Day 4
Gudauri – Stepantsminda – Gudauri
After breakfast we will drive you straight to Kazbegi or Stepantsmidna, a small village located in the Greater Caucasus Mountains about 160 km to the north of Tbilisi at the hight of 1700 meters above sea level. Then we shall start ascending to the Gergeti Trinity church located at the hight of 2127 meters right above the village Stephantsminda. Option: You have the alternative possibility to drive with 4×4 Jeeps to Trinity church. It’s a really beautiful road, surrounded with the dramatic view’s of the tall mountains and picturesque terrain. The road will tack us through the forest and up to the vast plateau where the glorious church stands tall at the very end of the cliff. Upon our approach incredible view’s of the mighty Mount Kazbeg (5047) (third tallest mountain peak in the Caucasus) and the fabulous Kazbegi Valley. This is also considered to be the very mountain that was mentioned in Greek mythology as the eternal prison of demigod Prometheus that was chained to the mountain in Caucasus as a punishment for stilling fire and gifting it to human kind. Lunch (at your leisure). Then we will drive you back to Gudauri. Dinner (at your leisure).