Baku Trip Overview
With Private Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcanoes tour, you will be able to discover the rock carving of the animals and many different images of the humans, boats, hunters that made by the cavemen lived in the territory of Azerbaijan. You will also travel to see Volcanoes that are extracting the mud to the surface.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Starts: Baku, Azerbaijan
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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With Private Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcanoes tour, you will be able to discover the rock carving of the animals and many different images of the humans, boats, hunters that made by the cavemen lived in the territory of Azerbaijan. You will also travel to see Volcanoes that are extracting the mud to the surface.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Gobustan Rock Art, Gobustan Settlement – Garadagh District 60 km South of Baku, Qobustan 1080 Azerbaijan
Your tour will start with the car picking you up from the hotel. First destination will be the Gobustan- The Archeological monument is located in 56 km from the capital city, Baku. The artifacts and rock carvings were discovered in 1939 – 1940 years. As a result of the researchers, more than 3,500 human and animal paintings and various markings – petroglyphs were recorded and 20 suburban shelters have been identified in this place. Mesolithic monuments (medieval stone) are mostly exhibited in the reserve. There are many caves, springs, carved by primitive men on walls of caves, rocks, and stony lumps. First you will visit the Gobustan Museum to get the better insights to the history of the area then you will go by car to the Rock Mountain to see the real carvings. After the Rock Mountain, you will visit the Mud.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Mud Volcanoes, Gobustan National Park, Baku Azerbaijan
Volcanoes. That is why the Transportation will be changed to the Soviet Lada Cars. Whoever wants can bring some strong plastic bags with them to collect some of the mud from there which has been said is good for the skin. Spending 10 minutes around Volcanoes you will be transferred back to your car. On the way to the Hotel you will also visit the Bibiheybet Mosque, with magnificent green internal decorative beauty and the First Industrial Oil Well on the Earth that was opened for use in 1846.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Baku Azerbaijan
The magnificent Bibiheybat Mosque, built in a classic oriental style, is perfectly designed with white marble and dome-colored glass. Here, in a mosaic made of glass, Surat al-Nisa of the Qur’an is written. The mosque, which is 5 meters high, can accommodate about 3,000 people at the same time.
Duration: 10 minutes
