One of the most dramatic mountain roads in the Caucasus, to the stone villages of Omalo and Dartlo. Only open in summer. Expect no phone signal and very good cheese.
In the order you'll see them on the day. Open a photo to see it larger.
Photos, via Wikimedia Commons: Top Moahim (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 1 Raki_Man (CC BY 3.0) · 2 ::ErWin (CC BY-SA 2.0) · 3 Draceane (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 4 Moahim (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 5 Kobi & Yael (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Through Kakheti to Pshaveli, then the climb to the Abano Pass at 2,826 m and down into Tusheti. About 7 hours with stops. Dinner and the night in Omalo.
Drive and walk between slate-roofed villages and defence towers. Picnic with Tushetian guda cheese. Back to Omalo for the night.
Early start over the pass while the road is dry. Lunch in Kakheti and back in Tbilisi around 19:00.
4x4 driver, Tusheti
Has driven the Abano Pass every summer for twelve years. Calm on the hairpins, loud at the supra.
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Svan defence towers, the Chalaadi glacier walk, and a day in Ushguli, one of the highest villages in Europe at about 2,100 m. Upper Svaneti is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Up the Georgian Military Road past Ananuri fortress and over the Jvari Pass, then a short hike to the 14th-century church under Mount Kazbek (5,054 m).
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Two family marani (wine cellars), the hilltop town of Sighnaghi, and Bodbe Monastery. Taste amber and red wines made in UNESCO-listed qvevri, with a supra-style lunch.
from ₾130 per person
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