As of today, past peak, season runs to ~October 31. Earth Exhibit tracks the live conditions and flags it the moment it is on.
In Georgia's far southeast corner, hard against the Azerbaijan border, the green Caucasus gives way to something that looks transplanted from another continent.
Vashlovani is a semi-arid badland of cracked clay canyons, eroded ochre cliffs and open grassland dotted with crooked wild pistachio and juniper, a landscape locals call the country's 'savanna'.
Out on the Takhti-Tepa flats, the ground itself comes alive: cold mud volcanoes bubble and squirt grey slurry from low cones, the mud oozing into crusty, alien patterns as gas escapes from deep below.
This is fossil seabed country, lifted and weathered into a maze of ridges where the earth is the colour of old bone and golden in low light.
The park shelters an outsized cast of wildlife, including birds of prey, tortoises and, historically, larger predators, all moving through terrain that feels far drier and wilder than the rest of Georgia.
Remote, hot in summer and reached only by rough track, it rewards travellers who come prepared with one of the most surprising landscapes in the Caucasus.
Where to see it
A taste of where to see it. The full map, exact coordinates and the best timing for each spot live in the app.
| Viewing spots |
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| Takhti-Tepa Mud Volcanoes |
| Vashlovani Badlands & Pistachio Woodland |
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