Little bit of History In the late 80’s, we – a group of friends, mountaineers, people of different professions united by a love for the mountains – decided to create an organization to promote mountaineering and apply it to practical, even commercial projects… and the Georgian Guiding Service (GGS) was born. GGS’s main activity was organizing trips, participating in rescue missions, and exchanging visits with mountaineers from other nations.
Later, a little metamorphosis brought an extension to the name: Georgian Guide Service – Caucasian Travel. It was a sign of our intention to start a travel agency, despite that tourism to Georgia was still in its infancy. However, in 1991 we decided to focus more on tourism and were inspired by the prospect of promoting our beloved country Georgia, its culture, nature, history, traditions, and customs to a world that we were just opening to. It was the time when Soviet Union was “passing away” and our country was making its first steps towards toward independence.
Introducing Georgia and the Caucasus to the world became the main mission of our Company, which is entirely dedicated to safety, high-quality services, sincere hospitality, innovation, and rock-solid dependability. We continue with the same dedication and zeal we had thirty years ago when we first opened our doors, having welcomed tens of thousands of tourists from all over the globe and providing them with an outstanding experience within the context of our great services.

Experience & Leadership Caucasus Travel was the first and only firm to concentrate on the inbound tourism of the newly independent republic of Georgia and the whole south Caucasus area as a new and appealing tourist destination in 1991. In the early 1990s, we were the first travel agency of the Caucasus to participate in major tourist trade fairs throughout the world, investing time, effort, and funds to exposing our destination to the worldwide travel business.
For almost three decades, we have been the tour operator of choice for individuals seeking exceptional, due to uncompromised quality, innovation, safety, and value of our products/services. Caucasus Travel collaborates with more than 300 international tour operators, travel agencies, incentive houses, conference organizers, and professional groups from all over the world.

Partnership & Network The decades-long, mutually beneficial relationship with our partners and suppliers is our greatest asset and greatest strength. We have built our network on mutual trust with our loyal partners in the cities and rural areas of Georgia and the Caucasus. One can guess that during years of mutually successful businesses and sincere relationships, we have developed a huge network of partnerships in accommodation, catering, transportation, and other fields of supply.
As a DMC, we have the best tour operator partners in Azerbaijan and Armenia. We have always been very selective of who we work with based on a variety of factors, such as quality, dependability, originality, and other essential attributes for a trustworthy working relationship. We are proud of our partners. They are the most experienced, professional, enthusiastic, and committed – true leaders of their markets.

Financial Transparency and Accountability Even from its earliest days as a small firm, Caucasus Travel demonstrated a high level of fiscal responsibility and accountability. As honest and loyal taxpayers, we are proud to make an equal input into the country’s economic development. For the last 10 years, our financial performance has been audited by PKF (one of the top 10 international audit companies) and by the best Georgian financial audit experts.

Liabilities & Insurance In Georgia, like in many other developing nations, professional liability insurance was unavailable for a considerable length of time. However, we were lucky (probably not the only) to have gone through those years without cases that would have needed liability insurance. During the last 30 years, there have been times when, owing to the caprice of nature, roads were blocked, groups were stuck in the high mountains, an emergency transfer of an injured climber was required, customers’ insurance did not cover certain situations, and other unforeseen occurrences occurred. We can proudly admit that even in such cases, we never left our guests, partners, in trouble. We have always found a way to solve the problem, sharing the burden, and not leaving it on our partner’s or guest’s shoulders alone.
Nowadays, thanks to market and insurance business development, we now have a variety of insurance options available, and we are now covered by the best. Caucasus Travel is insured by professional liability insurance with an aggregate limit of 1 million USD. This is the current maximum range requested by our partners, although it may be expanded if necessary.

Never stopping innovation is a “special signature” of Caucasus Travel. The Company has pioneered market-driven techniques, systems, professional methods, workflow styles, content approach criteria, and other aspects of the tour operator industry. We are pleased to report that the country’s tourism sector has embraced some of these throughout the years. The crown of our innovations is TourBuilder™ , our travel management software for planning, design, pricing, communications, reservations, monitoring, and control of tour operations. Developed by Partiture OL, based-on Caucasus Travel’s best operational practices, TourBuilder™ helps boost productivity, efficiently control operations, keep an eye on safety, and focus more on quality and creativity, allowing to build the best experiences for customers.

Quality We carefully select and assess each product before we introduce it to the market. We always send our professional team members (our manager, guides, technical personnel, and contracted specialists) on reconnaissance missions to any new spots and points of interest to develop a quality product. We direct all the steps in the chain of product development – from generating ideas to designing logistical schemes of day-to-day operations. We constantly monitor and develop services in close cooperation with our suppliers (hotels, restaurants, transportation providers, etc.). When developing a product, should this be for individuals or groups, tours, or events, we are uncompromised for safety and quality. Providing the best services in the range has been the rule of the company since its establishment.

High Value for Right Price Thanks to our strong purchasing power we can offer our partners and consumers exclusive rates at quality hotels and for other services. There is always a meeting point of value and price, and we are well-skilled at hitting that target. We try to avoid making deals which would require us to trade off the quality of our goods for a lower price.

Flexibility We are extremely flexible at meeting our customers’ needs and priorities. Always keeping the best value/price relativity, we provide appropriate products to travelers of all economic backgrounds, from budget to luxury. Designing special, and bespoke products, and customizing existing ones, is what we do best. So, please contact us, feel free to design, develop, or modify our already fascinating tours to meet your highest expectations.