Dartlo
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About Dartlo
A stone-tower village in the Pirikiti Alazani valley of Tusheti, restored with slate-roofed houses and overlooked by the Kvavlo tower cluster. It is the start of the day walk to Parsma.
Travel Tips
Guesthouses only; cash only. The Dartlo-Parsma walk is a full day. Horses can be hired (about 40-50 GEL a day plus 50-70 GEL for the horseman).
Tours Including Dartlo
View All Dartlo ToursTusheti by 4x4 — 4-Day Private Trip to Omalo & Dartlo
Four days in Tusheti, the highland region behind the Abano pass (about 2,850 m). The only road in is a narrow mountain track, so from Kvemo Alvani a local Tusheti-licensed jeep driver takes you over the pass, only in daylight and never in rain; the mountain section takes 3.5–6 hours. You stay in family guesthouses with all meals, see the Keselo towers above Omalo, walk the stone-tower villages of Shenako, Dartlo and Kvavlo, and, with a border permit we arrange, visit Diklo. There are no ATMs, so bring cash; 4G works in the main villages. The road is open only from late June to September: in 2026 the pass opened on 20 June. We make a go/no-go call at 06:00 on the day and recommend keeping a spare day before your flight home.
Caucasus 4x4: Tusheti, Khevsureti & Kazbegi — 8-Day Private Expedition
Eight days in the three mountain regions of Georgia where you really need a 4x4: Kazbegi's Truso or Juta valley, Khevsureti with the fortress villages of Shatili and Mutso over the Datvisjvari pass, and Tusheti over the Abano pass (about 2,850 m). There is no road between Khevsureti and Tusheti, so the route returns to a night in Telavi between them. Our own 4x4 with an English-speaking driver-guide (Russian-speaking on request) covers days 1–5 and the drive home from Kvemo Alvani on day 8; for Tusheti a local licensed jeep driver takes over, because only local drivers drive the Abano road, and only in daylight and dry weather. Nights are in hotels in Stepantsminda and Telavi and in mountain guesthouses with half board in Shatili and Tusheti. Days 3 and 5 are long mountain drives. July to 20 September; we recommend a spare day before your flight home.