قمة حرمون، قمة الاستهتار
So what can we do?
Mount Hermon "Peak Trek" 2009
The Title: Mount Hermon Trek 2009
The Product: Peaks Trek
The Company: Responsible Mobilities
The Theme Day: 27 of September is the World Tourism Day 2009 /Celebrating Diversity”
Diversity in tourism is apparent in our Mt Hermon Trek by grouping many kinds oftourism in one weekend:
- Cultural tourism: visiting Rashayya el-Foukhar and trying the pottery craft
activity and sleep at a local guesthouse; visit the Shebaa watermills
museum; visit the village of Ain Aata.
- Trekking: Advanced level of trekking from Nabaa el-Mghara at the
bottom of Mt Hermon (1200m) to the summit of Mount Hermon (2814m)
- The symbol that this mountain represents and the peace message behind
is very strong because it is situated at the cross border of 3 countries:
Lebanon – Syria and Palestine.
- The historical importance of the mountain for all historical civilizations and
all present religions is tremendous too.
- Solidarity tourism: and support for local populations by a tour operator (not
an NGO): All the benefits made during this day will be transferred to the
municipality of Shebaa for the maintenance of the watermills; and to the
local guesthouse owners at Rashayya el-Foukhar for house rennovation.
- We will need your economic support and donation during this special
World Tourism Day (free amount) to support these people helping them
stay in their villages, and we need to encourage sustainable development
of the Mount Hermon region, we want to say no for roads in the mountain,
we want it to stay a hikind destination no big hotels polluting the
environment.
This is the message that Responsible Mobilities wants to transmit to you. We need
you to be aware that
- Our heritage is very valuable and has to be protected by us.
- Tourism can represent economic opportunities indeed, but it has an
impact too on local heritage (natural and cultural)
- So let us make this impact positive with Responsible tourism, which if well
managed becomes a tool to support local initiatives and it is very hard to
be implemented by Tour Operators, because it needs a lot of sacrifices.
- Mutual support is needed to resist against trends and fake.
The Program
Day1: Friday 25th of September 2009
3:00 pm: Gathering at parking LMT near Qalb Yassouh Hospital – Baabda
3:30pm: Departure to Rashayya el-Fokhar (not Rashayya el-Wady)
6:00pm: Arrival at Rashayya el-Foukhar, village tour – :Do it yourself activity” :
Porttery making with a local craftsman, dinner and overnight at a local
Guesthouse , member at the DHIAFEE network.
Day 2: Saturday 26th of September 2009
4:30 am: Wake up and breakfast at the local guesthouse
5:30 am: Transfer by bus to Shebaa – visit the watermills museum, and
understand the interpretation of the geography and landscape of Mt Hermon
7:00 am: Start the hiking towards the summit.
All our luggage will be transported by our local guides on their mules (another
way to support the local population). It is an advanced Trek because you will
have a continuous upgrading cumulative denivellation of 2000 m to be done in
9 hours.
4:00 pm: Arrival to the top – Camping settlement – Dinner and overnight at
2700m. Cultural information about Mt Hermon.
Ecological camping attitude is required (try not to bring any chemical de-
odorant or soaps material… we encourage you to use natural soap for hand
and face washing – savoir-faire tips for teeth brushing – no fuel to initiate fire –
wood for camp fire will be purchased from the village so we won’t burn any
shrubs on top of the mountain… and dinner will be very simple, no barbecue is
on the menu)
Day 3: Sunday 27th of September (WTD)
5:00 am : day rise and Sunrise watch on top of the mountain. – Breakfast will be
served right after that at around 7:00 am.
8:30 am: Hiking down to the village of Aain Aata
1:30 pm: Arrival to Aain Aata – village visit and lunch at a local guesthouse.
3:00 pm: Bus transfer back to Beirut
6:30 pm : Arrival to Beirut – End of program.
The Price: 125US$ per person.
The price includes: Transportation for 3 days, mules for 2 days, tour companions ,
local guides, tents, all meals (dinner day1, breakfast + lunch + dinner day 2,
breakfast and lunch day 3), wood logs for fire camp, water mills visit, insurance.
Price doesn’t include personal purchases.
responsible.mobilities@gmail.com
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