The Most Beautiful Natural Wonders in Georgia
5 places · updated 13 October 2026
In short: By our ranking, the most beautiful natural wonders in Georgia are Mount Kazbek, Katskhi Pillar and Prometheus Cave. The list covers 5 natural wonders. Last updated 13 October 2026.
Georgia lies along the Greater Caucasus, a young range still being pushed up, and its landscapes run from glaciated volcanic peaks in the north to limestone hills riddled with caves and gorges in the west. In a small country, high mountains, deep canyons and karst lie within a day's journey of each other, and many of them carry legends or monasteries.
Mount Kazbek, a dormant volcano above 5,000 metres, rises over the Gergeti Trinity Church and is linked in Georgian legend with Prometheus. The Katskhi Pillar is a limestone column about 40 metres high with a small church on its summit, once home to hermits. Prometheus Cave near Kutaisi leads through halls of stalactites and stalagmites along an underground river. Ushba in Svaneti is a twin-peaked mountain whose sheer rock walls make it one of the most demanding climbs of the Caucasus. Martvili Canyon in Samegrelo is a narrow gorge where the Abasha River runs green between mossy limestone walls and small waterfalls.
In this list
| # | Place | Type | UNESCO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Kazbek | Volcano | |
| 2 | Katskhi Pillar | Rock formation | |
| 3 | Prometheus Cave | Cave | |
| 4 | Ushba | Mountain | |
| 5 | Martvili Canyon Natural Monument | Canyon |
01 Mount Kazbek
Georgia42.697° N 44.519° E
Rafał Kozubek · CC BY-SA 3.0 The upper mountain is wrapped in ice. Several glaciers flow from the summit dome — the Gergeti on the south-east, the Devdoraki creeping down the north-eastern slope into a narrow gorge, and others on every side. The Devdoraki is also a reminder that the mountain is alive: a collapse of ice and rock in 2014 sent a deadly debris flow into the valley below.
Did you know? The name Kazbek may derive from the noble title Kazbeg, which first appeared in the seventeenth century under King Rostom.
02 Katskhi Pillar
Georgia42.288° N 43.216° E
Aleksey Muhranoff · CC BY-SA 3.0 The summit is uneven and measures roughly 150 square metres. On it are the little hall church of St Maximus the Confessor, a burial crypt, three hermit cells, a wine cellar where diggers found eight large qvevri jars, and a protective wall.
Did you know? The monk who revived the hermitage installed an iron ladder about 40 metres long, while food and supplies were hauled up to him by winch.
03 Prometheus Cave
Georgia · 17.7 km from Kutaisi42.377° N 42.601° E
Alexey Komarov · CC BY-SA 4.0 Georgian speleologists led by Jumber Jishkariani discovered and surveyed the cave in the early 1980s. Work to open it to tourists began in 1985. By 1989 a walking route of about a kilometre, stairs and a 150-metre exit tunnel had been built, and small groups were visiting under temporary lights. Then the Soviet Union collapsed and the money ran out.
Did you know? The vaults of the largest halls rise to about 21 metres, and the floor of much of the cave is clay.
04 Ushba
Georgia43.124° N 42.660° E
Vadim Tolbatov · CC BY-SA 4.0 The north summit was first reached in 1888 by an English party with the Swiss guide Ulrich Almer. The south summit held out until 26 July 1903, when it was climbed by a German, Swiss and Austrian expedition led by Willi Rickmer Rickmers.
Did you know? In 1937 a team of Svan climbers, including three members of the Kherghiani family, made the first ascent of the formidable south wall.
05 Martvili Canyon Natural Monument
Georgia · 37.1 km from Kutaisi42.456° N 42.376° E
Lasha ge · CC BY-SA 4.0 The limestone through which the river has cut was laid down in the Mesozoic and Paleocene, and the canyon is thought to have opened up along a line weakened by a strong earthquake, which the Abasha then deepened by erosion. The rock has proved rich in traces of the distant past.
Did you know? Remains of an old Megrelian water mill from the eighteenth or nineteenth century still stand inside the canyon.
How this list is ranked
Places are chosen for how they look, not for how famous they are: each one has its own description and a photograph credited to its author. The order is a single world ranking that weighs the beauty of the place in curated photography together with how widely it is documented — the number of language editions of its encyclopedia article and how often that article is read in a year. The list is rebuilt as places are added, so the order and the counts on this page are always current.
Questions people ask
- What are the most beautiful natural wonders in Georgia?
- On our list, Mount Kazbek ranks first, followed by Katskhi Pillar and Prometheus Cave.
- Is Mount Kazbek a volcano?
- Yes. Kazbek is a dormant stratovolcano of the Greater Caucasus, rising to about 5,054 metres, and its last eruption is believed to have taken place several thousand years ago.
- What is on top of the Katskhi Pillar?
- A small church and hermit's cell, dating back to early medieval times, stand on the summit of the limestone pillar. Monks have lived there in isolation in recent decades as well.
- How many natural wonders are on this list in Georgia?
- The list covers 5 natural wonders.