To get here(2023): get 486 from the Jerusalem central bus station, from the 3th floor(yeah, weird), buy tickets from and return - 32ILS, same as a day card, so I recommend that. You can get 444 too, or in return, but BE SURE to ask the driver if he stops there. To be here: you have a 12 min. walk to the beach. You need to pay 18 ILS to enter. You have free showers, some shops and other amenities like lockers and shuttle that you need to pay for. Wear flops to get to the beach. At the beach: It is EXTREMELY slippery! Be careful. It's a muddy water, with mud, stone and salt. Don't get it in your eyes, it will hurt a lot. Follow the safety instructions and just keep in mind - it's not a sea. It's a rehab-lake. You can, at best, spend an hour or two there. You don't need more. Your skin will dry up too, so beware of the sun.

It's not really a beach in the common sense of the word, its more like a rocky shore. Be careful, to bathe is a bit of a dangerous experience because of all the rocks hidden in the mud, but it serves the purpose of getting to the Dead Sea. The positive points include the locker rooms to get changed and showers, which are convenient for visitors. But the real highlight is the experience of entering the Dead Sea itself. The sensation of effortlessly floating is truly amazing and something I had wanted to do for a long time. The shop area is well done and offers a variety of items for sale, such as beauty products from the Dead Sea, towels, flip flops, and a bar. However, the downsides of the beach are significant. For one, it is a paid beach, and I felt that I was overcharged, as the price listed was 18 shekels, but I was charged 35. Perhaps there is a different price for tourists and non-tourists? Additionally, the scenery before arriving at the (paid) parking area seemed apocalyptic, with old buildings from the Jordanian army turned into graffiti canvas, but not in a good way. The beach itself is rather small, crowded, dirty, and the plastic chairs don't add to its aesthetic appeal. Moreover, the bathing area is filled with underground rocks that you can't see due to the mud, it can seriously hurt you if you're not paying close attention, you can easily bruise yourself (and it hurts like hell because all of the saltiness). While there's nothing that can be done about the rocks, it would be helpful to have visible warnings or to put the stairs in a more straight and safe place. Overall, I didn't love Kalia Beach on the Dead Sea. The place seemed designed to guide visitors towards spending money, and the beach itself wasn't particularly pleasant to look at. However, bathing in the Dead Sea is a unique experience that you should do at least once in your life. So, I recommend it for the experience, but don't expect a luxurious or peaceful beach visit....!

A day trip to Kalia Beach is an unforgettable experience. You will take a mud bath in the lowest sea on earth. The cost is 60 shekels per adult, which allows you access to the beach, the changing rooms and the showers. You can take your own lunch and drinks to have a picnic on the beach. Otherwise, there are bars and restaurants there. We drove a hire car, so parked in the car park. Alternatively, many tourist buses make the teip here.

It is a bucket list experience. Highly reccomended. The facility near to the beach is very convenient, they have showers and dressing rooms and a pricey bar. Make sure you follow the safety guidelines.

Nice place to visit when you're in Israel. Experience how to float in the sea, just be cautious when at the seaside, uneven surface of sand mixed with salt may scratch your foot if you're not wearing sandals or shoes. Relaxing feeling with other nationalities enjoying swimming in the dead sea. Usually all the clothes and underwear after swimming is left out in the wash room, because of the smell of the water and mud, just bring old clothes when you plan to swim.

Prices are a bit shady as they ask whether you come by car (ans then carge you 50 ils, guess you could say by foot and it would be without charge). The chairs and umbrellas are a bit dirty and the swim area is definetly too small. Altogrther, worth a visit but could be better

The camping space is great. You get beachfront real estate for peanuts. We came late at night and were greeted with the polite staff that even offered to drive our stuff to the campgrounds. The campgrounds are spaced, with lighting and clean facilities. I would definitely recommend this for anyone that wants to get into camping but wants a safe space with all the facilities of a hotel. The beach is beautiful, unique. Just make sure that you have a bottle of water next to you before you get in the water to be able to wash your eyes. Otherwise it is a cumbersome walk each time you get some water in your eyes when swimming.

