Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia: Baku, Tbilisi, Kazbegi and Yerevan
14 days from Baku to Yerevan: three nights on the Caspian for the Old City, Gobustan and the mud volcanoes, Sheki and a Kakheti supra, three nights in Tbilisi with a night under Mount Kazbek, then Haghpat, Lake Sevan and three nights in Yerevan.
14 days · Baku to Yerevan · up to 12 guests
Old Tbilisi, the Mtkvari River and Holy Trinity Cathedral Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi,_Old_Tbilisi,_Kura_River_2,_Georgia.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 14 days, 13 nights
- Start and end
- Baku to Yerevan
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Mostly easy to moderate walking: 2 to 4 hours a day on foot in old towns and at monasteries, on cobbles, steps and uneven stone, and on rough ground at Gobustan and the mud volcanoes. The highest point is Gergeti Trinity Church at about 2,170 m, reached by 4x4 or by an optional hike of about 400 m of ascent. Two days include a land border, where you may walk a short way through the passport halls with your bag. You can sit out any walk.
- Meals included
- 13 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 2 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,050 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- Baku's walled Old City from 9 am: the Shirvanshahs' Palace, the Maiden Tower and the caravanserais
- Stone Age rock carvings at Gobustan, then a local 4x4 out to the bubbling mud volcanoes
- The painted rooms and coloured glass of the Sheki Khan's Palace at opening time
- A supra with a winemaking family in Sighnaghi, the evening you cross into Georgia
- Gergeti Trinity Church at about 7:30 am, with Mount Kazbek behind it
- Haghpat Monastery above the Debed Canyon, your first afternoon in Armenia
- Khor Virap with Mount Ararat behind it in the clear morning light
- Geghard's rock-cut chapels early, then baking lavash with a family in Garni
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 1,050 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Baku
Heydar Aliyev International Airport to your hotel in Baku
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Baku
- Drive about 30 min
Fly into Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD), about 25 km northeast of central Baku. A driver meets every guest's flight on day 1, whatever the time, and takes you to a central hotel within walking distance of the Old City.
Evening
To make the evening briefing, plan to land by about 4 pm. At 6 pm your See Sight Tours guide, who stays with you all the way to Yerevan, meets the group to talk through the route, the two border crossings, what to wear in mosques and churches and how the days are paced. Then we walk along the Caspian seafront boulevard to a welcome dinner of Azerbaijani dishes to share: plov rice layered with saffron, dried fruit and chestnuts, dolma, grilled kebabs and fresh herbs. If you arrive early, the boulevard and Fountains Square are a short walk from the hotel, and the Flame Towers light up after dark on the hill above the bay.
Included
- Pick-up at Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD), at any time
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner in Baku
Free time: Free until the 6 pm briefing
Baku's Old City on foot
Icherisheher, the Shirvanshahs' Palace, the Maiden Tower, the Carpet Museum and the boulevard
- Breakfast
- Stay in Baku
We set out at 9 am, before the heat and the tour coaches, through the gates of Icherisheher, Baku's walled Old City and a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Shirvanshahs' Palace and the Maiden Tower. Inside the walls are lanes of limestone houses with wooden balconies, small mosques and two caravanserais where merchants on the Silk Road once stabled their camels. The 15th-century Shirvanshahs' Palace has a mausoleum, a bathhouse and a royal mosque around its courtyards. Climb the Maiden Tower, whose age and purpose are still argued over, for the view across the rooftops to the bay.
Afternoon
After lunch at your own pace in the Old City, we walk down to the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, a building shaped like a rolled carpet, with weavings from every region of the country. We finish around 2 pm on the seafront. The rest of the afternoon is free: the Heydar Aliyev Centre's white curves, a hammam or a café on Nizami Street.
Included
- Old City walk with your guide
- The Shirvanshahs' Palace
- The Maiden Tower
- The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Optional experiences
- The Heydar Aliyev Centre exhibitions, paid locally
Easier option: See the Maiden Tower from its foot and rest in a teahouse while the group climbs.
