5 days
4-16 persons
all year
5 days
4-16 persons
all year
Flights to Kutaisi
Georgia SHORT - 5-day tour from Kutaisi. Mountains, sea, monuments, vineyards, regional cuisine.
We invite you to join us for a 5-day fantastic culinary journey through Georgia!
To 4 unique regions: Imeretia, Megrelia, Racha - Lechkhumi and the coastal Adjari. You will visit all these regions during our 5-day culinary and sightseeing trip. In Kutaisi, your home will be our legendary guest house Hostel Kutaisi by Kote, where we have been hosting people from Poland for 15 years now. One night's accommodation is comfort, forget about constant packing. The trip is organised by us - a Georgian, Polish-speaking team together with our friends in Georgia. We host truly from the heart, we love and know our country like few others! We run an expedition office in Georgia, we are professional guides.
Grape fields at sunset
Tamada statue on the Kolchian fountain in the centre of Kutaisi
Day 1 - Arrival in Georgia, Georgian supra!
In Kutaisi, after the transfer from the airport, you will be welcomed at our guest house in Georgian with a glass of natural wine! We will explore the city of Kutaisi, visiting the local bazaar which is vibrant and colourful. This is the perfect place to stock up on Georgian spices. In the evening, a delicious Georgian dinner awaits us. Hostess Mrs Ruso will show us how the iconic dishes are prepared. Imeretin khachapuri, pchali and other dishes you will be able to try to prepare yourself! We will introduce and familiarise you with the Georgian tradition of feasting. At the Georgian supper there will be toasts and tamada! The table will be full of dishes! You will get to know the full range of cuisine of Imeretia region famous for its variety of dishes.
Day 2 - scenic canyons and a cave. Megrel cuisine and wine!
On the second day we will go to the picturesque caves, waterfalls, canyons in Martvili, which are already in the Megrelia region. These are the territories of the ancient Lazika. This region, its culture, its own language already existed thousands of years ago!
You will experience the unique Megrel cuisine, fantastic dairy products, Sulguni cheese, Gebjalia (mozzarella-like cheese with mint), Elarji, Kupati (liver) ...and local Megrel wine varieties such as Egudzguri and Ojaleshi. We will experience these flavours in a boutique restaurant with a vineyard surrounded by luscious green mountains and grape fields.
Martvili Canyon and the traditional megrel dish of Elarji
Raczynski grape fields
Day 3 - The mountainous regions of Racha and Lechkhumi
On the third day we take you to the mountainous regions of Racha - Lechkhmi, the hidden gems of Georgia. It is here that two of the most expensive and desirable - red semi-sweet wines - Usakhelauri, Khvankchara - are made from over 600 grapes. With us, you won't buy them in a shop, but from Rakhine families making these wines for generations, pure without chemicals, full of flavour!
Georgia, with its 8,000-year-old tradition of winemaking, is the motherland of wine. At Mrs Manoni's, you will additionally learn about the Georgian bread tradition, which has been inscribed on the UNESCO list! You will discover the fantastic taste of bread made from flour created from ZANDURI - an endemic species of Georgian wheat that has been preserved unchanged since ancient times! Here, under the watchful and helpful eye of your hostess, you will be able to try your hand at preparing Georgian dishes. Finally, we will sit down to a table of dishes served piled high. Another supra and pleasant evening awaits us!
Ghvirshi waterfall and lechkhum cuisine at Mrs Manoni's house
Georgian flavours of the sea and the city of Batumi
Day 4 - The Black Sea and Batumi!
The fourth day is time for the coastal gem, the city of Batumi on the Black Sea. We will show you the fantastic Dendrological Park or Botanical Garden. For lunch, we will have local Black Sea fish cefal and barabulka. Not in a regular restaurant, but we'll choose the fish at the market first!
Later, in the restaurant next door on the seafront, they prepare them for us! We will show you around the Batumi promenade and the picturesque old town. You will also have free time to yourself. For those still hungry for local flavours, we recommend trying adjar khachaupri!
Day 5 - Transfer to the airport
After breakfast, depending on your departure time, we will arrange a transfer to the airport.
*Programme subject to modification due to arrival and departure times.
It is a culinary journey, but also a sightseeing one! Each way to a culinary gem is a fantastic adventure through mountains, picturesque valleys. We visit beautiful places and monuments!
Kutiasi and Bagrati Cathedral
Price:
- Depends on the number of people in the group 4-6, 7-16.
The price includes:
- Programme and organisation of the tour.
- Ride with a professional driver.
- Fuel for the whole route.
- Comfortable car dhe size of the group.
- 4 nights in our family guest house. Rooms for 2 and 3 persons.
- 4 breakfasts
- Homemade, hearty dinner on the first day
- Wine tasting and dinner at an intimate bio vineyard in the Megrelia region
- Wine tasting and dinner of the boutique restaurant at Mrs Manoni's
- Kchvankhara wine tasting in the Racha region
- Dinner in Batumi
- Assistance of a Polish-speaking pilot
- Transfers to and from the airport.
Price not included:
- Travel insurance
- Admission tickets:
- Prometheus Cave 25 gel
- Martvili Canyon 20 gel admission, 20 gel pontoon crossing.
Informations:
- The tour begins and ends in Kutaisi.
- The order of tours cannot be changed.
- In monasteries it is obligatory to wear proper clothing - a headscarf for ladies, covered legs, men - long pants. In most monasteries scarves are available on site.
- If you follow a special diet let us know in advance. Georgian cuisine is full of vegan or vegetarian dishes.
- This is the perfect trip, for everyone (of legal age)! For a group of friends, family or someone looking for a group where they can join alone! It is also possible to book an entire date for a private group.
Deadlines:
You can join the expedition by signing up for a date from our CALENDAR OF EXPEDITIONS :
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04.05 - 08.05.2026
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26.05 - 30.08.2026
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01.06 - 05.06.2026
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01.07 - 05.07.2026
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03.09 - 07.09.2026
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07.10 - 11.10.2026
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21.10 - 25.10.2026
- 01.11 - 05.11.2026
- 14.11 - 18.11.2026
- 02.12 - 06.12.2026
- or INDIVIDUAL for the group, then we will agree a detailed date with you.