Why go
Kazbegi National Park crowns Georgia's military highway with Mount Kazbek, the dormant volcano where Prometheus was chained in Greek myth. The park shelters the 14th-century Gergeti Trinity Church, perched at 2,170 meters where shepherds still cross themselves before summer pastures. Beyond the postcard view lies a functioning high Caucasus ecosystem: ibex herds, bearded vultures, and glaciers calving into the Terek River. This is Georgia's most accessible alpine wilderness, where Soviet-era Jeeps share switchbacks with pilgrims and trekkers heading toward the 3,660-meter Gergeti Glacier or the remote villages of Juta and Roshka.