Tours

• Kakheti Wonderland
• Kakheti wine route
• Kakheti Holy Land
• In Touch with Nature
• The Nature riches of Kakheti
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Tour 1: Kakheti Wonderland


1 day Cultural tour
Route: Sighnaghi – Bodbe – Kvareli – Gremi – Sighnaghi
Transportation: sedan type car/minibus/ bus
Meals: lunch; wine tasting
Duration: 7-8 hrs

Tour Sighnaghi - it’s attractiveness is largely defined both by the old architectural sites and natural characteristics: the Town is located on a hilltop and looks over the boundless area of the Alazani Valley and the snow-covered Caucasian mountains.
Drive to Bodbe - Georgian Orthodox monastic complex, located in 2 km, functioning as a nunnery. The extant church – a three-nave basilica with three protruding apses – was originally built between 9th-11th cc.
After touring drive to “Khareba Winery”, where wine is kept in 7.7 km long tunnel cut off in the stone massif of mountain range. At any time of the year, the t. is 10-11 °C. Tour the winery. Wine tasting in the winery.
Visit Kote Marjanishvili house-museum. The museum is located in the building, where great director and a founder of 20th c Georgian theater - Kote Marjanishvili was born. The building was built in first half of 19th c. The first floor with its wine-cellar is regarded as monument of Georgian architecture
Lunch in Kakheti en route.
Drive to visit Gremi, formerly capital of vanished Kakhetian Kingdom of Georgia, located on the Great Silk Road, was destroyed by the army of Shah Abbas in 16th c. The ruins of Gremi city are now important Late Medieval archaeological site with ruins of churches, trading arcades, baths and dwellings and well-preserved architectural complex: Church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Royal Tower.
In the afternoon drive back to Sighnaghi.
Included: transportation (A/C comfortable sedan/4WD/minivan/minibus) - transport type based on number of persons on the tour, bottled water 0.5 lit. per person per day, guide service, 1 x lunch without beverages, pick up/drop off (Kabadoni hotel), 1 wine tasting of 5 types of wines at a winery
Excluded: entrance fee to museum (Gremi, Kote Marjanishvili), services upon described.

Tour 2: Kakheti wine route


1 day Cultural tour
Route: Sighnaghi – Tsinandali – Alaverdi – Gurjaani – Sighnaghi
Transportation: sedan type car/minibus/ bus
Meals: lunch
Duration: 7-8 hrs

Visit Tsinandali (19th c) - the Chavchavadze, Kakhetian prince’s residence: the Tsinandali house museum, winery and garden. In Tsinandali we will have some free time to take a walk in the beautiful garden. Later we will have an excursion to Tsinandali house museum, wine cellar.
We drive further to visit Alaverdi Cathedral. The monastery was founded by the Assyrian monk Joseph (Yoseb, Amba) Alaverdeli, who came from Antioch and settled in Alaverdi. At the beginning of the 11th c, Kvirije III of Kakheti built a cathedral that is today known as Alaverdi Cathedral, in the place of a small church of St. George. At a height of over 55 meters, Alaverdi Cathedral is the second tallest religious building in Georgia, after the recently consecrated Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral.
In the afternoon we continue tour to Gurjaani region, famous for the variety of wines. Visit locals’ family to get acquainted with ‘Marani’ – wine cellar, and Georgian method of wine making in Kvevri as well as participate in bread baking. Wine and chacha tasting.
In the afternoon drive back to Sighnaghi.
Included: transportation (A/C comfortable sedan/4WD/minivan/minibus) - transport type based on number of persons on the tour, bottled water 0.5 lit. per person per day, guide service, 1 x lunch with wine and ‘chacha’ tasting at the locals’ house, pick up/drop off (Kabadoni hotel), 1 wine tasting in Tsinandali, entrance fee to Tsinandali museum
Excluded: services upon described.

