About

TrailHead

TrailHead (Nekudat Motsa in Hebrew), started its way in 2012. We were looking for ways to combine our passion for the outdoors, our knowledge of the history of the land of Israel and its nature - with the eagerness to meet new people and share those passions with them. Having bikes as another thing that makes us happy, we added that to the stew and the result was a place we have...
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Uri Tishler

I’m Uri Tishler. One of the things that really makes me happy is simply being outdoors. Hiking, cycling, driving… nights in a sleeping bag gazing at stars, sunny days under a Carob tree or meandering along a winding mountain path. I love exploring new places, but I have to admit – since 1996 when we moved to the Judean Hills, this is my favorite “outdoors”....
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Dolev Arbaieter

My name is Dolev Arbaieter. I am a certified Israeli tour guide and a rappelling instructor. For as long as I can remember I have been exploring the great outdoors and my surrounding. As a child I have hiked and discovered many of Israel’s hidden spots, waded its springs and explored its ancient ruins. After high school I postponed my military service by one year in which I served as...
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Ruku Soffer

I am Ruku Soffer (Actually I’m Roee and Ruku is a nickname I live with). For years, people have been telling me to combine my love of people, my passion for knowledge, nature and the outdoors with my dramatic skills and become a tour guide. Leadership, Guiding and the field have been a part of my life since youth. As an active guide in an Israeli youth movement, as a Geology bachelor...
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Accessibility Statement

We believe that anyone and everyone should have access to enjoy our website, and therefore we make an effort that our website is clear and accessible, and will allow smooth internet surfing for anyone using different technologies.

The website was planned to meet the World Wide Web Consortium Accessibility Guidelines – Level AA.

If you have encountered an accessibility problem on our website please contact us at [email protected].

Keyboard navigation

It is possible to navigate and use our website with the help of your keyboard alone.

To activate this option, please click the TAB key.

Clicking the TAB key will move you on to the next link (highlighted in yellow) and clicking on SHIFT + TAB will bring you back to the previous link.

Clicking ENTER will activate the different links.

On forms where you can click to choose different options – choose your desired option by pressing on the ARROWS key (up/down).

For the different visual medias on the website (images/videos), you can navigate through the images by pressing on the ARROWS key (left/right).

Accessibility Options Menu

*the Accessibility Menu suits Explorer 10 and higher, Opera and Chrome. With browsers like Safari and Firefox on Mac computers, activating keyboard navigation is necessary, and is done on the browser’s settings menu.

Pressing on the TAB key will activate the navigation options for the website. At the front page of the website the following options will appear:

Accessibility Statement – open the website’s accessibility statement text.

Skip to content – begin navigation from the main area of content on the page (this option skips the navigation options at the top)

Skip to menu – begin navigation from the main site menu.

Skip to search – moves the browser to the search box (assuming that the site has a search box).

Skip to cart - moves the browser to the shopping cart (assuming that the site has a cart).

Activate high contrast – Changes the site’s colors in order to suit the vision of colorblind or blind individuals.

Enlarging the site’s font

Text size can be changed by using + CTRL key or the browser’s options menu (zoom).

To enlarge text: use + CTRL key.

To make text smaller: use – CTRL key.

For the default size text: use 0 CTRL key.

Text and background color

Pressing on the button “activate high contrast” on the options menu disables and colors and background images on the site. The text will be black on white background.

Site content

The site’s content includes standard titles, tables, lists, links, forms and buttons.

Images on the site include a corresponding description (ALT) if they are significant.

The forms on the site are accessible to screen users and keyboard users.

The site could include content from different sites using iframe. The accessibility to this content is dependent on the guest site’s accessibility and we cannot guarantee that they are accessible. For instance – Facebook’s comment section and share options, payment pages of a third party supplier or any other content.

Additional accessibility aids

The site can be viewed on portable devices (responsive).

ARIA was used in order to provide use and navigate the site by screen reader programs.

About

TrailHead

Uri Tishler

Dolev Arbaieter