Students and travellers can stay at the onsite Kibbutz Ketura Country Lodging, comprising 45 modern apartments each with its own kitchen, balcony or lawn.

BBC: Kick back on a kibbutz

Ketura is also home to the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, which runs courses on water conservation, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy.

BBC: Kick back on a kibbutz

"The kibbutz has changed vastly in the last decade and a half, from a community dependent solely on agriculture to a diverse, entrepreneurial and innovative economy which still retains its core values of sharing, " said Leah Kayman, educator and public relations director at Ketura.

BBC: Kick back on a kibbutz