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The best excursions from Sukhum to Abkhazia
The resort itself has enough attractions and excursion routes. If you have already seen them, then we advise you to go on an individual or group excursion. Traditionally, excursions to Lake Ritsa, Novo-Athos monastery, Gegsky waterfall, horseback riding along the gorges and others are held from Sukhum. The average cost of group bus tours is 1000 rubles. per person. There are also individual inexpensive tours with exclusive programs, where payment is made for a car with a driver-guide.
There are options for individual excursions to the alpine lake by minivan (up to 6 people) for 7000 rubles per car!
Features of excursions from Sukhum
You are lucky if you are relaxing at this resort or planning to spend your vacation here, because Sukhum is attractive not only as the capital of the republic, but also as a place of maximum concentration of various excursion programs! It is from here that the closest to the main Orthodox shrines of Abkhazia, and on the way towards the border with Georgia are the famous hydrogen sulfide sources in the village. Kyndyg.
Conventionally, all tours can be divided into 5 groups:
- оrthodox shrines with a visit to New Athos, the Church of Simon Kananit, the monastery of John Chrysostom, the source of St. Basilisk, the Dranda Cathedral, the Temple in the village of Agudzera, the Church of St. George, the Temple of Elijah the Prophet, the Bedia Cathedral, the Moksvsky Cathedral, etc.;
- national parks, which include the Ritsa Park with its unique island. Ritsa, waterfalls and canyons;
- folklore with national dances, songs, Abkhaz feast;
- active tours are rafting, jeeping, paraplaning, horse riding and sea trips;
- therapeutic and health-improving, include hydrogen sulfide springs and therapeutic mud
Excursions to the ghost town of Tkuarchal are gaining popularity. As part of this tour, visit the waterfalls - "Giant", "Irina" and "Akarmarsky", as well as the "Hanging Bridge":
Tour organizers often make mixes of different tours, for example, they combine Fr. Ritsa with a feast and dancing, or when traveling to shrines, they also stop at the springs.
Popular excursions with prices and schedules from Sukhum
- o.Ritsa by itself or as part of an "Abkhazian feast" - from 1500 rub. per person group and 7000 rub. individual;
- to Chernigovka or together with a visit to the village of Markhyaul and the village of Kyndyg (thermal springs) - from 1900 rub. per person group or 4000 rub. individual;
- to New Athos and New Athos cave - from 1100rub. per person group or 5000 rub. individual;
- in Tkuarchal "ghost town", usually together with the waterfalls "Irina" and "Akarmar" - from 2800 rub. per person group or 6000 rub. individual;
- horseback riding for 2 hours from 2500 rubles per person;
- ATV rides from 3000 rubles per tourist for 2 hours
These are only those tours for which there is an increased demand, but all other directions are no less interesting - especially for those tourists who love outdoor activities. Each group tour card has a schedule - on what days and at what time it starts. Also, in the guides' offers, you will see prices: for 1 person if the tour is a group tour and for a car in general, if the tour is individual.
Of all the resorts of Abkhazia, it is Sukhum that has the richest excursion program, so look at the offers of the organizers on this page and make your choice.
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