Wild Caucasus
National parks
From Europe's largest protected forest at Borjomi-Kharagauli to the high reserves of the Greater Caucasus — marked trails, shelters and genuine wilderness.
Georgia
Georgia protects a remarkable spread of landscapes — from the semi-desert of Vashlovani to Black Sea rainforest, alpine Kazbegi and the vast forests of Borjomi-Kharagauli. We arrange permits, rangers, transport and the right guide for each one.
One of Europe’s largest protected areas — 12 marked trails, tourist shelters and virgin forest above the mineral-water town of Borjomi.
Alpine meadows, moraines and glaciers below Mt Kazbek, with the Truso, Dariali and Khde gorges to explore.
A remote highland treasure reached over the Abano Pass — stone villages, 11 trails and a living shepherd culture.
Georgia’s semi-desert — badlands, arid woodland and the snowy Caucasus on the horizon. A birdwatcher’s park.
Waterfalls, ancient fortresses and the Black Rock Lake on the Azerbaijan border — Georgia’s oldest reserve.
UNESCO-listed Colchic wetlands and forest on the Black Sea — boat tours on Paliastomi Lake and huge bird migrations.
The wettest place in Georgia — Colchic rainforest above Batumi, with a 220 m zip-line and a rope park.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan runs from Caspian semi-desert to the high Greater Caucasus and the relict Hyrcanian forests of the south. Its national parks protect gazelle steppe, glacial lakes and some of the oldest forest in the world.
Azerbaijan’s postcard park — the deep blue Lake Göygöl formed by a 1139 earthquake, ringed by forest below Mt Kapaz.
The largest national park in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus — high peaks, the Shahdag mountain resort and vast alpine terrain.
Relict Hyrcanian forest — a UNESCO-listed woodland surviving from before the Ice Age, near the Caspian in the far south.
Caspian semi-desert and the last stronghold of the goitered gazelle — flat steppe, lagoons and big skies.
The tip of the Absheron peninsula — Caspian shore, gazelle and the chance of Caspian seals, half an hour from Baku.
High, wild mountains in the Nakhchivan exclave — home to the Caucasian leopard, mouflon and bezoar goat.