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Hitchhiking in Georgia

Hitchhiking to Georgia

Recent reviews in Georgia

41.83088, 44.74416

You can hitchhike your way to monastery, it is long hike. Driver took us there and also to Gori afterwards.

rating: 5/5, wait: 3 min 👍, ride: 2 km ↖

―Adam, September 2025

42.01986, 44.10467

Got ride towards Kutaisi, but left us on highway. Apparently it is common to hitchhike on highways in Georgia.

rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min 🪧

―Adam, September 2025

41.82001, 44.77169

Guy took me all the way to samtredia

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 👍, ride: 256 km ←

―Jirka, Mon 25 Aug 2025, 18:40

Not that much traffic going there, lots of walking and waiting in the heat - most rides that took us just took us to the next village where the waiting game started anew. Couple of hours later though a van driver picked us up and brought us very close to Tbilisi!

rating: 3/5, ride: 146 km ←

―SamandTri, August 2025

41.65021, 41.66699

Plenty of space for cars to stop. A lot of trucks so a bit chaotic. No shade

rating: 3/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 99 km ↗

―Andrito, Sun 17 Aug 2025, 16:19

41.64876, 41.66371

Good spot with lots of traffic, and cars are moving slowly. We didn’t wait long and got a ride to Kobuleti.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 26 km ↗

―Anonymous, August 2025

41.56902, 41.66858

Direction: Akhaltsihke (east)

Mostly local rides, it might take a while to cover substantial distance (took us almost 10 rides to Akhaltsihke.

Public bus number 12 can get you there for cents (tap your card, Yandex Maps app can show the route).

The other marked spot is right in the city.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 7 km ↘

―k9f100, July 2025

42.6508, 44.64082

2 super friendly guys picked us directly to Tbilisi. The views were amazing !!!

rating: 5/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 134 km ↓

―Anonymous, July 2025

42.10598, 42.3251

Cars go slow here. Good spot in both directions. 20 min with sign to Batumi brought me to Batumi.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 95 km ↙

―FlexiG, July 2025

42.02764, 43.5599

How come noone reviewed this place yet. Its along the only east-west highway and at a round about. So everyone who is going everywhere is there and driving slow with lots of little cabins with vendors where people can pull in so easily and you have food for the worst case. 1 Minute with a Batumi sign and I was in a car in Kutaisi direction.

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 128 km ←

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.98872, 43.5922

Didnt really try to be honest cause this street is just chaos and stress. For 1 Lari take Bus number 1 up to Surami there is the perfect place to either Tbilisi or Kutaisi/Batumi.

rating: 2/5

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.84294, 43.38452

Getting out towards north is difficult. Theoretically a good spot but people didnt stop for 40 minutes. So for 3 Lari I hopped on a Marshrutka to Tbilisi that let me off in Khashuri (which is also not a great place)

rating: 3/5, wait: 40 min

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.82001, 44.77169

Right in front of Gas station. Like 10 meters before it. Sign to Borjomi got me to the crossroad at Khashuri within 20 min.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 115 km ←

―FlexiG, July 2025

42.00919, 43.69043

Stand close to the coffee stop but not too close. A bit behind so people can see and think about you already. After 10 min a group of people checking their car there for a few minutes spotted and discussed me during their wait and decided to take me to Borjomi. Loooots of room for cars to pull over.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 39 km ↙

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.68693, 41.70706

All cars go out of the city so its great to travel east. Had a sign Tbilisi in Georgian letters but didnt matter cause the guy that picked me up after 45 minutes doesnt read georgian. Enough space to pull over. Bring sun screen in summer.

rating: 4/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 320 km →

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.64616, 41.65645

This brought me no luck to Tbilisi because there is so much inner city traffic. Better go further north where all cars go to Kutaissi or Tbilisi. A bus goes there.

rating: 2/5, wait: 45 min

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.64815, 44.90053

Take the bus there, you can check it on G Maps. Its best to go to Armenia because it has no inner city traffic. Literally took me 1 minute. Lots of space for the driver and they are still slow due to a traffic light a few meters before the stop. Sign to Yerevan got me to Marneuli.

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 25 km ↙

―FlexiG, Thu 10 Jul 2025, 10:50

41.48468, 44.8006

All cars going to Yerevan from at least Tbilisi come through here. That is why the spot is great. But it doesnt mean there are many cars in total. Walk the road a bit to find a good spot. Took me 30 min with an Armenian driver but there were like 10 cars per minute so be prepared for a little wait.

rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 168 km ↓

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.83983, 44.70435

super easy to get a ride back into Tiblisi

rating: 5/5, wait: 1 min

―curry, July 2025

42.56266, 44.70354

Cars that drive here are usually taxis, but other cars will pick you up. We got invited for lunch and had a great time.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min, ride: 9 km ↖

―Tuunu, June 2025

Recent reviews mentioning Georgia

42.01986, 44.10467

Got ride towards Kutaisi, but left us on highway. Apparently it is common to hitchhike on highways in Georgia.

rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min 🪧

―Adam, September 2025

40.99159, 39.79277

Cars go a bit fast and my driver had to turn around to pick me up the second try. Otherwise good spot for going to Georgia. After 20 minutes picked up to Ardesen.

rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 128 km →

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.39015, 41.41494

Its a border town so everyone stops at the street to eat. The road is one big parking lot. Walk the main road, not the one near the boardwalk into Georgia direction and find a free parking spot for people to stop. 5 minutes took me to Kemalpasa and I had a sign that said Gürcistan.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 17 km ↗

―FlexiG, July 2025

41.62374, -106.81144

First car picked us up. It's the kind of remoteness where that can happen. Girl from Georgia on a cross-country odyssey was shunpiking to Laramie.

rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 38 km ↓

―MossytheMuse, December 2024

39.73643, 45.24407

Super spot. 4 colourful wanderers, we camped in Areni floodgate and came here at 11am brought by a friend's car to find a direct ride to Iran. After 5 minutes playing music and singing by smiley food vendors, two armenian trucks stopped for us and drove all the way to Agarak, which border i really missed since 2 years ago.
We had signs to Meghri but they were really useless, as everyone would understand we're going as much south as possible. I'm in Samuel Hostel in Agarak, Iran will see me again in winter, going back to Georgia tomorrow!

