Itinerary
- The tour starts at around 8:30 AM. A day before the tour, you will receive the exact location and starting time.
- Bibi-Heybat Mosque: Travel to Bibi-Heybat Mosque, along the Caspian Sea shoreline in Baku. Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a beautiful and historically significant religious site. The mosque, originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 1990s, houses the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. As a sacred place of worship and an architectural gem, Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a must-visit attraction for travelers to Baku.
- Mud Volcanoes: Discover why the landscape around Baku is fulfilled by mud volcanoes, how are they formed and the meaning of its eternal flames.
- Gobustan Rock Art: From prehistoric rock art to musical stones, the Azerbaijani people’s prehistoric past comes dramatically to life in the Gobustan State Reserve, home to an astonishing collection of over 6,000 ancient petroglyphs. Depicting scenes of people, warriors, animals, boats, dances, hunting, camel caravans and more, they chart ways of life dating back between 5,000 and 20,000 years.
- Absheron Region: You will have lunch at the traditional restaurant. (optional)
- Ateshgah - Fire Temple: There is a fire temple 21 km east of Baku, with permanent natural gas flowing from under the ground. The temple was built by Indian merchants in the 18th century. After Discovering the source of gas, the Hindus from the Ganges started visiting the site to pray. As the merchants praised the place, the number of visitors increased. According to historian Sara Ashurbayli, the Ateshgah fire temple was built on an ancient fire worshipping site. Ateshgah resembles like a small fortress. There are cells inside the stoned – fenced courtyard, while the shine is in the centre. Fire Worshippers led an ascetic lifestyle here.
- Yanar Dag: Yanar Dag (burning mountain) is located in the western part of Mahammadi village. The fires in the area are the result of blazing up of natural gas flows seeping from the fissures created as a result of rock erosions in layer of oil and gas in depths of the earth, tectonic activities, as well as eruption of mud volcanos – in short, volcanic-tectonic processes.
- Absheron Region: The way to Gobustan and Back to Baku+Absheron peninsula total duration which we spent in the car will be approximtely 3-4 hours
Includes
- Comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional tour guide – English, Russian
- Any personal expenses
- Lunch
- 10 azn For Gobustan Rock Arts museum
- 15 azn Combo entrance ticket for Fire Temple (Ateshgah) and Burning mountain (Yanardagh)
- 15 AZN (cash) per person fee for off-road cars to mud volcanoes, if it rains we will go to Mud Volcanoes Complex
Details
Get an up-close peek at Azerbaijan’s iconic mud volcanoes—plus other natural and historic attractions—on this full-day excursion. Other highlights include ancient rock art at the open-air Gobustan museum, a visit to a Zoroastrian fire temple and burning mountain.
Know Before You Go
- 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
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
