Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve, Protected nature reserve in Caucasus Mountains, Georgia.

Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve covers 10,275 hectares in the Akhmeta Municipality of northeastern Georgia. It protects the headwaters and right slopes of the Tusheti (Gometsri) Alazani and Pirikiti Alazani valleys and part of the Chachakhovni gorge, including subalpine birch stands and pine forests near the villages of Omalo, Diklo, Shenako, Kumelaurta and Khiso.

The Georgian government established this reserve to protect native species and natural ecosystems in the Caucasus region. This protection allowed the area to remain largely untouched and preserve rare habitats over time.

The reserve takes in wooded slopes around the villages of Omalo, Diklo, Shenako, Kumelaurta and Khiso, and the headwaters of the Tusheti (Gometsri) Alazani. Only educational and scientific tourism is allowed, on foot or on horseback along designated routes. Its forests of subalpine birch and pine are valued as avalanche and erosion protection.

Entry is allowed only for educational and scientific tourism, and movement is restricted to designated routes on foot or on horseback. The reserve covers the valleys of the Pirikiti and Tusheti (Gometsri) Alazani and the Chachakhovni gorge, including forested slopes around Omalo, Diklo, Shenako, Kumelaurta and Khiso. Plan routes along these valleys rather than across open terrain.

The reserve contains multiple ecological zones supporting distinct plant communities and animal species adapted to different altitudes. This vertical diversity allows researchers to study how elevation shapes life in mountain environments.