Climbing Tetnuld (4869 m) + Vakhushti or Layla, Svaneti, Georgia

Option 1:

Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi) - Mestia - Lake Koruldi - parking near the Laila hotel - Chizhdi pass (3150 m) - green meadow (2850 m) - Climbing to Laila (4009 m) - green meadow (2850 m) - Chizhdi pass (3150 m) - Mestia - green meadow in front of Tetnuldi (2800 m) - Amaranth nest (3380 m) - Nageb pass (3700 m) - Climbing Tetnuld mountain ( 4869 m) - Mestia - Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi)

Option 2:

Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi) - Mestia - Ushguli - lower Ingur nights - upper Ingur nights - Climbing to Vahushti (3879 m) – Ushguli - green meadow in front of Tetnuldi (2800 m) - Amaranth nest (3380 m) - Nageb pass (3700 m) - Ascent to Tetnuld  (4869 m) - Mestia - Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi)

The cost of a package of services - from 1200 US dollars *

The cost of a package of services (only Tetnuld) - from 1000 US dollars *

* depends on the number of participants, living conditions, airfare ......

Included in the price:

• qualified instructor
• accommodation in a hotel (hostel) three nights
• transfers Mestia-Ushguli-Laila-cablecar-Mestia
• group climbing equipment
• registration with border guards and rescuers
• meals on the route
• first aid kit

The price does not include:

• Flight to Georgia and back
• travel Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi) - Mestia - Tbilisi (Batumi, Kutaisi)
• insurance
• personal equipment
• food in cities

You must have the following equipment:

• climbing boots
• cats
• ice ax
• climbing safety system
• helmet
• two self-insurance and 4 carbines
• sleeping bag and karemat
• flashlight
• tent for 2 to 3 people (negotiated in advance)
• sunglasses with a factor of 3-4
• warm clothes, etc.

Attention! Different changes are possible along the way, depending on the weather and the state of the group.

Optionally, on the way back, you can relax at sea in Cabuletti.

Short description:

Svaneti is a historical mountainous region in the north-west of Georgia, inhabited by Svans.

Geographically and historically, Svaneti is divided into Upper and Lower, separated by the Svaneti ridge. Upper Svaneti is an alpine valley in the upper reaches of the Inguri River. In administrative terms, Upper Svaneti is the Mestian region of the Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti region with its center in the urban settlement. Mestia. From the north and east, Upper Svaneti is bordered by the Main Caucasian Range with the peaks of Shkhara, Ushba, Tetnuldi, etc., along which the Georgian-Russian border passes. From the west, the area is separated by the Khurum ridge from the Kodori Gorge. Upper Svaneti was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Mestia - an urban-type settlement, is the cultural and religious center of the mountain of Svaneti. There is a historical and ethnographic museum in the village, where unique icons and manuscripts are stored, a house museum and a bust of a native of Mestia, the famous climber M.V. Khergiani (buried here). Several dozens of medieval Svan stone houses with watch and residential towers have been preserved here; churches (X - XIV centuries), including Matskhvari (Spas), Targzel (Holy Archangels) and others. Numerous medieval churches and fortifications of the Mestia region are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Mestia is also a center of alpine tourism and mountaineering; from here ascents to the peaks of Ushba, Dzhangi-tau, Shkhara and others begin. On December 1, 2010 the first ski resort was opened here. Now there are two of them: Hatsvali and Tetnuldi