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Short trip (2–5 days)
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Vashlovani National Park by 4x4 — 2-Day Private Trip

Vashlovani National Park

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Apr–May and Oct–Nov (dry weather only)

Group Size

Private, 1–8 travellers

Difficulty

Moderate

$225per person

Travellers

9+

Group total: $900

Private: car and guide are priced per group, so each person pays less in a bigger group. Children count as travellers.

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Georgia's semi-desert, in the far south-east near the Azerbaijan border: canyons, badlands, mud volcanoes and, with luck, goitered gazelles. The park has no proper roads, so the whole trip is by 4x4. In Dedoplistskaro we pick up the free Border Police permit for the Alazani river area and pay the park fees, then drive to Pantishara canyon and the Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes and on to the park bungalows at Mijniskure. Day two covers Eagle canyon and the old Shiraki airfield before the 170 km drive back. Spring (April–May) and autumn (October–November) only: summer is too hot, and after rain the tracks can be impassable.

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Vashlovani National Park

Georgia's semi-desert national park in the far south-east, with badland canyons, the Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes, pistachio woodland and a chance of goitered gazelles. There are no proper roads: it is a 4x4 trip with nights in park bungalows.

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  1. Day 1

    Dedoplistskaro, Pantishara and the mud volcanoes

    Tbilisi to Dedoplistskaro is about 130 km; the park tracks are slow and unpaved.

    • 07:00 Pickup in Tbilisi in our 4x4
    • 09:30 Dedoplistskaro: park fees and the free border permit for Mijniskure
    • 11:00 Pantishara canyon walk
    • 14:00 Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes
    • 17:30 Mijniskure bungalows by the Alazani river; dinner (included, simple)
    • Overnight: Mijniskure park bungalow (basic)

  2. Day 2

    Eagle canyon and Shiraki

    About 170 km back to Tbilisi.

    • 07:00 Early wildlife watching near the river
    • 09:30 Eagle canyon
    • 12:00 The old Shiraki airfield and steppe
    • 13:30 Lunch in Dedoplistskaro (not included)
    • 18:00 In Tbilisi
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Vashlovani National Park, Georgia

Vashlovani National Park

Georgia's semi-desert national park in the far south-east, with badland canyons, the Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes, pistachio woodland and a chance of goitered gazelles. There are no proper roads: it is a 4x4 trip with nights in park bungalows.

Highlights

By 4x4 through Vashlovani: Pantishara canyon, the Takhti-Tepa mud volcanoes, a night in the Mijniskure park bungalows, and Eagle canyon on day 2.

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