Youth promote Kazbegi as summer sport destination [VIDEO]
#SpendYourSummerinGeorgia is a campaign, which started in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ban on flights to Georgia. Photo: Nika Lebanidze/Facebook
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Georgian video-maker Nika Lebanidze has joined in the #SpendYourSummerInGeorgia campaign by promoting Georgia’s mountainous Kazbegi region as one of the best sport destinations of the summer.
In his video, two young Georgian skateboarders, Luka Rurua and Guga Dvali, share their impressions of skateboarding on the roads of Kazbegi.
This is the coolest feeling ever, when you’re skateboarding in the mountains, surrounded by beautiful nature", Rurua says.
Although Kazbegi is one of the best winter destinations for mountaineering, in his another video Lebanidze shows the advantage of biking in Kazbegi in summer as well.
Kazbegi resort is located in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and attracts thousands of tourists annually.
#SpendYourSummerinGeorgia is a campaign, which started in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ban on flights to Georgia.
The British Embassy to Georgia posted photos of the botanic garden on their official Instagram page, suggesting it as one of the best weekend destinations in Tbilisi. The Embassy said their Acting Ambassador Alexandra Cole who went there “was met with beautiful gardens and stories of long standing friendship and cooperation” with London’s Kew Gardens.
Rescuers have saved a Lithuanian citizen who was stuck on the 4000-meter Mkinvartsveri peak, also known as Kazbegi Mountain. The Emergency Management Service of Interior Ministry received information that a 53-year-old tourist was injured.
The mountainous Georgian regions of Kazbegi and Svaneti have been hit by snow as the has temperature dropped across Georgia in previous days. Photos and videos of snowy areas from Kazbegi and Svaneti appeared on Facebook this morning.
The Caucasus skitouring network, a group of Georgian professionals has measured the country’s third-highest peak of Mkinvartsveri. Based on the new estimations, Mkinvartsveri, also known as Kazbegi Mountain, is 5,054 meters high.
Three people have died as a helicopter belonging to Rooms Hotel Kazbegi crashed today in Stepantsminda, region of Kazbegi, Georgia.