9-day Hiking in Racha and Upper Svaneti, Caucasus Mountains

Transfer to Oni. Optional visit to Uplistsikhe cave town and Stalin museum on the way.

• Total distance by car: 320km

Early morning breakfast and transfer to the village of Glola. Walk up to the Udziro lake at the foot of Katitsvera rock massif. Camp at the lake.

• Lowest elevation: 820m

• Highest elevation: 2900m

• Total walking distance: 13km

• Difficulty: hard (only ascent)

On the way back we’ll descend to a different route than the previous day. As soon as we start we’ll ascend to the 3300m high pass and the descent from the pass is off the trail and quite steep.  Overnight in Oni at the guest house.

• Lowest elevation: 820m

• Highest elevation: 2900m

• Total walking distance: 12km

• Difficulty: hard (only descent)

• Lowest elevation: 820m

• Highest elevation: 2780m

• Total walking distance: 18km

• Difficulty: hard

The laziest day during the tour!
Late breakfast in Shovi, and then departure to Ambrolauri where we will visit a small family winery and continue on an easy hike to the Sairme rain formation pillars. After 2-3 hours hike, we’ll have a lunch picnic and continue to Lentekhi via Orbeli pass.

• Lowest elevation: 520m

• Highest elevation: 730m

• Total walking distance: 8km

• Difficulty: easy

From Lentekhi we’ll be transferred to Latpari pass by 4WD car, where we continue walking on the ridge, in direction of Ushguli with amazing views on upper Svaneti and its snow-capped mountains and rock massifs of Bezengi wall, on which lies the highest peak of Georgia – Shkhara (5200m).
We’ll have lunch on the ridge at the alpine lake.

• Lowest elevation: 740m

• Highest elevation: 3010m

• Total walking distance: 16km (mostly descent)

• Difficulty: medium

From Ushguli we’ll be transferred to the village of Khalde By car, where we start walking towards Chkhutnieri pass. while walking in Khalde walley towards the pass we’ll have the viow Khalde glacier. After the pass we’ll descent to Adishi valley with the views on Adishi glacier. After getting down into the valley, we’ll cross the river by horse. In village Adishi we’ll be picked up and transferred to Mestia

• Lowest elevation: 2060m

• Highest elevation: 2780m

• Total walking distance: 12km (mostly descent)

• Difficulty: hard

This is one of themost special route, that takes you as close to Mt. Ushba as trekkers can. We’ll be transferred to Koruldi lakes by the car. Afther the lakes we start asending towards Guli pass (2930m). Lanch picnic on the pass (depending on the weather).

Overnight in Vilg. Becho at the guest house.

• Lowest elevation: 2930m

• Highest elevation: 1420m

• Total walking distance: 14km (mostly descent)

• Difficulty: hard

Car transfer to Tbilisi.

On the way we’ll have several breaks.

• Total distance by car: 460km