Crazy Day Trip in Absheron, Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes, Yanardag

Overview

Available languages

Russian

English

Hebrew

Spanish

Mobile ticket

Tour company provides guests with professional local guide (native English/Russian speaker) who had prestigious education and intensive background at European companies and institutions. Therefor guests will be received much information about not only Azerbaijan additionally general background about Mesopotamian geography including every neighboring states.

Our company vehicles offers (free of charge) ride (by guests) in Mud Volcanoes and Qobustan which is known as ''safari''.

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

All Fees and Taxes

Air-conditioned vehicle

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Baku City Hotel

33, Aziz Aliyev St., Starbucksin Karsisi Baku Azerbaijan

Hilton Baku

Azadlig Avenue 1B Baku Azerbaijan

Four Seasons Hotel Baku

1 Neftchilar Avenue, Baku Azerbaijan

Old Town Boutique Hotel

Sabir Str. 28 Baku Azerbaijan

Old Baku Hotel

Harb Street 19 Baku Azerbaijan

Nizami Hotel

H. Z. Tagiyev Baku Azerbaijan

What To Expect

Mud Volcanoes

Azerbaijan has the most mud volcanoes of any country, spread broadly across the country. 350 of the 800 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani Republic. Local people call them “yanardagh” (burning mountain), “pilpila” (terrace), “gaynacha” (boiling water) and “bozdag” (grey mountain) alongside its geographical name – mud volcanoes. Underground and submarine mud volcanoes are also famed in Azerbaijan. There are more than 140 submarine volcanoes in the Caspian Sea. Eight islands in the Baku Archipelago are mud volcanoes by origination. The other kind of mud volcanoes are wells. Their activity can be observed among strata of various ages. According to the information, mud volcanoes initially began their activity in the territory of Azerbaijan 25 million years ago About 200 eruptions have occurred in 50 volcanoes in the territory of Azerbaijani Republic since 1810. Eruption of mud volcanoes is accompanied by strong explosions and underground rumbling. Gasses come out from the deepest layers of the earth and immediately ignite. A height of a flame over volcano reaches 1000 meters (Garasu volcano). Toragay volcano erupted 6 times from 1841 to 1950. Mud volcanoes are associated with oilfields. Rich oil and gas fields are found in the territories of mud volcanoes (Lokbatan, Garadgh, Neft Dashlari, Mishovdagh and others). In addition, lava, mud and liquid erupted by mud volcanoes are used as raw materials in chemical and construction industries and also in pharmacology.

1 hour • Admission Included

Gobustan Rock Art

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with 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. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

1 hour • Admission Included

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Crazy Day Trip in Absheron, Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes, Yanardag

