Okatse Canyon Visitor Center

Great walk, nice forest, beautiful view of the canyon and the surroundings. The structures, staircases, bridges and counter liver bridge are a real experience. It took us about 3 hours including an half an hour picnic at the counter liver bridge. We stopped for a lot of photos along the way. Warm recommendation to visit!

First, you need to buy your entrance ticket from the visitor center. After that, you can either walk for almost 1 hour or drive your own vehicle to the parking area. Since we rented a car, we drove our SUV up to the parking lot, and it took around 6 minutes. You can see the route in the images. Honestly, walking that road isn’t worth it, so I definitely recommend driving up if you have your own car. Once you park, you show your ticket to the staff at the entrance and start the trail. The metal bridge walk takes around 30 minutes. If you have a fear of heights, it might feel a bit challenging at first, but you’ll get used to it quickly. At the end, there is a long viewing platform (visible in the photos) which is the furthest point of the visit. The return route is different and takes around 20 minutes through a path similar to a hiking trail. You should reserve at least 1.5 hours in total to visit this place. You can clearly see the full route in the photos. Summary: 1. Buy your ticket at the visitor center. 2. Drive to the entrance area (approx. 6 minutes). 3. Walk about 30 minutes on the metal bridge to the viewpoint. 4. Return via the hiking path back to the parking area.

The views from the bridges are spectacular! Definitely worth a visit. The walk is not long — only the first part is a bit scary, as you walk on a perforated walkway. The whole experience takes less than 30 minutes. Advice about the road there: There is NO NEED to hire a driver or to walk the way. After buying tickets at the visitor center, drive your car a little way back along the road you came from. Soon, you will see a sign to the left for "Okatse Canyon", and a paved road will take you all the way to the starting point. Any vehicle can go there. We hired a driver and paid 70 GEL — totally unnecessary. Anyone can drive the road. It's narrow, but not a problem.

Beautiful route to the canyon and walking above it revels great view. There are many stairs along the trail. We've done the walking from the visitors center, but it is also possible to reach by car to the begining of the canyon itself. Highly recommended!

The canyon boasts lovely views of the river below. There are quite a lot of steps involved. At the visitor center they will try to get you to rent a driver to take you to the actual canyon trail start. DO NOT get a driver. Overpriced and totally unnecessary. Even the ticket counter will warn you that the roda is very narrow but as you can see its quite a comfortable (and very short) drive.

Absolutely phenomenal place. If you are able, consider walking, not using cab. In the morning during spring place is rather empty and you can take your time to enjoy the view. For me only flaw is that smoking is alliwed, but it is popular in the whole country so I do not blame the park.

Great place. Newly made attraction but very nice view. It's worth to take a taxi back after the hike as it's uphill. We managed to get down the price to 20lari for a car from 40. Also be careful of Google maps. They don't work correctly if you are coming from Prometheus Cave (05.2025) and because of some reason the only proper road is avoided by the algorithms. Follow the road that's available on Street view like on my photos! Other roads are off-road!

The place is closed, no information why and when will be open. Getting here wasn’t simple, fallow the road signs and don’t be scared about route there, it’s heavily damaged at some places… by the time you will be going there maybe will be fixed. Edit at the 30.03.2025 I went there again and this time was open. From the cash desk to the entrance to the canyon you have a walk that will take about an hour. In a canyon is path that will take around 30 minutes. At the end of the trial you can take taxi back to the visitors center or walk back. I’m walking fast so whole path took me 2h. In average people spent there around 3h. If you are in Kutaisi or near by, it’s worth to visit it. Ticket cost 20gel