Ben is a certified tour guide with extensive experience guiding diverse tours throughout Israel.
Ben is the owner of naturwalk, a boutique travel company that specializes in trips that incorporate a meaningful experience and conducts Mitzvah trips for girls and boys from all over the country.
education:
- 2014-2016: Completion of a certified tour guide course at the University of Haifa.
- 2016: "Taglit" educator course at the Yad Ben-Zvi Institute.
- 2016: Training course at Ministry of Education institutions – obtaining a standard certificate.
- 2017: Participation in a 40-day seminar at Midreshet Ein Prat.
- 2019: Completion of the course "Teaching the Holocaust and Israeli Society" at the Yad Vashem Museum.
- 2020: Completion of a fiction course.
- 2021: Completion of annual training in guiding nature trips (facilitators: Ofir Shadmi and Shania Ben-Haim).
- 2022: Completion of annual training as a collection guide.
- 2024: Annual course in forest education on behalf of "Tree" "and knowledge."
Professional experience:
- 2013-2017: Day tour guide at Segway – specializing in the cities of Haifa, Caesarea, Zichron Yaakov, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
- 2016-2017: Certified tour guide and tour escort – guiding annual trips for schools and youth movements.
- 2016-2017: Certified guide for "Taglit" groups – working with Routes Travel, Talalim Group, Yael Adventures.
- 2017-2019: Geopolitical tour guide – specializing in guiding tours on geopolitical topics.
- 2019-2022: Guiding nature tours in Israel for a wide variety of travelers – including the Golan Trail, the Israel Trail, the Negev Trail, and Bar/Bat Mitzvah trips in Israeli nature.
- 2017-2022: Managing an independent business, "Naturewalk", for guiding tours and hiking trips in Israel.
Previous work experience:
- 2007-2008: Restaurant waiter – responsible for hospitality, inventory management, shift management, and organizing special events.
- 2008-2011: Combat medic and infantry soldier in an elite unit (Kfir Brigade, Haruv Battalion) – managing a team of medics during field activities.
- 2011-2015: First aid course instructor – conducting 44-hour courses (3-4 days).
- 2011-2015: Medic and Security Guard – Working as a medic and security guard on guided trips to Israel for youth from the US,
Canada and South America, assistance with guidance as part of a tour guide course. - 2015-2016: Field Coordinator at Routes Travel & Tours – coordinating and planning guided tours in Israel for tourists from abroad.
