Lake · Roshka, Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Abudelauri Lakes
აბუდელაურის ტბები · Abudelauri Blue, Green and White Lakes
Three small glacial lakes — white, blue and green — in the Abudelauri valley of Khevsureti beneath the Chaukhi massif, reached on foot from Roshka where the paved road ends.
Where it is
42.5445, 44.8372
Why go
The colours have physical causes: carbonates give the upper lake its milky white, while glacial sediment in the lower two reflects light as blue and green. From Roshka a seven-kilometre trail, walked or ridden, reaches the blue and green lakes, which lie close together; the white lake is another kilometre and a half over rocks and boulders, right under the Chiukhi glacier. GNTA recommends June and July — snow lies earlier in the year and water is low by August. The lakes are also the far end of the two-day crossing from Juta over Chaukhi Pass.
Getting there
Roshka is where the paved road ends; the lakes are reached by a seven-kilometre trail on foot or horseback
Near Abudelauri Lakes
Mountain
Chaukhi Pass
A high walking pass below the rock towers of the Chaukhi massif, climbed from Juta village near Stepantsminda and looking down on the Abudelauri lakes on the Khevsureti side.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Mountain
Datvisjvari Pass
A 2,676-metre road pass between the Aragvi and Arghuni gorges of Khevsureti, crossed on the drive towards Shatili and Mutso.
18 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Gergeti Trinity Church
A walled 14th-century church on the hill above Stepantsminda, standing in front of Mount Kazbek, which rises to 5,054 metres behind it.
22 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Waterfall
Gveleti Waterfall
The larger of two waterfalls above Gveleti village near the Dariali gorge, a thirty-metre fall reached on foot after a short drive north from Stepantsminda.
26 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