Option 1:
Day1:
Arrival to Tbilisi, transfer and accommodation in the hotel
Overnight in Tbilisi
Day2:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel, set up bikes.
Bus Ride1: Tbilisi – Gudauri – Cross Pass by bus, distance 110 km. Climbing altitude 1800m
Gudauri is a ski resort located on the southern slopes of The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in Georgia. The resort is situated in the Stepantsminda District, along the Georgian Military Highway, near the Cross Pass, at an elevation of 2,196 meters (7,200 ft.) above sea level.
Bike Ride1: Cross Pass – downhill Kobi, cycling distance 15km.
Bus Ride2: Kobi – Sno by bus, distance 20km.
Bike Ride2: Sno – Juta, have a lunch there and go back to Sno (20km).
Bike Ride3: Sno – Stepantscminda-Gergety Church distance 18km, climbing altitude 400m.
Stepantsminda town is located along the banks of the Thergi River, 157 kilometers (98 mi) to the north of Tbilisi at an elevation of 1,740 meters (5,710 feet) above sea level. Stepantsminda’s climate is moderately humid with relatively dry, cold winters and long and cool summers.
Bus Ride3: Back to Gudauri by bus, distance 60 km. Overnight in Gudauri
Bike start point height: 2200 meter.
Bus ride distance: 190km.
Bike ride distance: 53km.
Total travel distance: 243km.
Day 3:
Wake up, have breakfast, set up bikes.
Bus Ride1: Gudauri – Borjomi. distance 220km.
Bike Ride1: Visit Borjomi national park: ride through various tracking/biking trails, after visit Borjomi town and taste natural spring water coming from the ground. Distance 55km
Have lunch somewhere in park.
Bus ride Ride2: Borjomi – Bakuriani, Distance 30km.
Bakuriani is a skiing resort in the Borjomi district of Georgia. It is located on the northern slope of the Trialeti Range, at an elevation of 1,700 meters (5,576 feet) above sea level.
The region around Bakuriani is covered by coniferous forests (mainly made up of spruce). The resort lies 30 km (19 mi) from Borjomi and is located within the so-called Bakuriani Depression/caldera.
Overnight in Bakuriani.
Start point height: 900 meter.
Bus ride distance: 250km.
Bike ride distance: 55km.
Total travel distance: 295km.
Day 4:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel, set up bikes.
Bus Ride1: Bakuriani – Kutaisi , distance 140km.
Kutaisi is Georgia’s second large city and the capital of the western region of Imereti.
Bike Ride1: Visit canyon distance 30km. Have a Lunch.
Bus Ride2: Kutaisi – Sataplia.
Bike Ride2: ride in Sataplia Park 15km.
Bus Ride3: Sataplia – Kutaisi. Transfer to the hotel.
Okatse’s Canyon – natural monument in Georgia, located in the village of Gordi of Khoni municipality, in the vicinity of the river okatse. It is uniquely located in the unbelievably deep and narrow ravine.Okace’s canyon is 3 to 6 meters wide and 20 to 100 meters deep. Along the canyon several waterfalls could be found, height of one it is 70 meters.
Overnight in Kutaisi.
Star point height: 250 metre.
Bus ride distance: 140km.
Bike ride distance: 40km.
Total distance: 180km.
Day 5:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel, set up bikes.
Bus Ride1: Kutaisi – Mestia, distance 245km. Climbing altitude 1250m.
Bike Ride1: around Mestia. Distance 15km.
According to the current administrative subdivision of Georgia, Mestia is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, some 128 km northeast of the regional capital of Zugdidi. Mestia and the adjoining 132 villages form Mestia District. Its area is 3,044 km²; population – 14,248 .The population is mostly Svans, a cultural and linguistic subgroup of the Georgians.
Historically and ethnographically, Mestia has always been regarded a chief community of Zemo, or Upper Svaneti province. It was formerly known as Seti. Despite its small size, the town let was an important centre of Georgian culture for centuries and contains a number of medieval monuments – churches and forts – included in a list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 1968, it was granted a status of a town let.
The town let is dominated by stone defensive towers of a type seen in Ushguli. A typical Svan fortified dwelling consisted of a tower, an adjacent house and some other household structures encircled by a defensive wall.
Unique icons and manuscripts are kept in Mestia Historical-Ethnographic Museum. Mestia is also a center of mountaineer tourism and alpinism.
Bike Ride2: ride around Mestia. 5km. Overnight in Mestia.
Start point height: 1500 metre.
Bus ride distance: 245km.
Bike ride distance: 20km. Total distance: 265km.
Day6:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel, set up bikes.
Bike Ride1: Mestia – Ushguli, distance 28km. Have lunch. Climbing altitude 1000m.
Ushguli or Ushkuli is a community of villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Upper Svaneti. The Ushguli villages contain buildings that are part of the UNESCO Heritage site. Typical Svanetian protective towers are found throughout the village. The Ushguli Chapel located on a hilltop near the village dates back to the 12th century.
The Mikhail Kalatozov documentary “Salt of Svanetia” was filmed in Ushguli.
Bike Ride2: Ride in Ushguli, distance 15km.
Start point height: 1500 metre. Overnight in Ushguli.
Bike distance: 43km.
Total distance: 43km.
Day 7:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel, set up bikes.
Bike Ride1: Ushguli – Zesxo distance 30km.Have a lunch.
Bike Ride2: Zesxo – Lentekhi, distance 35km.
Bus Ride1: Lentekhi – Kutaisi, distance (84km).
Overnight in Kutaisi
Start point height: 2100 metre.
Bus ride distance: 112km.
Bike ride distance: 65km.
Total distance: 177km.
Day8:
Wake up, breakfast at the hotel.
Bus Ride1: Kutaisi – Tbilisi.
Tbilisi City tour. In the morning we will start with Tbilisi city tour, sightseeing tour and tasting festival full of colorful celebration.Tuor the main food market, flea market.We will see Metechi church of Holy Virgin – built in 5th century and rebuilt in 13th century. Royal palace was situated here before moving to Narikala Castle. Metekhi is a central-domed church. Visit monument of Mother Georgia and see the Sameba cathedral – Holy Trinity Cathedral, called as “Millennium Building”. Sameba is the greatest Orthodox Cathedral in Georgia and Caucasus. It represents the synthesis of cross–domed and central-domed churches. It is 100 meters in heigt.