Kakheti Cycling and Wine Road
A five-day supported ride from David Gareja across the Alazani valley to Zhinvali.
- days
- 5 / 4 nights
- Total distance
- 470 km
- Total driving
- 8:40
- Car needed
- Crossover / SUV
- Season
- May–October
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Built from official Kakheti cycling corridors, with quiet roads, wine villages and vehicle transfers on unsafe sections.
Day-by-day plan
Day 1: Sagarejo–David Gareja. Day 2: Sighnaghi–Bodbe. Day 3: Telavi–Alaverdi–Napareuli. Day 4: Lagodekhi loop. Day 5: Akhmeta–Zhinvali.
Stops on this route
David Gareja
Sixth-century cave monasteries carved into a semi-desert ridge — the most unusual landscape in Georgia.
3 hSighnaghi
A small walled town on a ridge above the Alazani Valley, with the most photographed view in Kakheti.
3 hBodbe Monastery
The burial place of St Nino beside Sighnaghi — one of Kakheti's most visited shrines, with a cypress avenue and valley views.
2 hTelavi and Batonis Tsikhe
The capital of Kakheti on a terrace above the Alazani Valley, with King Erekle II's residence and a nine-century-old plane tree.
3 hAlaverdi Cathedral
An eleventh-century cathedral rising fifty metres out of the Alazani plain — for centuries the tallest building in Georgia.
1 hNapareuli
A village on the left bank of the Alazani that gave its name to an appellation and where qvevri are still made by hand.
2 hLagodekhi Protected Areas
Georgia's oldest nature reserve on the Azerbaijani border — forest, waterfalls and the multi-day trek to Black Rock Lake.
6 hZhinvali Reservoir
A turquoise artificial lake in the Aragvi valley — the first big view on the Georgian Military Highway.
1 hTips
- Use a support vehicle.
- Helmet and spare tube are mandatory.
Booking and enquiries
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