Gobustan, Mud volcanoes, Fire temple, Fire mountain PRIVATE TOUR
Description
Four Absheron Treasures Tour will help you look at history of Azerbaijan in a different way. Take a look at the rock paintings of primitive people, learn in detail about the useful properties of mud volcanoes, get more information about the connection of this region with fire and Zoroastrianism together with our accredited guides.
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Itinerary
4 Absheron Treasures Tour usually starts at 9:30 AM with picking guests up from their location within Baku. 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.
4 Absheron Treasures Tour usually starts at 9:30 AM with picking guests up from their location within Baku. 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.
Ateshgah of Baku. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the Fire Temple of Baku was used as a Hindu, and Zoroastrian place of worship. The first mention of this temple dates back to the 7th century ad. Here you can see many cells of fire worshippers with large number of historical exhibits (cookware, stone slabs with inscriptions, elements of clothes) found during archaeological excavations.
Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve. Yanardag is a natural gas flame that has been constantly burning since ancient times on a hillside on Absheron Peninsula near Baku. The meaning of the phrase “Yanardag” is “Burning Mountain”. To this day, pilgrims from Iran and India come here to visit the sacred burning mountain. At the end of the tour you will be dropped off at the Founctain Square
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up from any hotel located in the city center. Please contact us for pick-up details
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(54)
Bag Baku Tours provided an excellent english speaking guide cum driver with a wonderful car with good knowledge of the area. He was so helpful and made us cover all areas easily.
Fantastic tour with our guide Aygun! Very informative, super interesting, and all at a relaxed pace. Couldn't recommend more highly. 5 stars!
Great experience . Guide was great. Friendly and informative. Highly recommend it. Will definitely go back if I am in Azerbaijan.
Our guide, Hikmat, assigned to us on 13th September for a Private Tour to Gobustan, was Kind, soft-spoken, and caring enough to escort us to a dinner place after the tour. We found the driver to be a little rash in his driving, but we didn't say anything to him.
Time well spent. It’s a two day trip. Rest well. Have enough water if you don’t like tea. Go with a friend to have a great time.
Comfortable and punctual tour, with a very prepared guide. It allows you to visit the most important attractions of Azerbaijan in a single day. Recommended.
We saw how natural gas caused continual flames and mud volcanoes. Saw petroglyphs and a temple used by Hindus and Zoroastrists. I had to supply my own water and food (we stopped at a store). I had to pay 3 entry fees.
This is an amazing tour to see the iconic sites of Azerbaijan! My guides Rajab is super informative, friendly, and professional, he made sure that I learned a lot in the tour while making sure that I have everything I needed. He was enthusiastic during the entire tour, answered all my questions and was not simply spitting out historical facts, it’s like a friend is telling me a story. Our driver/guide Elnur provided exceptional luxury service. His car was clean and his driving was top notch, like a luxury hotel chauffeur lol but he is very friendly and spoke great English.
Our tour guide was accommodating, funny, informative, and a great English speaker. This was easily one of the highlights of my trip to Baku. Though the mud volcanoes themselves were a bit underwhelming, the journey there was incredible. I got in the back seat of an old Soviet sedan and tore through the dunes. On the second leg of the journey, archeology fans are guaranteed to have their minds blown. The cave drawings were as interesting as the view from the hill they rest upon. Thirdly, I didn’t know much about the Zoroastrian faith before, but my tour guide (Hikmat) was very detailed in his explanation and worked hard to sharpen my understanding. Finally, the flaming mountain was unlike anything I have encountered before. This is a wonderful experience well worth the cost.
Fantastic tour with a private vehicle to 4 unique and amazing sites! We had some difficulties with the pickup (not the company's fault) and the team handled everything really smoothly with a phone call, which we really appreciated. Rajab was a great guide, very knowledgeable and helpful.
