The entrance fee
The fees below are the ones published by the Agency of Protected Areas, which manages Okatse Canyon, checked November 2026:
| Visitor | Ticket |
|---|---|
| Foreign adults (18 and over) | 30 GEL |
| Georgian citizens and residents, 18 and over | 16 GEL, ID required |
| Ages 6 to 18 | 5.50 GEL |
| Under 6 | free, but not allowed on the canyon trail |
| One teacher with a school or student group | free |
The agency’s English-language fee page showed the earlier, lower rates in November 2026; the figures above are from its Georgian fee page.
Combined tickets
| Combined ticket | Foreign adults | Georgian citizens and residents |
|---|---|---|
| Okatse Canyon + Kinchkha waterfall | 40 GEL | 22 GEL |
| Martvili Canyon + Okatse Canyon + Kinchkha waterfall | 80 GEL | 38 GEL |
These are the combinations on the Okatse Canyon fee page. Martvili Canyon’s fee page lists the same three-site ticket at 90 GEL for foreign adults, so ask which price applies when you buy.
Bring the ID if you are paying the residents’ rate: the agency’s rule elsewhere in its parks is that a reduced ticket without ID at the entrance means buying a standard one instead.
The ticket covers the whole route the agency describes: the 2,300 m stone path through the Dadiani forest park, the 780 m hanging walkway on the canyon wall, the panoramic platform and the 645 m path back to the checkpoint.
Opening hours
| Source | Hours |
|---|---|
| Agency fee page | 10:00 to 17:30, every day |
| Agency park portal, spring and summer | 10:00 to 18:00, every day |
| Agency park portal, autumn and winter | 10:00 to 17:00, every day |
The two official pages differ by up to an hour. Plan on 17:00, the earliest closing time either gives: the route takes two to three hours, so arriving by 14:00 leaves room to walk it at an easy pace and to stop on the platform.
When the walkway closes
The agency does not allow walking in rainy or snowy weather, for safety. This is the closure that catches visitors out, because it is decided on the day. If rain is forecast, or there is snow on the ground in winter, call the visitor centre on +995 595 03 60 47 or +995 595 80 54 55 before you set off from Kutaisi.
The agency runs visits all year and calls April to October the active season.
At the visitor centre
The visitor centre in Zeda Gordi has a cafe, a souvenir shop, lockers and a car park. It is also where the walk starts, so leave anything heavy in a locker: the walkway has 989 metal steps on the agency’s count, and a large backpack is a nuisance on narrow stairs.
The other parks nearby, same agency
Prometheus Cave and Martvili Canyon are run by the same agency and are close enough to visit on the same day. Their published fees, for comparison (checked November 2026):
| Site | Foreign adults | Georgian citizens and residents | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okatse Canyon | 30 GEL | 16 GEL | none |
| Okatse (Kinchkha) waterfall | confirm at the visitor centre | confirm at the visitor centre | 40 GEL (22 GEL) combined with the canyon |
| Martvili Canyon | 40 GEL | 16 GEL | boat ride 20 GEL |
| Prometheus Cave | 40 GEL | 16 GEL | boat ride 30 GEL (14 GEL residents), audio guide 7 GEL |
Ages 6 to 18 pay 5.50 GEL at Okatse and Martvili (Prometheus Cave’s fee page gives that rate to Georgian citizens and residents), and under-6s go free at all three. Martvili and Prometheus are open 10:00 to 17:30 every day on their fee pages.
The one-day route through all three sets out the order and the hours.
Official pages
For the agency’s own information: Okatse Canyon Natural Monument on apa.gov.ge and Okatse Canyon on nationalparks.ge.