Trekking in Georgia and the High Traveller Reviews

The High Caucasus mountains were remote and beautiful, a little like the French Alps without France! There were few roads, no shops or any kind of infrastructure. Many of the villages are cut off in the winter. The scenery was green and lush and quite difficult underfoot sometimes. It rained a lot, luckily for us almost always at night! We were well looked after in the camps, I got a tent to myself by luck but might next time pay out for the single supplement as it was much easier to deal with wet weather. The trekking was easy some days and more strenuous others - the itinerary had to be changed because landslides had taken out some of the footbridges, but I didn't feel we missed out. The trek guide Beqa was very competent and reassuring, and the overall guide and interpreter Levan was always interesting, helpful and good-natured. Food and everything was great, one suggestion would be to offer everyone a cuppa on their return from the trek, it would have made things more social at late afternoon time. The hotel in Tbilisi was nice and in a perfect location. Tbilisi is a wonderful capital city, buzzing at all times of day and night, so much to see and do, and a really friendly place to be. I booked my own flights and was glad of that, because I arrived in Tbilisi at about 1am, instead of the included flight arrival time of 6am. So I got a night's sleep before going off on trek. On the way back everyone else left at 4am, I stayed an extra couple of days and got a flight leaving at 4.30pm, much more civilised! (that was with Ukrainian International). Georgia is culturally a really interesting place, a different perspective but very accessible. And the wine is excellent. I really recommend this trip.

KE were very professional and the holiday was everything that was promised.

It was a week's trekking in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia. Although there were three nights in hotels (at the start and end), most nights were in tents in remote areas. Vehicles were provided, enabling the camping gear and our heavier baggage to be transported by road (or mountain track!). This meant that we only needed light day sacks, making a big difference in enjoyment of some very long days and steep ascents. This part of the Caucasus was incredibly green, with masses of wild flowers even at over 3000m. As well as our time in the mountains, the holiday included visits to churches, museums and other sites in and around Tbilisi. At all times the trek leader was friendly, helpful and good company and this extended to the rest of the crew who made the whole experience very memorable

KE are very experienced in providing this kind of tour. Although I know of them, this was my first holiday with KE. However, several members of the group have traveled with them before and were very positive about them as a company. I felt that the success of the holiday largely reflected their experience, their commitment to service and their selection of an excellent local company to provide logistical support and day-to-day services during the trek.