The 7 Best Gori & Uplistsikhe Tours from Tbilisi

1.Day Trip to Mtskheta Gori and Uplistsikhe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,801 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $29Our pick

Travel from Tbilisi with an English-speaking guide to Uplistsikhe’s rock-cut town, Gori’s Stalin Museum, and UNESCO-listed Jvari and Mtskheta. Expect a full day of history, views, church visits, and walking. Guides such as Nini, Dimitri, Tako, and Nene are known for lively storytelling.

“If the road to Kazbegi happens to be closed, be prepared to lose the rest of your day in a boring ski resort, just looking for people skiing for hours. This is not publicly informed, and I would have never booked this tour if I knew about this.”

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2.Gori-Uplistsikhe

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 112 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $90

Travel from Tbilisi in a private air-conditioned vehicle to Jvari Monastery, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Gori, and Uplistsikhe. Your English-speaking guide, which may be Makho, George, Temo, Tariel, or Irakli, adds context on Georgian religion, politics, and culture. Optional winery and Stalin Museum visits are available.

“Perfect day trip from Tbilisi. We saw a great range of sights and we especially enjoyed Uplistsikhe. Irakli was a great guide.”

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3.Mtskheta, Jvari, gori, uflistsikhe, history and panorama (group tours)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 107 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $19Best value

Spend about nine hours outside Tbilisi visiting Jvari Monastery, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Uplistsikhe cave city, and optional Gori Stalin Museum. Driver-guides such as Luka, Paata, Tornike, Emilia, and George have led this route. Expect beautiful views, church history, paid extras, and a bilingual tour that may vary by guide.

“They pick up me the liberty Square so need wait little bit. After we go with full bus of good people. we go first the top of the hill to Jvari Monastery After we gori the stalin museum. Honestly i not understand this museum okay it stalin from georgian, but the crazy dictator who make a huge chaoos and order many people dead. any way. after we go to Uplistsikhe where Come the time ro lunch break thesmall restaurant. interserting the attitude the staff and the all food full woth oil, not the best. Uplistsikheis a stone town place, nive but not to attractive, the church in top very nice.…”

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4.Day tour to Chronicles of Georgia, Gori city, Uplistsikhe cave

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 86 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $34

Travel from Tbilisi by bus with an English-speaking guide to Uplistsikhe’s ancient cave town, Gori’s Stalin Museum, and the Chronicles of Georgia memorial. Expect about eight hours, walking on uneven ground, and extra admission fees. Some departures have been led by Levani.

“I think this trip would have worked better as a trip to just Gori and Uplistsikhe, and to spend more time in Gori, for example to include a visit to the fortress. It was a long additonal drive just to spend an hour in Borjomi where to be honest there is not much more there than a park. The trip to the Stalin museum and the Uplistsikhe cave was interesting and the resteraunt the company took us to was good. Our guide was also very knowledgable and interestintg and explained everything in English and Russian.”

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5.Ancient Georgia Group Tour: Mtskheta,Jvari, Gori, Uplistsikhe

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 73 reviews · 9 to 10 hours (approx.) · from $24

Spend 9 to 10 hours exploring Georgia’s spiritual center, Stalin’s birthplace, and the remarkable Uplistsikhe cave town. Guides such as David, Natalia, Lasha, Tami, Omar, and Diana lead small groups of up to 15 in English, with air-conditioned transport and WiFi.

“The places we saw were great and we learned enough about each site. Overall we had enough time for each place and not felt rushed. However the tour guide ran out of patience at the end and was rude toward one of the tour members. The tour guide didn’t take the whole group together to walk the monastery, the cathedral and the cave town to explain things. Not sure if this was how the tour company does its tour”

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6.Jvari + Gori – Uplistsikhe Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $54

Travel from Tbilisi with a private driver-guide to Georgia’s ancient capital, hilltop Jvari, Stalin’s birthplace in Gori, and the 3,000-year-old caves of Uplistsikhe. Expect hotel pickup, an air-conditioned car, in-car WiFi, flexible pacing, and lively historical stories from guides such as George and Gogi.

“Excellent tour. George our guide cum driver was very knowledgeable. It was fun . He have details of each spot and enough time to us to visit”

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7.Gori – Uplistsikhe caves • Private tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $90

Travel by private car from Tbilisi to the Chronicles of Georgia, Jvari Monastery, Mtskheta, Gori, and Uplistsikhe. Your English-speaking guide sets the pace, explains Georgia’s religious and political past, and recommends a traditional lunch. Giorgi is named as a particularly strong guide.

“One trip not to be missed when in Tblisi, really amazing! Our guide, Giorgi, was very professional, patient and cultivated who was the best explaining nd always a mile ahead. Communication with Giga was fluent and quick. Totaly reccomended!”

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