Highland Horse Riding Tour (mountain Gomi)
Seasonal prevalence: April-September
Road Distances: 60 km
Distance of the
Horse part: 60 km
The starting
point of the tour - Hippodrome,
Poti (
Samegrelo --
Zemo Svaneti)
Destination point -- mountain Gomi, region
Ozurgeti (
Guria)
The highest point of a route --
2550 m
Duration: 3 days/2 nights (variants:
4/5; 5/6)
Meals: 2 times
Group: 10 - 12 people
Support: the guide, the instructor
The route is absolutely safe and doesn't demand special physical preparation
Age restrictions: from 12 years
Service: residing in the modern, 4-seater tents or in the guest houses (on a choice). Providing of
Personal tourist equipments (a sleeping bag, a rug, dining facilities). In order to maximum comfort and safety of all equipments (both personal and group) will be transported by an escort car.
The program:
1 day.
Arrival on a hippodrome, introduction of the
Instructor, look for the horses, instruction, departure on a route. The group of vehicles arrives to the village Shemokmedi (60 km from Poti, Ozurgeti
Region, Guria). The horseback tour begins from this place - climb to the mountain Gomi (
20 km during 4 hours and 2 stops at the break). There are plenty of mountain streams and rivers, mineral water springs, beautiful landscapes, valleys, mountain slopes, spiral paths. At night the group stops at the local urban areas, where the tourists are given a unique opportunity to learn about mountaineers life and culture, their traditions and customs.
2 days. The group continues to move from the morning. The nearest destination -
Lake Chinchao (2550 m above the sea level, road length - 10 km). About uniqueness of Lake Chinchao says that fact that here in the middle of summers it is possible to play snowballs and bathe too.
Rare flowers and plants surround the lake. The inviolable beauty of the mountains, a captivating landscape, crystal clear water of Chinchao and the rare possibility to look at the clouds from above - This is truly magical place, where you can enjoy with the sunset and sunrise. It is possible to spend the night as in the tents as in the guest houses of
Ajarian village Mtapataras (where amazingly hospitable people live).
3 day. From the morning the group goes to a mountain Dzhvarmindori which is located
8 km from the settlement. Beside the fact that this place has a rare beauty, its charm also is that from this place the view spreads practically across the whole
Adjara and the southern part of
Turkey. After a few hours on the mountain Jvarmindor the group returns to the village Shemokmedi where the tourists travel to Poti by vehicles.
Prices:
3 days trip - USD300 $;
4 days trip - USD400$
5 days trip - USD500 $;
Prices include:
Transfer from parking place and railway station to the hotel, 2 times meal, rent of tourist equipment, rent of the horses (Mingrelian breed) and horse ammunition (tourist saddles), internal mini-trucks and passenger transfer, the work done by the instructors, insurance.
Prices don't include:
Travel to the destination point, travel from the destination point, hotel.
Additional Services:
Organization of folk evening event, which would give a national nuance to the trip and makes it unforgettable. Also, according to the wishes of the passengers it's possible to organize the trip in Poti, walk on the lake
Paliastomi (the
Colchis in the surrounding
Pearl) and fishing.
Warning!
The route is not recommended for various diseases of the nervous system, also for the people with heart diseases and hypertension, the internal organs and chronic illnesses
- published: 03 Jul 2013
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