Getting there & away
When the Abano Pass is open, Niva 4WDs run daily to Tusheti from Alvani, 22km northwest of Telavi, charging 180 GEL for three or four passengers to Omalo. You can also hire one to pick you up for the return trip. Be at Alvani by 9am – they mostly leave from the central crossroads there. The spectacular drive takes about four hours plus stops.
For a cheaper, less comfortable and even more exciting ride, most days a large Kamaz truck carrying a mix of freight and passengers (20 GEL, standing in the back) lurches its way precariously from Alvani up to Tusheti, taking six or seven hours to Omalo. They leave any time between 6am and noon, when they have a load.
Marshrutkas run to Alvani (2 GEL, 45 minutes, once or twice an hour, 9am to 5pm) from the old bus station in Telavi.
Tusheti
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