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Half day
Daily Tour
18 people
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This five hour Gobustan and Mud Volcanoes tour will take you to the distant past of Azerbaijan. Here you will learn how the history was born and who were the first inhabitants in this region.
LessRoad to the reserve.
Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes tour usually starts at 9:30 AM with picking guests up from their location within Baku.
On the way to Gobustan National Park, located about 64 km southwest of Baku city center, you can also see in passing National Seaside Park (Baku Boulevard), Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum and Aquatic Palace.
The interactive museum.
Here you can learn more about a large number of petroglyphs, natural environment of Gobustan, population, cultural development and archaeological expeditions in this area.
Thanks to touch screens and special 3D panoramas, within the walls of the museum you can see how people lived 5000-20000 years ago. In the rooms of the museum you will find a wide variety of historical exhibits dating from about IV—II millennium BC.
The Museum under the open sky.
Thereafter our guide will take you to Gobustan rocks, where you will be able to see more than 6000 rock drawings and caves with your own eyes. Petroglyphs from different eras, discovered by scientists in the 30s of the 20th century, will help you get more information about ancient people, about their worldview, customs and traditions.
Mud Volcanoes.
Mud volcanoes appeared on the territory of the present Azerbaijan Republic 25 million years ago. For the present Azerbaijan ranks first in the world in the number of mud volcanoes (350 of the 800 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani Republic). The eruptions of volcanoes are used as raw material in the chemical and construction industries as well as in pharmacology. Moreover, nowadays volcanic clay and mud are used in the treatment of diseases related nervous system, skin and rheumatism.
Our guide will take you to the active mud volcanoes, that you can climb and view craters up close.
At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at your location in Baku.
Price for adults (age 12+) changes (reduces) depending on the number of the participants.
Price for children aged from 3 years old up to 11 years old are 20 USD per child.
Price for infants aged from 1 month old up to those who have not reached their 3rd birthday are free of charge.
We highly recommend buying socks from our local partner Corrab with thematic of socks related to the descriptions on the rocks https://corabb.az/product/qobustan-qara/
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