Nice place. The mud and salt in the dead sea are amazing. There are showers, sunbeds, changing rooms, a nice bistro and a gift shop. Price is fair for the value you get. A must see when you are in Israel.

Great place to visit the Dead Sea. No need to buy the all inclusive package to enter as you won’t need to stay more than 30 minutes down by the water. Food and drinks on the lowest bar were great, with great service.

If you want to take a closer look to the Dead Sea but not going stay there, there's a wrong place. Today (Jan 29, 2022) we were on our way home and wanted to visit a place for 20-30 minutes, but they wanted to charge 18 NIS each just for entering the place (that is barely acceptable, but ok) and in addition take a full day (we needed only half an hour) charge (50 NIS) for a parking, so together it was 86 NIS. Ok, but then they tried to sell us 'all included' package 45 NIS each, that includes parking and some stuff of the beach that we didn't need at all (90 NIS in total). So instead of taking 36 NIS (still for just crossing the line) and allowing enter AN EMPTY place, they tried to get as much as possible. We just turned and left this place because it is stupid to support such charging policy.

One of the very few public beaches on the dead sea. Most of the sea is receding so much there aren’t many public places to swim. I found this place, extremely overcrowded, and not well-kept. Even getting into the water, and there were large stones below the surface you could see in many of our group scuffed their knees on them, which was extremely painful in the salt filled water. If it’s a possibility, I would recommend just finding a place to park and enjoying the Red Sea on your own.

Unique experience to lay on this highly salty water, timeless lake surounded by thousand stories from ancient times between mysticism and magic. Stunning hills around, very nice service and comfortable hammocks.

Great spot to experience the Dead Sea, which I might add was even more cool than I thought. The way you float feels like you’re in space! I would recommend just a day trip. At the end of the day it is a lake. They even have camel parking hahah

Visiting dead sea was once in a lifetime experience for me. The place has lowest elevation on earth. The beach is nice and clean but do not go barefoot on the beach as it gets too hot even by 11:00 am. The mud of the sea and sea water would burn you if you have a cut anywhere on the body.

A great tourist destination at the shore of dead sea. You are in Israel and across the sea you see Jordan. Don't forget to experience the much famous mud bath at the dead sea. They also have packed mud which has cosmetic benefits in their stores. Good time here and much recommended.

Terrible i dont recommend I picked this beach because it was the closest one to jerusalem, and as we intended to use public transport, other beaches felt too far. Mistake 🫠. 18 nis per person per entrance is not that much (mind that I haven't been in other beaches near dead see, so I can't really compare b in this riegion), but it's definitely not worth the money. There is no bathroom near the beach - u have to walk up about 200-300 m. NO FITTING ROOM on the beach - u have to walk up even further 😅 This might be fine for younger guests but i had my 60 y old mum with me and she wasnt happy 😅 Staff will try to convince you to buy all in tickets (35 nis pp), which include shuttles from entrance down to the beach (if you are at least in ,,walkable,, condition, u don't need it, its literally 5 minutes down by foot and max 10 min back up). Mind that bathrooms and fitting rooms are up, in the middle way between sea and entrance, so u would have to go up to change/go to the bathroom anyway. Even if shuttle takes u down. All in ticket also includes umbrella and seats near the sea. Complete disaster 😅 Luckily I didn't take all in ticket but for those who are interested: uncomfortable plastic dirty chairs and tiny umbrellas (those cheap one u can buy for couple of bucks 😆) So, i definitely don't recommend all in ticket. Its possible to get here with public transport (air-conditioned busses which leave from central jerusalem bus station). We paid 32 nis per person (daily ticket). BUT bus stop is far from the beach. Its about 18 minutes walk via super hot (and bit dirty) ,,desert,,. There is no sidewalk but road empty so it was fine to walk on the car road. Lowest bar on the earth- nice stuff, eatable food. Nothing super tasty. I had sabich and it was meah 😅 Looked nice though 😆 For reference read other bad reviews- they are all completely right. I should have check reviews by the worst one, not the date 😅

