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Private Tour to Gobustan Mud Volcanoes and Absheron.

By Gulf Travel Azerbaijan
Free cancellation available
Price is P 6,578 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Discover diverse attractions across the Absheron peninsula on this full-day tour from Baku, with round-trip transfer from your hotel ensuring easy access to several off-road sites. Get up close to mud volcanoes in the Gobustan National Park, explore the Bibi Heybat Mosque and Ateshgah Temple, and see the Yanar Dag flames first-hand. The small-group tour size ensures an intimate experience, with admission fees and lunch included for a hassle-free trip.

Activity location

  • Gobustan Rock Art
    • Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District, 60 km South of Baku
    • 1080, Qobustan, Azerbaijan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Gobustan Rock Art
    • Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District, 60 km South of Baku
    • 1080, Qobustan, Azerbaijan

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Private Tour to Gobustan Mud Volcanoes and Absheron.
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 9:30
Price details
P 5,082.92 x 1 AdultP 5,082.92
Paid at activityP 1,494.98
Total
Price is P 6,577.90
Until Mon, Mar 23

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    All entry fees excluded

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Gobustan Rock Art

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Gobustan National Reserve: a modern museum-exposition. Gobustan National Reserve: a modern museum-exposition. The next stop on a trip to Gobustan is, in fact, what it is known for all over the world. The largest parking lot of primitive man on the planet is located here – the village of the first Cro-Magnons has been preserved intact since ancient times. At the beginning, the guests are preparing to meet the Paleolithic in the modern museum, which presents to visitors the history of these places and talks about the life of our prehistoric ancestors.

Mud Volcanoes

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Mud volcanoes One of the features of the geology of the region is that there are many mud volcanoes on these lands. A dirt road, not devoid of romanticism, will lead to the accumulation of their active craters. According to legend, djinn live in these places. Volcanic mud, which is based on blue clay, creates a landscape like the moon. And the only thing that calms a tourist who does not want to say goodbye to this phantasmagoric spectacle is the anticipation of contemplating even more interesting landscapes.

Ateshgah - Fire Temple

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Surakhany Village: Temple of Fire Worshippers. In the first century BC, Hindu Brahmanites and Persian Zoroastrians heard that there was an interesting feature in the land called Absheron – naked flames burst out of the ground. Ateshgah Temple was founded where there was the largest concentration of these natural fires. At that time, the road of the Great Silk Road passed through this land, therefore, in addition to the temple, there was also a caravanserai, an inn for traveling merchants. The guests will learn the peculiarities of the life of the fire-worshipping hermits and their neighbors - merchants staying in the caravanserai from the fascinating story of their guide. This story is illustrated with numerous installations that adorn the narrative about the beliefs and everyday life of representatives of ancient fire cults.

Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Kazar region, Yanardagh Reserve (Burning Mountain) Of the several dozen burning places that burned on the lands of Absheron, only one has survived till nowadays. Near the top of the most extreme mountain of the Great Caucasian Ridge, an unquenchable fire has been beating from the ground for many centuries. The mountain is named Burning in his honor, which translates into Azerbaijani as Yanardag. In this, the final part of the tour "Gobustan-Absheron", guests will see the ancient flame, and, in addition, from the observation deck at the top of Yanardag they can see a third of the Absheron peninsula.

Location

Activity location

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    Gobustan Rock Art
    • Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District, 60 km South of Baku
    • 1080, Qobustan, Azerbaijan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Gobustan Rock Art
    • Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District, 60 km South of Baku
    • 1080, Qobustan, Azerbaijan

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