Tour 3: Kakheti Holy Land


1 day Pilgrim tour
Route: Sighnaghi – Bodbe – Kvareli - Nekresi – Gremi –Alaverdi –Sighnaghi
Transportation: sedan type car/ minibus/bus
Meals: lunch
Duration: 7-8 hrs

Drive to Bodbe - Georgian Orthodox monastic complex, located in 2 km, functioning as a nunnery. The extant church – a three-nave basilica with three protruding apses – was originally built between 9th-11th cc. Visit service ceremony in Bodbe.
Visit Kote Marjanishvili house-museum. The museum is located in the building, where great director and a founder of 20th c Georgian theater - Kote Marjanishvili was born. The building was built in first half of 19th c. The first floor with its wine-cellar is regarded as monument of Georgian architecture
Lunch in Kakheti en route.
After lunch visit Nekresi, it represents complex of ecclesiastical buildings. The ensemble includes several structures built in different times. The oldest is a chapel of the small basilica type built in 4th c. In 9th c was built the domed church; other buildings for different purposes - bishop's palace, etc.
Drive to visit Gremi, formerly capital of vanished Kakhetian Kingdom of Georgia, located on the Great Silk Road, was destroyed by the army of Shah Abbas in 16th c. The ruins of Gremi city are now important Late Medieval archaeological site with ruins of churches, trading arcades, baths and dwellings and well-preserved architectural complex: Church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel and the Royal Tower.
We drive further to visit Alaverdi Cathedral. The monastery was founded by the Assyrian monk Joseph (Yoseb, Amba) Alaverdeli, who came from Antioch and settled in Alaverdi. At the beginning of the 11th c, Kvirije III of Kakheti built a cathedral that is today known as Alaverdi Cathedral, in the place of a small church of St. George. At a height of over 55 meters, Alaverdi Cathedral is the second tallest religious building in Georgia, after the recently consecrated Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral.
In the afternoon drive back to Sighnaghi.
Included: transportation (A/C comfortable sedan/4WD/minivan/minibus) - transport type based on number of persons on the tour, bottled water 0.5 lit. per person per day, guide service, 1 x lunch without beverages, pick up/drop off (Kabadoni hotel)
Excluded: entrance fee to (Kote Marjanishvili, Gremi, Nekresi), services upon described

Tour 4: In Touch with Nature


1 day tour for Nature lovers / walking tour
Route: Sighnaghi – Lagodekhi Protected areas – Sighnaghi
Transportation: sedan type car or 4WD
Meals: picnic lunch
Duration: 8-9 hrs

We drive to Lagodekhi National park, located in the most northeastern part of Georgia, in the Lagodekhi District, Kakheti region. This includes the Lagodekhi Strict Nature Reserve and Lagodekhi Managed Nature Reserve along the southern slopes of the main range of the Great Caucasus. The height of the Protected Areas varies within 400-3500 m above the sea level. It is characterized with subtropical climate.
The level of endemic species is amazing. 121 species of Lagodekhi flora are endemic to Caucasus.
126 species of vertebrates are described here, out of which the 4 species of fish, 5 – of amphibians, 12 – of reptiles, 150 – of birds and 53 species of mammals are widespread. Among birds the raptors attract your attention.
Picnic lunch on the spot in the park.
Late afternoon drive back to Sighnaghi.
Included: transportation (4WD/minivan/minibus) - transport type based on number of persons on the tour, bottled water 0.5 lit. per person per day, guide service, 1 x picnic lunch, pick up/drop off (Kabadoni hotel), entrance fee
Excluded: services upon described

Tour 5: The Nature riches of Kakheti


1 day tour for Nature lovers / Walking tour
Route: Sighnaghi – Vashlovani Nature resort – Sighnaghi
Transportation: 4WD car/minibus
Meals: picnic lunch
Duration: 8-9 hrs

Vashlovani National park - Vashlovani Protected Areas are located in the extreme eastern part of Georgia, in the Dedoplistskaro district, Kakheti region. Approximate duration to drive by car 2 hours.
It consists of Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve, Vashlovani National Park and Natural Monuments as follows: “Eagle Gorge”, “Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes”, “Juma Bay” and “Alazani Floodplains”, total area of which is about 24,924 ha. Vashlovani Protected Areas were opened in 2003.
The Protected Areas are located among the two main vital sources, the main rivers of Kakheti – Iori and Alazani. The gorge is a deep and very beautiful canyon. About 700 plant species are described in Vashlovani, though among them can be distinguished the distribution of diversity of orchids (7 species), Fauna of Vashlovani is quite diverse and attractive. 46 species of mammals inhabit Vashlovani. The Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve is very rich in ornithological viewpoint.
Picnic lunch on the spot in the park.
Included: transportation (4WD/minivan) - transport type based on number of persons on the tour, bottled water 0.5 lit. per person per day, guide service, 1 x picnic lunch, pick up/drop off (Kabadoni hotel), entrance fee
Excluded: services upon described