More active option: Walk on afterwards with your guide up the funicular path to the Flame Towers viewpoint.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 3 to 4 hours on foot on stone lanes; the Maiden Tower has narrow stairs.
Gobustan, mud volcanoes and Yanar Dag
Baku to Gobustan and the mud volcanoes, back to Baku, then Yanar Dag at dusk
- Breakfast
- Stay in Baku
- Drive about 3 h
We leave at about 9 am (8:30 at weekends) and drive about an hour south along the Caspian shore to Gobustan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where thousands of rock carvings, the oldest from the Stone Age, cover boulders on a hillside above the sea: hunters, boats, dancers, gazelles and aurochs.
Afternoon
Start in the museum, then walk the paths among the rocks before the midday heat. From the village, local 4x4s take us a few kilometres over dirt tracks to a field of mud volcanoes, low grey cones that gurgle and spit cold mud as gas rises through them. Azerbaijan has a large share of the world's mud volcanoes. We are back in Baku for a late lunch at your own pace and a free afternoon.
Evening
At dusk we drive about 30 minutes north to Yanar Dag on the Absheron peninsula, a hillside where natural gas seeping from the ground has burned for decades, best seen once the light goes.
Included
- Gobustan museum and petroglyphs with your guide
- Local 4x4 to the mud volcanoes
- Yanar Dag at dusk
Easier option: Stay on the paved paths near the Gobustan museum and watch the mud volcanoes from the edge of the field.
More active option: Walk the longer upper trail at Gobustan with your guide, about an hour among the carved rocks.
Free time: Afternoon free in Baku
Activity: Gobustan is exposed and hot by midday; bring a hat and water. The mud volcano field is uneven and can be slippery. The rock-art site opens at about 10 am on weekdays and 9 am at weekends; we confirm the museum hours with your final itinerary and time the departure to arrive at opening.
Over the hills to Sheki
Baku to Shamakhi, then Ismayilli and Gabala to Sheki
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Sheki
- Drive about 5 h
The longest drive of the trip, about 300 km and four and three quarter hours, because there is no shorter road from the Caspian to Sheki in the Caucasus foothills. It is the only day over our four-hour cap, and we break it into three parts. We leave at 8:30 am, and after about two hours the dry plains give way to green hills at Shamakhi, the old capital of the Shirvanshahs. Visit its Juma Mosque, among the oldest in the Caucasus and rebuilt after earthquakes, and the domed tombs of Yeddi Gumbaz on the hill above town.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal near Ismayilli, then the road runs west below the mountains through walnut and hazel orchards past Gabala. We reach Sheki at about 4:30 pm. Some itineraries add a mountain detour to Lahij and make this an eight-hour day; we leave it out.
Evening
The evening is free in the old town, where the halva shops sell Sheki's layered nut and syrup sweet.
Included
- Juma Mosque in Shamakhi
- Yeddi Gumbaz mausoleums
- Sit-down lunch near Ismayilli
Free time: Evening free in Sheki
Activity: The one day over the four-hour driving cap; there is no shorter road, and it is broken at Shamakhi and by lunch.
Sheki's palace, then into Georgia
Sheki Khan's Palace and Kish, then the Balakan-Lagodekhi border to Sighnaghi in Kakheti
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Sighnaghi
- Drive about 3.5 h
We are at the Palace of the Sheki Khans when it opens. The 18th-century summer palace is small, and every wall inside is painted with flowers, hunting scenes and battles, the light coming through shebeke windows of coloured glass fitted into wooden lattices without glue or nails. A craftsman nearby shows how the panels are made. Then 5 km up the valley to Kish and its round-towered church, built by the Caucasian Albanians, an early Christian people of this region.
Afternoon
We leave Sheki late morning, drive about an hour and a quarter west to lunch in Zaqatala, and reach the Balakan-Lagodekhi border in the early afternoon. Allow one to two hours; you may walk the short way between the posts with your bag, and your guide stays with you while our Georgian driver waits on the other side. An hour and a quarter through the Alazani Valley brings us to Sighnaghi, a hill town inside 18th-century walls.
