Spanning six administrative districts, Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park and the neighboring Borjomi Nature Reserve comprise 1% of Georgia’s overall land territory. The park is 160 km northwest of Tbilisi, and is renowned for its unique geography, landscapes, and historical monuments.
Cultural travelers can take advantage of the abundance of historical monuments on the Kharagauli side of the national park and explore nearby sights. The extensive trail system within the park provides a range of experiences for outdoors enthusiasts of varying capabilities.
The 12 trails, ranging from the 3-km National Park Information trail, to the 54-km four-day St. Andrew’s trail. Both offer beautiful opportunities to experience untouched forests, alpine vistas, and endemic flora and fauna. In addition to hiking, visitors can engage in horseback riding, biking, snow shoeing, and cultural and educational tours. Take full advantage of the park’s visitor resources by enjoying lunch at one of the picnic facilities, sleeping in its tourist shelters, or pitching a tent in a designated camping spot.
Javakheti National Park located in the Ninotsminda Municipality near the tri-national frontier of Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey is a part of Javakheti Protected Areas. The park boasts the rich biodiversity of the Javakheti Plateau.
From the grassland-covered mountains to the protected Kartsakhi and Sulda marshes, visitors will be in awe of the unforgettable landscapes. The plateau in the surrounding area is speckled with peaceful lakes, including five of the eight largest lakes in Georgia.
Bird watchers are treated to the possibility of observing rare and endangered species that are included in the Georgian and International (IUCN) Red Books. Among them are the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus), otters (Lutra lutra), and Marbled Polecat (Vormela peregusna). Only in Javakheti, mostly on Madatava and Kartsakhi lakes, can you observe White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Common Crane (Grus grus), and Curly and Pink pelicans (Pelecanus rufescens). It is said that these areas are one of the biggest corridors for the migratory birds.
While during summer and autumn a traveler can enjoy birdwatching or fishing, winter brings the unforgettable emotions of walking, skating or just enjoying the frozen lakes of Javakheti Plateau. Most of them freeze during winter and you can easily walk on them. Some of the local families can even offer fishing in the frozen lake that will be an interesting experience.
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Sulda Managed Reserve is a protected area near the villages of Bozali and Sulda in Akhalkalaki Municipality. This reserve protects marsh and wetlands on an altitude of 2000 meter above sea level, and it’s total area is 320 hectares.
Sulda Managed Reserve is part of the Javakheti Protected Areas, which also include Javakheti National Park, Kartsakhi Managed Reserve, Bugdasheni Managed Reserve, Khanchali Managed Reserve, and Madatapa Managed Reserve.
Tetrobi Managed Reserve is a protected area in the Akhalkalaki Municipality on Javakheti plateau.
It protects land in the valley of Chobareti river, on the Chobareti mountain range at the volcanic plateau of Tetrobi.
Its a beautiful pine forest and the native plants unique and must be protected well. The highest and the most prominent mountain in the reserve is Mt’a Shavikide.