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 160 km ↘

―GiovanniTonucci, September 2024

42.74791, 44.62348

We crossed from Georgia to Russia on a Monday morning in July 2024, then back on a Sunday afternoon. Some things for hitchhikers to note:
-It can be cold and rainy even in summer, be prepared.
-Line of cars were backed up on both sides all the way to the borders. It's very far from one border to another, but the traffic was so bad that it was faster to walk. For the love of all that's holy, if the traffic is backed up all the way to customs, WALK!!!! You are SO lucky, you're the only person who is not tied to waiting for a car. On the return trip we stupidly decided to stay with our ride and we spent over 9 hours in the line. Just get out and walk, please.
-We'd heard you couldn't cross the border walking, but nobody stopped us on the Georgian side. You just need a car to cross customs on the Russian side, after that, say thanks to your ride, and get out and walk..
-There are two tunnels. At the first tunnel we got in a car going to Vladikavkaz, but ended up sitting in line for hours, we should have walked.
-We ended up getting out and walking after a while, but were stopped within sight of the Russian checkpoint, so we got in another car at the front of the line. Probably saved an hour or two by just getting out and walking ten minutes.
-If you choose to walk the tunnels, wear a facemask, the pollution inside is quite heavy, but you can cross in 15 minutes or so, so it's doable. Ideally have a flashlight too, as tunnels are quite dim, and there are a lot of broken bottles on the ground. Make sure to walk on the right of traffic against tunnel wall,NOT in the middle, as cheaters cut the line and zoom around very recklessly.
-Go to the bathroom BEFORE you cross. There are portapoties on the bridge, but they have poop piled up since the time of the tsars.
-Exchange any money you need before crossing. In Russia, foreign bank cards don't work, and you can only exchange money at banks for very bad rates.

rating: 3/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 82 km ↖

―ColombianCouple, August 2024

41.07283, 39.19171

Perfect to be seen by drivers and very good to stop for any kind of car or truck. Ifyou want to go to georgia or artvin

rating: 5/5, wait: 8 min 🪧, ride: 236 km →

―Idefix, July 2024

41.67192, 44.83798

Undoubtedly a crappy place to hitchhike with nowhere to pull over but they don’t seem to care in Georgia. busy road and got a ride almost immediately

rating: 3/5, wait: 1 min 👍, ride: 7 km ↘

―chalktooth, July 2024

39.55583, 44.06561

April 2022. After a whole year travelling across Turkey and learning how to become a nomad while waiting for Iranian border to re-open as well as escaping pandemic, after a whole winter in Georgia. Finally i came again to Doğubeyazıt and got a relaxing ride by a truck. I was so excited and speechless that i even fell asleep on the way to Gürbülak. You have to leave the car and walk through the border, that's quicker. I found the same truck on the other side and they hosted me in Marand.

Let the safest, most welcoming and freeminded population guide you across Persia!

rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min 👍, ride: 241 km ↘

―GiovanniTonucci, May 2024

41.82627, 44.74554

Waited 20 minutes. 4 cars stopped and the 4th was going where I needed to. Georgia has great hitchhiking culture!

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 125 km ←

―takeo38a, August 2023

41.22728, 43.20065

Though one getting a ride coming from Georgia. I was there on a Sunday and there was very few traffic going though the border

rating: 3/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 20 km ↓

―Jesse2711, August 2023

40.46571, 49.63566

It's the bus 114 and it's a very bad spot if you want to go to Georgia, very few people use this road to go to Georgia nowadays, M2 highway is the best option.

―Nadjib, September 2016

42.25596, 41.99866

Right after the roundabout direction Poti - Kobuleti - Batumi. There might not be plenty of space for the cars to stop right after the roundabout, but this is Georgia and they always find the way :) . We were walking to cross the roundabout when a car offered to take us, so no waiting time at all!

―Anonymous, October 2015

42.46236, 43.08726

Nikortsminda is a historical village in Racha, Georgia (country) with XI century church in a village center, near a village are cave ,,Sakinule" and cave swimming pool cave, the river originates it's river ,,Sharaula". Also there are ,,Shaori" reservoir and place ,,Leknari" for two days hiking. Hitch Hiking is very easy in Nikortsminda, almost every point are good for stop a car and go to Oni or go to Batumi or Tbilisi through Terjola.

―Anonymous, October 2015

42.96982, 44.66677

Excellent place for going to Georgia! Waited here for a ridiculous 2min until a car took me directly to the border, from where the first car took me straight to Tbilisi. Cars are really slow here and I assess the overall hitchability as insanely great! There is public transport from Vladikavkaz but I forgot which minibuses go there. Ask people or add it here.

―Anonymous, May 2015