Khan Derech HaBesamim
חאן דרך הבשמים
Guest house · No kosher certificate
A desert khan on the line of the Nabataean Incense Route behind Moshav Tzofar, with tents, huts and cabins, a heated covered pool and camels and donkeys in its petting corner.
Debbie Rabins, who grew up farming in the Arava, started the place in 2000 behind Moshav Tzofar as a base for donkey treks, and it grew into a khan as hikers asked for a place to sleep. It lies about 2 km west of the Arava road on the line of the Incense Route, with the ancient Nabataean town of Moa about 2 km to the south. Guests choose between Bedouin tents for groups, small and large huts, desert cabins, a glamping hut and a camping area, and share a kitchen, campfire corners and a heated covered pool. A desert breakfast is included, a Bedouin dinner on a shared tray can be booked ahead, and the petting corner keeps camels, donkeys, dwarf goats and rabbits.
At a glance
- Check-in
- From 15:00
- Check-out
- By 11:00
- Meals
- Desert breakfast included; a Bedouin dinner served on a shared tray by advance booking
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Pool
- Yes
- Wheelchair
- Accessible parking, wheelchair access in the shared areas, accessible toilets and help moving around the site by electric cart; the guest units themselves do not meet the accessibility standard.
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
- Breakfast
- Good for families
Rooms
Bedouin group tent
Large spaces with mats and mattresses, for groups.
Small hut
An air-conditioned hut for small groups and families who want a compound of their own.
Large hut
A larger air-conditioned hut on the same plan.
Desert cabin
A private suite with desert design, for couples and families.
Glamping hut
A simple structure outside with a well-appointed room inside.
A camping area takes guests with their own tents.
Read from spiceroute.co.il on 2026-10-05. Prices and free rooms on its booking page
Your stay
| Check-in | 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Check-out | 11:00 |
On Shabbat and holidays the times may change by arrangement.
- Meals: Desert breakfast included; a Bedouin dinner served on a shared tray by advance booking
- Pool: Yes
- Families: Small huts for families and small groups, large huts and Bedouin tents for groups
- Cancellation: Free up to 7 days before arrival; 30% of the booking from 7 days to 48 hours before, 50% inside 48 hours or for a no-show
As published on spiceroute.co.il, read 2026-10-05.
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the trade, not Khan Derech HaBesamim itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Location
Behind Moshav Tzofar, Tzofar8683000
- Parking: Its accessibility statement lists accessible parking.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Khan Derech HaBesamim
- Its own website and social pagesThe rooms and the rules on this page come from the business's own site.
InstagramFacebookspiceroute.co.il
Khan Derech HaBesamim is a guest house at Behind Moshav Tzofar in Tzofar, in the Southern District. Behind it: founder Debbie Rabins.
It has 5 kinds of room.
Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 11:00. On Shabbat and holidays the times may change by arrangement. Meals: desert breakfast included; a Bedouin dinner served on a shared tray by advance booking.
Its accessibility statement lists accessible parking.
It is not on the list that the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal keeps for the Arava communities (under the Jordan Valley regional religious council), read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Central Arava Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
הכול התחיל בשנת 2000, ממש כאן, מאחורי מושב צופר. דבי רבינס, בת המקום שגדלה על ברכי החקלאות והעשייה בערבה, חלמה לחבר אנשים לקסם של המדבר.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- It is not on the list that the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal keeps for the Arava communities (under the Jordan Valley regional religious council), read on 5 October 2026, and its own pages show no certificate. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings spiceroute.co.il2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. spiceroute.co.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Tzofar are licensed by the Central Arava Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law and order, its own specification of licence conditions for each type of business, the fees and an online application, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. arava.co.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | חאן דרך הבשמים / Khan Derech HaBesamim | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Behind Moshav Tzofar | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 30.560028, 35.1718045 (OpenStreetMap) | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 052-366-6476 | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | spiceroute.co.il | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from spiceroute.co.il | spiceroute.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Check-in and check-out | Check-in 15:00, check-out 11:00. | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Meals | Desert breakfast included; a Bedouin dinner served on a shared tray by advance booking | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Cancellation | Free up to 7 days before arrival; 30% of the booking from 7 days to 48 hours before, 50% inside 48 hours or for a no-show | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Rooms | 5 kinds of room | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from spiceroute.co.il | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Accessible parking, wheelchair access in the shared areas, accessible toilets and help moving around the site by electric cart; the guest units themselves do not meet the accessibility standard. | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Its accessibility statement lists accessible parking. | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | ||
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. | spiceroute.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Tzofar are licensed by the Central Arava Regional Council, whose business licensing department publishes the licensing law and order, its own specification of licence conditions for each type of business, the fees and an online application, but no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | arava.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the khan's website | spiceroute.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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