title: Sataplia Managed Reserve
text: # Sataplia Managed Reserve
  
  Sataplia Managed Reserve (Georgian: სათაფლიას აღკვეთილი) is a protected area and tourist attraction in Imereti region of Georgia, 10 km from town of Kutaisi. The visitor center is located north from Kutaisi in the Tsqaltubo Municipality, near the village Banoja at the slopes of the extinct volcano Mount Sataplia. The name Sataplia can be freely translated as a "honey place" (In Georgian language თაფლი , tapli means honey) and in fact bees used to live in small holes and caves and honey was harvested by the local population.
  
  Sataplia Managed Reserve is part of Imereti Caves Protected Areas, which also includes Sataplia Strict Nature Reserve, Prometheus Cave Natural Monument.
  
  