r/Abkhazia • u/Jaktinho • Jul 18 '25

Travel

I am just wondering about something. Is it possible for foreign citizens to drive in Abkhazia?

I have a Norwegian drivers license and only Norwegian citizen and visited Abkhazia this summer with my fiance, who has family there. Her family encouraged me to drive there, but I was hesitant, because I don't know if I need to get it translated og get some documents in order to drive there.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Thanks

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u/lilliweasel Jul 19 '25

Yes you can, my partner and I went in 2017 and 2018 and we drove both times

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u/Pasha286 Jul 20 '25

Which cities did you drive from and to?

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u/lilliweasel Jul 21 '25

This may create some wrath, but both times we flew into Sochi and hired a car that we could drive over the Adler border into Abkhazia

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u/Pasha286 Jul 21 '25

Did you need a visa for both the places? I know when people enter from Georgia don't need a visa, any idea from which city in Georgia they drive to Abkhazia? I assume Batumi or Kutaisi?

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u/lilliweasel Jul 21 '25

You will always (I believe) need a visa for Abkhazia from whichever entry place you use, but to enter though the Adler crossing you would also need a Russian visa, we had a double entry visa.

The Georgia/Abkhazia border is the Ingari bridge which is a foot crossing, so you would not be able to drive over. The nearest Georgian town is Zugdidi though which is a 15/20 minute drive from the border.

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u/Pasha286 Jul 21 '25

Oh ok, thank you very much, I assume as you have already entered from the Russian side, now if you visit Georgia in the futue, you will have problems in entering Georgia?

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u/lilliweasel Jul 21 '25

Well thats what I've seen but we weren't stamped out of Russia and the Abkhazian visa is not stuck in your passport I'm not sure Georgia would know.

We have new passports now as the old ones ran out, so if you were worried you could always get a new passport if you were to visit Georgia?

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u/RitsaKudjba Aug 01 '25

Law on "occupied" territories doesn't have any significant power. It was made before Sochi olympics and is mostly to scare foreigners and isolate Abkhazia and South Ossetia. They can't know and do anything since they have no power