Georgia: Trekking in the High Caucasus
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- Georgia sits astride the mighty Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas and offers a breath-taking variety of landscapes and habitats. The range of flora is absolutely astounding. Following the bloodless Rose Revolution of 2003 and the Russo-Georgian War of 2008, it is becoming a very popular trekking destination due to its beauty and the rich cultural heritage it offers. Wild camping is permitted almost everywhere, and rustic homestays in authentic mountain villages provide a great way to meet the local people. Our film was shot in July of 2017 and features some of the best trekking areas of Kazbegi, Khevsureti and Svaneti. The settlements featured include the highest permanently occupied village group in Eurasia - Ushguli. Read our Georgia travel blogs:
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long live Georgia regards from Ingushetiya👍
Thanks
I moved to Georgia in October and every day I am stunned by the natural beauty of this country, along with the wonderful people. I feel so lucky to be able to live here. ❤️
That's great because here before to long we gonna be sending the rest of your people there to keep you company
Love the country, food and especially the wine!
Every video I see of Georgia is more beautiful than the previous one. What a gorgeous country and with all that rich history to boot.
Thanks very much. Yes, Georgia is a very beautiful country for sure!
Beautiful Georgia... I went to Kazbegi last november last year, I am falling in love with this country... Sadly I dont have enough time to visit Mestia... Next time, I will come back again for Mestia.... Miq'varkhar Georgia....!!!!!!! 🥰
Thanks, Georgia a great country
Without this amazing music - video is nothing!!!!I really I stand on my knees.....And tears come from my eyes!!!!
Georgia - is a big piece of my heart!!!!
Good people Georgia 🇬🇪 I have used to stayed 2 y in Georgia
Hoped liked Georgia as much as we did
It’s my beautiful Georgia 🇬🇪 🇬🇪 Saqartvelo are is fantastic country. I love you Georgia 🇬🇪 thanks for sharing
Thanks. We loved Georgia, especially the food and wine!
What a movie. Locations, music, colours. Amazung work. Thank you. Convinced me to travel to Georgia
Martin Pulpan glad you like our film. The country exceeded our expectations. Lovely scenery, people and above all great food and wine. Let me know if you want any suggestions with logistics. Martin and Sharron
Gogia Magogia Yajoojia Majoojia Georgia
Lost in words - hypnotising
Yakjuj Makjuj place... I wanna cry 😭😭😭
Greetings from Scotland.
This is a beautiful film, I love the time lapses, the haunting music at the start and the scenery is to die for. The trails looked completely unspoiled, almost pristine. Thank you very much for filming, editing and sharing this.
Hi Dougie, glad you enjoyed the film and thanks for your kind words. We'll be putting up a travel blog about our treks in Georgia shortly. It's still pretty underdeveloped for international tourism which adds to its charm. Trails are being developed and upgraded and some are more used than others (i.e., in Svaneti). But overall the number of people trekking was not too many, and these were mainly from Eastern Europe and Russia; we met very few people from Britain and Ireland. Most people were independent backpackers and we really enjoyed chatting to them.
Purple Peak Adventures It's somewhere I'll need to visit before the landscape is 'developed' then. What are the tall, tower structures? Are they silos?
Dougie, they're defensive towers which date mainly from the medieval period when blood feuding was endemic, and were used as a place of refuge for extended families, their livestock, goods and chattels. Precious religious items were also occasionally stored within them, particularly those in Svaneti, to keep them safe from marauding Mongol, Persian and Arab invaders. Yes, go soon, as the numbers of tourists will just keep on rising and many places will undoubtedly lose their rustic charm.
Purple Peak Adventures Thanks, what tour company did you use?
Dougie, we didn't use a tour company, we arranged everything ourselves via the internet (flights from Dublin with Lufthansa, train bookings, restaurants, hotel in Tbilisi, homestays in Svaneti, taxis etc.) as we are hoping to take people trekking there in future. Many young people speak very good English, older people can speak Russian, so knowing a few words and phrases helps a lot.
Absolutely amazing.
Thank you
The beauty is amazing and it is sad that we humans have to war against one another instead of enjoying the beauty! I would liked to have traveled here in My younger days!
Thank you for this video & Respect from Saqartvelo.
Temo Shapi glad you liked our video and please subscribe to our channel for more upcoming videos. Martin and Sharron
I really love the video, is so amazing. Greetings from Mexico
Thanks, we loved visiting Georgia
Very nice, spectaculary. We been there few weeks ago, unfortunately we did not have time for trekking. Good for you.
Thank you for this wonderful film. I lead tours in this region, and I can say that you've really captured some beautiful landscapes and meteoscapes... I help people find the local churches and understand their frescoes, and teach the folk songs of these regions, together with local singers and musicians.
