DETAILS
Duration of the tour: 5 hours
Itinerary: Baku – Gobustan – Mud Volcanoes – Baku
Length of the route: approximately 65km (one way)
Pick-up & Drop-off: your hotel (within Baku)
Excursion type: Private
Language: English (other languages upon request)
PRICES
Prices (per person in USD):
| 1 pax. | 2 pax. | 3 pax. | 4 pax. | 5 pax. | 6 pax. | 7 & more pax. | |
| Tour with guide | 130 | 70 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | upon request |
| Tour without guide | 80 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | upon request |
| VIP** | upon request |
*VIP package – Our company will provide you with the wide range of luxury cars (Mercedes S class, E class, V class and etc.)
INCLUSIONS
- Pick-up & Drop-off at your hotel (inside Baku)
- Personal English speaking guide (other languages on request)
- Personal Driver & air-conditioned vehicle
EXCLUSIONS
- Entrance Tickets
- Meal
- Personal expenses
- Insurance
DESCRIPTION
Museum of Petroglyphsis (outdoor museum) – Gobustan or as it’s called Outdoor Museum of Petroglyphsis is located approximately 65 km from Baku. Prehistoric rock drawings – petroglyphs – are an art “archive” of the human evolution on Earth. The “articles” of such archives are the first transmissions from the human “I” to the outer world. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.
Trip to the Mud Volcanoes – Azerbaijan styles itself as the land of fire. It’s a resource rich country, where oil literally seeps out of the ground and occasionally just doesn’t stop burning. A lesser known side effect of the huge stores of natural resources has been the strange occurrence of rare mud volcanoes.
There are 850 mud volcanoes in the world, and over 300 of them are in Azerbaijan. Our country is a world leader, not only for the number but also for the activity of its volcanoes. Most are located on Absheron, around Baku. There are 100 near the Gobustan reserve alone. During this trip you will get a great chance to see these amazing active volcanoes from very close distance and even to climb to the craters. The view will make you feel like you are on the mars planet.