Evening
In the evening a winemaking family hosts a supra, a Georgian feast with toasts.
Included
- Palace of the Sheki Khans
- Shebeke stained-glass workshop
- Kish church
- Sit-down lunch in Zaqatala
- Border crossing at Balakan-Lagodekhi with your guide
- Supra dinner with a winemaking family in Sighnaghi
Activity: About 3.5 hours of driving plus the border, broken by Kish, lunch and the crossing itself.
Kakheti: Bodbe, Telavi and a qvevri winery
Sighnaghi to Bodbe Monastery and Telavi, then over the Gombori Pass to Tbilisi
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Tbilisi
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
Morning on the Sighnaghi walls, walking a stretch between the towers with the Alazani Valley below and, on a clear day, the Greater Caucasus white on the far side. Then 2 km to Bodbe Monastery, where Saint Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century, is buried in a garden looking over the valley. We drive about an hour west to Telavi, the old capital of the Kakhetian kings, for its market of churchkhela, the walnuts threaded on string and dipped in thickened grape juice, fresh cheese, herbs and the season's fruit.
Afternoon
Lunch is at a family winery nearby, where wine is still made in qvevri, clay jars buried in the ground, a tradition UNESCO lists as intangible heritage. Taste amber wines fermented on their skins and saperavi reds. Then about two hours over the forested Gombori Pass to Tbilisi, arriving around 5 pm at a central hotel for three nights.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Sighnaghi town walls with your guide
- Bodbe Monastery and the grave of Saint Nino
- Telavi market
- Qvevri winery tasting and lunch
Easier option: Skip the wall walk and take coffee on Sighnaghi's main square, with the same view.
More active option: Walk down the steep path from Bodbe to the spring of Saint Nino and back, about 30 minutes each way.
Free time: Evening free in Tbilisi
Activity: The Sighnaghi walls have steps and uneven paving.
Old Tbilisi on foot
Metekhi, the sulphur baths, Narikala Fortress, Sioni Cathedral and Rike Park
- Breakfast
- Stay in Tbilisi
We set out at 9 am, before the day groups, from the Metekhi cliff above the Mtkvari River, where a statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, by tradition the city's 5th-century founder, looks across to the old town. Cross the river to Abanotubani, the quarter of brick-domed sulphur baths that gave Tbilisi its name (tbili means warm), and follow the stream into the narrow Leghvtakhevi gorge to its small waterfall. The cable car from Rike Park, or a steep 20-minute path, takes us up to Narikala Fortress, with the whole city below and the Mother of Georgia statue on the ridge. Then down through the carved wooden balconies of Kala to Sioni Cathedral and the 6th-century Anchiskhati Basilica, the oldest surviving church in Tbilisi, finishing around 1 pm by the Peace Bridge.
Evening
The afternoon and evening are yours: a private room in the sulphur baths, the flea market at the Dry Bridge, or the Georgian National Museum on Rustaveli Avenue.
Included
- Old Town walk with your guide: Metekhi, Abanotubani and the Leghvtakhevi waterfall
- Cable car to Narikala Fortress
- Sioni Cathedral and Anchiskhati Basilica
- Rike Park and the Peace Bridge
Optional experiences
- A private room in a sulphur bath, paid locally
Easier option: Take the cable car up and back down, and rest in a café while the group walks through Kala.
More active option: Walk up to Narikala from the baths on the steep path instead of taking the cable car.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 3 to 4 hours on foot on cobbles and steps.
Mtskheta and the road to Kazbegi
Tbilisi to Mtskheta, then the Georgian Military Highway via Ananuri and the Jvari Pass to Stepantsminda
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Stepantsminda
- Drive about 3.5 h
We leave at 9 am and in half an hour reach Mtskheta, Georgia's old capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jvari Monastery, a 6th-century church on the hill above the meeting of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers, comes first for the view; then Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in the town, where tradition says Christ's robe is buried. From there we join the Georgian Military Highway, the old road over the mountains to Russia.