John Graham Tours thanks, we loved the country and hope to back soon
Wow. Brilliantly captured, and what a place! You two can pick them, but you are great at showing things off to their best then too.
Thanks, Adrian. Georgia is absolutely breathtaking, one of the best places we have visited anywhere in the world for landscapes, flora, culture, history, friendly people, gastronomy, plus it's the birthplace of really excellent wine!! It's also still relatively unspoiled and will not hit you hard in the pocket. We're planning to return there for sure :-)
Awesome mountains of Georgia 🇬🇪 Breathtaking location and song 🎵 the voic absolutely love ,thanks for sharing 😗❤🙏
Thanks so much
Wow, great video, beautiful, awesome I have no words to explain. A big hug from Kashmir
Poetic 🙏
JeditheShadow thanks
You deserve an Oskar for this movie!!!!Million thanx for this!!!I am georgian- but from Russia/ and i can`t go to Georgia due to my sickness -I am onco with methastasis...Your video realy relocated me to Georgia!!!
Glad you enjoyed it, and very sorry to hear about your ill health.
Восхитительно. Манит и зовет и завораживает . Очень красиво
Thanks, much appreciated
Какой замечательный фильм, музыка...Такие прекрасные воспоминания о Грузии у меня. Природа несравненна, воздух, горы... Животные, такие милые, пасутся на свободе и просторах.
wow! I trekked in Lagodekhi way back June 2017. I wish I went to see also these mountains in this video. Caucasus mountains really captured my heart ♥ I must go back 😊
Thanks for the comment. We highly recommend a visit to Georgia
Absolutely gorgeous photography and choice of music is exceptional. Bravo!
Thanks, much appreciated
Saqartvelo ❤
Thenks for wonderful Video
Keti Japaridze thanks
Beautiful.
Om Galad thanks. We loved trekking in Georgia and adored the food and wine
@@EtherealLightPhotography Perhaps I will go one days. Caucasus mountains are very special, because it is a natural frontier between Europe and Middle-Easrt. And, as white people, we are designed as Caucasoid. But I ignored is it a very beautiful country. Thanks so much for you videos.
I love georgia since i v seen mountain pass map in world of tanks....
thanks for this video from georgia !
devi devito thank you for your kind comment. We loved Georgia and hope to get back there soon. Please subscribe to our TH-cam channel to see future videos. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. More photos and blogs on our website and details of upcoming tours
Semplicemente manifico questo video, grazie
Tea Dola thanks
Spectaculair!!
Thank you, much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed our video
amazing, thanks for the video :)
History of Georgia Colchis Diaokhi Iberia you are welcome!
Come visit our Albanian Alps, Theth and Valbona valley national park in particular are beyond gorgeous 🇦🇱
Thanks, we have been thinking about trekking in Albania but will have to wait until the Covid-19 situation gets better.
Я люблю эту землю, там живут мои родные, любимые люди. Пусть Бог всегда вас любит, вы достойны этого!
Thank you.
Spasibo vam za tsioplie slova daragoi..🙏🥰
Well done, thanks for sharing the video with us.
Pawel Gaul thanks, glad you liked our video. Martin and Sharron
Purple Peak Adventures , I appreciate framing and different techniques you used. Also, I will be visiting Georgia soon, I’m searching for ideas, if you have any tips ,please them share with me.
Pawel, we have written three blogs about our treks in Georgia, see our website purplepeakadventures.com to read them. They'll give you some idea of the areas we visited and trekked in, and some logistical information about how to get there etc. Any specific questions, please feel free to contact us. Have a brilliant time in Georgia, it's a wonderful country.
Stunning!
Thank, much appreciated. Georgia is a fantastic country.
Gamarjobaaa Sakartvelo miyvarkharr❤️🇬🇪
Thank you very much for your film. I'm very glad that, this work about Caucasus.
Let you visit to the Northen Caucasus now.
Thank you for your comments. We would love to get to this wonderful region soon
Nice places bro.I like the images. The image is nice good because beautiful range mountain.
fzn 5 profesional thanks. Glad you liked our video. Please subscribe to our channel to our upcoming videos. Martin and sharron
Stunning landscapes and an amazing quality of image and editing, probably one of the most beautiful mountain videos I have ever seen !!!! Awesome !!!!
David Guenot David thank you very much for your lovely comment. It is much appreciated. We highly recommend Georgia for trekking but also for great food and wine. Excellent value for money. Martin and Sharron
I'm Georgian...
natia natia thanks, we very much enjoyed Georgia, it’s people and the wine!
your video is certainly a wonderful promotion of the beauty of my country's landscape...
thank youuuuuuuuuu...........
