Why this ride
A remote mixed-surface corridor with strong terrain and adventure-riding value. It links naturally to Tusheti National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abano Pass to Omalo
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 93 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 43
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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Editorial context
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Access context
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Seasonal context
Jul-Sep
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Pshaveli
Pshaveli is not a place most people plan a trip around, which is part of its charm. It sits in Kakheti, Georgia's great wine province, where the broad flat valley of the Alazani river runs along the foot of the Greater Caucasus. From here, the mountains look like a wall: a long blue line of ridges, often with snow on top, that marks the border with Dagestan and Chechnya and shuts out half the sky to the north. The nearest towns are Akhmeta, a small and workmanlike place a few kilometres off, and Telavi, the regional capital, about twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Pshaveli write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Pshaveli sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Abano Pass.
2. Abano Pass
This is the road that gives Georgia its reputation for dramatic riding. The Abano Pass, at a little over 2,800 metres, is the only vehicle route into Tusheti, a remote highland region of the Greater Caucasus, and it is a rough, narrow track that clings to mountainsides, crosses streams and passes within a short skid of some long drops. It is not paved. It is not wide. In places two vehicles meeting is a matter of negotiation, and the sign of a good day is making it over the top without a puncture.
Read the complete Abano Pass write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abano Pass comes up 25 km in. Next is Omalo.
3. Omalo
After the Abano Pass, Omalo feels like a reward you did not quite believe in. It is the main village of Tusheti, a high, remote valley system in the northeast of Georgia, on the far side of the Caucasus watershed, and it is split into two parts: Upper Omalo on the hilltop, Lower Omalo a little below. For centuries the Tush people drove their sheep over the pass each autumn to winter in the lowlands, and returned each summer. The tradition is still alive, and this is a landscape of stone towers, slate roofs, dry-stone walls and sheep as far as the eye can see.
Read the complete Omalo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
93 km in you reach Omalo.