Upper Adjara Wine and Villages
Keda cellars Khulo Skhalta Green Lake and Beshumi in four days.
- days
- 4 / 3 nights
- Total distance
- 360 km
- Total driving
- 08:30
- Car needed
- Crossover / SUV
- Season
- May–October
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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A mountain food tour combining Adjara wine village hospitality and highland views.
Day-by-day plan
Day 1: Makhuntseti → Keda. Day 2: Khulo → Skhalta. Day 3: Green Lake. Day 4: Beshumi.
Stops on this route
Makhuntseti Waterfall and Arched Bridge
A thirty-metre waterfall and a medieval stone arch bridge in the Adjaristsqali valley, an hour from Batumi.
2 h
Keda and the Adjaran Wine Cellars
A small town in the Adjaristsqali valley where Chkhaveri and Tsolikouri mature in wooden cellars.
3 h
Khulo Cable Car and Upper Adjara
A Soviet-era cable car strung between Khulo and the village of Tago across a deep gorge, plus the road into Upper Adjara.
3 h
Skhalta Cathedral
A 13th-century church in a mountain valley — the only medieval cathedral in Adjara to survive intact.
1 h
Green Lake (Goderdzi)
A small alpine lake near Goderdzi Pass, ringed by fir forest and reachable only in summer.
2 h
Beshumi
An alpine settlement of wooden houses at 1,830 metres that lives for three months of the year.
4 hTips
- The driver must not taste wine.
- Use an SUV for the lake.
Best car for this trip
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Itineraries
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Pickup locations
Car Rental in Batumi — 23 km (straight line)
Booking and enquiries
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