Afternoon
Ananuri, a 17th-century fortress with two churches above the Zhinvali reservoir, is the next stop, and lunch is khinkali, the pleated dumplings this valley is known for, at a restaurant in Pasanauri. Then the road climbs past Gudauri to the Jvari Pass at about 2,400 m, with a stop at the curved mosaic of the Friendship Monument above the gorge.
Evening
We reach Stepantsminda, at about 1,700 m below Mount Kazbek, by late afternoon, with time for a short evening walk.
Included
- Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta with your guide
- Ananuri Fortress
- Sit-down khinkali lunch in Pasanauri
- The Friendship Monument viewpoint
Free time: Evening free in Stepantsminda
Activity: The Jvari Pass is at about 2,400 m; bring a warm layer even in summer.
Gergeti early, then back to Tbilisi
Stepantsminda to Gergeti Trinity Church, then the Georgian Military Highway to Tbilisi
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Tbilisi
- Drive about 3 h
Morning
After an early breakfast, local 4x4s take us up the steep track to Gergeti Trinity Church at about 7:30 am, while the light is soft and before the day traffic from Tbilisi arrives. The 14th-century church stands alone on a ridge at about 2,170 m, and on a clear morning the glaciers of Kazbek, over 5,000 m, fill the sky behind it; below, the roofs of Stepantsminda spread along the Tergi valley.
Afternoon
We spend an hour on the ridge, with time to walk out along it, then drive back down the Military Highway, about three hours with stops, and sit down to lunch beside the road near the Zhinvali reservoir. We reach Tbilisi around 4 pm, back at the same hotel, so there is no repacking.
Evening
The evening is free: a supper of grilled mtsvadi in the old town, or a soak in the sulphur baths after the mountain morning.
Included
- 4x4 to Gergeti Trinity Church and back
- Sit-down lunch on the Military Highway
Optional experiences
- A sulphur bath in Tbilisi, paid locally
Easier option: Ride the 4x4 up and down and stay at the church as long as you like.
More active option: Hike up from Gergeti village, about 1.5 to 2 hours with about 400 m of ascent, starting at 7 am with the guide, and ride the 4x4 back down.
Free time: Evening free in Tbilisi
Activity: Gergeti is at about 2,170 m and can be cold and windy; bring a warm layer.
Into Armenia: Haghpat and Dilijan
Tbilisi to the Sadakhlo-Bagratashen border, Haghpat Monastery in the Debed Canyon, then Dilijan
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Dilijan
- Drive about 4 h
We leave Tbilisi at 8:30 am and drive about an hour and a quarter south to the Sadakhlo-Bagratashen crossing into Armenia, the second border of the trip. You show your passport on each side; allow about an hour, depending on the queue. Your guide crosses with you and our Armenian vehicle and driver wait on the far side; depending on the post, you stay with the vehicle or walk the short passport hall with your bag. About an hour up the Debed Canyon, past the copper-mining town of Alaverdi, is Haghpat, a 10th to 13th century monastery on a shelf above the gorge and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its churches, bell tower and book depository are built of dark basalt, and carved stone crosses, khachkars, stand in the courtyard.
Afternoon
Lunch is in Haghpat village.
Evening
Then about an hour and three quarters south through Vanadzor to Dilijan, a town in forested hills where we stay one night. The day is about 4 hours of driving in all, about 260 km, plus the border and Haghpat. The evening is free.
Included
- Border crossing at Sadakhlo-Bagratashen with your guide
- Haghpat Monastery with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Haghpat village
Free time: Evening free in Dilijan
Activity: About four hours of driving, broken by the border crossing, Haghpat and lunch.
Haghartsin, Lake Sevan and Yerevan
Dilijan to Haghartsin Monastery and Sevanavank on Lake Sevan, then Yerevan
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Yerevan
- Drive about 2.5 h
Morning
A morning in Dilijan National Park. We drive about 25 minutes into beech and oak forest to Haghartsin, a 10th to 13th century monastery in a clearing, whose refectory is roofed with crossed stone arches. Walk the short paths around it, then back in Dilijan browse the restored 19th-century houses and craft workshops of Sharambeyan Street. Late morning we cross the hills to Lake Sevan, at about 1,900 m one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in the world. Climb the steps to Sevanavank, two small 9th-century churches on what was an island until Soviet-era water use lowered the lake and joined it to the shore.
