4x4 Jeep Tour - Secrets of Gobustan and Mud Volcanoes

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• Baku Boulevard (Pass by)

  A century-old resting place in Baku

  Admission ticket free
• 1
  Mud Volcanoes

  To the East of the Gobustan Museum is a group of active volcanoes Dashgil. You will be able to visit and closely climb the crater of mud volcanoes itself and watch the bubbling of liquid clay. A beautiful landscape, as if you are on the planet Mars (scientists have drawn an analogy and the surface in the area of Gobustan is very similar to the surface of the planet Mars) and the constant mud gurgling creates a feeling of unearthly surface.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Qobustan

  Jeep tour of the reserve Kichik dash. You will find yourself on another planet-a mystical place, on the territory of which more than 2 thousand megaliths (huge boulders of stones) of different sizes are scattered. Some of them formed caves and grottoes where primitive people formed their first encampments. A large number of rock paintings and ancient inscriptions. You will have a unique opportunity to climb the mountain itself by jeep (176 m) and observe the beautiful scenery of the Caspian Sea and the Gobustan highlands. At the top of the mountain, you will witness the destruction of rocks, which last for about 10 thousand years.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Gobustan Rock Art

  1) Modern interactive Museum In the Museum, you will find perfectly selected exhibitions with the use of the most modern technology that will help you learn the meaning of petroglyphs (rock paintings). In 11 exhibition halls, (the Halls are equipped with 3D panoramas, touch screens) there is a huge collection of priceless historical exhibits, interesting for both adults and children. 2) An open air Museum In mountains of Gobustan Beyukdash there were concentrated witnesses of the past of azerbaijanian nation of the epoch of Stone Age and ongoing periods – rocky paintings, camp of man, tombstones and etc. The most significant of them are rocky pictures – petroglyphs, carved by primitive men on walls of caves, rocks and stony lumps. The aforesaid primitive monuments of art reflect culture, economy, world outlook, customs and traditions of ancient azerbaijanian peoples.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Children must be accompanied by an adult

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