We took a tour to Kakheti for two, booked through booking, fine, the guide tells everything, duplicates Russian and English, Beso is our guide, thank you very much. It was comfortable, we took our time, the pace of each of the group was taken into account. There were 5 stops, we saw a lot, got to know a lot, well, we couldn't do without wine and chacha (3 times per tour a sample of local alcohol)
On September 23, we traveled with this company to Kakheti. The organization, the driver, the transport and, most importantly, the guide Nino - 10/10. There are many interesting places, generous tastings, beautiful views, interesting stories and stories.
Terrible service. For $ 50, not counting entrance tickets, you actually get a transfer to Martvili Canyon and Prometheus Cave instead of an excursion. During the 14 hours we spent together, the driver, who is also a guide, told us about the sights for no more than 1.5 hours. Sometimes he didn't quite understand the essence of the questions that the tour participants asked him, which was in Russian and which was in English. I forgot some words in English. The word "persimmon" in English means "hurma" for him, and there were many other similar things. As the organizers had called the tour in Russian "tours" in their correspondence the day before. The guide-driver promised that we would definitely go boating, first in the caves, then in the canyon. As it turned out, the water level has risen, this situation has been observed in the region for several days, so there have been no boat tours all this time. The organizers did not bother to call these facilities and find out the situation. It's easier to raise money, promise a boat tour, and then throw up your hands. I also want to say that we, the tourists themselves, should understand what such a thing can be. And the lack of a full-fledged guide is supposedly on purpose, there's just nothing to tell about nature, and there's nothing to talk about on the way (indeed, having traveled through the whole of Georgia, there's nothing to tell). It's a shame.
IMPORTANT: if you go on such excursions to the suburbs of Georgia, take dog food with you, there are a lot of very thin hungry dogs, very asking for food, I came and cried, there is no place to buy there. Take as many as you can with you!
Then they took us on the wrong tour (although we were waiting in the right place on time, the driver was late for 30-40 minutes, they asked us 3 times what kind of tour we were on, they took us to the bus, and on the spot we arrived, we realized that we were brought to the wrong tour, well, okay.
The group was 50/50 English and Russian, I understand both, as a result, a continuous loud rumble, and in between with a driver on Grushinsky.
We drove for a very long time, 5 hours to 1 end, apparently the driver was late and we collected all the traffic jams in the world, and my head was just falling apart, I wanted a minute of silence. They didn't turn on the air conditioner, they were content with an open window, which in conditions of heat and the fact that you are in traffic - you know what kind of help.
They also brought us to some cheap cafe, where the prices were glued especially for us, apparently new inflated ones, where we were terribly fed for the price tag in a good restaurant in Tbilisi.
The tour is not bad, thanks to the guide, but the transfer is terrible. During the day, the air conditioner in the car did not perform its function, and in the evening, when we were driving back from Kutaisi, we sat and froze in 16 degrees Celsius, and the driver intentionally did not turn it off, although I repeatedly approached this question. It is better to look for private transportation, rather than apply here.
We went on a kind of wine tour of Kakheti. This is not an excursion. To the first utility room, where they poured some barmatukha, we drove for 2 hours instead of the declared 45 minutes. Here they give a taste of churchkhella, apparently prepared by the previous group of tourists. Then, in some roadside shed in unsanitary conditions, they looked at how bread was baked. In Sighnaghi, they just ran along the wall without seeing anything at all. In Telavi, they took a quick photo with a tree. In the end, they were taken to some restaurant on the highway with inflated prices and with a fake wine cellar, and not to the factory, as promised. A "real sommelier" poured 3 varieties of cheap wine into the same glass. He couldn't say anything about what he was pouring. The price per bottle was 60 lari, although the red price is 12-25 lari. The guide also didn't really tell me anything, although he tried to cheer me up. Why was it necessary to organize 2 minibuses, each of which has 50/50 Russian- and English-speaking? To delay the time? They also picked up the virus during the trip. In general, it is better to remove the driver for this money and go around everything yourself,