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Gobustan National Park & Mud Volcanoes Tour: Explore Cavemen's Rock Art and Active Mud Volcanoes
4.8
17 Ratings
Qobustan
The Private Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcanoes tour offers an opportunity to explore ancient rock carvings depicting animals, humans, boats, and hunters created by early inhabitants of Azerbaijan. Additionally, the tour includes a visit to the fascinating mud volcanoes, where mud is actively expelled to the surface.
The Private Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcanoes tour offers an opportunity to explore ancient rock carvings depicting animals, humans, boats, and hunters created by early inhabitants of Azerbaijan. Additionally, the tour includes a visit to the fascinating mud volcanoes, where mud is actively expelled to the surface.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Gobustan Rock Art - Your tour begins with a car picking you up from your hotel. The first stop is Gobustan, an archaeological monument located 56 km from Baku. Discovered between 1939 and 1940, the site features over 3,500 human and animal paintings and various petroglyphs, along with 20 identified suburban shelters. The reserve primarily…
- Gobustan Rock Art - Your tour begins with a car picking you up from your hotel. The first stop is Gobustan, an archaeological monument located 56 km from Baku. Discovered between 1939 and 1940, the site features over 3,500 human and animal paintings and various petroglyphs, along with 20 identified suburban shelters. The reserve primarily showcases Mesolithic (medieval stone) monuments. You’ll find numerous caves, springs, and carvings made by primitive humans on cave walls, rocks, and stone lumps. The tour starts at the Gobustan Museum for a historical overview, followed by a car ride to Rock Mountain to see the actual carvings. Afterward, you’ll visit the Mud.
- Mud Volcanoes - The tour continues to the Mud Volcanoes, where transportation switches to Soviet Lada cars. You may bring strong plastic bags to collect some of the mud, reputed to be beneficial for the skin. After spending 10 minutes around the volcanoes, you’ll be transferred back to your car. On the way back to the hotel, you’ll also visit the Bibiheybet Mosque, known for its stunning green interior, and the First Industrial Oil Well, operational since 1846.
- Bibi-Heybat Mosque - The Bibiheybat Mosque, built in a classic oriental style, features white marble and dome-colored glass. The mosque’s interior includes a glass mosaic inscribed with Surat al-Nisa from the Qur’an. Standing 5 meters high, the mosque can accommodate around 3,000 people at once.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Experienced English Speaking Guide
- Professional Driver service
- All taxes and handling charges
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Experienced English Speaking Guide
- Professional Driver service
- All taxes and handling charges
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Personal Expenses
- Entry fees to Gobustan Museum & Rock Mountains
- Taxi fees to Mud Vulcanos
- Food and drinks
- Personal Expenses
- Entry fees to Gobustan Museum & Rock Mountains
- Taxi fees to Mud Vulcanos
Location
Gobustan Rock Art
Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District, 60 km South of Baku
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(17 Ratings)
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Mari_s
Jun 24, 2024
A rocking experience 👍🏻 - Overall an excellent trip, our driver Nazir and guide Ell were friendly and professional. We got a good amount of information and the Gobustan rocks, petroglyphs amd mud volcanoes were really interesting locations. The crowning moment was to experience a flat tyre on an soviet-era Lada and to observe a F1-quality tyre change on the track! :D
Good rides, great fun, highly recommend!
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Maryamy2024
Mar 10, 2024
Interesting experience - Our tour guide was very friendly and informative. The experience was very nice as it educated us about the country’s rich history and culture. It’s a must visit if you’re going to Azerbaijan.
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A6686tpelenap
Oct 11, 2023
Amazing tour! - Everything wonderful! The tour was amazing, it let me and my friends discover the beautiful lands of Gobustan and Azerbaijani culture, thanks also to our tour guide, Chinara, who told us about the history of the country.
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Ld1888
Aug 25, 2023
A look into a part of Azerbaijani history - Elnarə our guide was absolutely brilliant. So informative & friendly. The tour was so good, the car was comfortable with A/C. Would highly recommend this trip.
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Nathaniel_g
Aug 24, 2023
An excellent tour on a hot day - We went to the Gobustan petroglyphs, and enjoyed it thoroughly. (The museum tour was a bit long for the kids, and we probably could have self guided that part and enjoyed it more—no fault of the tour, that guide worked at the museum) The mud volcanos were great, but for me the highlights were a change to the schedule to stop at a beach to wade into the Caspian, and go to lunch. (It wasn’t included with the tour, so this was at our expense) We and our guide, Ilkin, ate way too many kebabs and pilaf.
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Martinleroux
Jul 27, 2022
Have a great day of discoveries! - Very good activity. The discovery of petropgyphs was very interesting. Our guide was exciting!
Mud volcanoes are also something to see, it is very surprising. In any case everything was very well organized for a reasonable price:)
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Dann1luisa24c
Feb 17, 2022
Gobustan and mud volcanoes tour - Our guide, Fuad, was very informative, friendly and spoke very good English. We had a great day and would recommend this tour to others
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Neeratraveler
Oct 12, 2021
Other worldly - I enjoyed the trip to Gobustan - around 40 miles from Baku. I was transported to another world. There were many rock carvings and petroglyphs depicting people, animals etc...dating back to 5,000 - 20,000 years.
There was also a natural musical stone called Gaval Dash. You touch the stone with a small stone for musical sounds. It is supposed to sound somewhat like a tambourine- although this was not the case when I tried it.
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Claus_n
Nov 14, 2022
Interesting, good fun and a great guide - Well organized with pick up from our address. Fuad is a great guide - knowledgeable and helpful. We particularly enjoyed the rock paintings from old times and the mud volcanos - the off-road drive to the volcanos in old Soviet ladas was great fun. I’ll never say anything negative about lada cars after this trip…
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28ceciliet
Oct 30, 2024
Excursion to mud volcanoes and shells - Paying for your own car with driver and guide to a certain point. Then you are moved over in an old Soviet car that has never been under EU control. You must pay driver at least 35 manat cash for the drive to the mud volcano and back. On skiing you must pay 10 manat per pers for entrance. We were not allowed to stop at the mosque, all in all totally ok. Tips also not included, we didn't have more cash when we were asked for tips.
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