Hiking

6-day, 5-night “medium-level” trek (32 miles’ walking, 310 miles’ driving) in GEORGIA. (Option for horse riding or Jeep tour.) Departures to October 2018. Highlights: From Tbilisi to 11th-century Alaverdi Cathedral via Gombori Pass/Kvavlo village/Tusheti region/Unagira Mountain/medieval Keselo towers in Upper Omalo/Oreti Lake. $360-$895 ppdo (per group size). $425-$1,130 ppdo with horses. Tushetiland Travel (Digomi distr., Block 5, Bldg. 13 F 29, Tbilisi, GEORGIA; phone +995 557 488 911, www.tushetiland.ge).

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A longtime resident of Cape Town, South Africa, I have the following suggestions for anyone planning a visit.

7 days, 6 nights in IRELAND. “Easy” hiking; average 5 miles per day. Departures May-September 2018. Highlights: Meet in Cork/in Kinsale, 15th-century Charles Fort/Cape Clear Island/Sheep’s Head Way/cable car to Dursey Island/Ring of Kerry/on Skellig Michael, 7th-century stone beehive huts/Dingle pub for music. €1,595 (near $1,900) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., €250 ($300). Wilderness Ireland (Unit 3, Sligo Airport Business Park, Strandhill, Sligo, Ireland; in US, 844/235-6240, www.wildernessireland.com).

Kip Sturdevan of Encinitas, California, wrote, “Several of our friends have taken walking tours on which the organizing companies had arranged accommodations and made sure the luggage would be moved every day to the next night’s lodging, thus allowing the walkers to carry only day packs. Each day’s hike tended to vary from 7 to 14 miles.