Flying in Svaneti

Here's a video of flying in Svaneti.



The video says it all, by itself. The flight was in early September 2007, launching above Mestia, landing next to the airport.

XCaucasus goes Blogging!

This blog will be the main source of information on flying in Georgia, with some references to the neighbouring countries. We are slowly winding down our decrepit www.xcaucasus.org website.

For videos, check the YouTube channel. For launch sites, we entered the information on ParaglidingEarth.

Paragliders in Armenia has a great website, as well as a Facebook Group. More to follow here.

Bakuriani | June

The mountain north of Bakuriani provides interesting flying opportunities, although often the wind is too strong. Here is some afternoon soaring, at about six o'clock. The launch was very fast, and wind speeds were above 20 km/h. The soaring could have gone on for much longer.



Generally, we haven't been trying this site enough. It is 45 min. up from Bakuriani, which itself is good ways from Tbilisi. As a location, it requires an overnight stay, since you typically need appropriate rest before undertaking flying in such territory.