FOOD & WINE TOURS
Because the Best Way To Experience the World is to Taste it!
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FIVE DAY ITINERARY
This trip is for adventurous travelers who are game to ride horses to a shepherd's camp and learn how they make guda cheese. After a lunch of shepherd's mrgvali puri - khinkali - we ride back to Omalo. It is roughly a seven hour horse ride, not for the tenderfoot.
Day One: Road Trip to Omalo
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Depart Tbilisi 7:00
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Shop at Telavi bazaar for provisions.
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Lunch break on the breathtaking Abano Pass
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Check in to Samzo Hotel in Omalo
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Hands-on cooking (Khinkali and Kotori) and dinner Zemo Omalo
Day Two: A Tushetian Supra
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Village of Kwe - prepare choban kaurma
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Lunch in Dartlo
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Drinks with Dr. Irakli Khvedaguridze in Bochorna
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Tushuri Supra - main course choban kaurma
Day Three: Welcome to Shangra-La
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Visit Diklo and Masho Bebo for kalti
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Hike to Old Diklo
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Shenako - Dine with Darejan Ichirauli and supra in majestic land.
Day Four: The Guda Ride
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7AM Saddle up
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Cheesemaking
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​Khinkali lunch
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Saddle up return ride
June 20 - 24
July 25 - 29
Aug. 15 - 19
Day Five: Back To The Lowlands
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Visit Zemo Omalo towers to bid farewell
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Kakhetian dinner in Telavi
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Tbilisi
Photos by Paul Rimple