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Kazbegi Full day Tour: Explore Mountains, Rivers, Castles and Holy Trinity Church
4.8
45 Ratings
T'bilisi
Embark on a day trip along Georgia’s Military Road to the Kazbegi region. Experience mountains, rivers, castles, the Holy Trinity Church of Gergeti at an elevation of 2130 meters (1.3 mi), and the stunning vistas of Kazbegi.
Embark on a day trip along Georgia’s Military Road to the Kazbegi region. Experience mountains, rivers, castles, the Holy Trinity Church of Gergeti at an elevation of 2130 meters (1.3 mi), and the stunning vistas of Kazbegi.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Jinvali Water Reservoir - Zhinvali, also Jinvali, is an artificial water reservoir located on the river Aragvi in Georgia. The building of the hydroelectric dam formed the Zhinvali Reservoir. The dam has been built in 1986.
You will be delighted with the water perfectly blue color surrounded by mountains.
At this stop possible to grab a Turkish coffee and other snacks.
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Jinvali Water Reservoir - Zhinvali, also Jinvali, is an artificial water reservoir located on the river Aragvi in Georgia. The building of the hydroelectric dam formed the Zhinvali Reservoir. The dam has been built in 1986.
You will be delighted with the water perfectly blue color surrounded by mountains.
At this stop possible to grab a Turkish coffee and other snacks.
What's Included
- Bottle of water
- Bottle of water
What's Not Included
- Lunch (optional)
- Special car to Holy Trinity Church
- Paragliding (optional)
- Cable car Gudauri-Kobi (Price 30 GEL per person, optional). Available in good weather.
- Lunch (optional)
- Special car to Holy Trinity Church
- Paragliding (optional)
- Cable car Gudauri-Kobi (Price 30 GEL per person, optional). Available in good weather.
Additional Information
- In some cases, access to the Church of the Holy Trinity may be closed due to weather conditions. The company is not responsible for this.
- In some cases, access to the Church of the Holy Trinity may be closed due to weather conditions. The company is not responsible for this.
Location
Europe Square
For the group tours, pick-up from the Europe Square at 9 am
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Dagmar_v
Aug 16, 2024
Perfect Mountain Adventure - We had a wonderful experience with Khatuna, she was the best guide, very professional, kind and funny. She helped us choose a nice restaurant and was also a very skilled driver, so driving with her was comfortable and safe. The trip was very well organised and planned, we had enough time to explore all the locations, and there even was the possibility of travelling from Gudauri to Kobi by cable car. I would recommend this private tour, it allows you to visit one of the most significant and iconic places in Georgia at your own pace with a magnificent guide.
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Q4907pfjohnv
May 6, 2023
Awsome scenery and road with a mix of history and culture as a bonus - Overall very satisfiled. The weather up at Kazbegi was clear, scenery was stunning. My guide Aleksi has good English. He was very knowledgable about the history and culture of the area. He described the carvings on the monastery wall at Ananuri in some detail. He stopped wherever I wanted and was careful driving. Had snow tyres because the weather can change rapidly up top. He has contacts at Stephantsminde if you want to get a 4x4 up to Gergeti church
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865krupas
Jul 30, 2021
Do this trip only with Khatuna - It was an amazing experience with Khatuna..we loved the way she treated us and her friendly and helpful nature really made our journey enjoyable
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Nomadoffbeats
Jul 27, 2021
Excellent trip withMs.Khatuna for Kazbegi - Had taken this trip with Ms.Khatuna of friendly.ge and she was awesome. Have enjoyed every part of the trip along with the interesting conversations and insight to the Georgian culture and sightseeing places . Would love to get connected again and wish that can connect with Ms.Khatuna once again for our Christmas !! She is an absolute great driver and a great human being so it was an absolute pleasure to have come across her and had a great trip with wonderful memories to cherish lifelong…
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Mariaginmd
May 9, 2021
Wonderful - Communication with the company via WhatsApp was great and whoever manages the account is incredibly helpful, friendly and kind.
Aleksi was a fantastic tour guide - knowledgeable and very concerned with our comfort and enjoyment. He really cares about his guests ...highly recommend!
