Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Kaukab Abu al-Hija, often simply Kaukab,, is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee.
Kaukab Abu al-Hija, often simply Kaukab,, is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee. It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and Karmiel, and north of Kafr Manda. Kaukab was historically under the control of the Abu al-Hija family of the Galilee.
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Worth seeing in and around Kaukab Abu al-Hija
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Siege of Yodfat
The siege of Yodfat was a 47-day siege by Roman forces of the Jewish town of Yodfat which took place in 67 CE, during the Great Revolt. Led by Roman General Vespasian and his son Titus, both future emperors, the siege ended with the sacking of the town, the deaths of most of its inhabitants and the enslavement of the rest.
2.7 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Mount Atzmon
Mount Atzmon is the modern Israeli name of a mountain in the Northern District of Israel, identified by some with the ancient Mount Atzmon. Its Arabic name is Jebel Didiba or Jebel Didbeh.
1.9 km · mountain in Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kaukab Abu al-Hija
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 97 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 112 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 118 km
- Tel Aviv → Kaukab Abu al-Hija94 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · ₪39–50
- Eilat → Kaukab Abu al-Hija365 km · quickest by road, 7h 4m · ₪145–195
- Amman → Kaukab Abu al-Hija117 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · JD6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kaukab Abu al-Hija. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTaxis or hitchhiking can be a good solution for the "last mile" after you get off the bus at the closest stop on the main road.
- Get aroundHitch-hiking is definitely an option and easy along the non-highway roads, also where buses are sparse.
- Get aroundJewish Israelis are more wary nowadays, which in other parts of the country can be an issue when hitch-hiking.
From Wikivoyage: Lower Galilee, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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