Licensed guides and tour companies working the Sea of Galilee, the Golan and the holy sites — plus the official registry to find and vet any guide in the country.
Israeli guides rarely post a public email — they take bookings by WhatsApp, phone, or a form on their listing. Each card below links straight to where that guide is reached. To compare every licensed guide by area and language, start with the official Ministry of Tourism registry at the bottom.
Working the Galilee and the lake. Tap a card to reach the guide.
A licensed guide of 40+ years living in the southern Golan — private, custom Galilee, Golan and lake tours, strong on history, the kibbutz movement, and off-the-beaten-track sites.
Contact via ToursByLocals →Licensed guide with his own site and contact page; tailored private itineraries across Israel including the Galilee, the lake and the Boat Museum, plus sites in Jordan.
Visit site & contact →A licensed Galilee guide specializing in the Christian sites — Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Magdala, the Yardenit baptism site and the lakeshore churches.
Contact via ToursByLocals →Full-day group bus tours of the Galilee and Golan departing from the Tiberias Central Bus Station, with free hotel pickup. The budget-friendly, no-arrangement option.
04-672-9220A roster of licensed lake-area guides — including a University of Haifa maritime-archaeology specialist, Haya Heineberg Kraus, and Hijazi Eid — each with a profile and contact.
Browse guides →Tiberias-listed licensed guides — among them Beny Shlevich (also a VIP shuttle driver) and Liran Gabay (guide and tour-operator), guiding in English, Hebrew and Russian.
Browse guides →The official roster and the directories — filter by Galilee/Tiberias and language, then contact through the listing.
The government's searchable register of every licensed guide in Israel, filterable by region and language. The one place to confirm a guide is genuinely licensed.
Search the registry →The Ministry's public-facing list of certified guides on the national tourism portal — the same roster, with a simpler search.
Open directory →Private licensed guides for the Galilee and lake, each with reviews and a message button.
Browse →Ranked Tiberias tours and guides with traveler reviews — useful for vetting before you book.
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