Three days up the Georgian Military Highway, the road the Russian empire cut through the Caucasus in 1799 and the only one that crosses the range here. It ends under a 5,047 m volcano with a fourteenth-century church on the ridge in front of it.
- Ananuri above the reservoir at first light
- Gergeti Trinity walked up, not driven up
- Truso valley: travertine, mineral springs, empty road
Day by day
- Day 01
Up the road
Ananuri at first light, before the light turns flat on the reservoir. Lunch in Pasanauri where the two Aragvi rivers meet and do not mix. Gudauri, the arch, and Stepantsminda by four with the mountain out.
- Day 02
Gergeti
Up on foot: two hours through the birch, 400 m of climb, and the church appears when you have stopped expecting it. By 4x4 if you would rather - no one is proving anything. Afternoon in the Sno valley, where nobody goes.
- Day 03
Truso, then down
A valley of travertine terraces, mineral springs running orange, a Soviet-abandoned village and a road with nothing on it. Back to Tbilisi in the afternoon, at your speed.
What is included
- Private car and your tamada for three days
- Breakfasts and dinners, lunch at Pasanauri
- The walk up to Gergeti, or the 4x4 if the weather turns
- Truso day with a local driver
What is not
- Flights
- Travel insurance
- Lunch on the last day
The practical part
- Where you sleep
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Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, two nights, and the terrace faces the mountain
- When it works
- All year. From December to March the Jvari pass can shut for a day at a time, so the plan carries a spare day and we tell you the night before.
- The pace
- Three hours up on the first day. After that, short drives and long views.
The Kazbegi Line
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