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Juliasj820ok
Jan 21, 2020
Best 1 day trip in Georgia - The tour was awesome. Best one day tour one can do in Georgia. Also the Guide Alexi explained everything, and also gave us enough time at each stop :)
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Elena
Jan 15, 2020
BEST TOUR EVER! - My friend and I had a memorable, and memory-filled, time on this tour. Initially, I was nervous about driving up the mountain roads. But Khatuna proved to be a fearless and capable driver—and even better, a cheery and wonderful conversationalist who answered ALL our questions about Georgia and the sites along the tour. This tour was one of the best days of travel I've ever had. The mountains were awe-inspiring. The drive, gorgeous. The churches, so historic and moving. And some great views of free-range goats! If you're going to Tbisili, this tour with this company is a MUST. Ask for Khatuna. She is the BEST!!
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507mohdk
Dec 30, 2019
The great caucasus mountains - Friendly Georgia are a very professional tour agency. After I saw the good reviews on TripAdvisor, I contacted the agency and chose this majestic tour (and another great tour mtskheta, gori, uplistsikhe). From the phone contact (WhatsApp texting), they were so helpful and professional. And on our tours, we were assisted by the guide Khatuna who was very friendly, well informed, and helpful. She assisted us from the first moments when we met in the airport till the last moment when she dropped us at the airport. The tour to Kazbegi with her was very interesting where we stopped on our way to see ananuri and other interesting sites. She gave us alot of exciting information. She was understanding, flexible, and dynamic. She tried to give us the best out of our private tours and made sure to fulfill our expectations.
The private tour was well organised and comfortable despite being a long one (around 11 hrs). Yet it is an essential tour from Tbilisi if you want to have a good idea of Georgia's majestic nature.
I would highly recommend the tour agency , the guide Khatuna, and this fantastic tour to stepantsminda in the heart of Caucasus mountains.
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Danielmq4038yf
Dec 19, 2019
Great guide - This was a wonderful tour with a great guide. Alex is very knowledgeable and helpful. He even helped one guy who was trying to get his cell phone set up (something I would not have done as a tour guide, to be honest).
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Jnadams92
Jan 2, 2020
Completely unprofessional and a huge waste of time - SHORT SUMMARY: After a long day of poorly mismanaged time the owner/guide got drunk on the way home, where he verbally abused the other guide and members of the tour.
DETAILS
1) We didn't see all the attractions listed. (In particular, the Aragvi River confluence and the Mineral Springs).
2) Unprofessional time management. Some attractions were over-extended while others were completely rushed through (or left out entirely). For example, this resulted in us seeing the Russia-Georgia Friendship Monument in the dark with no lights, unable to appreciate what we were supposed to be seeing.
3) Poor planning. In addition to bad time management, the trip didn't feel planned at all. No restaurant had been called ahead for lunch or dinner (even though one is specifically listed in the itinerary). We had to look around the town of Kazbegi until we found an open restaurant. Then, because of the holiday service, we had to wait two hours to be served, which resulted in us getting home later than planned.
4) The optional parts of the tour did not feel optional. Our two-hour meal was certainly not optional and the cable car at the ski resort did not feel optional. On top of that, it cost an extra 30 GEL per person that we were not expecting to pay, which is not listed in the description. Even the optional toast with homemade chacha at the Russia-Georgia Friendship Monument did not feel optional.
5) THE REASON TO AVOID THIS COMPANY: Our group had two tour guides, Khatuna and Alexander. Khatuna was extremely helpful, considerate, and all-around amazing. Alexander, who is apparently the owner of Friendly Georgia, was anything but friendly. On the way home he got drunk with one of our group members, which led him to be extremely loud and disrespectful to the driver, the other tour guide, and other members of the group. He made fun of a woman in our group in front of everyone for needing to use the restroom until she felt so humiliated that she cried. He then blamed the other guide for everything wrong, which made her cry as well. It took over 3 hours to return to the city because of multiple stops due to his drunkenness and overall belligerence.
We feel extremely bad for Khatuna, the other guide, who was always trying to do her best to make sure we were comfortable and well-cared for, even despite her colleague's awful behavior. She was the one redeeming quality of this tour, which was otherwise a complete waste of time and money.
Alexander, on the other hand, never saw his own faults in anything and never apologized to any of the members of the group. His only reactions to criticisms were to either deny the problem or shift the blame elsewhere. Drinking during a tour is OUTRAGEOUSLY irresponsible and unacceptable.
Please do not waste your time with this tour.
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