Great Caucasus

Duration 10hours

Travel along Georgian Military Highway. We stop to see Ananuri Fort with beautiful Churches located at the lee of the Great Caucasus Mountains and on top of Jinvali Water Reservoir. The setting is really magnificent and the carving of the church an unexpected discovery.

Continue over the Cross Pass so named by Russian Emperor Catherine II. The Cross Pass is also the watershed and rivers on the other side of the Cross Pass flow to Russia. You descend from 2395m – the highest point of the Cross Pass to 1700m, Kazbegi.

Take a leisure 3hr round trip walk to Gergeti Trinity Church and enjoy crystal clear air or hire a local 4WD to drive up the church.

After the tour we return to Tbilisi.

• Available from the end of April to the end of October, daily