Hiking in Georgia
From half-day strolls past mineral springs to four-day village-to-village treks at 3,000 metres — Georgia delivers some of the most spectacular and least crowded hiking in the world.
Featured Trails
Four routes that cover the spectrum.
Day hikeThe classic. Climb 600 m from Stepantsminda village through pine forest and alpine meadow to the lone 14th-century Gergeti Trinity Church — with Mt Kazbek's glacier filling the horizon behind it.
Start before 8am to beat the 4x4 crowds and afternoon clouds rolling off Kazbek.
Multi-day trekGeorgia's most famous trek. Four days, four villages, four guesthouses, three high passes — and constant views of Ushba's twin horns and Shkhara's south wall.
Guesthouses cost €25–40 with dinner & breakfast included. Book the first night ahead in August; wing the rest.
Multi-day trekThe wildest, least-trodden high country in Georgia. Stone-tower villages perched at 2,000+ m, Caucasian shepherds with mastiffs, and a road in over the 2,900-m Abano Pass that's open just four months a year.
Hire a 4x4 with driver from Alvani — the Abano Pass is genuinely no joke and rental cars are not insured for it.
Day hikes & shorter treksOne of Europe's largest national parks, a thickly forested cradle of beech, oak and fir webbed with shepherd huts and waymarked routes — perfect for slower trips and family hikes.
Combine with a soak in Borjomi's mineral spring park and a tasting of the famously salty water.
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