By car to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

From $39 per day, Rent-Trip runs 49 self-drive cars for the Tbilisi–Sighnaghi and Kakheti run — crossovers, SUVs and 4x4s, minivans and comfort sedans, all automatic. We deliver to any address in Tbilisi and to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) and Kutaisi International Airport (KUT), with the delivery address, date and time agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed.

What car rental in Tbilisi for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti covers

Self-drive car rental for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti means one thing above all: you drive, and the car comes to you. This page sets out what the booking covers, where the route begins and how the vehicle reaches your address before you turn the key.

Self-drive car rental for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

Rent-Trip lists 49 cars on this page for self-drive use, so you cover the 109 km from Freedom Square to Sighnaghi behind the wheel yourself. Every car on this page is automatic, and the fleet is petrol and diesel only — no electric charging stops to plan between vineyards. We hand the car over clean and with a full tank, and the tank is the one thing you manage on the road.

Where the Kakheti trip starts and how the car reaches you

• Delivery address: we bring the car to any address in Tbilisi, to Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) and to Kutaisi International Airport (KUT).
• Booking step: the delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed — not an option arranged on the day.
• Outside those points: delivery beyond the city and the two airports is arranged case by case and is not promised on the site.
• Fuel rule: the car is supplied with a full tank and must be returned with a full tank; no other fuel option is offered.
• Paperwork: the deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement — ask the manager when you book.
• Timing: agree the hand-over for the evening before an early Kakheti start, so the 109 km east is your first move of the day.

Renting a car in Tbilisi for the Kakheti route classes and prices

Rent-Trip keeps 49 cars on this page for the run to Kakheti, spread across four classes and priced from $39 to $250 a day.

Classes and daily prices for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

Five, seven and eight seats for the Kakheti run

• Five seats: Buick Encore, Chevrolet Trax, Kia Sportage, Mazda 3, Mazda 6, Volkswagen Tiguan, BMW X1, Hyundai Tucson, Mazda CX-5, Mini Countryman F60 ALL4 and Mini Countryman S F60 ALL4 — the standard shape for a couple or a small group of friends.
• Diesel over petrol: Land Rover Discovery 3.0 Diesel, Land Rover Range Rover Velar 2.0 Diesel, Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne — worth knowing that diesel runs about 17% dearer at the pump than petrol in Georgia.

Fast cars and big cars: what the $90–$250 band buys

Above $90 the fleet turns into the long-distance and mountain end of the list: Mazda CX-9 at $90, Mercedes-Benz ML350 at $100, then Hyundai Palisade, Lexus RX350, Mercedes-Benz GL 450 4MATIC, Porsche Cayenne and Mercedes-Benz GL 350 CDI BlueTEC at $120. From $130 come BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE 400 Coupe, and at $140 the Jaguar F-Pace, Land Rover Discovery 3.0 Diesel, Land Rover Range Rover Velar 2.0 Diesel, Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC, Porsche Macan S and Volkswagen Touareg. The $150 tier holds Audi Q7, BMW X5M, BMW X6 and the Range Rover Sport and Vogue variants, with the Cadillac Escalade and Lexus GX460 at $160, and the range topping out at $250 a day with the Porsche Cayenne S.

Book the class, not the exact model: we confirm the specific car when the booking is agreed with a manager.

Pick the class by what you plan to carry back, not by what looks best in a photograph.

Seats and luggage for the Kakheti wine route

A group of six booking a single car should look at the 7-seat Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC at $140, while the 8-seat Cadillac Escalade at $160 and Lexus LX570 at $210 take eight people.

Automatic gearboxes and long-day comfort

Engine output across the range runs from 132 hp in the Kia Sportage at $39 to 575 hp in the BMW X5M at $150, and for a day trip of roughly 220 km return the smaller figures are entirely adequate.

Documents and fuel for car rental in Tbilisi to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

The paperwork, the fuel and the road rules are the part of hiring a car in Tbilisi for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti that decides how smooth your morning departure is. Below is what we hand over, what is agreed before you collect the vehicle, and what the law expects on the 109 km run east.

Documents you need for car rental in Tbilisi for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

• Foreign licence: valid in Georgia for up to 1 year from your date of entry, with no exchange required.
• Licence script: if your licence carries neither Latin nor Cyrillic characters, bring an International Driving Permit or a notarised translation; Georgia is a party to the 1968 Vienna Convention.
• Passport: the second document we ask for alongside a valid driving licence.
• Deposit and insurance options: set out in the rental agreement, so the amount and the cover level are confirmed before you sign.
• Territory: a self-drive car stays in Georgia; the only trip abroad is to Armenia, with our driver.

