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Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia Adventure

Trip Type: Explorer

20 Days
| 1 - 12 People

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NZD $7,445.00 /Person
Head off the beaten track on a 20-day adventure through the Caucuses region, where historical Old Towns and monasteries sit alongside towering skyscrapers. With …
Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia Adventure

Head off the beaten track on a 20-day adventure through the Caucuses region, where historical Old Towns and monasteries sit alongside towering skyscrapers. With a local leader by your side, you’ll journey from the Caspian Sea to huge, shimmering lakes, stopping at wineries, small villages, jazzy capitals and the serene countryside. Enjoy hearty home-cooked meals and winery visits, hike to deserted monasteries and the iconic Gergeti Trinity Church and stay overnight in a lake cottage supporting inclusiveness. This trip shows you all the local bits (and highlights) of this gorgeous mountainous area.

Itinerary

Day 1: Baku

Day 2: Qobustan/ Baku

Day 3: Caucasus Mountains / Lahij

Day 4: Sheki

Day 5: Sheki

Day 6: Telavi

Day 7: Gudauri

Day 8: Gudauri / Stepantsminda

Day 9: Tbilisi

Day 10: Tbilisi

Day 11: Kutaisi

Day 12: Tskhaltubo/ Kutaisi

Day 13: Borjomi/ Akhaltsikhe

Day 14: Vardzia/ Gyumri (border crossing from Georgia to Armenia)

Day 15: Yerevan

Day 16: Yerevan

Day 17: Dilijan

Day 18: Lake Sevan

Day 19: Yerevan

Day 20: Yerevan

Trip Inclusions

Meals

19 breakfasts and 5 dinners are included

Transport

Private Vehicle, Public Bus, Taxi, Aerial Tramway, Train

Accomodation

Hotel (14 nights), Guesthouse (4 nights), Lake Cottage (1 night)

Included Activities

  • Baku - Leader-led night city walk
  • Qobustan - Petroglyphs
  • Baku - Old City Walking Tour
  • Lahij - Yoghurt Making Demonstration
  • Lahij - Copper workshop visit
  • Shamakhi - Juma Mosque
  • Nij - Udin village and museum visit
  • Kish - Albanian Church
  • Kish - Village Visit
  • Sheki - Shebeke workshop visit
  • Sheki - Khan's Palace
  • Sheki - Bazaar Visit
  • Kakheti - Georgian winery visit and home-cooked lunch
  • Kakheti- Gremi Complex
  • Kakheti - Tsinandali Estate Visit
  • Kakheti - Telavi Fresh Produce Market
  • Telavi - Alaverdi Cathedral
  • Stepantsminda - Gergeti Trinity Church Hike
  • Tbilisi - Orientation Walk
  • Tbilisi - Dry Bridge
  • Kutaisi - Leader-led city walking tour
  • Kutaisi - Aerial Tramway
  • Tskhaltubo - Soviet sanatoriums visit
  • Kutaisi - Winery visit & tasting
  • Borjomi - Leader-led walking tour
  • Akhalstikhe - Rabati Castle
  • Vardzia - Cave Town Visit
  • Yerevan - Leader-led Orientation Walk
  • Gyumri - Inclusive bakery visit
  • Yerevan - City Tour with Local Guide
  • Yerevan - Dolma cooking demonstration & dinner
  • Yerevan - Khor Virap Monastery
  • Dilijan - Wine tasting in local wine bar
  • Fioletovo - Molokan Village Visit & home-cooked lunch
  • Dilijan - Leader-led orientation walk
  • Dilijan - National Park Hike
  • Dilijan - Matosavank & Jukhtakvank Monasteries
  • Lake Sevan - Sevanavank Monastery
Trip Highlights
  • Support local communities – visit the first café in Armenia to provide employment opportunities to people living with disabilities, stay by Lake Sevan at a local NGO committed to inclusivity and attend a cooking class where the local women work to preserve Armenian culture.
  • Enjoy the best local hospitality and get to know the people – head to a Kakheti home for a home-cooked lunch, soak up the scenery (and the drops) in Georgia and Armenia during winery visits and do it all with a local leader by your side.
  • Hike among the Caucasus Mountains to the 14th-century Gergeti Trinity Church, which sits in isolation at 2170 m above sea level. Then, visit Khor Virap Monastery and Sevanavank Monastery for a view just as impressive as the history.
  • Explore the Dilijan National Park to Matosavank and Jukhtakvank Monasteries on foot. Discover the area that’s now reclaimed by time and nature and take in the beautiful scenery on hikes.
  • Veer off the tourist track and explore the lesser visited Georgia – see the Soviet ghost town of Tskhaltubo to wander the abandoned sanatoriums, explore Vardzia’s Cave Town to learn about 12th-century history and walk to Borjomi’s natural mineral springs.
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Provided by
Intrepid
Reference Code: KFSBC
Trip Location
Trip Starts: Baku, Azerbaijan
Trip Ends: Yerevan, Armenia
Countries Visited: Armenia

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Destination Details

Armenia
| 20 Days
| 1 - 12 People