Adjara Highlands — Khulo, the Goderdzi Pass and the Green Lake

A mountain day from Batumi through Khulo's cable car and wooden mosques, over the 2,025 m Goderdzi Pass to the Green Lake's high pastures.

• —Soviet-era cable car at Khulo, still used daily by residents, among the longest of its kind in the Caucasus
• —Adjara's wooden mosques at Khulo, built by local carpenters in a style distinct from lowland Georgian architecture
• —Goderdzi Pass at 2,025 m crosses the Adjara-Guria ridge, the climate divide between the humid Black Sea coast and the drier highlands
• —Green Lake set in a mountain bowl ringed by birch and beech forest, reached by a short walk
• —Highland lunch at a family-run guesthouse, with Adjarian khachapuri and local cheese
• —Private 4×4 and driver-guide, timed around road conditions rather than a fixed group schedule

• · Late October can bring early snow at Goderdzi Pass and the road can close without notice; we check gtour.ge/road-status before and on the morning of the tour
• · Temperatures at the pass run 10 to 15 degrees cooler than Batumi, bring a warm jacket even on a sunny day
• · Much of the road above Khulo is unpaved and winding; plan accordingly if prone to motion sickness
• · Ski infrastructure at Goderdzi is seasonal and not operating in October, checked at booking for winter dates
• · By late October summer pastures are largely empty as herders move livestock down before winter
• · Bring comfortable shoes for the short walks at the Green Lake and the petrified forest site

Prices are per person for two travelling together, in euros; solo travellers and larger groups are quoted on request. Every departure is private and adjusted to you. Hotels, wineries and restaurants on our routes are verified by GTour.