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Okatse Canyon

Walk the sky above Georgia's green abyss

Okatse Canyon

Why go

Okatse Canyon is where Imereti's karst landscape opens its deepest secret: a 780-meter walkway bolted to the cliff face, cantilevering over a 140-meter drop. The Soviet-era hydroelectric infrastructure once made this valley inaccessible; only since 2014 has the steel trail allowed ordinary mortals to float above the Okatse River's milky turquoise torrent. The sensation is specific and disorienting—mesh underfoot, wind in the gorge, waterfalls appearing as silver threads from invisible sources. This is not a mere viewpoint but a commitment: you must walk out and back, the exposure cumulative, the return somehow more vertiginous. The reward is seeing Georgia's interior as the eagles do.

On the ground See

  • The 780-meter hanging walkway with glass-floor sections at its terminus
  • Dadiani-era stone bridges and the 17th-century Kinchkha Waterfall upstream
  • The visitor center's Soviet geological maps and local honey tasting

Practical Know before you go

Best visited May-October; marshrutka from Kutaisi to Khoni, then taxi to the trailhead, or organized tours; closed during high winds or ice.

Last reviewed 25 August 2026 · reviewed quarterly