David Gareja Monastery Approach
Category 311.5 km
Distance
380 m
Elevation Gain
3.3%
Average Gradient
9%
Max Gradient
680 m
Summit Elevation
The David Gareja Monastery Approach is Kakheti's most unusual cycling objective: an 11.5km road across the semi-desert steppe of the Gareja range rising 380m at 3.3% average to the 6th-century cave monastery complex at 680m — a landscape so unlike the rest of Georgia that the approach feels like a d...
Pro Tip
David Gareja is the one Kakheti climbing objective that rewards a very early start in the summer months. Arrive at the monastery before 09:00 to avoid the tour bus convoys from Tbilisi that begin arri...