1-Day Gobustan and Mud Volcanoes Tour from Baku with Gaval Dash

The journey

Trip highlights

• 01 Explore the Gobustan Reserve with its Neolithic rock drawings and inhabited caves
• 02 Touch the mild mud flowing from Gobustan's famous mud volcanoes
• 03 Play the musical stone known as Gaval Dash (Qavaldash)
• 04 Visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site just outside Baku

Explore the unique landscape of the Gobustan Reserve on this day tour from Baku. Discover an open-air site scattered with Neolithic rock drawings and inhabited caves, then continue to the area's famous mud volcanoes. You can touch the mild mud coming out of the volcanoes, and you will also get to play with the musical stone known as Gaval Dash (Qavaldash). With private transportation, entrance fees, and pickup and drop-off included, this tour offers an easy way to experience one of Azerbaijan's most distinctive natural and cultural sites.

You can touch the mild mud coming out of the volcanoes, and you will also get to play with the musical stone known as Gaval Dash (Qavaldash).

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 1 Day

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access No

Cities Baku, Gobustan National Park

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1

Day 01

Gobustan Reserve and Mud Volcanoes Tour

• Pick up at 10:00 am from the address provided by you.

• Explore the Gobustan Reserve and see the mud volcanoes.

• Drop-off at your address.

The route

Where you'll travel

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

• Private transportation

• Pick-up and drop-off from your accommodation address

• Baku tour guide

• Entrance fees

• Second transport to the mud volcanoes

What's Not Included

• Any private expenses

• Meals

What to bring

• Bring a bottle of water for hand washing if you would like to touch the mud from the volcanoes.

Know before you go

Gobustan Reserve is an open-air museum littered with Neolithic rock drawings. The rock carvings, settlements, burials, and inhabited caves found there are 5,000-40,000 years old. You will also be guided to see the mud volcanoes. Gobustan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. The well-preserved sketches display ancient populations travelling on reed boats; men hunt antelope and wild bulls, and women dance. Gobustan also hosts 300 of the planet's estimated 700 mud volcanoes. In 2001, one mud volcano 15 kilometres from Baku made world headlines when it suddenly started spewing flames 15 meters high.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point

Baku, Azerbaijan

Tour start

Baku, Azerbaijan

Tour ends at the same location as the start point.