TUSHETI TRAKKING OR HORSE RIDING TOUR 3 DAYS
Location: Kakheti; Tusheti
Duration: 3 days
Number of tourists: Unlimited
Driving distance: 450 km
Walking distance: 20 km
Available: June-October
Tusheti trekking or horse riding tour – duration three days, including the road. Overnights in guesthouses. Within the tour, you will be able to see: Alaverdi Cathedral, two of Tushetian valleys: Chagma and Pirikiti.
Trekking in Tusheti is very popular tourism attraction in the area. On your demand, you can also have a horse-riding or Jeep tour around this amazing part of Georgia.
I-Day: Tbilisi – Alaverdi – Lower Omalo – Shenako – Diklo – Pichekhi Castles
- 7 am departure from Tbilisi to Alaverdi Cathedral through the Gombori pass.
- We’ll drive to Tusheti. Lunch in nature. Even the road takes 7 hours from Tbilisi, you will not feel tiredness. You will have unbelievable views of Caucasus mountains covered with a lot of springs and some glaciers.
- Around 14:00 pm we’ll be in Kvemo Omalo. Kvemo Omalo is the administrative center of Tusheti. Here we will start the second round of your adventures.
- After a short rest, we’ll drive and visit Shenako and Diklo. Shenako is one of the most interesting villages of Тusheti, with its proud history and local people. In Diklo we’ll walk to Pichekhi Castles. This was the main fortress on the border of Dagestan, which left one of the saddest histories of this amazing area.
- Driving back to Upper Omalo to stay in a guest house, where we’ll have a dinner, with chacha and wine degustation and free time to relax. (D/B/L)
(Walking distance 3 km)
II-Day: Trekking or horse riding on Unagira mountain (3050m)
- 9 am we’ll have breakfast.
- Continue trekking or horse riding in Tusheti and go to Unagira mountain. (3050m) Here you will have picturesque views on both: Pirikiti and Gometsari valley. From the top of the range, you will see villages: Bochorna, Dartlo, Kvavlo and Chesho. This trekking route is the most beautiful from the middle of June until the middle of July, with flowering Rhododendron and a small lake on the top of the range. After this period flowering is over and lake disappears, but the views are still impressive. (Walking distance 16 km. At desire, instead of trekking tour we can also offer you the horse riding tour)
- Going back to the guest-house in Omalo, where we’ll have dinner and free time to relax. (D/B/L)
(Walking or horseriding distance 16 km; Minimal altitude: 1900 m; Maximal altitude: 3050m)
III-Day: Keselo castles – Museum in Lower Omalo – Tbilisi
- 9 am we’ll have breakfast.
- Visiting Keselo Castels and museum in lower Omalo. Then we’ll drive back to Tbilisi. On the way, we’ll have a lunch in nature. Here our Tusheti trekking tour finishes.(B/L)
Price list for Tusheti trekking or horse-riding tour (3 days)
PRICE INCLUDES: Transportation with English and Russian speaking guide; Hiking guide; Guesthouse in Omalo with 2 meals and one lunch per day; (2 nights); Price for horses and horse guide
PRICE DOESN’T INCLUDE: Price for souvenirs;
DEPOSIT:
We will need some deposit to be able to book your tour. The price is 10 % and money can be sent through PayPal. The deposit is fully refundable, if you cancel your booking, more than 30 days before, but if you cancel later, the deposit is not refunded.