Many people said that it was impossible to get through. I drove there in an hour and back in an hour and a half. Polite border guards. I recommend to be at the border at 4-6 in the morning, there are fewer planes and, accordingly, no tourist buses. Good luck
There are queues at the border, but in general everything is transparent and clear, you can pass the control quickly and without problems, even in a rented car.
Excellent checkpoint, as lucky as people are, they pass without queuing, but the wait is worth it, taxis are expensive, get into a minibus, cheap and angry)
The paradise of the planet is in an abandoned state, there is clearly not enough plaster and paint and the gardener must also be invited to Abkhazia, the beauty is indescribable but in an abandoned state (((
They work fast. Shifts are from 7 to 8:00 and from 19:00 to 20:00 at this time longer. It's better to drive to the right. There are toilets and a duty-free shop. Pass through the Passport of the Russian Federation!!!
I have already rated "this institution"))) And I would have ignored this assessment, but another thought arose))) How many Russian passports are there in Abkhazia? How many Russian citizens go through border control in both directions every day? 99%? And why is this control needed here? Wouldn't it be better to move it to Inguri?
We went to dutifry every Sunday, the passage back and forth is not very tiring. Customs from Russia and Abkhazia are polite without any pretensions to small things. Well done, keep it up...
You can cross the border quickly, but you can also hang). In general, the border guards are normal, both ours and Abkhazians. The Abkhazians themselves make a good impression on themselves!
The border guards are mododians, sometimes you can walk quickly, sometimes in the season you especially stand for 3 hours. There seems to be no room for 3 cleaners, there is definitely no cafe. You could put up some benches.
Good time of the day. I'll just say the staff are very friendly. And most importantly, they meet with an open mind.Inside ..... Thank them that there are still such.
We urgently need to add employees! The queues are very long. The travel time takes from 40 minutes to 3 hours!!! Although, some employees are very responsive, it pleases)
The jostling at the checkpoint will probably never stop, and they save on air conditioners. It's so stuffy that you're about to faint.
The passage through the checkpoint surprised us in 2021. We went there and back in 5 minutes.
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Максим Н.
Level 5 Local Expert
August 30, 2023
23.08.2023. We passed the Abkhazian customs by car. They ran into unjustified aggression with insults and threats from the Abkhaz customs officers. I had to turn back. The rest is ruined. A land of lawlessness.
Clean water. Near the white rocks, the stench is unimaginably strong. Due to the lack of a restroom on the beach, everyone copes with the need locally. It is impossible to be there in the sun because of the stench
The Abkhazian border guards divorced me for 2000 rubles, said I was fined for not having a visa.As a law-abiding citizen, I agreed to pay this fine. I thought everything would be as it should be, I would pay through the terminal and they would give me a check, etc., But it wasn't like that, they put it in their pocket and said you're free!
Of course, it needs to be redone , the flows have been growing lately , in general they are normal , but we need to do more and make it clearer people just go on vacation! And there 's a simple eternal !
They passed very quickly. We asked a couple of questions.
There are minibuses to any city near the checkpoint on the side of Abkhazia. Price Gagara 150, New Athos 300₽
An employee was rude on the Abkhaz side of the border. I was not at my workplace, I was standing on the street talking to men and checking my passport while standing there. He worked without a mask, when he moved away to keep his distance, he began to be rude. No respect for women
Complete trash. We arrived at the place at 4 a.m. It took us a while to realize that we had been brought to the border crossing. The picture is depressing - dilapidated concrete structures, no lighting, garbage, dirt, hungry dogs... in general, the landscape is still the same.
The barracks. Local residents pull groups of 5-7 people behind them, without waiting in line, they feel like masters, the border service does not react to this, and responds to the comments of others with rudeness, it seems that it was paid by local residents.
We drove towards Abkhazia in 40 minutes, back in 10 minutes. The staff clearly fulfills their duties, no problems have arisen. While living in Adler, on vacation, we went to the beach in Gagra for a day.
They passed relatively quickly. Min. 40. The car was not heavily inspected visually. And they rushed to rest at the sea. We went back there longer in the afternoon, but still not for long
We stood in line at noon, for about 3 hours, sometimes you can skip, but this is more rare. The significance of the checkpoint is not particularly clear when it is simply passed through during the peak with almost no verification...
Sometimes there are queues at pedestrian control, people stand for 20-30 minutes per person... plan ahead and check with the border guards on the spot if there are any more passages nearby
It's a pity there are a lot of customs. They complain about the Russian customs - corruption is flourishing. They take and make money on everything. During the harvest, the price reaches up to a ruble per kg for tangerine, orange, persimmon.
I will not write anything reprehensible, those who come here know all the nuances themselves, but I have to go through this checkpoint more than once... So that's all Good, lemonade!
Very poor organization, disorderly crowds at the border, no structure. Because of the cars with Abkhazian license plates, it takes much longer to stand, since the verification procedure takes a very long time for foreign citizens. I think it's better to make separate corridors for cars with Russian license plates.
On the part of Abkhazia, crossing the border is always without problems. But Russian border guards are vigilant. We gathered queues of 200 people, in one room, without air conditioning. Coronavirus? Not.. You haven't heard
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Юлия
Level 19 Local Expert
January 31, 2022
Checkpoint as a checkpoint. How can it be evaluated? There are queues. It's usually freer during the day. A very good Duty Free store!!! Excellent assortment and prices
The optimal time to cross the border is at night or earlier in the morning. The rest of the time you can spend in a car queue from 30-40 minutes to several hours.
This year, while vacationing in Adler, they tried 2 times to go to the store on the border with Abkhazia.We arrived early in the morning and in the evening , but the queues were 200 meters long , we would have to stand for a very long time
this year, something is strange, there are no queues at all at the point with cars for passengers. I entered in 3 minutes, my husband spent 20 minutes on the inspection (this is with a queue) took place at 6 am, before the excursions
It was very crowded, stuffy, because there were a lot of vacationers today, there were huge queues. It is unclear why the locals are in the same queue with tourists, because many go to or from work, and there would be a green corridor.....
There are no questions from the Abkhaz border guards. Difficulties may arise with our "favorite" customs, especially when moving in the opposite direction.
The air conditioners are not working at the checkpoint, all windows are closed. There is a very large flow of people and an incredible stuffiness! But there are two employees on duty at each window and they work quickly.
They passed quickly, although at first they queued buses, the children and their wife get out of the car, the check is not strict, you just open the trunk and doors, the passport is either Russian or foreign, they do not put anything in the passport
For me, a simple tourist, this is an ideal customs post, we looked at the passport, opened the trunk - 3 minutes. And you're free! Fast and convenient!
Very quick inspection, there is a large selection in duty free, but you can't go there with suitcases, you have to split up - someone is standing with a suitcase, and someone is shopping.
We stood for a long time in the direction of Abkhazia and returned much faster. But in the peak season there. Abkhazia is beautiful, but the village is a village.
In 2021, in July, passing the border there at 6:00 took 20-25 minutes. It took about 40 minutes to get back at 5:00. They're getting divorced at 5:00. But they didn't detain me much.