About this tour
Tusheti, a place where once you get there you will never escape. Every minute from the start of the trip will be full of adventures and impressions, Tusheti Road is the greatest adventure.
Distinctive corner of Georgia, the greatness of the Caucasus, pristine forest massifs, ravines, ancient castle towers, houses built from a sipi stone, amazing hospitality, unique and distinctive dishes, speciallocal beer, horses, peculiarflora and fauna, inexpressible legends, historical legends. There is such a mystical enviroment that no human language can describe It’s all waiting for you
Accommodation
Accommodation in a family hotel with double meals and lunch in nature in Omalo.
Itinerary
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Itinerary - day by day
The tour will start at 07:00 in the morning, at the meeting place by bike. Departure from Tbilisi via Gombori Pass (1620 m). We will visit Alaverdi Cathedral. After Lechuri village, Stori gorge starts and Tusheti road ,from where we will cross Abano pass. (2826 m) We will visit the visitor center in Omalo village where you will get information about Tusheti‘s history, culture, sights and many other things. After that we go to family guesthouses,we will visit Omalo castle towers Keselos which are included in the list of UNESCO monuments. In the evening we will have dinner with traditional Georgian and Tushetian dishes.
Breakfast at the family hotel. Then we will visit the villages of Dartlo, Kvavlo, Diklo, Bochorna, Dochu,and Jvarboseli. Here, you will find out courtroom where even female judges were held. Beside that we will visit Tusheti towers , which are included in the UNESCO list of protected monuments and which was restored after the distruction with the village Dartlo. Then we will see villages Bochorna which is the higes populated poin in Europe above sea level (2,345). We will have lunch in the nature and stay here untill evening, then we will return to the hotel. In the evening we will have dinner in the family hotel
Breakfast in the family guests house, on this day we will visit some more villages. Shenako, Diklo and Old Diklo. Also Diklo Castle and St. George Church in Shnako which is dating back to the 19th centuey. After that we will get back Tbilisi. On the way we will have lunch, you will also meet many other villages and hamlets, many waterfalls and ravines, if lucky enough Niamors and many other rare species of animals and birds.
Price
Included in the price:
- Transportation for all three days, including the round-trip between Tbilisi and Omalo
- Two nights in a family-run hotel
- All daily meals and drinks, with one lunch served outdoors
- Guided tours throughout the trip and full escort service
Not included:
- Optional horseback riding, available on site
- Approx. 1–1.5 hours: 100 GEL per person
Price
CLOTHING
- Comfortable riding trousers. T-Shirts.
- Long sleeved shirts.
- Short multipurpose riding/walking boots and half chaps. We recommend your boots are waterproof.
- Waterproof coat.
- We recommend a breathable coat. We recommend you bring clothes which can be put on in layers when it is cold and taken off as it warms up.
- Fleece, jumper, or jacket.
- Warm coat
- Waterproof riding gloves.
- Waterproof trousers or leggings.
- Sunglasses – with a neck strap.
- Casual clothes – for when you are not riding.
- Shoes – for when you are not riding.
- Socks and underwear.
- Swimwear.
- Thick socks.
- Set of thermal underwear
- Woolly or fleece hat.
EQUIPMENT
- Bum bag (waist bag) for keeping small items like lip salve close to hand.
- Supply of candy/sweets to help keep up energy levels.
- Water bottle. It is important to drink plenty of water, particularly if the temperatures are hot. Metal water bottles are particularly useful as they can double as hot water bottles at night!
- You may want to bring a sleeping bag liner or you own sleeping bag
- Pocket Knife (but remember to pack into your checked in luggage on flights).
- Small torch – a head torch is particularly useful (take spare batteries).
- Dry bags/supply of plastic carrier bags – always useful for separating wet and dry kit.
- A sarong and flip-flops can be practical where washing facilities are limited.
- Ear Plugs – if you are a light sleeper.
- Bandana or Buff. These have a myriad of uses including keeping you cool when it’s hot or warm when it’s cold.
- Contact lens wearers should take glasses as dry air can make contact lenses uncomfortable. If you do take contacts, we recommend daily disposable lenses.
TOILETRIES AND MEDICAL
- Towel
- Hand Sanitizer
- Wet wipes
- Personal medical kit with antiseptic cream, pain relief tablets and sticking plasters.
- Moisture absorbing baby powder can be useful to prevent chafing. Compeed blister plasters work well on sore patches, acting as a second skin. Sudocrem, E45, Vaseline or similar soothe rubbed skin.
- Any medication you regularly take.
- Sun protection cream.
- Due to the altitude the sun can be strong, and we advise a high factor sunscreen.
- Lip balm.
- Insect repellent and after bite ointment.
- Nasal Spray such as Similasan nose moisturiser which is good for the ‘dry nose’ that can develop at altitude.
- Rehydration sachets (Dioralyte or similar, allow one per day). Imodium or similar.
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