Safe paragliding in Gudauri
Safety is not a promise — it is a system: certified equipment, licensed pilots, passenger insurance and a strict weather protocol. Here is how it works, with facts you can verify yourself.
Numbers you can check
of combined team experience in paragliding — from tandems to competition routes.
operating in Georgia and Gudauri with clear organisation and support.
39 of them in the official CIVL ranking — World Cup stages, Superfinals, European and Asian championships.
See the full list →How flight safety is built
Certified equipment
Tandem wings pass an annual airworthiness inspection. Each passenger gets a fitted harness — you sit comfortably, as in an armchair — and a flight helmet.
Licensed pilots
APPI Tandem certification. Your flight is led by a pilot with years of commercial tandem experience and thousands of flights over these exact slopes.
Passenger insurance
Aldagi policy: third-party liability and personal accident cover for the passenger. The policy is public — open the PDF and check. View policy (PDF)
Weather protocol
We fly in 5–8 m/s wind, up to ~10 m/s in gusts. Stronger than that — we reschedule or cancel. A weather cancellation by our team means a free reschedule.
Pre-flight briefing
The pilot personally explains launch and landing technique — in Russian or English. Simple steps, no running marathons.
Weight control & fitting
Weight categories from 80 to 125 kg with proper equipment selection. We weigh you on site 10–20 minutes before the flight and fit the gear you will fly in.
The weather decides — and that is a good thing
Gudauri has its own microclimate: an internet forecast often misses what the mountain is actually doing. That is why the final decision is always made by the pilot at the launch site — based on what the sky shows right now.
Over 18 years of competing in 15+ countries, Anatolii Mykhailiuta has learned to read the sky the way a radiologist reads a scan: thermals, wind layers and weather windows — before they become obvious. If conditions are not right, we do not fly. That, too, is safety.
How to choose your flight operator
Paragliding in Gudauri is popular and there are many offers around. A few simple rules will help you book with a reliable team — whoever you choose.
- Read reviews on independent platforms — TripAdvisor and Google reviews cannot be edited by the company.
- You have the right to see the pilot’s licence — a certified pilot will show it gladly, before the flight.
- Book directly with the company — then you know exactly who flies with you, at what price and on what equipment.
- Check what is included in the price: video, insurance, transfer to the launch site.
- Our official contact is WhatsApp +995 551 35 50 00. If someone introduces themselves as our team — just message us, we will confirm it in a minute.
Paragliding World Cup Aksaray 2025 — official award ceremony, Turkey. Team NIVIUK 1 — 1st place, overall — 5th of 91.
Public sports tracks
Records and routes can be verified via public XContest tracks.
How we fly at World Cup stages
Footage from title competitions — watch it right here.
Results open to the world
We do not ask you to take anything on faith. Every competition start since 2008 is in the official CIVL database: World Cup stages (Aksaray 2025 — 5th of 91), Superfinals in Brazil and Spain, European and Asian championships. Record flights are public on XContest.
Open the official CIVL profile →Questions about safety?
Ask us directly — we answer in WhatsApp within 30 minutes. Or read the FAQ: the most common questions are already answered there.