Waterfall · Gveleti, Kazbegi Municipality, Mtskheta-Mtianeti
Gveleti Waterfall
გველეთის დიდი ჩანჩქერი · Big 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.
Where it is
42.7050, 44.6142
Why go
Gveleti is really a pair: a small fall and a large one roughly 750 metres apart, and the large one drops about thirty metres, spreading to some four metres wide at its base. A paved road reaches the village; from there the walk follows a service track before narrowing to a path that crosses streams and runs beneath cliffs. It fits easily into a Stepantsminda day alongside the Dariali gorge. GNTA singles out August to October, when sweetbrier, barberry and sea buckthorn are at their most colourful along the path.
Near Gveleti Waterfall
Church
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5 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Mountain
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23 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
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26 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Monument
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27 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