About this Place
One location, many impressions
The Machakhela Gorge is a forested valley along the Machakhelistskali river in southern Adjara, on the Turkish border. In 2012 the Machakhela National Park was created here to protect its Colchic forests, waterfalls and mountain villages. The gorge was historically famous for its gunsmiths: the "Machakhela rifle" was prized throughout Georgia. Medieval arched stone bridges survive here, and the Machakhela Historical-Ethnographic Museum is in the village of Zeda Chkhutuneti. From the high points of the gorge you can see the whole Machakhela panorama: forest-covered ridges, waterfalls and small villages. 📷 Photos: Alexey Komarov, Yasuhiro Kojima / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
