Botany tours in the Caucasus

Highlands and Lowlands flower blooms

Dates: TBA (by private group request)

Registration: OPEN

 

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Description:

  • This tour is designed for those that enjoy walking in natural beauty, admiring flowers, trees, grasses, and other flora of the region either as an expert (we bring botanist guides), or as an amateur admirer.
  • These tours are arranged by private group reservation only.
  • This package tour includes 12 nights accommodation, 3 meals every day unless specified otherwise in the brochure, wine-beer with dinner, primary transportation in 4x4 vehicles with drivers, airport transfers, guides, entertainment, museum entrances, tips for local folks, and all snacks and coffee breaks. There are no hidden fees.

Tour Leaders:

  • John Graham
  • Specialist botany guides
  • Artisans and musicians

Tour Details:

  • Arrive-Depart Tbilisi (airport designation TBS)
  • 12 day overland travel itinerary
  • Visas: US or EU passport holders do not need a Georgian visa

Included:

  • Accommodation in high quality best-available boutique hotels and guesthouses specially vetted for comfort and location
  • All ground transportation including airport transfers
  • All meals with wine/beer as noted in itinerary
  • All entrances
  • Guides
  • Entertainment (traditional singers, a ballet or opera if performance dates match our itinerary)
  • Water on the bus, snacks (we pamper our guests!)

Not Included:

  • Airfare
  • Tips for primary guides and driver
  • Personal services (laundry)
  • Food-drink not specified in itinerary

Fees:

  • Fees based on length of tour.

Mobility-Fitness:

  • General fitness required.

Weather:

  • April - May is the lowland flower season, May - August is the highland flower season.
  • Prepare for temperatures between 60-85F in the highlands, 70-95F in Tbilisi.

Special Notes:

  • Sturdy hiking shoes recommended, though hiking boots not required

Brochure: