• Gosha Gala Tower - You’ll get picked up from your accommodation in Baku. The tour starts at around 9 a.m. in front of the Double Gates of Old City Baku (Gosha Gala Gapisi).

• Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum - pas by Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum which has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world.

• National Flag Square - pass by National Flag Square

• Bibi-Heybat Mosque - Bibi - Heybat Mosque. The mosque was built in 1267-1300. It was a rare construction, both with its beauty and history of creation.The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of Muhammad), and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.It is locally known as “the mosque of Fatima”.

• Mud Volcanoes - Guests will change the car to Soviet SUV Lada to go to Mud volcanoes

• Gobustan Rock Art - During the tour you will have a chance to visit the Gobustan local indoor and open-air museum and see the unique exhibits that have reached us through the millennium of history. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers 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. Gobustan has outstanding universal value for the quality and density of its rock art engravings, for the substantial evidence the collection of rock art images presents for hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-historic times and for the cultural continuity between prehistoric and mediaeval times that the site reflects.

• Gobustan Rock Art - After Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Reserve,our guests will visit a modern interactive museum complex, in which more than 100 thousand archaeological materials are collected. Petroglyphs resembling the Azerbaijani Yalli round dance meet visitors at the entrance. In the information center of the museum, visitors can use the touchscreen display to get detailed information in various languages about the reserve and the museum structure, which is divided into thematic sections. Many unique artifacts, tools relating to the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic, animated presentations, video materials allow tourists to see the extent of the natural changes that took place in Gobustan, the geography of human settlements, to get acquainted with the culture and views of ancient people.

• World’s First Oil Well - The world’s first-ever mechanically drilled oil well, located in the Bibi-Heybat settlement 10 kilometers west of Baku, has been restored.The well produced the first gush of oil in 1846 and was just 21 meters deep at that time.

• Surakhany - stop for buffet restaurant for lunch

• Ateshgah - Fire Temple - The lunch will be followed by our visit to Ateshgah which is also called the Temple of Fire (he most ancient temple of the Zoroastrians).Fire Temple- Historical monument the Ateshgah fire-worshipping temple, located on the Absheron Peninsula on the outskirts of Surakhani village, 30 km from the centre of Baku, was a shrine at different times for Zoroastrians, Hindus and Sikhs. The current buildings at the temple complex date back to the 17th century and consist of a pentagonal complex with an open courtyard in the middle of which is a temple altar that served as a place of pilgrimage for Indian fire-worshippers. Currently the complex functions as a well-designed museum.

• Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve - Azerbaijan’s iconic “Burning mountain”-Yanardag is located north of Baku city, around 23km from the Old Town. The main attraction of Yanardag is a spectacular hill with a constantly burning wall of flames. Thanks to tectonic shifts and volcanic material below the earth’s surface, natural gas leaks from the rocks. The Italian trader and traveler Marco Polo even mentioned the flames during his travels to Baku and its surroundings, but most probably the fire has been burning for over more years at Yanardag. The fire line surrounding the foot of the summit will give you an impression of the Land of Lights and leave an unforgettable memory of the tour.To protect Yanardagh and attract tourists here, this area was declared a historical, cultural and natural reserve in 2007.

• Gosha Gala Tower - You’ll return to the starting point.

• Soviet SUV car as a taxi for going up to Mud Volcanoes
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off, on-board WiFi
• Professional English or Russian speaking Tour guide service
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Entry/Admission - Ateshgah (Fire Temple)
• Entry/Admission - Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
• Entry/Admission - Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain)

• Lunch
• Any personal expenses

During this special trip-Gobustan and Absheron side tour all the museum and entrance fees are included. You will enjoy visiting UNESCO-listed rock carvings and mud volcanoes in the Gobustan region, discover Mud volcanoes that are one of the many wonders of mother nature, and spend time at the

Fire mountain and the Ateshgah Fire Temple. After visiting the Gobustan part we will stop by the open buffet restaurant for a lunch break.

• Confirmation will be received at time of booking
• Depending to weather condition, mud volcanoes can be excluded from the tour

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.