22 Jul 2022
We took this trip with Goga, who was inconsiderate at best and clearly did not want to be a guide on this tour at worst. From the start of the trip, he was constantly smoking in the car and taking calls at every stop, only offering information about sites when asked. Moreover, halfway to Kazbegi, he told us that he could not reach the Gergeti church (the destination of the trip, based on the listing description) in his car because rains the week before made the road to Gergeti impossible. Instead, we would need to pay for a cab with four wheel drive to take us via an off road path. We were told that this happens frequently but he only found out about it that morning. We felt that he was not transparent with us at the start of the trip, and there should be a disclaimer on the listing description to expect to pay an additional 60-100 GEL to reach the final stop—which, again, should’ve been included in the cost already. Perhaps he was not at his best that day, but Goga should’ve found a substitute or canceled the trip since it was clear he did not want to be there. I wanted to give this trip 1 star, but gave it 2 because we did make all our stops (after paying an additional 70 GEL) and the views were beautiful.