Day 8 · Sat 1 Aug
Mestia → Hatsvali → Ushguli → Mestia
SVANETITowers of Ushguli
Ushguli · 2,200 m · Mount Shkhara
🎒 Comfortable walking shoes🎒 Packed snack for lunch🎒 Water bottle🎒 Windbreaker or rain layer⛅ Mestia 31°🥾 Davberi → Ushguli trek 13 km · moderate🍽 Breakfast · Packed snack lunch · Dinner🛏 Guesthouse in Mestia
- 09:00Beginning of the tourAfter breakfast, drive to the Hatsvali ski resort. (If possible, take food with you for a snack at lunch.)
- Hatsvali cable carRide the cable car to a panoramic viewpoint overlooking Mestia, the glacier and the snow-capped peak of Mount Ushba.
- UshguliSvaneti’s largest village and Europe’s second-highest settlement, at 2,200 m. Almost everything here is preserved from previous centuries — civilisation has only lightly touched the region — so you can experience Svan life in all its glory, even peering into the heart of a Svan tower, with a magnificent view of Mount Shkhara.
- Trek from Davberi to Ushguli · ⛅ 31°Distance 13 km, roughly 4 hours, moderate difficulty.
- 17:00Return to MestiaApproximate arrival time.
- 19:30Dinner