Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Women-only Georgia: Tbilisi, Kakheti Wine Country and Kazbegi
9 days for women only with a woman See Sight Tours guide: a slow first evening and four nights in Tbilisi, two in Kakheti with a qvevri cellar and a supra, and two in Kazbegi below Gergeti Trinity.
9 days · Round trip from Tbilisi · up to 12 guests
Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) seen from the ridge at Gergeti Photo: Image by Kate Stadnjuk from Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stepantsminda,_Georgia._View_from_Gergeti.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 9 days, 8 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Tbilisi
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Mostly easy walking, 2 to 4 hours a day on foot on cobbles, steep Old Town lanes and uneven paths. The hardest part is the walk up to Gergeti Trinity Church on day 6: about 430 m of climb over 1.5 to 2 hours to about 2,170 m, which you can skip by riding up in a 4x4. Uplistsikhe means uneven rock and some steps. The highest point of the trip, the Jvari pass at 2,379 m, is crossed by road.
- Meals included
- 8 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 2 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 610 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- A slow first evening: tea and an honest briefing with your guide, then dinner a short walk from the hotel
- Narikala by cable car at 9 am, the Old Town lanes and a tasting walk through the Dezerter Bazaar
- A private room at a Tbilisi sulphur bathhouse, booked for the women of the group
- Lunch and a qvevri tasting at a Kakheti family winery, with a woman winemaker where we confirm one
- Cooking with the women of a winemaking family, then the supra at their table
- Gergeti Trinity Church at 2,170 m in the early morning, before the day-trip vans arrive
- Khinkali you help pleat in a Kazbegi kitchen, then a meadow walk in Juta below the Chaukhi peaks
- Jvari Monastery above the meeting of two rivers, and the cave town of Uplistsikhe
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 610 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Tbilisi, a slow first evening
Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to your hotel in Tbilisi
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Tbilisi
- Drive about 30 min
Fly into Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), about 20 km east of the centre.
Evening
Many flights from North America connect through Istanbul, the Gulf or European hubs and land in the small hours; if yours arrives overnight, ask us to add the night before so you start rested. A driver meets you in the arrivals hall at any hour (a woman driver or your guide where we can arrange one) and takes you about 30 minutes to our central hotel, within walking distance of the Old Town. Nothing is planned until about 6:30 pm, so sleep, shower or walk down to the Mtkvari river and the Bridge of Peace. Your See Sight Tours guide then meets the group over tea at the hotel. She introduces everyone and gives an honest briefing: what to wear in churches, how a supra and its toasts work, app taxis and walking alone, tipping, photographing people and how the nine days run. Dinner is at about 7:30 pm a short walk away: khachapuri, aubergine rolls with walnut paste and a first glass of Georgian wine, or none.
Included
- Pick-up at Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), at any hour
- Welcome tea and briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner a short walk from the hotel
Free time: Free until the 6:30 pm welcome tea
Activity: Land by about 4 pm to rest before the welcome tea; later arrivals are met and briefed at breakfast.
Old Tbilisi on foot
Rike Park to Narikala by cable car, the Old Town and the Dezerter Bazaar
- Breakfast
- Stay in Tbilisi
We start at 9 am, ahead of the heat and the tour groups, with the cable car from Rike Park up to Narikala, the fortress that has guarded the city since the 4th century. From the walls you see the whole bowl of Tbilisi: the brick domes of the Abanotubani sulphur baths, the Metekhi church on its cliff and Sameba Cathedral across the river. We walk down past Kartlis Deda, the Mother of Georgia statue, holding a sword for enemies and a cup of wine for friends, and through the Old Town lanes with their carved balconies, passing Sioni Cathedral, Anchiskhati Basilica and the Gabriadze clock tower.
Morning
Late morning we walk or ride on to the Dezerter Bazaar to taste churchkhela, cheeses, pickles and spices with your guide.
Afternoon
In the late afternoon a private room at a sulphur bathhouse is booked for the women of the group: hot mineral water, a scrub if you want one, and tea. The bathhouse is included but optional: join the group or rest at the hotel.
