The trip wasn’t supposed to be all about Tusheti, but that’s what happened. We had almost two weeks in Georgia and the Shatili to Omalo trek was always going to take up a large chunk of it. We didn’t realise just how good it would be and consequently anything else just couldn’t compete. The Shatili to Omalo trek jumps into my top 3 treks ever, and I have done a few good ones around the world. Fairly recently the Heights of Alay trek in Kyrgyzstan () made it into that list, probably overtaking various Andean and African treks. The Shatili to Omalo trek might overtake them as well. The trek is anything from 70 to 90 km and 4 to 6 days depending how quickly you walk and which route you take, though for most of
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