Trekking from Omalo to Shatili

Organized trekking tour from Omalo to Shatili with professional English-speaking Guide and Pack Mules, carrying your bags and camping supplies.

To make your Omalo to Shatili trek more pleasant, you will have a private cook on your side, who will prepare tasty dishes every day for you.

For whole tour from Omalo to Shatili you will have only a daypack with picknick box plus raincoat and you can fully concentrate yourself on wonderful landscape of Tusheti, without having shoulder pain by carrying some heavy bags.    

This organized trekking tour starts in Omalo and ends in Shatili, but if you want to go further, direction Stepantsminda, you can check our next itinerary, from Omalo to Stepantsminda.

Price per person up to 9 people:  € 990

Itinerary

Day 1: Tbilisi – Omalo

We will pick you up at your hotel and drive via Gombori Pass (1.620m.) to Alvani, here we will buy some cheese, honey and bred for picknick and drive further direction Tusheti.

The road to Omalo is according to BBC one of the most dangerous roads of the world, but it is also one of the most beautiful part of this world.

After 2 hrs. of drive from Alvani, we will reach Abano pass (2.830 m) and after one more hour we will be in administrative center of Tusheti - Omalo. If you will not be too tired from driving, we can walk up to Keselo castle and visit some defending towers there.

This night we will spend in a family hotel and enjoy traditional tasty cuisine of Tusheti

Time to drive: 7 – 8 hrs.
Overnight: Family Hotel in Omalo
Catering: Picknick-Dinner

* There are several trails around Omalo and if you plan to stay in Omalo for a few nights you can check our itinerary, short trip to Tusheti.

Day 2: Fortified towers of Dartlo

Today is the first day of our trekking tour from Omalo to Shatili and we will try to start it without hectic rush. We will rather do an easy hike to Dartlo, mostly following a trail through the forest.

This hiking tour is a nice start to test yourself and acclimatize. It also offers some sights such as alpine meadow with flowers in early summer, pine forest and great view of fortified village of Dartlo.

↑ 600 ↓ 865 →| 11,6 km. Time to hike: 6 hrs.  
Overnight in Tents in Dartlo
Breakfast – Picnic - Dinner

Day 3: Last inhabited village of Tusheti – Girevi

Our trekking tour from Omalo to Shatili will bring us to the next highlight of Tusheti.

In the morning we will go uphill through the village Dano and after 2 hours of hike descend to the Alazani River again.

We will pass the fortified village of Parsma with several defending towers from Middle Ages and arrive in Girevi in the late afternoon.

↑ 990 ↓ 760 →| 15,8 km. Time to hike: 7 hrs.  
Overnight in Tents
Breakfast – Picnic - Dinner

Day 4: Girevi - Kvakhidi

We will leave the last village of Tusheti and follow the stream of Kvakhidis-tskali. We will pass the ruins of Chontio towers and after about 8 hrs. of hike reach flat meadows at the river, ideal for camping and we will set up here our tents.

↑ 940 ↓ 545 →| 15,4 km. Time to hike: 8 hrs.  
Overnight in Tents
Breakfast – Picnic - Dinner

Day 5: Crossing Atsunta pass (3.430 m)

Today is the hardest and the most spectacular day of our Trekking from Omalo to Shatili tour. We will leave our campsite quite early and cross Kvakhidis-tskali river twice, the first time by a footbridge and second time by a horse (if river is too high).

After crossing the river, we will start to climb up Atsunta pass. On this day you will thank yourself to have pack mules and horses with you. The ascent will last about 3 hours and if we are lucky and have a good weather, we will enjoy great views to both regions: Tusheti and Khevsureti, also to summit of Tebulosmta, (4.493m)

 After crossing Atsunta Pass, the first steps into next regions - Khevsureti will be very steep, but we will go carefully and in about one hour we will reach our campsite with fantastic views.

↑ 1.340 ↓ 850 →| 11,6 km. Time to hike: 8 hrs.  
Overnight in Tents
Breakfast – Picnic – Dinner

Day 6: Schatili and further on to Tbilisi

The last day of the trek from Omalo to Shatili is almost entirely downhill, but the lower we go, the warmer it gets, so we get up early and have breakfast around 7am.

The walk begins through rhododendron fields, then over the ridge with unique views of the deep gorges and valleys of the Chewsuretia region.

After about 1 hour we see on the right side the glacier mountain Tebulos with almost 4.500 m, half of which is in Georgia and the other half in Chechnya.

After a total of 2 hours of walking, we pass the Georgian border police, where we have to show our passports and the permit, and then start the descent to the Andaki River. 

Around noon we reach the fortified village of Ardoti, known for its numerous fortified houses, well-hidden on a mountain slope that is difficult to access and inhabited until the end of the 20th century. In 2023, one family still lived here and we hope that more families will return to the village in the coming years, at least for the summer months.

Our walk through Tusheti from Omalo to Shatili is coming to an end. After the walk we can bathe in the clean and relatively warm Ardoti River, change our clothes, have a quiet picnic and make our way to Shatili. On the way to Shatili is the beautiful fortified village of Mutso, where we make a small photo stop.

As the route from Ardoti via Mutso to Shatili follows the dusty village road, we have decided to order the car for you and drive to Shatili. This will give you time to explore Shatili and its surroundings on foot before continuing on to the capital in the late afternoon.

↑ 100 ↓ 1.200 →| 11,1 km. Time to hike: 5 hrs.  
Breakfast – Picnic 
Time to drive: 5 hrs. - 150 Km.

Includes:

• Transportation from Tbilisi 
• Transportation from Schatili back to Tbilisi
• Professional trekking Guide
• Private cook (up to 6 Persons)
• Pack Mules/Horses for Carrying Camping Supplies
• Tents
• Meal: Full board
• Family Hotel on day one

Excludes:

• Sleeping bags
• Air Tickets, Alcohol Beverages, Travel Insurance

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