Route 10
10. Batana - Sakisto - Kochadala (duration: 3,5 hours)
We advise as a part of:
9. Duisi - Dzibachewi - Bacara- Batana - Kochadala - Hadori- Dzibachewi - Duisi, (duration 2-3 days)
If you will decide not to stay in Batana, we recomend to hike or horseback ride to the highest peak in this mountain chain named Sakisto (2650 m. above the see level)
We head north from Batana, up the mountain, after 15 minutes of mountain-climbing we come to a mountain spring. It reflects the image of near by rocky mountains. Shepherds' half wild horses often graze closely. By the lake there is a memorial plate with inscriptions: Laurenty Iwanowicz, son of Iwano, 1941-1979 r.
Narrow path from the lake leads pretty steeply up the mountain.
We climb by the right slope straight to Sakisto peak.
After about 1,5 hour moderate walk we come up to a place where more Kistinian shepherds' huts are located.
We can spend the night here, but there is no water in Sakisto.
There is also a road from Sakisto that leads to Zuruskori peak (duration: about 2 hours on foot).
Meanwhile we come back down from Sakisto, to the lake and we go down following the memorial plate to Kochadala (about 15 minutes), a place where we find some huts and Kistinian shepherds' shelters by the river.
