Kfar Blum

Is kibbutz, southeast of Kiryat Slimona, has two unrelated attractions: classical ^usic and kayaking. The Upper Galilee Chamber Music Days feature a week-long series of concerts in July by Israel’s famous instrumentalists and vocalists as well aJ lesser-known performers. Tickets are somewhat expensive (NISI7-22 per concern! and sell out rapidly, but rehearsals during the day are free.

On a different note a thrilling 6km kayaking trip (tel. 94 87 55) on the Jordan River costs NIS32 for ooe and NIS50 for two people, and lasts about an hour and 15 minutes. Consult the Gait. lee Guide, available from the GTTO, for more information on kayaking, rafting, and tubing adventures in the region’s gushing streams. Bus #29 runs seven times a day from Kiryat Shmona (NIS3.80).