At the Massar el Shouf entrance to the Shouf Cedar Reserve;
villages on distant hills are visible through the trees |
Hiking through the Shouf Cedar Reserve, close to the Barouk side,
facing east towards the Syrian border (the snow-capped mountains
in the distance) |
Hiking in the Shouf cedar preserve |
Cezar’s Guesthouse in Barouk |
Breakfast at Cezar’s guesthouse in Barouk |
A view of the Shouf Cedar Reserve from across the valley, above
Cezar’s farm |
Looking south from above Cezar’s farm, with the Shouf Cedar
Reserve on the left |
The view towards Beirut (the grey spot in the middle) from
Soha Village Resort |
In the Tannourine nature reserve |
Very old cedars at Tannourine |
The Cedar reserve above Bsharre |
A very old cedar with a complex trunk in the Cedar Forests
of God, above Bsharre |
Carvings on an ancient dead cedar |
Carvings on an ancient dead cedar |
Carvings on an ancient dead cedar |
A view of the Qadisha Valley from Hadath el Jeddeh |
Looking east through the Qadisha Valley |
The pine forest east of the hermitage in the Qadisha Valley |
Abandoned monastery on the south side of the valley |
The monastery of Mar Antonios Qozhaya, on the northern branch of
the Qadisha Valley |
In the Shouf Cedar Reserve, the tree that served as the model for
the flag of Lebanon |
In the Shouf Cedar Reserve, looking down towards Barouk |
A view from the Horsh Ehden Reserve |