Every autumn, the skies above the southern Caucasus become a living river of wings and a vast aerial highway. From the high volcanic plateaus of Armenia to the humid Colchic rainforests of western Georgia, this journey follows one of the great migratory crossroads of the Western Palearctic, and birds move along ancient flyways that bind Siberia, Eastern Europe and [...]

Breathtakingly wild, remote, and steeped in history, Svaneti is one of Georgia’s most spectacular mountain regions. Tucked into the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, it is a land of soaring peaks, deep gorges, winding river valleys, ancient forests, and alpine meadows strewn with boulders and wildflowers. Above it all rise rugged, snow-capped summits exceeding 5,000 meters, shaping a [...]

The foothills of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains along the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the republic of Georgia, forms on one of the world's biggest corridors for migrating birds, and chiefly for the impressive legions of over a million large soaring birds of prey and many relatively smaller raptors of up to 35 different species. The [...]