Pickup included

Reviews

4.14

21 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Irresponsible tour guide - communication issues
Madhavee N,
Oct 13, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
I have booked this for 6th of oct and got the confirmation via email two days before. So on the 6th morning i went to the meeting point mentioned here and waited until 9.30. I tried to contact the guide and he was not answering. Later they said that it was cancelled due to rain in mud volcanos and they have rescheduled this to the next day or refund. (Meeting point is also given the wrong location here. ) I requested a reschedule and checked twice with him if the next day was confirmed and they agreed to pick me up from the hotel and a guide will contact me on the time to pickup. The next day I also waited until 9.30 and no one contacted me. My whole trip is ruined and a lot of time has wasted on this. Tour operator has shared a contact number of the guide. And when i talked to him he is saying he is not responsible for the trip and intial operator, who was in poland was is responsible. Finally i was given a refund but i couldn't visit these places
Timing needs to be changed. Not 5-6 hours as advertised. Had to miss second half of the trip.
Lorraineerica24,
May 26, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
Disappointing tour. Badly organised. Under estimated in duration. Suppose to be 5-6 hour tour which I purposely booked to be back early afternoon in the city. By 3.30pm (after 8.50am start) we were only half way through. I had to cut the tour short and miss two of the sights on this tour, otherwise trip would have been 11+hours. Most of the morning was spent waiting around. When speaking to the tour guide he said other tours do finish in 6 hours, depends on the group. Our group was prompt and punctual so that was not the case at all. The time waiting for the “safari” cars was 1 hour sitting and waiting in the bus. No schedule or planning was seen. The cars to the mud volcano should come with a warning, high speed, no window, no seat belt and a very bumpy dirt track. Two stars for the comfortable bus (before the old beaten cars for the mud volcano) and the nice group of people on the tour. Needs massive on timekeeping.
Fire mountains and mud volcanos
55anisak,
Mar 7, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fire mountain gobustan mud volcanos and absheron temple! Amazing trip. Our guide Vusala was very entertaining and informative! Comfortable drive around. Nice to know the ancient history of Azerbaijan. Unusual landscapes. Had fun with like minded fellow travellers!
Nice day with a nice guide
Ed E,
Jan 16, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00
The guide was amazing, thanks a lot for the nice day, organised tour company, clean car, punctual timing and very helpful team.
Disrespectful to guests of Azerbaijan
treevo78,
Sep 15, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
The company cancelled my tour without telling me… on my last day in Azerbaijan! When I checked my email after waiting at the departure point for 20 minutes, there was a refund request approved sent at 7:45 that morning. I didn’t ask for a refund since I wasn’t notified. What a horrible company to not communicate this to a guest in their country. Had I known, I would have paid extra for a private tour. Now I will leave without seeing staples of Azerbaijani history and culture. Shame on this company and their ethics… I wouldn’t give them business as this could happen to you. There are other companies to give business. Forget this one!
Fraud
mohammedelsokary,
Aug 18, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
The owner contacted me on WHATSAPP a day before telling me that the trip is cancelled and that I will be refunded in full. Its been over a month and I haven’t received anything, nor is the owner replying anymore
Highly recommended😊
AlenaB498,
Mar 10, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We were very satisfied with this trip. Communication with agency was great. During the trip they offerd us great service, guide Tural gave us lot of useful information. We also had beautiful group of people with us.
Historical sites of Azerbaijan
310fabianp,
Feb 12, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I feel very excited to have come from a country as far away as Argentina, and to be able to know as beautiful and prehistoric sites as I could get in Azerbaijan. I loved the visit to the volcanoes, really new, and exceptional, especially for the detailed explanations that has given us the excellent tour guide that I have had, who was not only an experienced professional, but is also a very friendly and wonderful person, and allowed us to know many more places than the excursion covers. To him my congratulations and my warm greetings. The caves of Gobustan is an excursion that you have to make, impossible for you to miss, I loved the history and rock engravings of 15000 years, like the caves of Altamira, and the guide explained in detail and in detail the figures, really, a luxury to have been there. He was kind enough to let us know the Mosque, beautiful building, before the fire temple. I was also impressed by the sights in the temple and with the detailed explanations of the guide, it was certainly a wonderful and unforgettable place. Then, the museum of the fireland, burning earth completes the excursion in a more than exceptional, superlative and unforgettable way for the rest of my days. And, very kindly, the guide allows us to know the Heydar, wonderful avant-garde architectural work of Baku. My congratulations to my guide for excellence, kindness, friendship, and great Professional Capacity (in covers), a pleasure to have you as a guide. The Baku Sight seeing tour operator, fully recommended and very, very responsible at all times, and I am beyond grateful for his work and dedication to me. I'm glad I hired you. Thank you very much for everything, for worrying at all times. Do not miss this excursion please!. It is very important and complete and they will be marveled as I have been.
Pleasant Historical Trip
G9220ETandreab,
Jan 4, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
We went on this trip with our kids (7 and 4 years old). It was very nice and interesting, even for them. The tour guides (Nigar and Samir) were very friendly with good historical information to share, the driver was cautios. The lunch was typical food
Great day out and worth the money!
marfy09,
Nov 24, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The tour guide spoke very good English and was very down to earth. It is cheap for what you get and the food is great. Every stop had a great bit of history behind it. We particularly enjoyed the crazy taxi driver to the mud volcanoes.