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Adventurous Mestia to Ushguli Trekking in Svaneti 4 days

Price for one tour per person

$520

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Tour Duration: 6 Days

Tour Location:Svaneti

The most popular trekking tour in Svaneti

Tour is available onlyFrom May to October

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Mestia to Ushguli Trekking in Svaneti Overview

Highlander travel offers the most popular trekking in Svaneti, Georgia from Mestia to Ushguli, during this tour tourists will see on the way most interesting cultural sites as ancient houses, towers, and churches with beautiful frescoes, which usually are left out of typical tourist trails. The guide knows a lot of old stories and legends to share with guests during trekking. On the route, tourists may stay in guesthouses or in tents.

Behold! The magnanimous Highlander Travel offers the most sought-after Svaneti trek, embarking on a journey filled with picturesque mountain ranges, alpine valleys, and cultural sites. Tourists shall bear witness to ancient houses, towers, and churches adorned with stunning frescoes, which usually remain uncharted by typical tourist trails. Accompanied by a guide with an inexhaustible repository of old stories and legends, guests shall be left enthralled throughout the trek. During the expedition, tourists can stay in guesthouses or tents along the way. The Svaneti trekking tour continues to be the hottest-selling ticket during the summer season!

The Svaneti hiking tour remains the bestseller of the summer season!

The best season for the Svaneti trekking tour is from mid of May until the end of October.

Check all tours in Svaneti at www.svanetitrekking.com.

Mestia to Ushguli Trekking Highlights

  • Mestia
  • Adishi
  • Chkhutnieri pass
  • Iprali
  • Khalde
  • Ushguli
  • Shkhara glacier

Additional information

How to get to Svaneti – There are several options to get to Mestia. Please check FAQ section.

Check also What to do in Svaneti.

FAQ trekking in Svaneti

Luggage transportation is not included in the tour price. Tourists are encouraged to leave their main luggage in Mestia guesthouse and take only what is necessary.

Luggage transportation from village to village costs an additional 350$ per car (normally enough for a group of 2 to 8 persons).

You can order private transfers from Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, or Batumi.

  • Tbilisi – Mestia: 280$
  • Kutaisi – Mestia: 150$
  • Zugdidi – Mestia: 100$
  • Batumi – Mestia: 220$

Price is given per minivan, maximum 6 PAX, one-way travel. Please contact us for another kind of transport.

Alternative ways:

Public minibus from Tbilisi, Zugdidi or Kutaisi.
Train from Tbilisi to Zugdidi.

Plane from Natakhtari (Tbilisi) or Kutaisi to Mestia. (not regular)

Necessary is: good trekking boots, raincoat. warm jacket, water bottle, good to have trekking poles. Do not leave your passport and money in Mestia. You don’t need a sleeping bag.

At the end of May and June, it is pretty cold and can be rainy. In July and August, rains are less expected but in the mountains, the weather is pretty unpredictable, so you must be ready for rain. The weather will be warm in the daytime and cool in the evening. In September nights will be chilly.

Sometimes because of heavy rainfalls Adishichala River became too dangerous to cross, or at the beginning or end of the season Chkhutnieri Pass became inaccessible because of avalanches. In such cases, our guides, and we hire local professional guides, who know Svaneti very well, decide what is the safest way to continue trekking. Sometimes additional vehicle is needed and this will cost additional money. The guide will inform you if there are any problems on the route.

We trust our professional guides and strongly encourage you to follow their instructions.

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival in Mestia by car or by plain from Tbilisi. Transfer might be organized for additional fee. Check in guesthouse. Dinner. Walk around Mestia, visit Margiani’s ancient living complex. Dinner and sleep in guesthouse.

 

Day 2

Trekking starts. Trekking from Mestia to Jabeshi. Sleep in Jabeshi guesthouse or camp there. Total distance 12 km. Time needed 6-8 hours. Trail starts at elevation 1500m above the sea level, maximum elevation is 1900m and ends at 1600m.

 

Day 3

Trekking from Jabeshi to Adishi. Sleep in guesthouse or camping. Trail leads from the valley Mulakhura to Adishischala. Trail ends at elevation 2100m.

 

Day 4

Trekking from Adishi to Iprali village. Sleep in guesthouse or camping. Maximal elevation 2700m. Trail ends at elevation 1900m.

Day 5

Drive from Iprali to Ushguli. Walk in Ushguli hike to Shkhara glacier. Return to Mestia by car. check in guesthouse.

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3 Comments

  1. Peter Stein Leiden February 13, 2023 at 11:32 am

    Hiking in Svanetia
    Together with three friends I went on a four day hiking trip in Svanetia. This trip was perfectly organised by Highlander Travel / Rusidan. Rusidan also organised all the needed transportation. First of all she choose a very good, experienced guide. He brought us to the best places and really good family guesthouses. He was flexible as well when – due to snow and possibilities of avalanches – our original trip had to be changed. Furthermore she arranged very good all the needed transportation: – taxi from airport to trainstation – traintickets for nighttrain to Zugdidi – taxi from Zugdidi to Mestia – taxi from Mestia back to Tbilisi. All the taxi-drivers were helpful and very accurate. Rusidan knows who she works with: very good and very reliable guides and taxi-drivers.

  2. Eyal February 13, 2023 at 11:33 am

    The finest experience possible with a knowledgeable and well-trained professional guide (Merab), and great communication with Highlander office team

  3. Yoni Nave February 13, 2023 at 11:34 am

    Amazing hike
    Amazing hike from Mestia to Ushguli, guide was wonderful. This will be trip you never forget. Amazing views and excellent guide. I highly recommend

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