UAZ Buhanka Campervan 4x4 Overlanding Georgia Road Trip | Vashlovani NP

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Part 1 of our 4x4 Georgia road trip mini-series. We hired a UAZ Buhanka campervan (our dream van ever since Mongolia • 7 Days In The Gobi, Mo... !) in Tbilisi and spent 2 weeks exploring some remote regions of Georgia in October.
First up is spectacular Vashlovani National Park, home to an amazing variety of landscapes reminiscent of the wadis of Oman, the mountains of Upper Mustang, the deserts of Iran, and the savanna of East Africa. In this video we visit Dedoplistskaro, Pantishara Canyon, Bear Canyon, Mijniskure, and Shavi Mta (Black Mountain) over 4 days.
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Intro 00:00 - 00:28
Drive Tbilisi to Dedoplistskaro 00:28 - 01:41
Drive Dedoplistskaro to Pantishara (Vashlovani NP) 01:41 - 02:18
Wild Camp Pantishara Canyon 02:18 - 04:32
Walk Bear Canyon 04:32 - 05:05
Pantishara Canyon/Alesilebi 05:05 - 06:14
Pantishara Viewpoint 06:14 - 06:32
Drive Pantishara Viewpoint to Usakhelo Viewpoint 06:32 - 08:05
Wild Camp at Usakhelo Viewpoint 08:05 - 09:10
Drive Usakhelo Viewpoint to Mijniskure 09:10 - 11:18
Wild Camp Near Mijniskure 11:18 - 14:14
Drive Mijniskure to Usakhelo Viewpoint 14:14 - 14:35
Usakhelo Viewpoint 14:35 - 15:08
Drive Usakhelo Viewpoint to Shavi Mta 15:08 - 16:02
Wild Camp Shavi Mta (Black Mountain) 16:02 - 17:21
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[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Welcome to Georgia! This is the first of many Georgia videos to come. This initial mini-series is all about our 2 week 4x4 UAZ Buhanka campervan road trip through some remote regions of the country. As always, we've got loads more info to help you plan your own similar adventure over on our blog > www.goingthewholehogg.com/vashlovani-national-park-travel-guide/ Hope you enjoy the ride! Kim & Del

[@giorginakaidze7950]

Georgia is a unique country with 15 different zones in such a small area

[@fromfrancetokorea]

Nice video guys! We are 3 brothers travelling from France to Korea by car, and we are currently in Georgia for 3 months already! Such an amazing country! All the best and have a safe trip

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

That sounds amazing, what a trip! Glad you're enjoying Georgia, it would be easy to spend another 3 months there I'm sure ; ) We lived in Korea for 3 years and miss it so much. We had to get our Korean food fix at 'Seoul' restaurant in Tbilisi whenever our cravings got too bad! All the best for the rest of your long journey. Cheers! Kim

[@veronika9823]

Thank You for the detailes information on the blog! Your Map helped us a lot going through the park

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Glad to hear it, hope you had a great time! Cheers, Kim

[@BrokenBackMountains]

Love the Bukhanka. Seriously considering getting one. My youngest got a trip in one in her mum's tummy when the ambulance came to pick my wife up to take her to the maternity ward. Small town Lithuania ambulances were Bukhankas then. Having a wee binge on your Georgia trip. On episode 4 so far. Love the patter between you both.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Yeah, we're big fans of it too! Still see a few old Buhanka ambulances around here. Thanks for watching, glad to hear you're enjoying the banter and the series! Cheers, Kim

[@citybeats7532]

This is a 🎉C r a f t . Beautiful visuals . Great editing and sfx

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you for appreciating our work! Cheers, Kim : )

[@PenelopetheTruck]

Epic 4 part series, amazing camera work! You deserve so much more traffic, perhaps adding "Overlanding" in your title will attract that community as many would love to venture to Georgia :)

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed the series, and thanks for appreciating the work. I guess I didn't think of adding that because we weren't technically overlanding ourselves, but that's not a bad idea!

[@giggling_boatswain]

Buchanka COOOOOOOOL !!!!!!!!!! I've already heard about its good cross-country ability. The price is just perfect.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Yeah, it's a great van! This was a rental, but we'd love to own our own one some day : )

[@Bikekour]

Came for the Buhanka was not disappointed

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Cheers!

