Adventure
Svaneti, Georgia
Svaneti Towers: Mestia to Ushguli
Seven days from Mestia's towers to Ushguli under the Shkhara wall.
Duration:
7 days
Group:
Max 12 travelers
Pace:
Moderate
Rating:
4.9 (142 reviews)
Overview
A point-to-point walk through Upper Svaneti with a guide who grew up in the valley — Mestia's tower quarter, the Enguri gorge, and Ushguli, Europe's highest inhabited settlement, with Shkhara at 5,193 metres above the rooftops. Nights in family guesthouses and luggage moved ahead by 4x4.
Trip highlights
Mestia's Svan tower museum
Village walk to Zhabeshi and Adishi
Ushguli beneath the Shkhara glacier
Svan family dinner and polyphonic singing
What's included
6 nights Svan guesthouse & lodge stays
Half-board with a mountain kitchen
Local mountain guide throughout
Luggage moved ahead by private 4x4
All museum entries and park permits
Not included: international flights, travel insurance, and personal extras. Ask us — we can arrange almost anything.
Day by day
Day 1
Mestia
Drive or fly in from Tbilisi, guesthouse check-in, evening walk among the towers.
Day 2
The towers decoded
Svaneti museum, tower interiors, a family lunch, and an acclimatising ridge walk.
Day 3
Over the valley
Drive to Mulakhi, walk to the Chalaadi glacier tongue, return along the Enguri.
Day 4
Village day
Zhabeshi and Adishi on foot, lunch with a farming family, night in a village guesthouse.
Days 5-6
Toward Ushguli
The long walk over the Zagari pass, or the 4x4 road for those who prefer it — Ushguli either way.
Day 7
Return & farewell
Sunrise on Shkhara, drive back down the Enguri gorge, farewell dinner in Mestia.
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