@@natiaavsajanishvili Do you have seen any dolmens like this is your region ? www.ancient-wisdom.com/russiadolmen.htm
ძალიან ჰარმონიულადაა წარმოდგენილი მუსიკა და ბუნების ხედები. მადლობა გაწეული შრომისათვის!
I hit the like button after 10 seconds. It got better and better. Beautifully shot, and amazing views. Thanks for sharing. Steve.
Hi Steve, glad you enjoyed the film. Georgia is amazing, and should be on every trekker's bucket list.
BELLISSIMO 👍😃
david zeta thanks
Bro.. What a video.. I replayed 10 time.. My family is Chechen originally and I'm in love with kavkaz folk music... I know first track, but I need to the name second track
Glad you enjoyed our video. Martin and Sharron
WOWWO WOWWOW this is unreal beautiful!! I just finished thru hiking the Appalachian trail and am looking for more hikes to do!! Where exactly is this trail?? I would love to do it! It’s magnificent!!
Hi Happy Hikers, glad you enjoyed the film. If you read the blogs on our website (purplepeakadventures.com), it will give you maps of where we trekked. There are numerous places worth trekking through in the High Caucasus, but the logistics can be challenging. Hope you make it!
Where you and your people were when you were released from hell. The carcass maintains
lmao this is Georgia the country, its near Russia and Turkey
Soooo beautiful, thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for your comments, much appreciated
Superb film-- thank you! What a journey
Many thanks!
Great to have you back.. absolutely amazing.. so inspiring..ATB..R&D :) :)
Thanks, guys. It's been a bloody trying old year so far, two deaths in our families and moving house, but we're back in the saddle! Thanks for your kind words and support :-)
Magnifique. J'ai part en juin 2019
Merci, et bon voyage, Laurent :)
Wonderful - thank you for sharing these beautiful images. Cheers from Seattle 🍻 and wishing you a fruitful and best wishes in 2021!
Thanks, we love Georgia, its people, food and wine!
❤ Beautiful !
Thank you! 😊
Wow!So beautiful and peaceful.
Thanks, we loved the scenery of Georgia, its people and food/wine
Brilliant! So beautiful! Thank you very very much!
Juergen Hoffmann thanks much appreciated
Amazing stuff, really, really good. thanks for sharing as always. Atb
Cheers, Ray. Will have a good look at some of your more recent stuff now we have a bit more time. Been a difficult year for us with two deaths in our families, and moving house from Wicklow to Donegal. Not much time for filming.
Beautiful vid well done lad
it was a pleasure to watch
Thanks Jaffyger, Georgia's a really wonderful country to visit :-)
Beautiful! Need to find me a wife there lol
какая красота
спасибо
GEORGIA -I LOVE MY COUNTRY.REMEMBER-GEORIA IS EUROPA😓😓😓💖💖💖🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸 (TBILISI )
Amazing footage! We have on a coast-to-coast from Baku to the Black sea this Summer but didn't manage to spend time on these beautiful mountains. It would have been nice for our travel documentary
Guglielmo Biason glad you liked our video and hope you enjoyed Georgia too. We would love to go back there again soon and maybe run some photo tours. Martin and Sharron
Very beautiful
Thanks
Epic little film. Good work. I can't wait to go there later this year.
Georgia a great country. Enjoy your visit.
Грузия-рай.Плачу,я скоро приеду.Сакартвело.😪
Georgia is a lovely place. We hope to return there too soon!
Amazing....on our way this may and ill be delighted to check your blog for more info....thank you and would be grateful to find out the author of the song....it made me cry big time🙏
The singer's name is Ana Bajiashvili of the group Iavnana, an she is singing a Georgian folk song named ოროველა (Orovela).
Georgia amazing country love you
Thanks, we love Goergia
Манит красота природы Грузии!! ❤💚 Это чудо!!! Спасибо!!!🙏🌈🌈🌈
Thank you, Georgia is certainly a beautiful country and let us hope that it remains so.
hey there Martin and Sharron - really thrilled to see you high 5 it there. That said it all for me. You seem to pick the most inspiring locations. Good going both. Amazing. Mark
Thanks, Mark. Just back from a photo tour of West Cornwall. Georgia was excellent, incredible value for money and a place we want to return to in the future. Great landscapes, rich heritage and culture, friendly people, fabulous food and the wine is to die for!
Georgia is awesome! A bit more of that won't go a miss at all. Peace!
Great... I'd love to be there someday......^^
It's a great country
Bravo!!!
Thanks
Beautiful video. I love how green it is in the valleys and on the mountain sides. This country must have been a very dangerous place in the long ago past. Watch towers everywhere, now they just add to the rustic beauty of the place.
Georgia a great country
Professional video Amazing video really ❤
Thanks, much appreciated. Martin and Sharron
Really beautiful calming video! Great editing and perfect music. Well done!