I just wanted to take a break in front of KZbin and what a pleasure to come across your freshly released video. A pure moment of relaxation and what a pleasure to travel thanks to your images. I can't wait for the new episodes. Take care.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you, Deniz! We always appreciate your support. Have a lovely evening!

[@selmuniaaa9976]

Vibey music and nice shots. Well done!✨

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@prabhabagepalli3129]

You both are so cool while facing challenges along the way. Incredible mountains and terrains. Thank you both!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Ha, sometimes it doesn't feel like we keep our cool, that was a tense moment when we got a bit stuck in the canyon! This part of Georgia is really special, we loved it. Thanks for watching!

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

I LOVE Shash"s Buhanka! Overlando ROCKS! I spent the 5 months of Summer in Georgia in 2019. Covid prevented my return. I flew commercial tandem paragliders in Gudauri for 3 months. Got to camp with that UAZ a few times, obvz with different folk. Lovely to see some of the amazing places I went. Thanks!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Oh cool! Yeah, the campervan is awesome, we loved our explorations in it. Sounds like you had a pretty great summer of adventures too!

[@jcascroft]

Heart, mouth! Wow I kept having to tell myself you must be ok because you uploaded the vlog! What an adventure!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Ha, good thinking there! Yeah, that bit when we got stuck in the canyon was a little hairy, heart in mouth indeed!!

[@letthemusicplay-musicforco354]

Fantastic edition, good music, makes you want to take the van and go out on the road. Congratulations.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you! Yep, we love a good road trip, especially in this UAZ!

[@tamlyon4435]

👏👏👏 can’t wait for more

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Cheers, Tam!

[@Professionalmoochers]

Stunning scenery. That van looks like it’s ready for war 💪🏼

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Totally! Ahhh, if only it was ours to keep and not just a rental...

[@Handl3412]

this deserves more views ,liked!!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks Harry, glad you enjoyed it!

[@joannawinterdelgado]

Woooow.. that was a bumpy ride you had there (bumpy in every sense). These are the times having a good partner with you is helpful, because you can support each other in the bad, scary moments. But as long as you have food and wine (i mean water! haha), things can't be that bad. Those views though are amazing and the drone shots.. yes! I always enjoy watching your adventures.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks, Joanna! Well, I was definitely glad to have Del to deal with the driving and van mudcidents (especially seeing as I can't drive, ha!) and I can always be relied on to have a stash of wine, so I guess that makes a good road trip team ; )

[@radcheckinski6300]

Lower your tire pressures for mud. I'm sure you know by now, but 20 psi for mud and sand, inflate for road

[@Ansset0]

Tourist shouldn't be allowed to go offroad, esp in such an iconic vehicle. That's blasphemy.

[@UAZ-Family]

Awesome journey - come and visit us in Dagestan to explorer the northern Caucasus one day! We also got UAZ Busses which you can rent as Offroad Campers.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Would love to come on a Dagestan UAZ adventure! Looks really beautiful.

[@UAZ-Family]

@@GoingTheWholeHogg Are you you guys planning to make another trip to Georgia? Make sure to get in touch, we moved in the meantime to Georgia and rent our UAZ Campers now for self-drive trips in Georgia! I am sure we could make an awesome collaboration and show you some more great spots for amazing videos here. Cheers, Andreas

[@wahid2648]

wow, very nice journey with van. stay safe guys.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you! It was a great journey indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@Vladimiradventurephotography]

Another interesting story. Georgia is amazing country, great food, wonderful people. By the way your car "Buhanka" in Russian means loaf of bread.

[@allanmacbadger5692]

I was told that Buhanka mean bread tin or loaf tin, as in tin for cooking the loaf of bread.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Yep, we're loving Georgia for all those things! Stunning landscapes, great hiking, and wine too. Ha, yeah we know, it's the common nickname for the van due to the shape of it. Thanks for watching!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

As far as I know it means 'loaf', but either way the van is shaped like it hence the nickname!

