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4 Day Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Small Group Rural Tour

Name: 4 Day Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Small Group Rural Tour
Brand: Elife Travel
Price: 764 USD
Availability: InStock

Country:

Georgia

Flight:

Not included

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Tour id:

97849

Operator:

Georgian Holidays LLC
Length:

4 days
Group size:

15 pax
Age:

7 to 85
Difficulty:
Difficulty levels:
- Relaxing
- Easy
- Moderate
- Serious
- Heart-pumping

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Itinerary

The small group tour to Samegrelo- Zemo Svaneti starts from Tbilisi. Hike to Chalaadi Glacier or have an offroad jeep adventure to Ushguli. Explore a mix of local cultural heritage at the remote towns of Zugdidi, Mestia, and Senaki, visit Nokalakevi archaeological site, and the natural beauty of Martvili Canyon, meet locals, and taste delicious wines and food. These unforgettable memories will last a lifetime!

The group is Guaranteed to run after two people book the tour.

Tour program

Day 1

Tbilisi - Nokalakevi - Martvili - Mukhuri

Total drive: 5 hr 5 min (348 km)

Your guide and driver will pick you up from your Tbilisi hotel at 08:00 to begin the tour.

The first stop is the Nokalakevi archaeological museum-reserve, where you'll have a one-hour guided tour. Explore the renovated museum, thermal baths, churches, citadel, and escape tunnel.

Next, visit Martvili Canyon, where you can enjoy the views of Samegrelo waterfalls and take a 20-minute boat ride on the Abasha River. The tour here lasts about an hour.

In the evening, arrive in Mukhuri, a small town offering a unique experience.

Stay overnight at a family guesthouse, giving you a chance to experience local life. Dinner and overnight in Mukhuri.

Start point

Tbilisi, Georgia

10:00 - 10:30

Day 2

Mukhuri – Enguri Dam - Mestia Surroundings

Total drive: 3 hr 22 min (141 km)

08:30 Breakfast at the guesthouse. Head to Mestia, driving upwards to Caucasus mountain serpentines.

20-30 minutes photo stop at Enguri hydroelectric Dam-an impressive Soviet construction. It requires a nonstop drive to Upper Svaneti, but we do as many stops as necessary on the way.

Arrive in Mestia, an administrative center of Svaneti region, surrounded by three major ancient villages Latali, Lenjeri and Mulakhi and visit defensive towers decorated with medieval frescos.

See Svaneti's housing estate tower-museum of Margiani (12th c.), Seti square and the Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography, displaying old Georgian manuscripts, ethnographic and archaeological materials, Georgian Orthodox icons painted in the Svan style etc.

Dinner and overnight in Mestia.

Day 3

Mestia – Ushguli Jeep tour

Jeep tour to Ushguli- one of the highest continually inhabited places in Europe and an authentic community of four villages, located 45 km away from Mestia. Because of its historical and cultural values Ushguli is included in World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO. Visit the church of the Mother of God-Lamaria church. Afterwards walk to Shkhara-the highest mountain in Georgia (5068 m), located in the very east of Svaneti, near village Ushguli.

After a full adventurous day drive back to Mestia. Dinner and overnight in Mestia.

Day 4

Mestia – Zugdidi – Tbilisi

Total drive: 7 hr 37 min (467 km)

Breakfast in Mestia guesthouse and drive to Zugdidi, the present-day administrative center of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Region. During the next one hour, we visit Dadiani Palace Historical Museum and Botanical garden. You can purchase local spices, homemade sauces, Sulguni, and honey at Zugdidi farmer’s market.

Drive back to Tbilisi. Evening drop off to your hotel for overnight.

Optional Gala dinner in Tbilisi restaurant should be arranged in advance.

End of the tour.

Enjoy your time in Georgia!

End point

Tbilisi, Georgia

18:00 - 18:30

Tour Details

accommodation

3 overnights at family guesthouses:

1 x overnight in Mukhuri guesthouse.

2 x overnights in Mestia Ushba guesthouse or similar

guide

Professional English-speaking guide/driver service

optional

Single Supplement: 37$

Private Tbilisi Airport Transfer per Sedan (max 2 people) (one way): 45 $

Private Tbilisi Airport Transfer per Minivan (max 4 people) (one way): 58 $

Private Tbilisi Airport Transfer per Sprinter (max 11 people) (one way): 85 $

Farewell dinner in a Georgian Traditional restaurant with a folk show: 35 $

others

Personal expenses

Beverages

Optional tour

Private Airpot Transfers

Lunches

transport

Comfortable A/C vehicle all days

Good to know

Currency

GEL

Lari

Georgia

Customer reviews

Operator

4.4

Faq Tour

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What documents are required to participate in the tour?

You will need a passport with a valid visa (if required) to visit countries along the tour route.