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Route
Tbilisi – Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) village (1750 m) – Weather Station (3675 m) – Kazbek Mountain (5033.8 m) - – Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) village – Tbilisi.
For guests travelling by car: Vladikavkaz - Verkhny Lars – Stepantsminda (border crossing is possible at day time only).
Price includes
Meals and burner gas during the ascent
Return car transfers to the monastery
Tent site fee at the Weather Station
Accommodation at the guest house (shelter) in Kazbegi (hotel 2* to 4* accommodation is possible on request for additional charge)
Group gear (ropes, ice axes, GPS, radio stations, gas burners)
Group gear transportation by horse (food, burner gas, food)
Highly experienced guide: one per every four participants
Assistant guide: per a group of more than 5 participants
Price does not include
Return flight to Georgia
Mountaineering insurance
Personal mountaineering equipment rent
International passport, migration card, visa (for foreign citizens)
Meals in Kazbegi
Accommodation at the Weather Station shelter
Return transfer to the venue of the program (Tbilisi/Vladikavkaz - Kazbegi - Tbilisi/Vladikavkaz)
100$ - one way transfer from Tbilisi per group
2500 rub - one way transfer from Vladikavkaz per group
Documents required
All foreign tourists must hold a passport (or national ID card, if an EU citizen) valid for 3 months and a visa.
Safety
Your guides will afford safety provided that you comply with all the safety and accident prevention rules. Your guide will carry a radio station, a GPS set, a mobile phone and all the group gear you may need.
The decision to terminate the ascent under any conditions threatening the party’s safety lies within the sole authority of the guide-conductor accompanying the group. Such guide's decision is not a subject to any debates.
The guide is responsible for taking measures ensuring the party’s safety in all types of mountain terrain.
Each participant must have an extremal sports life and personal accident insurance.
The guide will have a first aid kit. In case of emergency, he will be able to contact, any time and any place, an Emergency Service rescue team. Guests are requested to have their specific or personal drugs.
Additional information
Our Company’s Guide will accompany you throughout the tour. All experts of AlpIndustria-Tour are always at your service.