The Lonely Tree
Two hours out and back to a single tree on the ridge, with the best view there is of the glamping itself.
Time
2 h
Difficulty
Easy
Climbing
about 131 m
High point
1,261 m
Start
Under the big platform
The walk
One tree, standing on its own on the ridge across from us. It is worth the walk for the view alone: from up there you look straight back at the glamping on its own hillside, with the whole valley opening out behind it.
The path leaves from under the big platform, drops through the next village, and turns for home before it gets anywhere near Dzmagula. You come back on the car road, so it is a loop rather than a there-and-back.
What you get
- The view back over the glamping and the valley behind it
- A quiet ridge with one tree on it, and room to sit
- A loop: out on the trail, back on the road, so you do not repeat yourself
Step by step
Start under the big platform and pick up the path heading down and away from the camp.
Follow it into the next village, Samtsukhi.
Carry on in the direction of Dzmagula, the village after that on the way to Skhalta, but turn off before you reach it.
The tree stands on the open ridge. Sit down and look back at the glamping.
Come back on the car road rather than the way you came.
Open the route on your phone
komoot and AllTrails need a signal. The pins open in Organic Maps or MAPS.ME, which work offline, so download the area before you leave the wifi.
Organic Maps and MAPS.ME also show far more paths up here than the ones we have written up - old village tracks, forest roads and ridge lines - so you can put a walk together yourself.
On the route
Before you set off
Tell us where you are going
Message reception with the route and roughly when you expect to be back. We will lend you a map, check the weather with you, and send a guide if you want one.