Please note: the entrance to the abandoned base and the cache is not from the main entrance to the base!!!
If so, it is recommended to go there to see the gate and the observation deck.
This cache is announced on Independence Day 2024 for the State of Israel, after a difficult year and a half for the country, in an important historical place for the country's history.
Wikipedia page link:https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%94
A bit of history
Jo'ara is a former military installation in the Menashe Heights. A small Arab village existed on the hill until the 1930s. Between 1938 and 1948, it became the main military school for commanding officers of the Haganah and Palmach. After the establishment of Israel, the hill was used as a military base and officers school, and between 1970 and 2016 by the Youth Battalions' (Gad'na) pre-military program. The base and its museum were closed down in 2016-2017.
After that the place was abandoned and today it is very neglected. There is a plan being promoted to restore the place as a museum and a renewed tourist site, but it will take a lot more time.
In the meantime it's a great place to cache
Navigating the abandoned base can be confusing, especially the entrance to it which took me an hour to find a gap in the fence.
The navigation will be done with the help of photos according to their order that I have uploaded to the cache page with a direction arrow to advance to the final location.
*From the parking lot you have to climb towards the base on a steep hill that can also be covered with grass and thorns, so closed shoes and long pants are recommended.
*I put waypoints in an opening in the fence, a wide opening without difficulty going through it.
*It is advisable to have the C:GEO application open so that it records your route from the car to the cache in order to return easily without getting lost on the way.
*I recommend walking around the base even after finding the cache, there are many things to see even though it is abandoned and neglected.
