Route 18
18. Rout: Bottom Khalacani - Dumasturi -Omalo - Duisi
We advise it as a part of:13. Route Omalo – Horadżo – Czhatana – Nakerała – Omalo (duration 3-4 days)
The rout leads by an asphalt road, along the eastern bank of the Alazani river. It in Lower Khalacani there is a dozen or so houses - very beautiful examples of old architecture, characteristic for a Kistinian village. They are multi-storey buildings surrounded by gardens.
We start from Khalacani in northern direction to the neighboring village - Dumasturi. In one spot the village road turns right. After few meters we come to the next visible turn left - is this almost the end of the village. An old Kistinian wooden house stands on the right side of the road. Pretty open - work architectural decorations drags our attention. The household is situated close to the previously mentioned left turn, in opposite direction there is forest road - in order to get on it her we have to go through a wooden fens. We overcome the obstacle and walk through bushes. After a few hundred meters in the forest on the right we encounter an Ossetian cemetery. Opposite to the cemetery, on the left side of the road the there are ruins of an old Georgian city (hypothetically IV - VI age). We can see the remains of a former house - it is this high, a few meters tall wall with window openings. Unfortunately the rest of the buildings is completely ruined and not accessible. We come back to the remains of the house with the same road, we cross the fens and we move along by the main road to Omalo. Between Dumasturi and Omalo there are cornfields and meadows, we can also admire all the time the northern landscape of Pankisi Valley.
Approaching Omalo, on the height of the first house on the right, about 200 meters left we see a grove. We head this way, going through a pasture. Among the trees we will find small ruins or rather the remains of ruins, although the neighborhood looks very beautify from here, especially at sunset. We come back to the main road and we walk through Omalo. We move on through the village, pass the mosque on the right and we head to Alazani. We can cross over the river using a metal bridge (for pedestrians only) and return to Duisi on the other bank through Dżokowo.