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Cattle drive Tusheti 2008
Cattle drive Tusheti 2008 English version
Sheep, cattle, horses, dogs, campfires, mountains, meadows, sun and rain, hail and snow:
See the marvellous beauty of pure life on the road over the mountains with Tushetian shepherders in Autumn 2008
Tusheti lies behind the chain of the Greater Caucasus Range in the northeast of Georgia and is the homeland of the Tushs. Twice a year the Tushetian people change the pastures for their sheep, goats, cows and horses. In the spring they move from the southern steppes in Shiraki on the Azerbaijani border crosswise through Kakheti to the north and then over the 2870 m Abano-Pass into their homeland mountain villages. On juicy meadows in rough mountain air they manufacture excellent cheese, manage their herds and maintain centuries-old traditions. At the end of September after the crop of potatoes and before in the high mountains the first snow falls again the herders break down their camps, load their horses, donkeys and trucks and drive the herds over daily stages from 20 to 30 km back to Kakheti. Apart from our regular journeys to Tusheti in the summer months we offer this adventure journey only for one date in the autumn 2006. The participants will experience grandiose landscapes, Tushetian hospitality, solitude and an adventurous course with the herds by horse or by foot over the chain of the Greater Caucasus Range. Tusheti is an Eldorado for nature friends, riders, adventurers, sport fishers, photographers, journalists and artists.
Travel date: 27.09. to 08.10. 2008
Number of participants: 2-6
Descend from the Summer pastures. Foto: Jan Mongard, Canada
Travel programme in short
27.09. Transfer from Tbilisi to Zemo Alvani in Kakheti
28.09. Travel with 4WD over the Caucasus Range and the Abano-pass to Tusheti
29.09.- 01.10. Excursions into the villages Chesho, Parsma, Girevi/preparations for the Cattle drive
02.10. - 05.10. Cattle drive through Tusheti over the Abanopass 2870 m to Zemo Alvani in the Kakhetian Wine region
06.10. Join the traditional Alaverdoba-feast in Zemo Alvani and Alaverdi
07.10. Return journey to Tbilissi
Services:
All transportation/transfers
German/English speaking travel guide
Guides
Full food supply and kitchen
Accommodations in multi-bed rooms and tents
Accommodation Tbilissi
Arrangements with the herders
Riding horses and equipment
4WD Lada Niva with driver for the duration of the cattle drive
Accommodation:
Tbilissi: Art Pension Murtazi DR with breakfast
Mountain
villages in Tusheti: With tushetian families, multi-bed rooms
with renunciation of comfort, but a genuine experience with board,
partly in the mountains without WC and bath
On the cattle drive in Tents/Camp
Slight changes in the travel programme dependent on the weather and the condition of the travelers reserve
Travel price: EUR 1580.00
Tushetis location in Georgia
Road from the Abano Pass to Tusheti
Tushetian horses. Foto: Jan Mongard, Canada
Tushetian puppies. Foto: Jan Mongard, Canada
Rest nearby Omalo
Camp at the Alazani
Through forrests and meadows
Herds of sheep cross the Alazani
At the Abano pass
On the cattle drive
Direction Kakheti descending
More images of Tusheti
Tusheti Flickr-Set
http://flickr.com/photos/caucasus/sets/72157594378971611/
Tusheti-Blog
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