Venture to Georgia & Armenia
Exploring the Caucuses
June 14–25, 2025
Your place on this Venture is reserved with your completed registration and deposit of $700/person are submitted. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer via our website. If paying by cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’), please mail in your payment with a paper registration form to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776, or contact our office. This Venture is limited to 10 participants.
Cost of Georgia & Armenia Venture $4,750 per person from Tbilisi based on double occupancy (Single supplement $475) Price includes: Van transportation to and from Tbilisi, accommodation, meals, boat trips, admission fees, information packet & bird checklist, and guide/leader service Not included: Airfare to and from Tbilisi, alcoholic beverages, and items of a personal nature
Armenia and Georgia are located in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains at the south-eastern limits of the Western Palaearctic situated at the junction of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Both of these small countries have an unusually rich diversity of flora and fauna for being such small areas. Around 250 bird species breed in each of these former Soviet Republics and we plan to enjoy the richness in bird species and other wildlife in conjunction with the famous hospitality of the local people, delicious cuisine, numerous ancient historical and cultural monuments and some of the most impressive scenery in the Western Palaearctic. Our 10 day tour in the Caucuses offers visiting birders and naturalists a window into this off the beaten path destination.
What birds can we hope to see?
Marbled Duck, Terek Sandpiper, Eurasian Eagle and Scops Owl, Red-crested Pochard, Mountain Chiffchaff, Ferruginous Duck, White-headed Duck, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Roller, Red-breasted and Semi-collared Flycatcher, Caucasian Grouse, Caucasian and Caspian Snowcocks, Chukar Partridge, Turkestan Short-toed, Bimaculated, Caucasian Horned and Calandra Larks, Western Rock, Krüper’s and Eastern Rock Nuthatches, Corncrake, Caucasian Twite, Wallcreeper, Radde’s Accentor, Pygmy, Cormorant, Bluethroat, Rosy Starling, Rufous Bush Robin, Armenian Gull, White-throated Robin, Pale Rock, Spanish and Rock Sparrow, Güldenstadt’s Redstart, White-tailed Lapwing, Black-eared, Pied, Finsch's, Isabelline and Red-tailed Wheatears, Snowfinch, Red-fronted Serin, Bearded, Griffon, Cinereous and Egyptian Vultures, Great Rosefinch, Trumpeter, Desert and Crimson-winged Finch, Blue Rock and Red-tailed Rock Thrush, White-tailed, Golden, Eastern Imperial, Booted and Short-toed Eagles, Grey-necked Bunting, Green, Eastern Olivaceous, Barred Warbler, Eastern Orphean, Menetries’, Paddyfield and Upcher’s Warbler, and Levant Sparrowhawk.