[@secar2643]

One day I’ll sell everything I’ve own, buy one of these and find my partner to share and discover the world together That’s what I call life

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Sounds like a plan! And yes, our sentiments exactly 😃

[@gangbangmidnight841]

Thank you for visiting my country, enjoy your stay and all of its beauty! The now forgotten Buhankas can be encountered in the many many villages and rural areas of Tbilisi. Some of them are owned by the GWP, yet it’s still really jarring to see one once in a while. P.S: If you more authentic Georgian cuisine, I suggest you visit the restaurant “Bulachauri” in Tbilisi or towards Kazbegi. Love from the Didube district!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, we've seen plenty of buhankas around Georgia. Always enjoy Georgian food! : )

[@rossmartin6218]

Hi guys, just stumbled across you KZbin channel by chance and it the best travel vlog for me by far, and fellow Scots too!!! Beautiful footage and awesome soundtracks. Inspirational film and looking forward to the next episode. Stay out of the mud! Thanks!!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Cheers, Ross! Where abouts are you from in Scotland? Really glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the kind words. Thankfully no more mud to come ; )

[@rossmartin6218]

@@GoingTheWholeHogg We're down in Selkirk in the Borders. Taking baby steps just now in preparation for our first bothy hike and your wee film has inspired us to get on and do it, and then who know's what next...

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

@@rossmartin6218 Sounds like a plan! There's a few bothies in the Borders I think, haven't been to any of them ourselves though. Enjoy the adventure!

[@joedenver2077]

Fantastic editing!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Cheers, Joseph!

[@mohit9801]

Enjoying your video while eating dinner :)

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Very glad to hear it! Thanks for watching and I hope your dinner is tasty : )

[@sydgerald]

Your channel was recommended by KZbin and I'm glad it did. 2 minutes into the video and I subscribed, this is exactly what I was looking for; long videos of a road trip with the bukhanka I hope you share with us your thoughts about the vehicle. I'm considering buying one and have a similar build than yours. All the best from Chile, Pablo.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks for watching and subscribing! This buhanka is actually a rental here in Georgia, we hired it for 2 weeks and will have a 4 part video series about our road trip with it. We wish it was ours to keep though! It's a 2018 model, we had no problems with it, great 4x4 capability. Of course it has its quirks, but for off-road van travel it's great.

[@sydgerald]

@@GoingTheWholeHogg Thank you for your reply, I realised it was rented after I posted the comment (I saw the stickers) wow a 4 part video series! that's awesome, I love the content in your channel and the cinematography is top notch. I'm really looking forward to the next content. Maybe one day you'll be able to make it all the way to South america, there're tons of places to visit, I do recommend Carretera Austral in southern Chile.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

@@sydgerald Thank you! Part 4 coming on Sunday : ) We'd love to visit South America, actually that was always the plan for 2020 but we had a last minute change of heart and decided to head to Georgia instead! In hindsight probably the best decision given everything that unfolded.... Southern Chile looks incredible. We would love to road trip there and do lots of hiking in Patagonia. And the desert areas in the north look amazing, too. One day!!

[@meivayollanda]

Veri inspiring 🥰

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Glad you thought so! Thanks for watching : )

[@MylesVivid]

Nice!!

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks, Myles!

[@NUROCK]

wow, nice one

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks!

[@stefeniedavidmusic]

Like those chairs, where did you get them? Been to the badlands in the 70s and that area you are in is similar although the rock in S. Dakota is more red. Stunning photography.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Would love to visit The Badlands NP, can't get enough of this kind of landscape! Actually, no idea where the chairs are from, this was a rental van and I don't remember the name on them! But they were sturdy, comfy, and quick to set up, perfect for grabbing out of the van.

[@torinjones3221]

Live in the UK and randomly fell in love with these vans. Really want one but probably gonna have yo buy one in Russia or Bulgaria since they're the only places I can buy one for cheap. The Germans and French charge €10,000 for something the can get for €1500 in Eastern Europe.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Yeah, it's not so easy or cheap to get hold of one in the UK, and lots of red tape I believe if trying to import one. We've had a lot of fun in these vans in Georgia and Mongolia!

[@francodelbono319]

Just amazing guy’s, what an adventure. Are you carrying spare Gerry cans of fuel. You look A very long way from a gas station. Thanks for sharing. Great place to self isolate. 👍👍

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

It certainly was an adventure! Didn’t have spare fuel, but the van has two tanks and we had them both filled and knew we should be able to cover the distance before we reached the petrol station. Always carry our emergency satellite messenger too, just in case!

