Natural Treasures - goBatumi.com

The total area of the protected territories in Georgia is 520.272,85 hectares comprising 7% of the total territory of the country. 75% of the protected areas are covered with forests. According to IUCN categories, at present there are 16 Strict Nature Reserves, 10 National Parks, 18 Managed Nature Reserves, 24 Natural Monuments and 2 Protected Landscapes in Georgia. The first protected area, the Lagodekhi Strict Nature Reserve, was established in 1912.

Protected areas are of particular significance in tourism development. Kobuleti (Ispani peatlands) and Kintrishi Protected Areas, Mtirala National Park and Machakhela Transboundary Protected Area play an important part in supporting and enhancing Georgia’s unique biodiversity and maintenance of ecological balance. Each place is characterized by ecotourist potential with available aquatic, ethnological and birdwatching tours. There are 4 protected areas in Ajara.

FEEL THE NATURE IN AJARA PROTECTED AREAS:

Kobuleti Protected Areas The most inviolable live sphagnum peatland of the world lies less than 300 m from the coast in Ajara...	Kintrishi Protected Areas The PA is characterized by complex and diverse relief. Most of the territory is occupied by mountains and gorges...
Mtirala National Park High humidity, frequent rains and fog make the landscape of Mtirala National Park very special...	Machakhela National Park The territory connects South-Western Georgian protected areas and North-Eastern Turkish protected areas with each other.

DISCOVER OTHER NATURAL TREASURES IN AJARA:

Batumi Botanical Garden The garden is unique in the former Soviet Union. The garden is located at the place called "Green cape"...	Green lake It is situated between huge mountains and is surrounded with spruce and beech trees. The lake is nourished by ground waters...
Goderdzi petrified forest This unique monument of nature is charged with a significant role in inspiring international geological educational and scientific expeditions...	Coastal Sand Dunes Ajara is rich in endemic, relict and habitat species that are protected under the Emerald Network and Nature 2000 for the European Union...