Included
- Cable car from Rike Park to Narikala Fortress
- Old Town walk with your guide: Narikala, Kartlis Deda, the Abanotubani baths quarter, Sioni Cathedral, Anchiskhati Basilica and the Gabriadze clock tower
- Tasting walk through the Dezerter Bazaar
- A private room at an Abanotubani sulphur bathhouse for the women of the group
Optional experiences
- A kisi scrub or massage at the bathhouse, paid locally
Easier option: Ride a taxi back from the bazaar with your guide's help and rest at the hotel before the bathhouse.
More active option: Walk up to the Mtatsminda ridge in the late afternoon, or take the funicular, for the view over the city at sunset.
Free time: Early afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 3 hours on foot on steep cobbled lanes and steps, mostly downhill after the cable car.
Into Kakheti: Sighnaghi and a qvevri cellar
Tbilisi to Bodbe and Sighnaghi, then Telavi
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Telavi
- Drive about 3.5 h
We leave Tbilisi at 9 am and drive about two hours east into Kakheti, the wine region of the Alazani valley, with the Greater Caucasus standing like a wall along its northern side. First stop is Bodbe Monastery, a working convent of nuns, where St Nino is buried: the woman who, by Georgian tradition, brought Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century. Its gardens look straight across the valley; skirts and headscarves are lent at the gate. Two kilometres up the hill is Sighnaghi, a small town of 18th-century walls and towers, where your guide walks you along a stretch of the wall.
Afternoon
Lunch is at a family winery that makes its wine in qvevri, large clay jars buried in the ground, a method UNESCO lists as intangible cultural heritage. We ask for a cellar where a woman makes the wine and tell you when one is confirmed. You taste amber wines from white grapes left on their skins, beside saperavi reds, then drive about an hour and a quarter to Telavi for two nights.
Included
- Bodbe Monastery and convent
- Sighnaghi town and its walls with your guide
- Qvevri cellar visit, tasting and lunch at a family winery, with a woman winemaker where one is confirmed
Free time: Evening free in Telavi
Activity: About 2 hours on foot on cobbles and some steps on the Sighnaghi wall.
Telavi market, Nekresi and a supra
Telavi to Nekresi and back
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Telavi
- Drive about 1.5 h
A slow start, then the Telavi market, where farmers sell cheese, herbs, spices, churchkhela and tonis puri, the flat bread slapped onto the wall of a clay oven. Your guide helps you buy for the kitchen later. We drive about 40 minutes to Nekresi, a monastery on a wooded hill above the Alazani valley; a shuttle or a steep walk of about 20 minutes climbs from the car park to its small basilica, held to be one of the oldest churches in Georgia.
Afternoon
Back in Telavi you have the early afternoon free: Batonis Tsikhe, the walled residence of the Kakhetian kings, the great plane tree in the centre, or a rest. At about 4 pm we go to the home of a winemaking family, where the women of the house, where we confirm such a host, show you how they make pkhali, badrijani and mchadi cornbread. Then comes the supra, the Georgian feast. The tamada, the toastmaster, is often a man; women in the group are welcome to give a toast, and nobody has to drink.
Included
- Telavi farmers' market with your guide
- Nekresi monastery, including the shuttle from the car park
- Cooking with the women of a winemaking family, where a host is confirmed
- Supra dinner at the family's table, wine included
Easier option: Take the shuttle to the top at Nekresi and skip the walk.
More active option: Walk up to Nekresi from the car park and back down through the woods.
Free time: Afternoon free in Telavi
Activity: The cooking and the supra together take about four hours. You do not have to drink every toast; water or juice is fine.
Over the mountains to Kazbegi
Telavi through Akhmeta and Tianeti to Ananuri, then up the Georgian Military Highway to Stepantsminda
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)
- Drive about 4.5 h
This is the one long drive of the trip and the only day over our four-hour cap: about 180 km and four to four and a half hours at the wheel, broken into three parts. Going back through Tbilisi would add about 70 km and the city traffic, so we take the quieter road north-west from Telavi through Akhmeta and Tianeti, with a short stop on the way.
Afternoon
Around midday we reach Ananuri, a 17th-century fortress with two churches and a watchtower above the turquoise Zhinvali reservoir, then sit down to lunch nearby. From here we join the Georgian Military Highway, the old road over the Greater Caucasus to Russia, and climb past Gudauri to the Jvari pass at 2,379 m. Just below it the Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument, a curved mosaic balcony built in 1983, hangs over a deep valley and gives everyone a chance to stretch. The road then drops into the Tergi valley and Stepantsminda, still called Kazbegi, at about 1,740 m. We arrive between 4 and 5 pm; if the cloud lifts, Mount Kazbek, 5,047 m, stands above the town.