Afternoon
Lunch is by the lake.
Evening
Then about an hour and a quarter down to Yerevan, our base for three nights, arriving mid-afternoon with time to unpack and walk to Republic Square in the evening, when the fountains run.
Included
- Haghartsin Monastery in Dilijan National Park
- Sharambeyan Street in Dilijan
- Sevanavank on Lake Sevan
- Sit-down lunch by the lake
Easier option: Stay at the foot of the Sevanavank steps and walk the shore while the group climbs.
More active option: A longer forest walk of about an hour and a half around Haghartsin with your guide.
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Yerevan
Activity: Lake Sevan is at about 1,900 m; the steps to Sevanavank are short but steep.
Khor Virap, the memorial and the Cascade
Yerevan to Khor Virap, then Tsitsernakaberd and the Cascade in Yerevan
- Breakfast
- Stay in Yerevan
- Drive about 2 h
Ararat is usually clearest early, before the haze builds, so we leave at 8 am for Khor Virap, about 45 minutes south across the Ararat plain, close to the closed border with Turkey. The monastery stands on a low hill with the two peaks of Ararat, over 5,100 m, behind it. Below one chapel is the pit where, by tradition, Gregory the Illuminator was held for 13 years before he converted King Trdat III, and Armenia became the first state to adopt Christianity, traditionally in 301. Climb down the ladder into it if you like.
Afternoon
We are back in Yerevan by late morning for lunch at your own pace. In the afternoon we go to Tsitsernakaberd, the memorial to the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide on a hill above the city, an eternal flame inside a ring of leaning basalt slabs, with the museum beside it; your guide gives it time. We finish at the Cascade, a white stone stairway of terraces and sculptures above the city.
Included
- Khor Virap Monastery with your guide
- Tsitsernakaberd memorial and the Armenian Genocide Museum
- The Cascade
Optional experiences
- A brandy tasting in Yerevan, paid locally
Easier option: Skip the ladder into the pit at Khor Virap and take in the view of Ararat from the walls; ride the Cascade's indoor escalators.
More active option: Climb the low hill behind Khor Virap for the widest view, and the Cascade's outdoor stairs to the top terrace.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: The ladder into the pit at Khor Virap is steep and narrow, about 6 m down. We order the afternoon around the museum's closing day, confirmed with your final itinerary. The Armenian Genocide Museum is closed on Mondays and on 24 April; on those days we visit the open-air memorial and swap the museum to day 13 or day 14 morning.
Geghard and Garni
Yerevan to Geghard Monastery and Garni Temple, then back to Yerevan
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Yerevan
- Drive about 2 h
We leave Yerevan at 8:30 am to reach Geghard at about 9:30, ahead of most day tours. The monastery sits at the head of the Azat Valley and is partly cut into the cliff: some of its chapels are carved out of the living rock, and a spring still runs in one of them. Geghard and the upper Azat Valley are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If a choir is singing in the rock chapel, stay and listen. Then twenty minutes down the valley to Garni, a Greco-Roman temple of the 1st century AD on a promontory above the gorge, rebuilt in the 1970s from its fallen stones.
Afternoon
Lunch is with a family in Garni village, where you watch, and try, lavash being slapped onto the wall of a tonir, the clay oven sunk into the floor.
Evening
We are back in Yerevan by mid-afternoon, with time for the Vernissage market or the History Museum, and meet again in the evening for a farewell dinner.
Included
- Geghard Monastery with your guide
- Garni Temple entry
- Lavash baking and lunch with a family in Garni
- Farewell dinner in Yerevan
Easier option: The van drives down into the gorge to the basalt columns, so you see them without the climb back up.
