Visiting hours are from 9 am to 4 pm with extension to 5 pm in summer (the period between Passover and Sukkot). The Ein Mabua is the middle spring of the three springs of Perath creek. The water source fills the artificial pool built by the British in 1936 to supply water to Jerusalem.
A beautiful day trip in the Judean Desert starts in the monastery of Euthymius the Great. It leads us to the water source of Ein Mabuah in the Prat creek, where a spectacular overlook to Wadi Qelt is open. Afterward, it takes us to the Good Samaritan museum with the magnificent mosaic collection, paves the steps to the St. Georgius Monastery in Faran creek, and ends in Nabi Musa - place where Moses was buried by Muslims tradition.