Included
- Ananuri fortress
- Sit-down lunch near Ananuri
- The Georgian Military Highway over the Jvari pass
- The Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument viewpoint
Free time: Evening free in Stepantsminda
Activity: The longest day on the road. The Akhmeta to Tianeti road is narrow and winding, and the highway carries heavy trucks to the Russian border. Our driver keeps a steady pace and does not overtake on blind bends, so times can stretch a little.
Gergeti Trinity early, then the Juta valley
Stepantsminda to Gergeti Trinity Church on foot, then Juta and back
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
We walk out at 7:30 am to climb to Gergeti Trinity Church, the 14th-century church on its ridge at about 2,170 m, well before the day-trip vans from Tbilisi arrive in the late morning. The path climbs about 430 m through woods and meadow, an hour and a half to two hours at an easy pace; anyone who prefers can ride up by 4x4, included. Women are asked to wear a skirt and cover their hair inside, and wraps are lent at the gate. The morning light falls on Mount Kazbek behind the church.
Afternoon
We come down for lunch in a local family kitchen, led by the women of the house where we confirm one, who show you how to pleat khinkali, the soup-filled dumplings of the mountains, and you eat what you made. In the afternoon we drive about 45 minutes to Juta, a hamlet at about 2,200 m below the Chaukhi peaks, for an easy walk of an hour or two through the meadows.
Evening
The evening is free in Stepantsminda.
Included
- Walk up to Gergeti Trinity Church with your guide, or the 4x4 up and back
- Khinkali lunch in a family kitchen, led by the women of the house where a host is confirmed
- Meadow walk in the Juta valley (the Dariali gorge and Gveleti waterfall instead while Juta is under snow)
Easier option: Ride both ways to Gergeti by 4x4, and in Juta stroll the first meadows near the vehicle rather than walking on.
More active option: In Juta, walk on up the valley towards the Chaukhi pass viewpoint, about 3 to 4 hours return with a steeper climb.
Free time: Evening free in Stepantsminda
Activity: The most active day: about 430 m up and down on the Gergeti path, then up to 2 hours of easy walking at about 2,200 m. Bring layers; mornings are cold even in summer.
Down to Mtskheta and Tbilisi
Stepantsminda over the Jvari pass to Mtskheta, then Tbilisi
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Tbilisi
- Drive about 3.5 h
We leave the mountains at 9 am and drive back over the Jvari pass and down the Aragvi valley, about two and three-quarter hours to Mtskheta, the old capital where Georgia took Christianity as its state religion in the 4th century. Its historic monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Afternoon
We go first to Jvari Monastery, a 6th-century church on a hilltop above the meeting of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers, with the town laid out below, then down into Mtskheta for lunch. After lunch we walk into Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, built in the 11th century on the spot where, by tradition, the robe of Christ is buried, and around the walled precinct that encloses it. Tbilisi is about 30 minutes on, so we are back at the hotel by mid-afternoon with bags unpacked for the last two nights.
Evening
The evening is yours: an Old Town wine bar, the Dry Bridge flea market before it packs up, or a quiet night.
Included
- Jvari Monastery
- Lunch in Mtskheta
- Svetitskhoveli Cathedral with your guide
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free in Tbilisi
Uplistsikhe cave town and Gori
Tbilisi to Uplistsikhe and Gori, then back to Tbilisi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Tbilisi
- Drive about 3 h
We drive about an hour and a half west along the main highway to Uplistsikhe, a town cut into a sandstone ridge above the Mtkvari river, reaching it soon after opening. People lived and worshipped here from the early Iron Age; the rock-cut halls, wine presses, pagan temples and the broad street climbing through them are far older than the small brick basilica that crowns the ridge, built around the 9th or 10th century. A local site guide, a woman where we can confirm one, walks us through for about an hour and a half on uneven rock with some steps.
Afternoon
Lunch is at a family table in a village nearby. In Gori, about 15 minutes away, you choose: the Stalin Museum, a Soviet-era shrine to the town's most famous son that tells his story with little criticism and keeps his railway carriage in the grounds, or a walk with your guide up to Gori Fortress for the view over the town.
