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October 1, 2023 | Available | €1.280 |
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A beautiful adventurous short trip between Europe and Asia
Adventure and hiking tour. Hiking time four days, 4×4 transfers to/from Tusheti. It’s a great trip for photographers.
You hike with the Georgian shepherds and their animals from the mountains of Tusheti in the Greater Caucasus down to the Alazani valley in Kakheti.
In addition to the sheep, the shepherds’ horses, cows and dogs also run across the mountains into the plain.
Experience autumn in the Georgian Greater Caucasus!
You find a packing list here
Overview
Tusheti is located in the north-eastern part of the Greater Caucasus chain and is the homeland of the Tushi people. Twice a year the Tushetian shepherds change pastures for their sheep, goats, cows and horses. In the spring they move from the southern steppes in Shiraki on the Azerbaijani border across Kakheti to the north and then over the 2970 m high Abano Pass to the Tusheti mountain villages. On lush meadows in the harsh mountain air, they produce the finest types of Tushetian cheese, tend their herds and maintain centuries-old traditions.
At the end of September, after the potato harvest and before the first snow falls in the high mountains, the temporary shepherd camps are dismantled, horses, donkeys and trucks are loaded and the herds are driven back to Kakheti over daily stages of 20 to 30 km. In addition to our regular tours to Tusheti in the summer months, we only offer this adventure trip on one date in autumn. The participants can expect grandiose landscapes, Tushetian hospitality, solitude and an adventurous journey with the herds on horseback or on foot across the chain of the great Caucasus. Tusheti is an Eldorado for nature lovers, riders, adventurers, anglers, photographers, journalists and artists.
The photographer Michael Fröhlich photographed a beautiful book about the Tusheti cattle drive http://www.blurb.de/b/4811098-viehtrieb-in-tuschetien
Highlights
- City tour Tbilisi
- Off-road drive over the Abano Pass (2870 m) to Omalo
- Visit of Omalo, Dartlo, Parsma and Girevi
- An afternoon in the shepherd camp
- Cattle drive with the shepherds
- Visiting the Kakheti region