Fuel, tolls and what the tank costs on the Kakheti highway

Petrol in Georgia was 4.06 lari per litre and diesel 4.76 lari per litre on 21.09.2026 — diesel runs about 17 % higher, which matters on the 109 km each way. Our cars leave clean with a full tank and come back full: it is a full-to-full policy, and any missing fuel plus a refuelling service fee is charged as set out in the rental agreement. We do not offer a pre-paid tank or a full-to-empty option. Georgia's international and domestic roads stay free of charge — the Roads Department confirmed on 10.06.2026 that «use of Georgia's international and domestic roads remains free of charge», with no change planned, and there are no vignettes or transponders to buy. The Rikoti section of the E60, 52 km with 51 tunnels and 97 bridges, opened on 29.12.2025 and is also toll-free.

Speed limits, alcohol and parking rules that apply on the route

On the drive out, the limits are 60 km/h in built-up areas, 20 km/h in residential zones, 90 km/h outside built-up areas for category B and 110 km/h on motorways — the figures come from Article 33 of the traffic law. The alcohol limit is 0.3 ‰ (0.03 %), which effectively means no wine at the tastings if you are driving. Parking in Tbilisi runs from 1 lari per hour after the first 15 free minutes, paid through the Tbilisi Parking app or at terminals; an unpaid session is fined 50 lari.

Rent a car in Tbilisi for a trip to Sighnaghi delivery and fuel

Where we deliver the car

• Any address in the city: we bring the vehicle to the street and building you name, whether that is a hotel in Old Tbilisi, an apartment in Vake or a flat in Saburtalo.
• Tbilisi International Airport (TBS): the car is handed over at the airport, 17 km south-east of Freedom Square, so you can drive straight out towards Kakheti.
• Kutaisi International Airport (KUT): delivery there is arranged too, 241 km from the capital by road, for travellers who land on the western side.
• Delivery outside the city and outside these two airports: arranged case by case, and we do not promise it on the site.
• Address, date and time: agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed — this is a step of booking, not an option you add at the last minute.

The full-to-full fuel rule

The car comes clean with a full tank, and it must go back with a full tank. That is the only fuel arrangement we offer — there is no pre-paid tank and no full-to-empty option on the site. If the tank is returned short, the missing fuel and a refuelling service fee are charged as set out in the rental agreement. Petrol at the pumps runs 4.06 lari a litre and diesel 4.76 lari, a gap of roughly 17%, so the choice of engine shows up on a 218 km round trip to Sighnaghi and back.

What to settle at hand-over

• The agreement: the deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement — we do not quote figures for them here.
• The return: agree the drop-off address and time with the same manager who arranged delivery.

Weekly bookings with car rental in Tbilisi for the Kakheti trip

When a trip stretches past a couple of days, the weekly and monthly rates on this page change the arithmetic.

How weekly and monthly rates work

We price longer bookings as daily rate multiplied by six for a week and by twenty-one for a month. A Crossover at $39 a day becomes $234 for seven days; the same car for a month comes to $819. At the top of the range, a $250 SUV works out at $1,500 for the week and $5,250 for the month. Longer bookings are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, exactly as the delivery slot is.

Why a full week suits the Kakheti wine route

• Toll-free driving: Georgia's international and domestic roads remain free of charge, so the only road cost on the Kakheti highway is fuel.
• Rest days: a weekly booking lets you keep one day off the road entirely, which matters when tastings are the point of the trip.

What changes on a monthly booking

A month at daily rate times twenty-one suits guests who use the capital as a base and treat Kakheti as one of several directions — Mtskheta is 26 km out, Gori and Uplistsikhe 86 km and 95 km, David Gareja 98 km. On a booking that long, the car stays with you between trips instead of being returned and re-collected, and the delivery address, date and time are settled once with a manager at the start. The fuel rule does not change: the car comes with a full tank and goes back full, with any missing fuel and the refuelling service fee charged as set out in the rental agreement. Deposit, excess and any delivery fee follow the same agreement.

Tips on car rental in Tbilisi for a trip to Sighnaghi and Kakheti

A self-drive car turns the Kakheti wine road into a day you set yourself.

Two things decide how the day goes: the car you pick and the hour you leave.

• Book the class, not the model: the fleet is grouped by class — 34 SUV & 4x4 cars from $69, 11 Crossover cars from $39, 3 Comfort cars from $39 and 1 Minivan from $190 — and your exact car is confirmed when the booking is fixed.
• Agree delivery before you pay: the address, date and time are settled with a manager, so the car is waiting where you actually start the day.
• Return full-to-full: the car comes with a full tank and goes back with one; anything else is charged as set out in the rental agreement.

Kakheti rewards the driver who plans less and lingers more. Pick a class that matches your route, settle the delivery details in advance, and the road out of the city does the rest.