Georgia is the country that invented wine — literally. Archaeological evidence of 8,000-year-old qvevri (clay vessel) winemaking has been found here, and the tradition continues today in nearly every household across the country. But wine is just the beginning. The Caucasus Mountains form a wall of ice and granite along Georgia’s northern border, with peaks above 5,000 metres, medieval watchtowers perched on impossible ridges, and the cave city of Vardzia — an entire monastery carved into a cliff face. Tbilisi, the capital, is a ravishing collision of old and new: sulphur bathhouses in the ancient quarter, Art Nouveau facades in the European district, and techno clubs in abandoned Soviet factories. The food — khachapuri, khinkali, pkhali, churchkhela — is the most underrated cuisine on earth. And the hospitality is not a marketing slogan; it is a code of honour that considers every guest a gift from God.

RJ Travel operates group tours and private tours across Georgia, from Tbilisi’s old town and the Kakheti wine region to the alpine villages of Svaneti and Tusheti, the cave cities of Uplistsikhe and Vardzia, the Black Sea coast at Batumi, and the Soviet-era mountain road to Kazbegi. Our itineraries include wine tastings in family cellars, multi-day treks in the Greater Caucasus, and feasts with polyphonic singing that last until dawn.

Whether you’re drawn by the sight of Gergeti Trinity Church floating in clouds beneath Mount Kazbek, the taste of amber wine poured from a buried clay qvevri, or the sound of Georgian polyphonic singing — a UNESCO intangible heritage — echoing off stone walls at a supra feast, our Georgia tours prove that this small country between Europe and Asia is one of the great travel destinations on earth.