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"Settler" Kazbegi tour

$
850.00
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Included:
⚑ Start: Tbilisi
✔︎ Transfer to Stepantsminda and back
✔︎ Night at Stepantsminda & breakfast
✔︎ Horses for food and group equipment UP to the mountain
✔︎ Gas for cooking
✔︎ Certified mountain guides
✔︎ Transfer to Sameba (Gergeti) church and back
✔︎ Nights at the mountain: Betlemi hut
Not included:
✘ Night at Tbilisi (or city of arrival)
✘ Meals on the mountain & Stepantsminda (except one breakfast).
✘ Meals on the way to Stepantsminda and back to Tbilisi (cafe, restaurant, snacks).
✘ Horses for personal belongings

You can add for an extra cost:
$ A night in Tbilisi (or city of arrival)
$ Transfer class upgrade
$ Extra acclimatization day and night at Altihut
$ Last-day excursion (e.g. wine tour to Kakheti)

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6

Day 1

  1. We’ll meet you at the airport.
  2. Optional (extra fee): night in Tbilisi (accommodation level selectable when booking).
  3. If no Tbilisi overnight — transfer via Georgian Military Road (sightseeing).
  4. Check in at a guesthouse in Stepantsminda.
  5. Acclimatization walk to Gergeti Church, if we arrive early.
  6. Evening: gear check, pack prep, group intro, guide briefing.

Day 2

  1. Drive to Gergeti Church (2,200 m).
  2. Horses carry group gear.
  3. Optional (extra fee): a horse for personal gear (booked the day before).
  4. Hike to base camp at 3,650 m (6–7 hours).
  5. Optional (extra fee): extra acclimatization day (+1) at Altihut (3,100 m).
  6. Stay at Betlemi Hut shelter: restrooms and kitchen available.
  7. Dinner at Betlemi Hut (cooked by chef).

Day 3

  1. Breakfast cooked by the chef at base camp.
  2. Hike to 4,000–4,200 m for glacier training.
  3. Practice: rope team travel, crampons, and ice axe self-arrest.
  4. Return to base camp.
  5. An early dinner at base camp (cooked by the chef).
  6. Summit backpack prep, thermos ready, early rest (18:00 - 19:00).

Day 4

  1. Light breakfast at 01:00 (cooked by the chef), summit push starts around 02:00.
  2. At ~4,000 m: crampons on, rope up.
  3. Cross plateau (4,500 m), saddle (4,900 m), climb the final 45° slope.
  4. Summit stop for photos, then descend to base camp.
  5. Dinner (cooked by the chef) and rest at base camp.
  6. Hire a guide for a second summit attempt.

Day 5

Extra day for bad weather or acclimatization.
  1. If unused: a short hike or improve alpinist skills.
  2. Optional (extra fee): A cooking class at Stepantsminda. A wine tour and a night in Kakheti.

Day 6

  1. Optional (extra fee): a horse for personal gear (booked the day before).
  2. Descent to Gergeti Church (2,200 m).
  3. Transfer to Stepansminda.
  4. Return to Tbilisi and the end of the tour.
  5. Optional (extra fee): cooking class in Stepantsminda, Kakheti wine tour, etc
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