Lake · Tsalenjikha Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Tobavarchkhili Lake
ტობავარჩხილი · Silver Lake · Vertskhli Lake
A glacial lake at 2,650 metres on the south side of the Egrisi range in Samegrelo, also called Silver Lake, at the centre of a cluster of smaller alpine lakes.
Where it is
42.7844, 42.2421
Why go
Tobavarchkhili fills a basin of about 0.21 square kilometres to an average depth of sixteen metres, with snowy cliffs behind it, and GNTA counts it the largest lake on the Egrisi range. It is the centrepiece of a high lake plateau rather than a lone tarn: Kalalish, Didghalish and Tsakatskarish lakes lie close by. The traditional approach is a trek or horse ride of about eight kilometres from a shepherd's hut below Natifure, over the shoulder of Tsashkibuli, past caves, mineral springs and the Magana canyon; GNTA also notes a road to the lake built in 2021.
Near Tobavarchkhili Lake
Waterfall
Intsra Waterfall
A 26-metre waterfall between moss-covered vertical rock walls on the Intsra river above Chkvaleri village in Tsalenjikha Municipality, reached on a 7.5-kilometre loop walk.
13 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Tsalenjikha Cathedral
A cross-domed stone cathedral in the Samegrelo town of Tsalenjikha, painted inside by Manuel Eugenicos, a master from Constantinople invited by the ruler Vamek I Dadiani, who reigned 1384–1396.
24 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Waterfall
Abasha River Waterfall
The protected waterfall at the source of the Abasha river in Martvili Municipality, falling off Late Cretaceous limestone on the flank of the Askhi massif into a round plunge hole about 12 metres across.
36 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Canyon
Balda Canyon
A narrow limestone canyon cut by the Abasha river near Second Balda in Martvili municipality — about 1.4 km long, 5–10 m wide and 25–30 m deep — protected as a natural monument.
36 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