TUSHETI TRAKKING OR HORSE RIDING TOUR 4 DAYS
Location: Kakheti; Tusheti
Duration: 4 days
Number of tourists: Unlimited
Driving distance: 450 km
Available: June-October
Walking distance: 35 km
Tusheti trekking or horse riding tour 4 days. 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 a departure from Tbilisi to the direction of Alaverdi Cathedral through the Gombori pass.
- Driving 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 which is the administrative center of Tusheti. Second round of your adventures starts from here.
- Driving to 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.
- After breakfast, we’ll continue trekking or horse riding in Tusheti and go to Unagira mountain. (3050m) 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: Trekking or horse riding tour to Oreti Lake
- 9 am we’ll have breakfast.
- Driving to Kumelaurta and trekking to Oreti lake. In case of horse riding tour we will start from our gesthouse. This lake is located on 2600 m high. During the walk, we will meet the shepherds and see their real life in mountains. From this mountain, you will see all Tushetian gorges with its beauty. In the evening you will come down to the village Kumelaurta full with unforgettable memories. The car will take us back to Omalo guesthouse.
- Dinner and overnight at a guesthouse in Upper Omalo. (D/B/L)
Trekking distance 15 km; Horse riding distance: 23 km
Minimal altitude in case of both options: 1700 m; Maximal Altitude in case of both options: 2850m
IV-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 arrive 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 tour (4 days)
PRICE INCLUDES: Transportation with English and Russian speaking guide; Hiking guide; Guesthouse in Omalo with 2 meals and one lunch per day (3 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.