From Omalo to Shatili (Tusheti region to Khevsureti)
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 46.68 mi
- Elevation gain
- 9,980 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 12,051 ft
- Max elevation
- 11,511 ft
- TrailRank
-
52
4.7
- Min elevation
- 11,511 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 740
- Uploaded
- May 31, 2015
- Recorded
- May 2015
near Omalo, Akhmetis Raioni (Georgia)
Viewed 55357 times, downloaded 1075 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
Great 5-day walk connecting some of the nicest mountain villages in Georgia and crossing 3431 meters high Atsunta pass. My favourite part is behind Atsunta pass, walking on Khidotani ridge with great views in all directions..
Waypoints
Waypoint
6,796 ft
Campsite
Mountain pass
Ruins
Provisioning
Comments (21)
You can add a comment or review this trail
AWESOME! I am looking forward to do same trail in October do you have a means of transfer in the way back from Shatili to Omalo?
Hello, once in Shatili, you dont have to return to Omalo as there is a marshrutka from Shatili to Tbilisi.
However, in October is Tusheti quite deserted as most shepherds leave it at the end of September.
I have followed this trail View more
Information
Easy to follow
Scenery
Moderate
Beautiful trek, first few days are still on dirt track which is too bad. The pass is beautiful and the descent after that even more so
Hi, is the way to Omalo open by the end of May this year? Thanks!
Yes, road to Omalo is already open. However, Atsunta pass is usually not passable at this period, still too much snow on the trail.
Thanks a lot :) you have a great site!
Hello,
Do you know if the road to Omalo is already open this year or when will it be open? We are planning to drive there (in 4x4 of course) around 10th of June so still a month to go but I am anxious to learn about conditions. Any information very warmly welcome!
Hi, the trail is not open yet, but should be opened in next 7-10 days.
Thank you very much :)
Hi, i planning this route in this summer. Iam alone. One person can join me, if someone want, contact with me.
Hi madzik, bad news. The river took some 500 meters of the road behind the rangers station, they are working on it, but the road is still not open yet. By current plans, it will be made accesible in the early June
Thank you so so much! I appreciate your help. I plan to be there around the 10th of June. Could you please let me know how the situation evolves?
Once again many thanks!
Hi madzik, I post updates about the situation on my fb page - https://www.facebook.com/caucasustrekking/
Thanks!!!!
hi we are planning to hike omalo to shatili starting tomorrow (june 30) or saturday july first. We would like to take the alternate route on the ridge ghili to parsma. is it possible to find water on the way there?
Hi is tusheti region at all accessible in late october/early november?
I have followed this trail View more
Information
Easy to follow
Scenery
Difficult
We have done it on horseback. It's the best way to do it ;)
I have followed this trail View more
Information
Easy to follow
Scenery
Moderate
Hi Jozef! I wanted to thank you for your amazing work with caucasus-trekking.com (couldnt post it there as i am not a facebook user).
I hiked for a week in Tusheti and Khevsureti in august. I did the Omalo-Shatili trek and then my own combination of several of your tracks (Kistani-Kalatano-Akhielli-Roshka pass-Sadzelisghele pass-Abudelauri-Chaukhi-Juta) and your page has helped a great deal to prepare it all.
Amazing work.
All the best.
Dani
Hi Jozef! Thank you for your work! I was wondering: do I need a passport to pass the border guards post in Girevi and to fill in the registration forms for trekking in the border area? I just have my spanish national identity document, which is enough to enter Georgia. Thanks!
Hi Clara, any ID sufficient to gain you entry to Georgia should be sufficient also to those border guards
Thanks for your answer!
We would like to do this trek in middle August based on this trip:
Yet, we were wondering whether day 4 and day 5 (between Kvakhidi meadows and Shatili) can be splitted into three days so that the number of km per day is not so high. What do you think about that? Where could we camp then?
Thanks a lot!