The Adventure Tourism School’s project Mta-Mta Guide Marathon will start on May 8 from Tbilisi. The 7-day adventure marathon will be held for the first time in May this year, and 20 certified certified guides will take part in it.
5 teams of 2 female and 2 male certified guides will go on a 7-day expedition. Along the way, they will have to overcome challenges in different adventure disciplines, demonstrating professional guiding skills, leadership and teamwork.
The marathon will include competitions in horseback riding, cycling, rafting, jeep tour, ski tour, incident response, rescue operations, etc. Along with Tbilisi, eastern Georgia’s Sighnaghi, the south-eastern protected area of Chachuna Managed Reserve and Vashlovani Nature Reserve, as well as the north-eastern mountainous Pshavi province and the country’s ski resort Gudauri will host the marathon.
The project aims to promote adventure industry, active leisure and guided travel, as well as to attract and inspire young people, living in the regions, to become guides, which will “strengthen the generation, the community and the region”.