Azerbaijan1 dayMinibus
Baku’s surroundings in one day: rock carvings, bubbling mud, the fire temple and Yanardag.
In the morning we head south to Gobustan: the reserve’s museum and the hunters, boats and animals cut into its rocks. From there local drivers take us up to the mud volcanoes. After lunch on the road we cross to the Absheron peninsula for the Ateshgah fire temple in Surakhani and, close to sunset, the flame of Yanardag that never goes out. The guide speaks Azerbaijani, English and Russian, so the group often includes visitors to Baku.
09:30
We meet outside our office at 66 Nizami Street. An 18-seat minibus.
10:40
The museum and the path along the rocks, about 1.5 hours.
12:30
A 20-minute dirt track in local cars from Gobustan village. Wear old shoes.
14:00
At a roadside restaurant on the way back: kebab, salad and tea.
15:30
The 17th–18th-century caravanserai and fire altar in Surakhani.
17:00
The flame that never goes out on a hillside near Mammadli village.
18:30
66 Nizami Street.
No documents needed. Visitors from abroad keep their passport with them.
Per person sharing a double room. A child (2–11, in the parents’ room): −30%.
Leyla Hasanova
Guide: Georgia and Türkiye
A former history teacher. She leads the Tbilisi train trips and the Istanbul–Cappadocia groups, and guides visitors from abroad in English at Gobustan.
The teamI had one day left after a work trip to Baku. An English-speaking guide, a small group, and the volcanoes were stranger than I expected. We reached Yanardag at sunset.
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