Itinerary
- Mud Volcanoes: Whenever we reach to Gobustan area, we go to the Mud Volcanoes.
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan features a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape. Mud volcanoes are closely associated with hydrocarbon and petrochemical stores underground, hence the gas trying to escape to the surface. A few of these gas leaks are constantly on fire, shooting small perpetual flames into the air, and some believe that these perpetual flames are strongly connected to the appearance of the Zoroastrian religion in Azerbaijan some 2,000 years ago.
Every 20 years or so, one of these mud/gas volcanoes will ignite deep below the surface and create a massive explosion. While generally not dangerous to people, as they are far outside of most city centers, it is believed that six shepherds and over 2,000 sheep were killed by a mud volcano in Bozdagh, Azerbaijan. - Gobustan Rock Art: After coming back from Mud Volcanoes, we go first to the Gobustan museum, and after spending some time there, we go to the Gobustan Rock Art (open-air museum).
Gobustan State Reserve, located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku, was established in 1966 when the region was declared a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the ancient carvings, mud volcanoes, and gas-stones in the region.
Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archeological monuments, the reserve has more than 6,000 rock carvings, which depict primitive people, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years. - Bibi-Heybat Mosque: On the way back from Gobustan area we will pass through the Bibi-Heybat Mosque, where we will stop for a while
Includes
- Tour on a private basis
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Comfortable car with English speaking driver
- Food and drinks
- Additional expenses
- Entrance fees
Details
Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes tour is a half-day tour and designed for tourists and visitors who are interested in the Stone Age period of humanity, Unesco’s World Heritage, and history. Also, tourists will have the chance to see a group of mud volcanoes. These places will be visited during the tour:
- Gobustan National Museum & Gobustan Art Rock
- Mud volcanoes
- Bibiheybat Mosque
- Gobustan National Museum & Gobustan Art Rock
- Mud volcanoes
- Bibiheybat Mosque
Know Before You Go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