More active option: Walk down into the Garni gorge to the Symphony of Stones, cliffs of hexagonal basalt columns, and back up: about 3 km with about 100 m of descent and climb.
Free time: Late afternoon free
Departure from Yerevan
Yerevan to Zvartnots International Airport
- Breakfast
- Drive about 18 min
There are no activities planned today, so you leave whenever your flight does.
Evening
Many flights from Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), about 12 km west of the centre, depart in the early hours or early morning, and we drive you to the airport at whatever time your flight needs; your guide checks the time with you the evening before. If you fly later in the day, leave your bags at the hotel after check-out and use the morning: the Matenadaran, the institute of ancient manuscripts, the History Museum of Armenia on Republic Square, or a last coffee on Northern Avenue. The ruins of the 7th-century Zvartnots Cathedral stand beside the airport road; with a flight after midday we can stop there for half an hour. Book any flight home. If you would like more days, ask us for extra nights in Yerevan or a private extension south to Noravank and Tatev, quoted separately.
Included
- Drop-off at Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), at any time
Free time: Free until your airport transfer
Activity: Any flight time works; for the Zvartnots Cathedral stop, book a flight after midday.
- Baku3 nights
- Sheki1 night
- Sighnaghi1 night
- Tbilisi2 nights
- Stepantsminda1 night
- Tbilisi1 night
- Dilijan1 night
- Yerevan3 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: We run from May to October because the Georgian Military Highway over the Jvari Pass can close for snow from late autumn to spring. Baku and Yerevan are hot in July and August, so we sightsee in the mornings and leave the afternoons free; Baku is also known for strong winds off the Caspian. Kazbegi is cool and can be cloudy at any time, so Gergeti is timed for the morning.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want all three South Caucasus countries in two weeks with one guide
- City time: three nights each in Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan
- Food and wine: a supra, a qvevri winery, khinkali and home-baked lavash
- Solo travellers who want a small group and one guide throughout
Not for you if you want
- Step-free access: old towns, monasteries, Gobustan and Gergeti mean cobbles, steps and rough ground
- Travellers who would mind carrying their own bag a short way at a land border
- Anyone who wants western Georgia, Svaneti, Vardzia or southern Armenia on the same trip
- A winter trip: the Kazbegi road can close from late autumn to spring
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
13 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Baku3 nights
- Sheki1 night
- Sighnaghi1 night
- Tbilisi2 nights
- Stepantsminda1 night
- Tbilisi1 night
- Dilijan1 night
- Yerevan3 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 13 nights: 3 in Baku, 1 in Sheki, 1 in Sighnaghi, 3 in Tbilisi, 1 in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi), 1 in Dilijan and 3 in Yerevan
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard with private bathrooms; we name each hotel when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD) and drop-off at Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), at any time
- A private air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the group in each country, changing at the Balakan-Lagodekhi and Sadakhlo-Bagratashen borders
- Local 4x4s to the Gobustan mud volcanoes and to Gergeti Trinity Church
- The cable car to Narikala Fortress in Tbilisi
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from day 1 to day 14, across both borders and in all three countries
- Local site guides where a site requires them
Activities
- Baku: Old City walk, the Shirvanshahs' Palace, the Maiden Tower and the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
- Gobustan: museum and petroglyphs, and the mud volcanoes
- Absheron: Yanar Dag at dusk
- Shamakhi: Juma Mosque and Yeddi Gumbaz
- Sheki: Palace of the Sheki Khans, a shebeke workshop and Kish church
- Kakheti: Sighnaghi walls, Bodbe Monastery, Telavi market and a qvevri winery tasting
- Tbilisi: Old Town walk, the sulphur-bath quarter, Narikala Fortress, Sioni Cathedral and Anchiskhati Basilica
- Mtskheta: Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
- Georgian Military Highway: Ananuri Fortress and the Friendship Monument
- Kazbegi: Gergeti Trinity Church by 4x4
- Debed Canyon: Haghpat Monastery
- Dilijan: Haghartsin Monastery and Sharambeyan Street
- Lake Sevan: Sevanavank
- Yerevan: Khor Virap, Tsitsernakaberd and the Armenian Genocide Museum, and the Cascade
- Geghard Monastery, Garni Temple and lavash baking in Garni
- All entrance fees for included sights
Meals
- 13 breakfasts
- 8 lunches, including a qvevri winery lunch in Kakheti, khinkali in Pasanauri, lunch by Lake Sevan and a lavash lunch with a family in Garni
- 3 dinners: a welcome dinner in Baku, a supra with a winemaking family in Sighnaghi and a farewell dinner in Yerevan
- A wine tasting at a family winery in Kakheti
Not included
- International flights to Baku and from Yerevan
- The Azerbaijan e-visa fee, and any other visa your passport needs
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed above
- Drinks, apart from the winery tasting and the wine at the supra
- Tips for guides and drivers
- Optional activities, such as a sulphur bath in Tbilisi or a brandy tasting in Yerevan
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,050 (estimated price)
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What does the price include?
