Length (on foot): 16 km
Difficulty: medium
Season: June – October
Overnight: Ushguli
Drop-off: Ushguli; Khalde
Pick-up: Ushguli; Khalde
A most balanced combination of trekking and art heritage in the Ushguli region of Svaneti. You get to see the 2 gems of Svaneti’s culture-heritage, Kvirike monastery and Ushguli, as well as the natural gem of the Caucasus, the Bezengi wall. The Bezengi Wall is the section of the Great Caucasus Mountains where the highest peaks are concentrated forming an enormous wall 4800-5200 m high. It includes peaks Tetnuldi, Gestola, Katintau, Jangitau, Shkhara, highest summit of Georgia (5200 m), and others, as well as three big glaciers (Adishi glacier, Khalde glacier, Shkhara glacier). This hike brings you very close to the high mountains, in fact there are very few places in the world where the average trekker can get this close to the snow-covered peaks.
Photographs in order of the trail