"Search for camping gas,
true pain in the ass."
No matter how well-prepared you arrive at Georgia, there is one thing you will probably need anyways as airlines don´t permit it in the luggage - the camping gas. Here is the list places, where one can buy it. I would like to expand it over time, but I will need also your input - if you know some place which is not listed here (I am sure there are many), please let me know and I will add it into the list.
Unless stated otherwise, places I list here sell sealable canisters with a screw on top (such as Coleman or MSR), not the ones which you have to pierce or non-threaded CampingGaz models.
If you are using stove with a spirit burner (such as Trangia), you can find very cheap ethanol in any pharmacy. It´s called "medical ethanol" or, in Georgian, sameditsino spirti.
Geoland - traditional shop specialized in hiking maps, conveniently located in city centre. Now open also on weekends, from 10 am. to 7 pm.
NorthFace - Magellan -
another classic shop. Doesn’t lie in the city center, but is easily accesible by metro (Saburtalo line, Medical University station). Open also on weekends, from 11 am until 8 pm.
Magellan also recently opened another shop at the Tbilisi Gallery mall, close to the Liberty square metro station. You can get there classic Colemans as well as Campingaz canisters.
MPlus - well-equipped outdoor shop located at 25 Vazha Pshavela Avenue sells both standard and Campingaz canisters. Sells also gas stoves, trekking maps and other outdoor equipment.
Sportmaster - located at Miminoshvili street in Tbilisi. Sells Korean-made 'Maxsun Camping' branded camping gas. The small cartridge (230g) cost 16 lari.
Xtremer - huge outdoor shop situated in northern Tbilisi, further north from to the Didube station. Open from 11 am till 7 pm.
Camping gas can be bought right at the airport, as the Georgian Bus counter, right at the exit. They charge 50 GEL for 450mg canister - expensive, but still convenient if you don't have much time.
In case that Georgian Bus runs out of canisters, drivers of marshrutkas or taxis serving the airport often have some canisters for sale, too, and for a better price. However, these canisters are usually not 100% full and sometimes also a bit rusty.
In the city itself, there is no dedicated outdoor store, so your best bet are local hunting shops. A good place to start is Snipe shop - conveniently located close to the bus station, long opening hours and is known to stock these canisters (small one for 25 GEL, large for 35). Another hunting shop in Kutaisi where you can get these is Westerni located at the Grigol Robadzikis street. And if everything else fails, gas canisters were spotted also in the Gorgia home appliances store.
In 2024, gas cartridges were available at the general store close by the bus station (the one by the market, look for the building with the tower). They asked 45 GEL for the 230g cartridge, but were open to negotiations and in the end sold it for 30 GEL :)
Camping gas can be bought at the Outdoor Gear & Equipment store, situated at the Griboedov 8 street.
In Mestia, several souvenir stores along the main street are selling camping gas canisters, both small and big ones. In you are looking for gas for Campingaz stove, try souvenir shop at Seti square 4.
Camping gas can be bought at the Mountain Freaks agency, Mountain Travel agency and Mkinvari Travel agency, all located close to the center of the village.
Canisters can be also often bought from drivers of marshrutkas on Tbilisi - Kazbegi route.
Camping gas can be bought at the guesthouse Old Omalo and Guesthouse Tishe. Just be ready that it won't be cheap, you could easily spend there 60 GEL for a canistre.