If you haven’t been in Svaneti you haven’t seen Georgia. High mountains, glaciers, Ancient culture, narrow gorges and roaring rivers between them – that’s why we love Svaneti. Join our guaranteed departure group tour from Tbilisi to Kutaisi and Svaneti.
We start tour every day.
Highlights of tour:
08:00
Tour starts at 08:00 from our office in Tbilisi. The first thing we do is a walking tour in the downtown. Here guide tells about history of Georgia and Kutaisi. The tour covers central square, royal district of Kutaisi, Bazar and the oldest buildings of the city. At 13:00 we have a lunch break and then we drive to Tskaltubo to explore abandoned soviet sanatoriums. Firstly, we drive to Tskaltubo and visit Spring #6, where the guide tells about Soviet occupation. Afterwards we walk to the Spring #8 that has the most unusual architecture among Tskaltubo springs. The following place is Spring #5. The next stop is Sanatorium Gelati, specially built for children and there is an old playground and a beautiful viewpoint over the inner construction. After “Gelati” we walk to sanatorium “Medea”, following with “Druzhba”. The last sequence of the tour is the train station of Tskaltubo. The last activity of the tour is wine tasting in the local wine bar – Amber wine. Once we arrive there the host – Irakli tells us about the wines and other drinks in his bar. The table with glasses, wines and snacks is already settled up for us. We take seats and Irakli starts telling about the wine history, culture and winemaking techniques in Georgia. Then we start tasting wines one by one and doing food pairing with it. Once all 4 wines are over we finish with Chacha that is Georgian spirt drink and is made by grapes or wine distillation.
Overnight in Kutaisi
The tour starts at 08:00 from our office in Kutaisi. The first stop is Enguri water dam. The boat ride in the water reservoir is available here. After visiting dam we are heading to Mestia. On the way we stop several times for taking pictures and to enjoy with waterfalls and amazing views on Caucasus mountain range. We arrive in Mestia by 14:00 and have a lunch break. In Mestia we visit Margiani family house-museum. After the museum we have a break when guests leave their bags in the hotels and get ready for Chalaadi glacier hike that starts at 17:00 and lasts for 4 hours.
Overnight in Mestia
On this day we have off-road tour to Ushguli – the highest settlement in Europe. We start at 10 a.m. from Credo Bank – #38 Tamar Mefe st., Mestia. Our first stop is tower of love that represents story of prohibited love. Afterwards we keep off-roading to Ushguli. Once we achieve Ushguli our vehicles are parked in the center. Guests have 3 hours to explore the ancient towers and churches. We return in Mestia at 16:00. Here we change vehicle and heading back to Kutaisi. The tour finishes at 22:00 at our office in Kutaisi.
Overnight in Kutaisi
Tour starts at 09:00 from our office in Kutaisi. The first stop is Martvili canyon where we take a boat tour through the canyon and explore depth of it along waterfalls. The next attraction is Okatse canyon. This is the deepest canyon in Georgia with hanged bridges and sky walks. There are 2 ways to achieve bridge: trekking on 6 km route and taking off-roading taxi. Off-roading is pretty impressive experience. Hiking makes us starving, so we stop in the local restaurant for a lunch break. The last spot of the tour is Prometheus cave, that is 1,4 km long and is located 80 meters below surface level. In the cave there is a hall of love where people even get married. Here you can enjoy with underground boating. It’s cool, isn’t? Finally, when we are exhausted and full with emotions we go back to Kutaisi. Here we change the vehicle and drive to Tbilisi.
