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Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour: Visit Ancient and Historical Places in and around Baku
4.5
377 Ratings
Bakı
Experience the rich history of Baku on the Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour. Explore ancient sites, visit the Ateshgah Fire Temple, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Experience the rich history of Baku on the Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour. Explore ancient sites, visit the Ateshgah Fire Temple, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tes Tour - Start of the tour.
- Maiden Tower - On the way to Gobustan, pass by Maiden Tower Baku in Old City.
- Baku Boulevard - On the way to Gobustan, pass by the National Boulevard Baku
- Azneft Square - On the way to Gobustan, pass by Azneft Square
- National Flag Square - On the way to Gobustan, pass by the National Flag Square…
- Tes Tour - Start of the tour.
- Maiden Tower - On the way to Gobustan, pass by Maiden Tower Baku in Old City.
- Baku Boulevard - On the way to Gobustan, pass by the National Boulevard Baku
- Azneft Square - On the way to Gobustan, pass by Azneft Square
- National Flag Square - On the way to Gobustan, pass by the National Flag Square
- Bibi-Heybat Mosque - On the way to Gobustan, pass by the Bibi Heybat Mosque.
- Mud Volcanoes - Mud Volcanoes: a whole family of ‘geologically flatulent’ little conical mounds that erupt with thick, cold, grey mud.
- Gobustan Rock Art - Gobustan National Park: Cave Paintings exploring the history of times up to 40.000 years.
- Park Bulvar Baku - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple pass by Park Bulvar Mall.
- Trump Tower - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple pass by Trump Tower Baku.
- SOCAR Tower - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple pass by SOCAR Tower.
- Ateshgah - Fire Temple - Ateshgah: “Fire Temple of Baku”. A castle-like religious temple based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the Zoroastrian place of worship.
- Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve - Yanardag Burning Mountain is considered as “eternal fire” and fulfills the trip with unique and interesting experience.
- Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center - We stop for 20-30 minutes for photo break. Has an amazing design, and one of the symbols of Baku City. There is the “I LOVE BAKU” sign in front of Heydar Aliyev Center, and beatiful city view. Note: we do not enter to the Center.
- Tes Tour - End of the tour. Drop-off to hotel.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (total 25 AZN) (If you choose TICKET INCLUDED Option, This fee is FREE)
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (total 25 AZN) (If you choose TICKET INCLUDED Option, This fee is FREE)
Additional Information
If you are travelling to Baku for a short period, then this is the best activity to join, as we will explore the most popular places of Baku within 8 hours.
4 reasons why You should NOT do it by yourself?
- The sights in this activity are not in the walking distances
- It is not possible to reach to all sights by public buses
- Uber or other taxi…
If you are travelling to Baku for a short period, then this is the best activity to join, as we will explore the most popular places of Baku within 8 hours.
4 reasons why You should NOT do it by yourself?
- The sights in this activity are not in the walking distances
- It is not possible to reach to all sights by public buses
- Uber or other taxi services would definitely cost You triple charge.
- Mud volcanoes & Gobustan are in one side of Baku, and Fire Temple & Burning mountain are in another part of Baku. So, You would need a very good time scheduling to visit all these sights before they are closed.
Tour Program:
- We meet You in your hotel
- Tour will start from Double Gates of Baku Old City, at 10:00
- Mud Volcanoes
- Gobustan National Park
- Lunch break before Ateshgah fire temple
- Ateshgah Fire Temple
- Yanar Dag burning mountain
- Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center: photo-stop, we will not enter the sight.
- Drive back to Double Gates. Drop-off to hotel.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Tour Guide Baku
If to enter to Old City Baku from Double Gates, take the 1st turn to right, and after 15 meters there is another turn to left. You will see the office of TES Tour office in green colours.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(377 Ratings)
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345samrats
Sep 1, 2024
Well organized and coordinated trip - It was a last minute plan and we were late to start this trip but thankfully Tarlan (our guide) and the assigned driver were absolute experts and ensured that we visited all the sites and spent ample time at each of them.
Tarlan has very good knowledge of all the sites and helps you put into perspective the importance and historical significance of thr sites visited especially (Gobustan and Ateshgah). Mud volcano was fun and we spent time getting our hands dirty which was great! Overall a very well organized trip. Highly recommended.
