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Gobustan and Mud Volcanoes Group Tour: A Journey Through History and Natural Phenomena
4.6
19 Ratings
Aşurlu
The Four Absheron Treasures Tour offers a unique perspective on Azerbaijan’s history. Explore ancient rock paintings, discover the benefits of mud volcanoes, and learn about the region’s ties to fire and Zoroastrianism with our certified guides.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Gobustan Rock Art - 4 Absheron Treasures Tour usually starts at 9:30 AM with picking guests up from their location within Baku.
The interactive museum.
Here you can learn more about a large number of petroglyphs, natural environment of Gobustan, population, cultural development and archaeological expeditions in this area.
Thanks to touch screens and special 3D panoramas, within the walls of the museum you can see how people lived 5000-20000 years ago. In the rooms of the museum you will find a wide variety of historical exhibits dating from about IV—II millennium BC.
The Museum under the open sky.
Thereafter our guide will take you to Gobustan rocks, where you will be able to see more than 6000 rock drawings and caves with your own eyes. Petroglyphs from different eras, discovered by scientists in the 30s of the 20th century, will help you get more information about ancient people, about their worldview, customs and traditions.
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Mud Volcanoes - Mud Volcanoes.
Mud volcanoes appeared on the territory of the present Azerbaijan Republic 25 million years ago. For the present Azerbaijan ranks first in the world in the number of mud volcanoes (350 of the 800 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani Republic). The eruptions of volcanoes are used as raw material in the chemical and construction industries as well as in pharmacology. Moreover, nowadays volcanic clay and mud are used in the treatment of diseases related nervous system, skin and rheumatism.
Our guide will take you to the active mud volcanoes, that you can climb and view craters up close.
Before the start of the second part of the tour, you will be entitled to an hour’s lunch break in the city center.
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Ateshgah - Fire Temple - Ateshgah of Baku.
Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the Fire Temple of Baku was used as a Hindu, and Zoroastrian place of worship. The first mention of this temple dates back to the 7th century ad.
Here you can see many cells of fire worshippers with large number of historical exhibits (cookware, stone slabs with inscriptions, elements of clothes) found during archaeological excavations. -
Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve - Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve.
Yanardag is a natural gas flame that has been constantly burning since ancient times on a hillside on Absheron Peninsula near Baku. The meaning of the phrase “Yanardag” is “Burning Mountain”.
To this day, pilgrims from Iran and India come here to visit the sacred burning mountain.
At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at your location in Baku.
What's Included
- Accredited tour guide
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Ticket fees (USD 23)
- Lunch
Location
Nizami
Badalan mektebin yolu
we meet in front of nizami metro station
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
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Shainij
Mar 13, 2024
Gobustan Trip - Awesome experience. Our Guide Mr. Valeh is gem of a person. Got a good knowledge about all the places, a great photographer and made us so comfortable in all ways. Highly recommend him
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Lumnicer
Feb 6, 2024
Unforgettable tour to Gobustan and Yanardag - We enjoyed every minute of the trip. Our tour guide was very kind, he satisfied all our requests. We had many nice experiences. We recommend it to everyone
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Omerigler2013
Mar 9, 2023
Very recommended, interesting, suitable, full with knowledge. - We take the tour to gobustan mud volkanos, petroglif and fire 🔥 temple with the guide Wale. He was very kind , as a archeologist dr he is full with knowledge , very tolerent to our questions and try his best to make the tour interesting. We enjoyed a lot.
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Jamesls1334lf
Nov 19, 2019
Azerbaijan history distilled in a day of fun - From start to finish, our tour was equal parts interesting, personal, and entertaining. Valeh, our guide, kept things clear and concise while also allowing for the nuance of history to seep in. We did the full day tour because our schedule was tight, which made for a long day, but Valeh made it a good time. Incredibly exciting to learn about the many layers of Azerbaijan’s complex history.
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Jdbeavis
Oct 31, 2019
A-Z of Azerbaijan - We took this day tour on October 30, which was led by the friendly, passionate and extremely knowledgeable Jale.
The two highlights for me were the opening two things - the Gobustan and the mud volcanoes - which were worth the prices we paid alone, and the fire temple was impressive.
Racing across the Azerbaijani desert in a old car turned 4x4 was quite the experience!
However, we were a little underwhelmed with the fire mountain considering the price to get in.
Book this now if you want a day trip with a difference, giving you plenty of insight into the fascinating history of Azerbaijan.
TIP: Bring plenty of Manat for entry to the places, and it’s probably best to bring some lunch with you as while they were happy to stop at shops etc, I’m not sure if this is the norm!
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Milky-tan
Oct 22, 2019
時間があれば、是非参加して欲しいツアーです/if you have time best tour in Baku - 9：30AＭにニザミ地下鉄駅前で待ち合わせ。グーグルマップでは、同じ名前で2カ所出て来るので注意が必要。1日で効率よく4か所を回ってくれるので、お時間のある方にはお勧めのツアーです。午前中に２カ所、ゴブスタン国立保護区（暑い日は帽子はあった方がよい思います）と泥火山（空のペットボトルを持って行くと泥を持ち帰れます。お肌スベスベになるので、お勧めです）、バクー市内に戻りランチはレストランかモールにあるスーパーマーケットで食事か聞いてくれます）、午後は、ゾロアスター寺院とヤナルダ―を訪れました。ガイドさんも元気で楽しい時間を過ごせました。/9:30AM pick up at The Nizami metro station, we could visit 4 places in one day. I highly recommended this tour if you have time. visited Gobustan Rock Art(need hat in case of hot weather) and Mud Volcanoes(please bring empty
bottle, you can correct Mud for treatment for your skin) back to Baku city for lunch(Restaurant or short stop at supermarket to eat), afternoon Ateshgah - Fire Temple(I love this temple)and Yanar Dag. back to late afternoon. Guide was really nice, we enjoyed and had unforgettable time!
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Veronika
Oct 15, 2019
Must see in Azerbaijan and amazing guide Mazhar. - Tour started at 9:30 and it was soo cool from the beginning till the end. Our guide Mazhar was very educated person (he knows the history of places very well) and his telling was also funny. We had so much fun with him and he showed us local speciality Gutab and he paid for us! <3 He also answered every question i asked and i feel that iam on trip with friend not with guide. I can really recommend this tour. Gobustan is really must see place in Azerbaijan so dont forget to visit. And if you can choose your guide, definitely ask for Mazhar.
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577arta
Sep 30, 2019
Great tour - We did the full tour and had a great time. The minibus was waiting at the metro station a long time before the official start time. The first stop (Gobustan) was the highlight of the tour - great view's, informative museum etc. I had higher hopes for mud volcanoes (they are way smaller than I imagined). Fire temple was very interesting and fire mountain was again smaller than expected (still great place to see with your own eyes, take some interesting pictures). Our day was partly so great because of the guide (Jale), she was very knowledgeable.
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Aditimarda
May 9, 2024
Missed the mud volcano due to rains, avoid if there are rain predictions. - Was a good experience to this tour. Missed the mud volcanos due to the rains, so avoid booking this tour if there is a rain predicted, bcoz they don’t refund the money in this case. Although the guide is good and professional. Better to look at the weather predictions for next few days before booking this tour.
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Ruthminerva_c
Dec 7, 2023
Definitely must-visit places - All the places we visited were very interesting. The guide was unfortunately not well trained and inexperienced. He offered very little information and on parts of the drive, was asleep. Nice guy but tour guiding is not for him.
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