Makman Dunes
חולות מקמן
Guest house · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
Five hand-built mud huts spread over 24 dunams of untouched dunes at the edge of the Mashabim Dunes nature reserve, about a kilometre west of Shezaf.
Makman Dunes is a privately owned, secluded ecological lodge on 24 dunams at the foot of the dunes, at the edge of the Mashabim Dunes nature reserve and beside the Ottoman road to Nitzana, about 20 minutes south of Beersheba. Its five huts are built of mud by hand, dome-shaped to blend with the dunes, and spread far apart for space, quiet and privacy; each is named for a creature or plant of the desert, and groups can take a large airy tent instead. Breakfasts are made to order in its home kitchen: home-baked bread, a chopped salad, jams and cheeses from the neighbours' dairy and eggs to order, 60 shekels an adult and 40 a child, booked in advance. Its site says the name comes from the Arabic word for a place, and that the Bedouin call it Amkiman, a small ambush spot where travellers were waylaid at the bend of the wadi in Ottoman times. The lodge also hosts yoga retreats, the latest in April 2026.
At a glance
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Breakfast
Rooms
Kseini hut
1 room · Sleeps up to 5
Named after the Bedouin word for a fox.
Sheig hut
1 room · Sleeps up to 5
Named after the Bedouin word for the tent where guests are hosted.
Tristan hut
1 room · Sleeps up to 5
Named after the Tristram's starling, whose spread wings show orange.
Kamila hut
1 room · Sleeps up to 5
Named after the chameleon; its kitchen is listed as kosher.
Mantur hut
1 room · Sleeps up to 5
Named after the desert flower that blooms purple in summer and scents the air.
The group tent
1 room · Sleeps up to 50
A big airy tent for groups beside the camping area, which has showers, toilets and a fully equipped kitchen.
Every hut has a double bed and three mattresses, air conditioning, a shower and toilet, a kitchenette, a veranda, an outdoor kitchen, a fire pit with a built-in barbecue and parking beside it; they differ in size, position and design. Midweek means Sunday to Wednesday nights and the weekend Thursday and Friday nights. Availability and bookings are by email.
Read from makmandunes.com on 2026-10-05.
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the trade, not Makman Dunes itself.
Location
A dirt road off the road to the Neve Midbar spa, 2 km along Road 222 from the Mashabei Sadeh junction, Shezaf
- Parking: Each hut has its own parking beside it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Makman Dunes
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪500 shekels a hut a night midweek, bringing your own bedding and towels, and 700 at weekends and on holidays with them included.
Makman Dunes is a guest house at A dirt road off the road to the Neve Midbar spa, 2 km along Road 222 from the Mashabei Sadeh junction in Shezaf, in the Southern District.
It has 6 kinds of room.
Each hut has its own parking beside it.
Its site lists the kitchen of one hut, Kamila, as kosher and shows no certificate. The Ramat Negev Regional Council's religious department issues kashrut certificates but publishes no list of them on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, checked on 5 October 2026. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Ramat Negev Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
Rustic secluded ecological desert lodge, surrounded by a nature reserve. Lies 20 minutes south of Beer Sheba , and a two hour drive south of Tel Aviv. The lodge is built from natural materials: mud, rock and logs that were collected from the near- by area. The huts are dome shaped to blend with the dunes.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its site lists the kitchen of one hut, Kamila, as kosher and shows no certificate. The Ramat Negev Regional Council's religious department issues kashrut certificates but publishes no list of them on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, checked on 5 October 2026. makmandunes.com2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. A company called מקמן בע"מ, company 513287425, registered in 2002, appears in the Companies Registrar as wound up voluntarily; nothing on the lodge's pages ties it to that company. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in the open country of Ramat Negev, where Makman Dunes stands, are licensed by the Ramat Negev Regional Council. Its business licensing page, in the copy archived in January 2022, sets out the licensing process, the application form, the fire-safety declaration route, one-off events, renewals and a guide to licensing, but publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. web.archive.org2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | חולות מקמן / Makman Dunes | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | A dirt road off the road to the Neve Midbar spa, 2 km along Road 222 from the Mashabei Sadeh junction | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.0039828, 34.7562384 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 052-236-8175 | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Website | makmandunes.com | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Rooms | 6 kinds of room | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from makmandunes.com | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Each hut has its own parking beside it. | makmandunes.com | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | ||
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. A company called מקמן בע"מ, company 513287425, registered in 2002, appears in the Companies Registrar as wound up voluntarily; nothing on the lodge's pages ties it to that company. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in the open country of Ramat Negev, where Makman Dunes stands, are licensed by the Ramat Negev Regional Council. Its business licensing page, in the copy archived in January 2022, sets out the licensing process, the application form, the fire-safety declaration route, one-off events, renewals and a guide to licensing, but publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | web.archive.org | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from makmandunes.com | makmandunes.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 1 licensed | makmandunes.com | Linked, not copied |
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