Head to Salyan Rayon and get acquainted with the mysterious composition of the Shirvan National Park: birds, mammals and mud volcanoes all at one place!  

• There are 34 species of birds in the reserve, 14 of which listed in the Red Book. In autumn and winter flocks of flamingos gather at Flamingo Lake. Other mammals: Besides gazelles and birds, other mammals such as foxes, jackals, hares and wolves, wild and jungle cats, lizards, snakes, badgers, beavers, jerboas, long-eared hedgehogs, bats, and turtles may be encountered at the park. Goitered gazelle which is listed in the Azerbaijani Red Book of rare and endangered wildlife.

• There are three mud volcanoes in the Shirvan National Park, which are rich in terms of their high bulging craters. The difference of mud volcanoes in the area is their excretion of liquid mud and oil instead of fiery lava. Bandovan Mountain is the most famous mud volcano in the park.