[7] In the vicinity of the Tskaltsitela there are many natural quarries with chalcedony, barite, quartz sand, marble, basalt, agate, fireproof clays used for cement production, teshenit and other minerals.

[8] Many medicinal plants can be found in the Tskaltsitela ravine, such as common yew (Taxus baccata), Imeretian hazelnut (Corylus imeretica), celandine (Cheli donium majus), black hawthorn (Crataegus pentagina), red hawthorn (Crataegus microphylla), Dorycnium graecum, shamrock (Oxalis acetocella), Persian berry or alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus), dwarf mallow (Malva neglecta), rockrose (Cistus salviifolius) and Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis).

Many are rare endemic species of Georgia and can be found on calcareous ecotopes of Tsaltsitela gorge in proximity of Gelati monastery.

[9] River has a rich variety of fish species: trout, Bulatmai barbell (Barbus capito carpito), Terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus), Luciobarbus mursa, European chub (Squalius cephalus), Colchic nase (Chondrostoma colchicum), Caspian shamaya (Alburnus chalcoides) and others.

According to the legend, the name of the tskaltsitela (tszulitela) was given to gorge after the Battle of Khresili, because the blood of fallen warriors painted river rocks in red.

Balneotherapy at the resort includes the application of nitric, slightly sulfide, hydro-carbonate, magnesium-calcium containing mineral waters.