BORJOMI, RABATI & VARDZIA Tour from Kutaisi: Explore Javakheti's History and Legends
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63 Ratings
Kutaisi
Join our guaranteed departure group tour from Kutaisi to Borjomi, Rabati, and Vardzia. Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and legends of Javakheti region in southern Georgia. Experience the natural beauty and taste the famous mineral water of Borjomi, explore the medieval castle of Rabati, and discover the ancient city of caves in Vardzia. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the ancient wonders of Georgia.
Duration: 14 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Borjomi Central Park - Borjomi is a place where the most famous Georgian mineral water - Borjomi comes from. At Borjomi central park we are able to taste mineral water from springs.
  • Rabati Castle - After walking in the park we are heading to Rabati castle. We explore medieval castle with local guide who tells us about history and structure of it.
  • Vardzia Cavetown Viewpoint - Vardzia is city of caves that was built in middle ages. There used to be more than 500 rooms. Most of them are empty ruins now.
What's Included
  • Guiding service in English
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Meals
  • Borjomi Central Park - 5 GEL per person
  • Rabati Castle - 17 GEL per person
  • Vardzia - 16 GEL entrance fee + 2 GEL for a local minibus
Additional Information

We provide guaranteed departure group tour from Kutaisi to Borjomi, Rabati and Vardzia. Tour is full of history, culture, legends and beautiful views. Route takes us to southern part of Georgia, Javakheti region. We visit Borjomi Park where we are able to taste mineral water Borjomi directly from springs, middle ages castle Rabati and city of caves - Vardzia. Follow us and explore ancient Georgia.

Location
Budget Georgia
Shota Rustaveli Avenue
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Andreaschristodoulid
May 6, 2024
Great tour - Great tour with amazing views, our tour guide George was Great!! Vardzia the highlight. Definitely rexommend it!!
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Julia_g
Apr 28, 2024
Amazing way to explore - This trip was really so excellent! My group was small, only 4 people, which was neat. Vardzia was definitely the highlight - I could've spent another hour there easily! This site is so stunning & historically interesting and really feels unique to Georgia. Giorgi made sure we were able to explore the site as we wanted to which was so cool, we went through some of the tunnels which was incredible. Borjomi is probably better in late spring/summer but Rabati was cool too. The guides and drivers went above and beyond, going out of their way to help us get back to our hotels since it was late at night (my hotel was further away and they still worked with me). The tour guides were interesting. My only complaint is if you are in the back of the car, you can't really hear sometimes, but this was a small thing. As a solo female traveller, this was an amazing, easy & safe way to see Georgia and was the highlight of my trip! I definitely want to come back and do another tour with them.
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Kylematthew_f
Nov 29, 2023
Unforgettable experience - Unforgettable experience. The guide, Giorgi K, was so friendly and welcoming. The 9 of us plus him felt like friends right away. It was a great and fun environment. We saw some truly beautiful sights and he gave just the right of information. He was lively the whole time and very smiley and helpful. Best person for the job for sure. I also want to note that I read reviews that said the driver wasn't safe, which scared me before booking, but I had the complete opposite experience and we were in rain and snow. He was careful and only.passed when necessary. I was comfortable and confident with our team.
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Peter_h
Oct 30, 2023
Amazing tour with amazing people - Well organized tour with an amazing guide. Nice places to see especially Vardzia. The guide created a good atmosphere in the group.
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Jolantah396
Oct 11, 2023
1 day Tour - Great experience and wounderful day with Budget Georgia (1 day tour: Bourjomi, Rabati, Vardzia). Our guide Georgi Koghuashvili was perfekt guide. Friendly, competent. At the end of the Trip he was so kind to call us a Taxi und was waiting with us till it came. Tour was interesting, nice, perfekt organized. Driver also very good. 10 Points from 10. We recommend! Jolanta & Christine
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Sandraust
Oct 7, 2023
Good experience - It's a long trip with a lot of driving, but worth it if you enjoy mountain views. And Vardzia is definitely a must visit place in Georgia, would recommend this trip. Guide Giorgi Koghuashvili was great, gave enough info, but didn't overload with it, created welcoming atmosphere.
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Sightsee42490519532
Sep 14, 2023
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING - My friends and I - 3 of us booked this beautiful tour package which was absolutely well organized and planned so neatly by Budget Georgia! The timings , the schedule and the restaurants they recommended were all so fantastic!! Each place was breathtaking and it was only made possible thru budget Georgia folks! The tour guide was so knowledgeable and friendly and gave us enough time to explore the area and take pics too 😄👍🏻Had a great time really! I highly recommend everyone to take up this package cuz it was really worth it!! I'm planning to explore it again 😆😁✨
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903magdalenah
Sep 8, 2023
Excellent trip to Vardzia - We’ve been on a trip with tourguide George and driver Goga to Vardzia and it was fabulous! George really knows his stuff and speaks excellent english. He guided us with passion through every checkpoint- Borjomi, Rabath castle and finally Vardzia. We also could taste Nazuki- sweet Georgian bread. As a tourguide he took care of atmosphere with humor and was very kind to us throughout the trip. Not to forget our driver Goga who safely and also with passion drove to our final destination and back to Kutaisi ;) Thanks to them we will always remember what Megobari means.
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Norbert_k
May 2, 2024
Vardzia is a must - Exzellent guide/driver Saba. This tour is quite long, but Vardzia is an absolute highlight, Borjomi is very pleasant and Rabati is on the way.
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Giulia_m
Dec 29, 2023
The trip was cancelled... - The trip was cancelled just a few hours before. Another tour was suggested which I did, and it was enjoyable, however I found the service very disappointing.
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