Baku Day Trip – Baku Original Walking Free Tour

OVERVIEW

In this day trip to Khinalug, Guba, one of Azerbaijan’s highest mountain villages, you will explore the lifestyle of remote villagers in the countryside in 2350m altitude. Khinalug is also considered one of the most ancient and continuously inhabited places in Azerbaijan. You will have a chance to visit Red Town (Qırmızı Qəsəbə or Krasnaya Sloboda) in Guba city which is one of the last strongholds of Mountain Jews in the Caucasus as well as visit mosques of Shiite and Sunni communities of Guba.

HIGHLIGHTS

Explore one of endangered people’s life style
Enjoy mountain scenery on drive (several stops are expected)
Soak up atmosphere in a remote desolate village
Short hiking to hills around Khinalug
Led by local guide
Taste pakhlava distinct to Guba
Tour includes lunch with local family in Khinalug

WHAT TO EXPECT?

Discover Azerbaijan’s countryside on a day trip to Khinalug that travels through changing landscapes from below sea level up to 2360m altitude. You will also experience the coexistence of communities, though in a separate settlement, Shiites, Sunnis and Jews in Guba on a walking tour and the distinct lifestyle of the Khinalug people. Meanwhile, you will taste the local cuisine (lunch in Khinalug) and Guba pakhlava. In Khinalug, you will also have a chance to do short hiking to hills in the close vicinity of Khinalug to have a bird-eye view of the village.

TOUR INCLUDES

Full-day private tour
Pick up and drop off
Transport service
Entrance tickets to sights
1L bottled water
Lunch in Khinalug

PRICE

Group Size	1	2	3	4	5	6
Price per Group (AZN)	350	410	480	530	560	620

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OVERVIEW

In Baku private day tour, we explore the UNESCO World Heritage site at Gobustan National Park to eyewitness culture of prehistoric humans, and Mud volcanoes in Gobustan (a surface similar to one on the Moon) Bibi Heybat Mosque, a historic mosque with cultural and social value. In the afternoon we stop for lunch with shared meals of traditional cuisine for all.

Afterward, we visit the castle-like Hindu-Zoroastrian pilgrimage site of Ateshgah (fire temple) Temple and the ever-lasting fire at Yanardag (fire mountain).

HIGHLIGHTS

Explore the immediate areas of Baku on full-day tour
Sightseeing at UNESCO Heritage sites of Baku
Experience with Mud Volcanos
Visit the Fire Temple and the Fire Mountain
Learn about Azerbaijan’s oil industry
Shared meal of traditional cuisine
Led by a local guide

WHAT TO EXPECT?

We pick you up from a hotel and drive to Gobustan along the southern highway across service facilities of the oil and gas industry. Then, you have a guided tour of the Gobustan Museum and Boyukdash Mountain. Next up, we drive 15 minutes to visit the site of the mud volcanos. You’ll spend about half an hour sightseeing and photo-shooting Baku’s mud volcanoes. Then, we drive back to the city and stop by Bibi Heybat Mosque (Women to wear headscarf).

In the city, we stop by a local restaurant for shared meals. We try all the main highlights of traditional Azerbaijani cuisine.

After lunch, we drive to the Ateshgah (the fire temple). Then, you have a guided tour of the Fire Temple. Then, we drive to Fire Mountain to observe the natural gas flare. Toward the end, we get back to the city and drop off at the hotel.

Attractions covered are Gobustan Rock-Art Museum, Mud volcanoes in Gobustan and Bibi Heybat Mosque, Ateshgah (Fire Temple), and Yanardag (Fire Mountain).

TOUR INCLUDES	DOESN’T INCLUDE
Full-day private tour Pick up and drop off Transport service Entrance tickets to sights 1L bottled water Shared meals	Alcoholic Beverages Full board lunch

PRICE

Group Size	1	2	3	4	5	6
Price per Group (AZN)	290	360	440	510	560	620

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