Thanks, much appreciated
Perfect, thank you so much 😊💖
Wow great video!!!
Honest Georgian Guide thanks for your nice comment
this is heaven
Thanks
Heaven
Yes, it's a lovely country
That is Cool!!!! 😊
Heaven on Earth
Thanks we loved being there
amazing af
Georgia is awesome!! Kindest regards. 🙏
Thanks, love to be in Georgia again
Saqartvelos gaumarjos mindor-velit, mta-gorit, tyit-venaxit satesit......🇬🇪❤️🙏
Fantastic! I will watch it again in 4k when I have a better connection to the Internet. But also in HD this pictures are so sharp and clear. How you manage this? Heini
Heini, thank you so much for your kind comments, especially so coming from someone who is so experienced in trekking and wild camping. We film in 4K using Panasonic cameras and photos/time lapse are mostly done with a full frame Pentax dSLR. Downside is having to carry all the gear plus kit, tent and food. This year was exceptionally hot in Georgia (40 deg Tbilisi and even hot and humid in the mountains) so progress was not the fastest! But Georgia is a fantastic place to visit. Lovely people. Great food and even better wine. Also great value for money with accommodation, food and drinks a third of the cost in the West.
Woww you have a great channel Friend.. the place so beautiful ❤️ i'm fascinating.. you have done it long ago, where are you now? Thank you for sharing this beautiful content friend 😍👍
Thanks and welcome
Amazing video.. as somebody has been to Georgia and wants to return you really do it justice . Thank you 🙂
Thanks, we would love to go back to Georgia
Excellent shots!
Thanks much appreciated
hello from georgia your video is very good :)
Hello from Ireland. Your country is so photogenic. We loved the landscape and people
Subbed! And liked the video!
Cheers! Would love to hike part of the Appalachian Trail before we're too old and knackered :D
Happy Hikers
Hi.. Helo.. 🎈
You have nice face 🌷

Beautiful. What is the title of the first song?
Hi Tomasz, it's Ana Bajiashvili of the group Iavnana, singing a Georgian folk song named ოროველა (Orovela). It's a truly haunting melody that touched me profoundly the first time I heard it. It captures the soul of Georgia perfectly.
Thank You :)
Great video! How much and what film gear do you carry while hiking?
Thanks for the comment, much appreciated. I usually carry a full frame Pentax K1 dSLR with 28-105mm lens (often plus a 20mm or 14mm lens for astro photography), various ND and grad filters (with holder), 4 to 6 batteries and a small carbon fibre tripod. About an extra 4kg to 5kg on top of a 20kg+ back pack!. I partner carries a Panasonic GH4 with 14-140mm lens (mainly for the video) and batteries and we share the tripod. Hope this helps
@@EtherealLightPhotography amazing thanks a ton, keep walking keep recording 🤙✌
not georgia, our country's real name is Sakartvelo(thanks for the video)
WOW!!!
Thanks!
j'aime beaucoup la géorgie de la belgique
which month was this shot
Great experience.
How many days was your hike?
The Truso hike can be done in a single day. The Chaukhi Massif trek was 5 nights and the Svaneti trek 4 nights. Check our website for more details
A masterpiece. However, I cannot find the first song on this video. Only a 'butchered' "original remix" using Shazam. I would be grateful if someone could let me know the original source
Amazing video! What’s the name of the songs? ☺️
9:01 what glacier is this/what is the hiking route for this glacier?
It's the Adishi Glacier. Full info on the hiking route is in our Svaneti blog, third link in the video description given above.
Fantastic! Can you please tell me the songs that are used ?
Joakim Henriksen This is the Georgian Folk peasant plough song__ Gadi gamodi, Gutano. I will try to translate:
Go out and come back, my plow ,
Sing the bass, little wheel
Cut into the ground ,
Cut the roots of the weeds.
My cherished plow,
With your crooked neck;
U are the bringer of bread,
And the protector of barley
Georgia have rich Musical Culture that counts over Centuries. Georgian polyphony is an invaluable tradition listed UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. They are singing sense ancient times, during celebration Feasts (Supra) , weddings and even funerals.
Georgia has rich and still vibrant traditional music, which is primarily known as arguably the earliest polyphonic tradition of the Christian World. There are great number of healing songs, funerary ritual songs, Dance songs, lullabies, traveling songs...
U can go U-tube and see ( if u wish) Hamlet Gonashvili Songs. and Georgian dances like: Sukhishvilebi. Dance: Sdo, Daisi, Osiri... u will loved ... I hope u will enjoy.
Also: Old TBILISI... Mcketha, Svaneti, Signaghi... Kasbegi... Beautiful...
Thank you🙂
Супер клас
Thanks very much!