Abkhazia 7-Day Tour

Abkhazia 7-Day Tour

This year, take your adventure tour to a new level. Take a tour to an unrecognized country, just imagine travelling to a place that doesn't technically exist. Abkhazia is an Unrecognized Country.

WHAT?!? Now imagine that place has a functioning government, its own currency, military, police force and even passports!

Whether your interested in international relations, or you just like to do things differently, our overseas adventure tours have been hand-picked just for you.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Abkhazia

Stop At: Abkhazia, Abkhazia
Meet at border

Visa center

Drop off at hotel

Night in Sukhum
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Sukhum & New Athos

Stop At: Abkhazia, Abkhazia
Bagrat’s Castle

Bagrat's Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Sukhumi, Abkhazia, close to the Black Sea coast. It is named after the Georgian king Bagrat, either Bagrat III or Bagrat IV, and traditionally dated to the late 10th or 11th century

Drive to New Athos Monastery

New Athos Monastery is a monastery in New Athos, municipality of Gudauta, founded in 1875 by monks who came from the St. Panteleimon Monastery in Mount Athos, Greece. They founded the church of St. Panteleimon on Mount Iveria, on the territory of present New Athos

Anacopia Fortress

Anacopia Fortress is an ancient military citadel in New Athos in the Russian Abkhazia, located some 22 km by road along the coast from Sukhumi. The site, approximately 450 × 150 meters in extent, is located a mile or so inland, at the top of the Iverian Mountain

Night in Sukhum

Sukhum or Sukhumi is a city on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia, which has controlled it since the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Lake Ritsa & Gagra

Stop At: Lake Ritsa, Tsandripsh Georgia
Lake Ritsa

Lake Ritsa is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, in the north-western part of Abkhazia, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The road from the Black Sea coast was built in 1936. The resort of Avadhara lies to the north of the lake

Yupshara Canyon

Gagra

Gagra is a town in Abkhazia, sprawling for 5 km on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. Its subtropical climate made Gagra a popular health resort in Imperial Russian and Soviet times

Pitsunda

Pitsunda is a resort town in the Gagra district of Abkhazia

Night in Sukhum
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Abandoned / Ghost Cities

Stop At: Tkvarcheli
Tkvarchal

Abkhazian abandoned ghost city

Akarmara

Akarmara, an area within Tkvarchal, is a ghost town with abandoned apartments and factories which became uninhabited in the early 1990s due to the War in Abkhazia (1992-3)

Olympic center in Eshera

Night in Sukhum
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Off-Road Trip

Stop At: Abkhazia, Abkhazia
Off-road tour to the village Achandara

A main archeological village in Abkhazia

Waterfall

Cave exploration
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Sacred Places of Abkhazia

Stop At: Abkhazia, Abkhazia
Mokva

Mokvi is a village in Abkhazia. Located on the Mokvi river. Its elevation above sea level is around 130 m, the distance to Ochamchire is 17 km. As of 2011 the population was 939. Mokvi is home to the Mokvi Cathedral built in 10th century by Abkhazian king Leon III

Ilori

Ilori is a village in the Ochamchira District of Abkhazia, located on the coast of the Black Sea. The elevation of the village is 10 meters above sea level. The location was first mentioned in the 11th century, AD. During the Middle Ages, Ilori became a part of the Principality of Odishi

Lykhny

Lykhny is a village in the Gudauta District of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. In medieval Georgian sources the village is also known as Zupu. The village lies along the narrow Black Sea plain of Abkhazia at an elevation of 50 meters above sea level

Gudauta

Gudauta is a town in Abkhazia and a centre of the eponymous district. It is situated on the Black Sea, 37 km northwest to Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: End of Tour

Pass By: Abkhazia, Abkhazia
Transfer to border / airport

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.