bus with a private yard facing the marl hills: an air-conditioned bedroom with a double bed, an air-conditioned lounge with two sofas, a fridge and its own shower and toilet. Ideal for a couple, possible for four.

  • Wooden cabin

    2 rooms

    Beds with mattresses, linen, towels and soap, heating and cooling; one cabin has two beds and the other four, and mattresses can be added.

  • Group lodge

    4 rooms · Sleeps up to 20

    Wooden group buildings with mattresses, two air conditioners each and power points; two take up to 15 people and two up to 20.

  • Tent

    2 rooms · Sleeps up to 15

    Mattresses on mats, a desert cooler and power points; one tent sleeps up to 14 and the other up to 15.

  • Guest cabin, Etzel Belfer BaKikar

    3 rooms · Sleeps up to 6

    Three air-conditioned wooden cabins five minutes' walk from the lodge: a bedroom with a double bed, a lounge with a sofa bed, a gallery with three single mattresses, a bathroom with a jacuzzi, an equipped kitchen, a barbecue and a private porch facing the mountains of Edom.

Photos of the rooms, on its own site

Guests in the lodges, cabins and tents share the showers, toilets and kitchen and bring their own cooking and eating utensils.

Read from shkedig.com on 2026-10-05. Prices and free rooms on its booking page

Photos

On its Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Shkedi's Camplodge itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram

An ibex standing in the Negev desert

Avi Theret / Unsplash

An ibex in the Negev desert
Eroded pale rock slopes of Mount Sodom falling to the Dead Sea, with a road and salt flats along the shore and hazy mountains beyond the water

Hoshvilim / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The eroded slopes of Mount Sodom falling to the Dead Sea, north of Neot HaKikar

Location

Map showing Shkedi's Camplodge at Moshav Neot HaKikar, Neot HaKikar

Moshav Neot HaKikar, Neot HaKikar86905

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  • Bus: Nearest stop 226 mlines 321

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.

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