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Kallol_c
Aug 21, 2024
Awesome Experience with TES tour - It was very nice to book my Second trip(19-Aug Gobustan, MudVolcanoes-FireTemple,BurningMountain) as well with TES TOUR, as I gained a lot of good memories.
Their guide member Mr. Sameer was hilarious. At the same time, he was having a profound knowledge about culture, history & traditions.
I am looking forward to book my next tours also with this team during my upcoming visits to Azerbaijan.
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Igordjerdj
Aug 20, 2024
Excellent tour - The tour guide did his job in an excellent way! Everything was smootn and exciting. The visited places were worth of visiting.
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332nimitk
Aug 19, 2024
Great experience - The places were intresting. For the first time I saw a mud volcano and a burning mountain.
Our tour guide "Sabuhi" was amazing. He made our tour memorable.
Highly recommended.
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621kavitak
Aug 14, 2024
Awesome - go for it - the entire TES team is amazing! we were short on time and wanted to cover as much as possible….they arranged 3 tours for us and also went above and beyond to accommodate our requests! Highly recommend them for Gobustan/Mud Volcanes trip (my super favourite) and the Baku Night Tour as well….their guides are informative and humourous….we asked them a lot of questions, but they patiently explained everything! Thank you for organzing and making our baku trip memorable!!
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Zak
Aug 14, 2024
Thank you Subahi! - We booked TES Tour very last minute for a trip to Gobustan (rock carvings/paintings and the mud volcanoes) and the Yanardag burning mountain/fire temple, at a very reasonable price compared to other providers who approach you in the city and those online.
We were picked up promptly at the designated time from our hotel and were taken to all of the mentioned sites with a knowledgeable guide (Subahi) via a comfortable minibus.
Halfway through the day we were taken to a local Azeri restaurant, which was pleasant, but did not cater much for vegetarians.
Overall, Subahi was great and I would recommend using this tour company!
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Remarkieble
Aug 12, 2024
Fantastic Day well spent - An absolutely amazing day with Sabuhi 🫡our very humorous tour guide made the tour really smooth and fun🙌! May you continue to be blessed with more tours. Well Done!
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Prajakta_p
Aug 17, 2024
Fun and Informative - A day well spent with our extremely informative guide Saamir! Lots of locations covered in a short time. It was a good insight into the history of Azerbaijani culture.
The traditional food was delicious!
Would totally recommend this one!
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Lindanb
Aug 28, 2024
Tour as advertised. Pick up was walking. Advertised drop off non-existent - The tour was fine. The guide and driver were good. My fellow travellers were awesome. I’m 77 and in reasonable physical shape but my balance going down steps with no railing isn’t reliable. Almost everyone on the tour gave me an arm at some point. My problem is that this tour said it includes hotel pick up and drop off. I have it in print. Pick up was a young man coming to my hotel and power walking for 12 minutes to get to the van. I expected a car but can live with the walk. My really big problem is drop off. The van came to a stop, the driver announced the end of the tour and everyone scattered. There was nobody from the tour company to meet the van. The advertised “drop off” did not exist. I had no idea how to get back to my hotel. I asked several people, most of whom spoke limited English, and got different answers from everyone. Exhausted from a long, hot day, an elderly woman hopelessly lost in a strange city after dark, it took me well over an hour to find my hotel. It should have been 12 minutes . Not impressed!
As an aside, this tour included more walking and climbing up and down rocky steps than I expected. Not sorry I did it (well, except for the end) but seniors may wish to consider their stamina and balance before booking.
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Venkatesh_r
Aug 22, 2024
Disappointed - I think the most important part of the tour is the guide. Here the guide took us to the places and explained everything really well. Otherwise it as a dead tour as no description or narration was given as we passed by important monuments and buildings. Also sadly the lunch was a tourist trap. In the description of the tour it was mentioned that the lunch is extra and will approximately cost around 12 AZ but there was almost nothing we could get at that rate. In fact I ended up paying 30 AZ for a dish even without ordering water or a drink. I think if the travel agency is serious they should consider the following
1. Provide Free Water
2. Don't force customer into a tourist trap
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