Tusheti Trek: Omalo, Diklo & Dartlo

About this trip

Tusheti is reached over the Abano Pass, one of the highest drivable roads in Georgia, and is cut off from the rest of the country for much of the year. This trip spends two days on the road and two on foot: Omalo and its Keshelo fortress, the walk through Shenako to Diklo near the Russian border, then over the Tutareki Pass at 1,911 m to Dartlo, a village of stone towers and slate roofs. Sleeping is in family guesthouses, and the walking days are four to five hours each.

Where we go

1. Day 1
   Tbilisi → Abano Pass → Omalo

   A full day on the road: through Kakheti and Pshaveli, then the unpaved Abano Pass road in 4x4s, arriving in Omalo in the late afternoon. A short walk up to Keshelo fortress, dinner and night in a guesthouse.

2. Day 2
   Omalo → Shenako → Diklo

   About 11 km and 5 hours with roughly 650 m of climbing, through Shenako to Diklo, a village close to the Russian border with its own fortress. Night in a Diklo guesthouse.

3. Day 3
   Diklo → Tutareki Pass → Dartlo

   The Tutareki Pass at 1,911 m, then down to Dartlo, about 8.6 km and 4 hours. Short, but with climbing on both sides. Time in the village before dinner.

4. Day 4
   Dartlo → Omalo → Tbilisi

   A morning in Dartlo, the 4x4 back to Omalo and over the Abano Pass, and the long drive to Tbilisi.

What's included