Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve
Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve ( ) is located in the Tusheti Mountainous region in the north-eastern part of Georgia. Visitors center is located in village lower Alvani, Akhmeta Municipality. The "Tusheti Protected Areas" includes Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve, Tusheti National Park and Tusheti Protected Landscape with total protected area about 113,660.2 ha. It is one of the eight new Protected Areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003. Flora. Flora of Tusheti region is highly endemic to Caucasus represented by 230 endemic plants which is more than 20% of total amount of endemics found in  entire Caucasus region. This includes Tushetian Monkshood (), Iberian barberry (), bellflower (Campanula), bear nut-tree (Corylus iberica), lily (Pancratium), Tushetian Dog-rose (), Tebulo's buttercup () Black or Radde's birch (Betula raddeana), Caucasian fritillaries (), yellow Caucasian fritillaries (), Juliana Primrose (), Georgian Snow Rose (), squill (Scilla) to name just a few. Fauna. Fauna is represented by 60 species of mammals, about 120 species of birds, 4 species of reptiles, 6 species of amphibians and 1 species of fish.