Sataphlia State Reserve

Tsqaltubo, Georgia · built 1935

Sataplia Strict Nature Reserve is located 10 km from town of Kutaisi in Imereti region of Georgia. The visitor center is located north from Kutaisi in the Tsqaltubo Municipality, near the village Banoja at the slopes of the extinct volcano Mount Sataplia. The name Sataplia can be freely translated as a "honey place" (In Georgian language, tapli means honey) and in fact bees used to live in small holes and caves and honey was harvested by the local population. Sataplia Strict Nature Reserve is part of Imereti Caves Protected Areas, which also includes Sataplia Managed Reserve, Prometheus Cave Natural Monument.

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