I cannot give lower that's why the one star, this is a tourist trap. If you just want to see it and take 2 pictures go for it but it's really not worth it you have 150 square meters to swim so basically you don't swim 😧 Also the entrance is 35 shekels with an umbrella and chair 😞 you can just ask to pay 18 and go in none is checking where you sit 🪑

Nice beach, there is a restaurant/bar inside, Be ready to walk down/up to/from the beach (at least 5min) with super hot temperatures else you need to pay more (48 nis per person) which includes car parking, shuttle and chairs in front of the beach

Lowest point on earth

The worst beach I have ever been to. It was all clay and very slippery. They had ropes to pull on in order to get out of the water after going in. It felt like a sipping pile of wet clay and people were having a difficult time getting out in my group. Super busy. Absolute tourist trap. I’d go further south for more manageable beaches on the Dead Sea. The immediate shoreline dropped right off due to erosion and showers were gross.

beautiful place, though the beach is little undeveloped

We had a wonderful time here, pay a small fee and you can use the umbrellas which I highly recommend with the heat. Plan on having a beverage here if you have the time, we had initially rushed our visit but this is definitely a cool place to spend at least two hours.

Der Ort ist von Jerusalem schnell zu erreichen und hier ist alles vorhanden was man zum Baden benötigt. Ich fand den Ort ziemlich heruntergekommen und das Wasser sah ziemlich schmutzig aus.

We loved EVERYTHING about Kalia Beach! It’s clean, the food is delicious, the beach area doesn’t require water shoes, they have lockers, showers, bathrooms.

Awesome private beach with lots of infrastructure. There are gift shops, cars, and of course the Dead Sea with natural mud!

Best exprience in life!

Not the best here. Expensive for not much. Only place to have mud tho. Girl wanted to go there just for this... Go further down. View will be much better.

Lots of mud to enjoy with a perfect view over the mountains. We visited in March, it was perfect weather.

Nice,clean,and quiet, Just awesome

Great beach Natural Mud for your skin health at the beach (free) Clean facilities High entrance admission fee

I went with a tour group, it was very easy to get in as we had "prepaid". Good outdoor shower faclities. We went on a Saturday around 1pm and it was not too busy. Great experience.

Nice place to if you are looking see the dead sea. Lifeguards on duty. showers and facilities all in the admission. Cool bar!

Renovated few month ago. Super comfortable and clean. Best spot on the Dead sea for my opinion

Truly a phenomenal place. An unusual body of water with such a high salt content that you float . In addition the rich mineral content of the mud gives you such a refreshing experience. It's the lowest place on the earth below sea level which is also a great fun fact

Good surprise

Not so far away from Jerusalem and tel aviv. The beach is located at the north of the dead sea. It's an organized beach that you pay for entrance and you can't put music there on speakers and there's also a pub which is the lowest pub in the world (because of the very low sea level)

Must see and try

All facilities you need for taking a dip in the Dead Sea. Including the "lowest bar on earth"....

Nice place to visit. I love the mud bath and floating 😀. It's too hot here so I suggest carrying the following things with you. Swimming 🥽 👟 shoes. Towel.

I think it's a nice beach and it is an experience not to miss if you come to Israel. You have to pay to get in but then again you will have somewhere to shower and change, loungers... We took the public bus and walked down, it's a bit scary at first as it feels you are dropped off in the middle of nowhere but it's manageable if you don't have a car

Great experience! 45 Schekel per person, parking included. Good value for money. The lowest bar in the world is nice to drink something after the bathing. You have showers, chairs and can enter easily the Dead Sea. Would 100% recommend Kalia Beach

First time here. It’s the closest to Jerusalem, (about 50 minutes which is nice). Great beach, showers, lockers, bar and food. A very nice area. Admission is 45 shekels.