David Gareji Monastery: Experience History in a Semi-Deserted Landscape
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Tbilisi

Sparsely populated region, historic caverns, vista points overlooking a multi-hued dune valley, 6th-century monastery, caves adorned with artworks, water harvesting facilities

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Tbilisi - We Start out tour from Tbilisi head to east direction to Kakheti Region

  • Udabno - Village where are living the victims of the natural calamities from Svaneti Region, Because of the hard climate and communication problems many people abandoned the village and went back to Svaneti. The name “Udabno” means desert

  • David Gareja Monastery - The monastery locates 70 km away from Tbilisi, however the road takes long time to arrive because of the infrastructure, but recently the repair process starts and this season the road will be more comfortable. The Lavra is the main monastery and means important place of the monastery complex. The monastery was founded by father David who arrived from Assyria in 6 century to preach Christianity and established the monastery life culture. By that time the monasteries over total area were 19 but now retains just few. Soviets this places using as military training field and and the caves as shooting targets but later the site was terminated and again regain monastery life there.

What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Location
Tbilisi
Cancellation Policy

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

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Helen_c
Oct 21, 2023
Wonderful David Gareji monastery experience - Guram was our delightful tour guide for this trip that we booked via Viator. He shared many wonderful insights into his culture, country and had an amazing knowledge about the history of the monastery. His driving was careful and skillful. My parents are in their 80's and he was most thoughtful and considerate of their needs, and in general was very kind and full of exuberance. Thank you Gurum for making the trip even more memorable and special!
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