Evening
We are back in Tbilisi by about 4 pm, then gather for a farewell dinner in the Old Town.
Included
- Uplistsikhe with a local site guide, a woman where one is confirmed
- Village lunch near Uplistsikhe
- Your choice in Gori: the Stalin Museum, or a walk to Gori Fortress with your guide
- Farewell dinner in Tbilisi
Easier option: Stay on the lower paths at Uplistsikhe, and choose the Stalin Museum in Gori, which is on one level.
More active option: Climb to the top of the ridge at Uplistsikhe for the view over the Mtkvari valley, then walk up to Gori Fortress.
Free time: Free time in the late afternoon before the farewell dinner
Activity: About 1.5 hours on uneven, sometimes slippery rock at Uplistsikhe; wear shoes with grip. Opening days and hours at Uplistsikhe and the Stalin Museum are confirmed when we fix your date.
Departure from Tbilisi
Your hotel in Tbilisi to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)
- Breakfast
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
The trip ends after breakfast, when your guide says goodbye and checks each person's flight time.
Evening
Many flights from Tbilisi to Europe and the Gulf leave in the early hours, so we set your transfer by your flight at any hour, including the middle of the night, and the drive to the airport takes about 25 minutes. If you fly in the evening, leave your bags at the hotel and use the day. The Georgian National Museum on Rustaveli Avenue holds gold from ancient Colchis and is closed on Mondays. The Open Air Museum of Ethnography, on a wooded hill near Turtle Lake, gathers old houses from every region you have just seen. The Dry Bridge market is the place for Soviet badges, old enamel and paintings. Book a flight after about midday if you want a last morning in the city; if you would like extra nights in Tbilisi or a few days more in another region, tell us when you book.
Included
- Drop-off at Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), at any hour
Free time: Free until your transfer
Activity: Any departure time works; check-out is usually at midday, and the hotel can store your bags.
- Tbilisi2 nights
- Telavi2 nights
- Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)2 nights
- Tbilisi2 nights
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May and June are green, with snow on the peaks and some rain; Juta can be snowbound into June, when we walk in the Dariali gorge instead. July and August are hot in Tbilisi and Kakheti and mild in Kazbegi. September and October bring the grape harvest to Kakheti and clear mountain days, with cold nights in Kazbegi.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Women travelling alone who want company and a woman leading
- Friends, sisters, mothers and adult daughters travelling together
- Food and wine at family tables, with the women who cook
- Mountain scenery with walking you can scale up or down
- Two nights in every base, with free afternoons and evenings
Not for you if you want
- Mixed groups, partners or men: ask for the private version or the mixed small-group trip
- Step-free access: Old Tbilisi, Sighnaghi and Uplistsikhe mean cobbles, steps and uneven rock
- Svaneti, the Black Sea or Batumi on the same trip
- Multi-day trekking; the walks here are a few hours at most
Minimum age: 18
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
8 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Tbilisi2 nights
- Telavi2 nights
- Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)2 nights
- Tbilisi2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 8 nights in central hotels of at least a 3-star-plus standard: 4 in Tbilisi (2 at the start, 2 at the end), 2 in Telavi in Kakheti, 2 in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)
- Share with another woman at no extra cost, or a room of your own for the single supplement
- We name each hotel when we confirm your dates
Transport
- Pick-up and drop-off at Tbilisi International Airport (TBS), at any hour
- Our own air-conditioned minivan and driver for the whole trip, with no overtaking on blind bends on mountain roads
- 4x4 up to Gergeti Trinity Church for anyone who prefers not to walk, and on the last stretch to Juta if the road needs it
- The Narikala cable car in Tbilisi
Your guide
- A woman See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip
- A local site guide at Uplistsikhe and wherever a site requires one; we ask for women guides and confirm them with your dates
Activities
- Tbilisi: welcome tea and briefing, Narikala Fortress, the Old Town walk, a tasting walk through the Dezerter Bazaar and a private sulphur bathhouse room for the group
- Kakheti: Bodbe Monastery, Sighnaghi and its walls, a qvevri cellar visit and tasting, the Telavi market, Nekresi monastery, cooking with the women of a winemaking family and the supra
- Ananuri fortress and the Georgian Military Highway over the Jvari pass
- Kazbegi: Gergeti Trinity Church, a khinkali session in a family kitchen and a walk in the Juta valley
- Mtskheta: Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
- Uplistsikhe cave town, and in Gori the Stalin Museum or the walk to Gori Fortress
Meals
- Breakfast daily (8)
- 5 lunches: the qvevri winery in Kakheti, near Ananuri, the khinkali lunch in Kazbegi, Mtskheta and a village near Uplistsikhe
- 3 dinners: welcome dinner in Tbilisi, the supra in Kakheti after the cooking session, and a farewell dinner in Tbilisi
- Wine with the winery lunch and the supra
Not included
- International flights to and from Tbilisi
- Travel insurance, including the health cover Georgia asks visitors to hold
- A visa, if your passport needs one
- Lunches and dinners not listed
- Drinks, except the wine at the winery lunch and the supra
- Tips
- Scrubs and massages at the bathhouse, and other optional activities
- Extra hotel nights before or after the trip
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 610 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
Who can join a women-only trip to Georgia?