Thirteen nights in central hotels, 13 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 3 dinners including a supra with a winemaking family, airport transfers at both ends, a private vehicle and driver in each country, the mud-volcano and Gergeti 4x4s, the Narikala cable car, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every entry in the day plan.
Why can't we go straight from Azerbaijan to Armenia?
Because there is no open border between them. Azerbaijan and Armenia have no diplomatic relations, so the only way overland is through Georgia. That is why the trip runs Baku, then Georgia, then Yerevan, and starting in Azerbaijan means you enter it before you have visited Armenia.
Do I need visas for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia?
You need an e-visa for Azerbaijan, applied for online through the official ASAN Visa portal before travel; Canadian, US and UK passports currently need one. Georgia and Armenia are visa-free for these passports for a trip this long. If you have Armenian heritage or have visited Karabakh, talk to us before booking.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, never more. That is small enough to fit in one vehicle, around one table at a supra and inside the rock-cut chapels at Geghard, and to move through two land borders quickly.
Who leads the trip, and does the guide change at the borders?
One See Sight Tours guide leads the whole trip, from the Baku airport to the Yerevan airport, and crosses both borders with you. Local site guides join only where a site requires them. The vehicle and driver change at each border, so you have a local driver who knows the roads in each country.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderately fit. Expect 2 to 4 hours a day on foot on cobbles, steps and uneven ground. Gergeti Trinity Church at about 2,170 m is reached by 4x4, with an optional hike of about 400 m of ascent. At the borders you may walk a short way with your own bag. You can sit out any walk.
How long are the drives?
Most days are under four hours of driving. The longest is day 4, Baku to Sheki, about 300 km and four and three quarter hours on the only road, broken at Shamakhi and by a sit-down lunch. The two border days are three and a half to four hours plus the crossing.
I am travelling solo. Do I pay a single supplement?
Only if you want a room of your own, which is from CAD 1,050 more and shown before you book. Everything else is the same for solo travellers: the same table, the same vehicle and the same activities, with no other charge for travelling alone.
When is the best time to go?
May to October. May, June, September and early October bring mild days; July and August are hot in Baku and Yerevan, so we tour in the mornings. We do not run in winter because snow can close the road over the Jvari Pass to Kazbegi.
What happens if the Azerbaijan to Georgia land border is closed?
We check the Balakan-Lagodekhi crossing is open to travellers when we confirm your dates. If it is not, we change day 5 to a short flight from Baku to Tbilisi and tell you about the change, and any price difference, before you pay anything.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and request to book. We check availability and confirm your trip within 24 hours, and no payment is taken when you send the request. Prices are per person sharing a room, with taxes included; the small group starts from CAD 6,595 and a private trip from CAD 11,870.
Can I travel on my own dates?
Yes. The private version runs for your party only on a date you choose, with your own guide and vehicle. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, send us an inquiry from the dates section and we will quote the same route with drivers, hotels and local guides.
See Sight Tours has been providing travel services across North America since 2006. Operating in 20 cities across Canada and the USA, the company specializes in small group tours that offer personalized, high-quality experiences for travelers.
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