[@cacoespejo]

Amazing video, and production!!!. I love the Bukhanka and now we have it the brand in Chile. Cant wait to get one. And by the way, wich filming gear do you use? The quality of the image are incredible. Hugs.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Such a hardy 4x4 with great character, we’d love our own one too. We’ve written a blog post about all of our gear here - www.goingthewholehogg.com/travel-photography-gear/ Cheers! Kim

[@pieknapoczta1819]

Wygodna kobieta... facet kieruje, gotuje, rozkłada stolik, podaje kawę, składa wszystko i jedzie dalej. To damski szariat? Rewelacyjna wycieczka super autem. Pozdrawiam z Polski.

[@gert-jank8992]

Thank you for posting and we just love it 💓

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks for watching! Really glad you enjoyed it!

[@xma69]

He was a chef, barista, somalier and the driver 4in1 respect for our brother 😄

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

I swear I (Kim) did some chores, they just didn't make the cut!!

[@user-ou9mu7au3a]

You are very brave. Traveling a rough road in an old car.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

It handled it very well! We loved it : ) Thanks for watching!

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

That Buhanka is virtually brand new. Not old at all.

[@davidbernard7256]

Lower your tire pressures for mud!

[@jamiekirkbride3414]

Brilliant!! Will you be doing a video in Azerbaijan?

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks! If and when we make it there, for sure! For now we’re in Georgia though : )

[@radcheckinski6300]

Hello, if i may ask, how wide is your mattress? I am trying to get a sense of the interior space of the bukhanka

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Hi, actually I have no idea, sorry! This van was a rental from a company in Tbilisi. We hired it for 2 weeks. It slept both of us comfortably enough, but I don't know the exact dimensions.

[@radcheckinski6300]

@@GoingTheWholeHogg Thank you for replying, yeah I figured that out watching the whole series!

[@loredanamanganaro5944]

Hi, can I ask a question? Could I know how you did it with the fuel?

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Hi, there are two tanks and we filled both before heading into the National Park, and then again before heading to the mud volcanoes and this was enough fuel for us.

[@xma69]

Except of music on 3:31 you should record silence

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Next time!

[@Louisa93able]

Not sure the chef is in touch with local seasonal produce.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

The chef tends to make the same meal over and over. Not very original!

[@Ansset0]

Very poor content, despite decent drone shoots. it's close to worthless, I'm afraid.

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thank you for your kind words and constructive feedback. Bawjaws.

[@stevenmeston9980]

Well....I’m 17 mins into this and must confess that I’m just not getting it. I’m going to stick with it because I absolutely love your Scottish vlogs and looking forward to other destinations. Perhaps it’s just me but I’m not seeing anything interesting or appealing in this ugly barren desolate landscape. Worst still is that awful heap your travelling in. Sorry, but it’s more endurance than anything else. Why would anyone want to go there?

[@GoingTheWholeHogg]

Thanks for watching, Steven (even when you don't enjoy the landscape!). The scenery is certainly a far cry from the Scottish Highlands, but we find it very beautiful in its own way. And I have to admit, I adore the van! I guess it's a case of each to their own, there's no right or wrong, just a difference of opinion. Most of our future videos from Georgia will be from the mountains and lakes of the Greater Caucasus, an entirely different landscape to this southeastern part of the country. I hope you'll enjoy that scenery more! Thanks for sticking with it! Cheers, Kim

[@Tillerman56]

I guess that's because you are a city person, not used to tranquility in remote areas. I understand FULLY why people go to such places. In fact, I was inspired by this video to put Georgia on my bucket list with Kazachstan and Kyrgystan. And the heap they are driving in? Well, I have one for myself and it is tough as old nails, ready to go anywhere, any weather, any terrain, any whatever.

[@stevenmeston9980]

@@Tillerman56 Hi, Actually I am not a city person at heart having been brought up in rural Shropshire in beautiful countryside. My grandparents are from Uist in Scotland and I have travelled extensively throughout the world solo on a motorcycle. Some people travel just to say they have been there and enjoy the challenge of a few hardships on the way but as the saying goes: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As to the vehicle it looks like the one and only choice in that region but I still prefer my old Land Rover for tackling rough terrain. Best wishes and good luck with your trip.