Anyone who identifies as a woman and is 18 or over. The group is women only and is led by a woman See Sight Tours guide. Drivers, hotel staff, winery hosts and some site guides will often be men, as most are in Georgia, and we say so plainly.
What does the women-only Georgia trip include?
Eight nights in central hotels, breakfast daily, five lunches and three dinners including the supra, a cooking session with the women of a winemaking family, wine at the winery lunch and the supra, a private sulphur bathhouse room, airport transfers at any hour, our own minivan and driver, a woman guide throughout, the cable car, the Gergeti 4x4 and every entry.
I am travelling alone. Do I pay a single supplement?
Only if you want a room of your own. Tell us when you request to book and we pair you with another woman in the group at no extra cost. A room of your own is from CAD 610 more. If no roommate is found, we tell you before you pay anything.
What should a woman wear in Georgia?
In Tbilisi, what you would wear in any European city is fine. In churches and monasteries cover your hair, shoulders and knees, and wear a skirt at most of them, including Gergeti and Svetitskhoveli; wraps are usually lent at the door, but a scarf and a wrap skirt are easy to carry. Shoes with grip matter most.
Is it safe for a woman to walk alone at night in Tbilisi?
Generally yes, in the central, well-lit streets, and Georgia is easy and hospitable for most women. The main nuisances are persistent attention and hosts who press you to drink. Your guide briefs the group on the first evening, we use app taxis in Tbilisi late at night, and a firm 'ara, madloba', no thank you, handles most situations.
Do I have to drink at the supra?
No. A supra is a long feast led by a tamada through many toasts, and wine is part of it, but you can toast with water, juice or tea and nobody minds. Women in the group are welcome to give a toast of their own. The supra and the cooking take about four hours.
Will we really meet women winemakers and cooks?
Where we can confirm them. Many Georgian family wineries and kitchens are run by women, and we ask for a woman winemaker in Kakheti and women-led kitchens for the cooking session and the khinkali lunch. We name each host when we confirm your dates and never promise one we have not booked.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderately fit. Most days mean 2 to 4 hours of easy walking on cobbles and uneven paths. The hardest walk is up to Gergeti Trinity Church, about 430 m of climb over 1.5 to 2 hours, and the 4x4 is included if you would rather ride up.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 women, never more. That fits one minivan, one family's kitchen and one table at the supra, and lets us change the plan on the day if the weather in Kazbegi turns.
When is the best time to go?
May to October. May and June are green with snow on the peaks; July and August are hot in Tbilisi and Kakheti but mild in Kazbegi; September and October bring the grape harvest and clear mountain days. In the cold months the road to Kazbegi can close for snow, so we do not run then.
Do I need a visa for Georgia?
Canadian, US, UK and EU passport holders do not need a visa for a stay of this length. Since 1 January 2026 Georgia has asked visitors to hold travel medical insurance for the whole stay, with cover of at least GEL 30,000, so carry proof of your policy. We recheck the visa and insurance rules for your passport when you book.
How much does it cost and how do I book?
The small group starts from CAD 3,740 per person sharing, taxes included. Send your preferred dates as an enquiry. We check availability and provide the final quote, itinerary and booking terms before you accept. No payment is taken when you send the request. For your own dates, or a party with partners or men, ask for the private trip from CAD 6,730, or an independent quote.
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