Kibbutz Kalia is the lowest kibbutz in the world. It has the lowest dining hall in the world. The lowest guest house in the world. The lowest dairy farm in the world. It even has the (almost) lowest synagogue in the world – which transmits to the highest place… (Neve Zohar is considered the lowest settlement in the world – 15 meters separating the two).
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With such tourist potential, the kibbutz has invested in initiatives such as Kalia Beach, which is located at the northernmost point of the Dead Sea, the Qumran site and the Back to Kibbutz Kalia Holiday Village.
From time to time, creative initiatives also emerge that only by the addition of the label “lowest in the world” makes them a real tourist attraction. Take for example the Minus 430 Gallery – the lowest outdoor art gallery in the world. Abandoned buildings on Kalia Beach were put at the disposal of artists from all over the world and the result is spectacular, especially against the backdrop of the breathtaking view of the Red Mountains and the Judean Desert.
Over the years the challenge has not been simple and the dismal state of the Dead Sea including the sinkholes has burdened the settlement efforts. But Kibbutz Kalia is a strong community that has managed to develop and flourish the land with one of the largest date groves in the country, a dairy farm, a chicken coop, and extensive agriculture.
Indeed, the pioneers succeeded in fulfilling, and still are fulfilling, the acronyms of the kibbutz they established: Kalia, in Hebrew, stands for “Kam Lethiya Yam Hamavet” which means “The Resurrection of the Dead Sea.”
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