Duration : 5 Nights / 6 Days
Destination Covered : Baku, Qabala
Tour Activities : Museums, Sightseeing
Tour Themes : Adventure Tours, Culture & Heritage, Architecture & Gardens, Monuments & Historical Places
Price on Request
Baku and Qabala Tour Overview
Brief program:
Day 1 – airport-hotel transfer
Day 2 – Baku city tour
Day 3 – Baku-Gabala transfer. Shamakhi on the way.Nohur Lake
Day 4 – Tufandag resort. Gabala-Baku transfer
Day 5 – Absheron and Gobustan tour
Day 6 – Hotel-airport transfer
SUPPLEMENT COSTS:
Half day car usage on the day of arrival (3-4 hours) – sedan – 35 USD; minivan –50 USD (price per car)
Meals at Indian restaurant: lunch – 15 USD per person; dinner – 18 USD per person. Car will be maximum till 21:30. If guests would like to stay longer they can return with taxi
Meals in local restaurant: lunch – 30 USD per person; dinner – 50 USD per person. Car will be maximum till 21:30. If guests would like to stay longer they can return with taxi
Additional entrances costs which guests might want to visit within program:
In Baku:
Carpet museum – 7 USD per person
Boat at Little Venice – 4 USD per person
Shirvanshah’s Palace – 15 USD per person
Maiden Tower – 15 USD per person
Heydar Aliyev Center – 11 USD per person; Classic cars museum at H. Aliyev Centre – 7 USD per person
Modern Art Museum – 5 USD per person
Surakhani Ship museum – 5 USD per person
Miniature books museum – free of charge
In Shamakhi
Diri Baba Mausoleum – 11 USD per person
Alpaca Farm – 1 pax – 55 USD per person; 2 pax – 26 USD per person; 3-5 pax – 23 USD per person; 6-15pax – 16 USD per person
In Ismayilli – if guests would like to have wine degustation we can take to Chabiant Winery upon request.
In Gabala
Catamaran at Nohur Lake – 5 USD per person
10 bullets at Gabala Shooting Centre – 18 USD per person
10 min swings at Tufandag Resort – 15 USD per person
Roller Coaster in Tufandag – 19 USD per person
Gabala Savalan Winery – upon request
Baku and Qabala Tour Itinerary
Meet & Greet at the Airport by representative.
Transfer to the hotel
Check-in at the hotel
Free time to enjoy the windy capital
(Overnight stay in Baku)
Excursion day (pick-up at 10:00)
Visiting Highland park – enjoying panoramic view to Baku. From there guests see Milli Majlis, Flame Towers building which become an icon of Baku. Using one way funicular to go down or up (1 ticket to funicular is included)
Baku Boulevard – famous with its Ferris Wheel (works only if no wind), small reproduction of Little Venice, Carpet museum and long way strolling along the
Caspian sea
Old city – Icherisheher – the ancient city with hamams, local mosques, Maiden tower and Shirvanshah’s Palace dated 12th century.
Walking to Nizami Street which also the part of history and oil barons built beautiful buildings along this street. Also, guests may have shopping time in modern shops.
Heydar Aliyev Centre - the unique building designed by
famous architecture Zaha Hadid. Taking picture near “I Love Baku” is very popular among tourists, do not miss to take yours!
Return to the hotel
(Overnight stay in Baku)
Check-out from hotel. Transfer to Gabala (pick-up at 08:30, 4 hours way)
On the way guests will pass Shamakhi Juma Mosque, which is one of the oldest mosques in Caucasus, it fundament is from 9th century.
If guests would like guests may visit very interesting farm where fluffy animals – alpacas – are living. Brought from South America this friendly animals fill themselves very comfortable in Shamakhi area (extra cost for entrance)
Reaching Gabala
Nohur Lake is one of the most fabulous locations in Gabala, with a spectacular look to the Caucasus mountains. The tourists are overwhelmed by Lake Nohur’s majesty. The peaceful weather and sounds of birds provide an ideal
environment for relaxing to avoid the noise.
Check-in to the hotel
Free time
(Overnight stay in Gabala)
Check-out from the hotel
Excursion program (pick-up at 10:00)
Visiting Yeddi Gozel Waterfall - this mountain waterfall is beautiful places to see, is situated in the Vandam village of Gabala. The name of the Seven Beauties (Yeddi Gozel) Waterfall comes from the name of the 7 mountain roads that should lead to the waterfall.
Tufandag Mountain Resort provides its guests with a natural setting with incomparable beauty and harmony. Built like a jewel in the crown of the surrounding
mountains, Tufandag Mountain Resort is a must-see spot for nature lovers and sports enthusiasts alike. (2 line cable car ticket is included)
Return to Baku (departing from Gabala by 16:00, around 4 hours way)
Check-in to the hotel
(Overnight stay in Baku)
Excursion day (pick-up at 09:30)
Gobustan tour - From prehistoric rock art to musical stones, the Azerbaijani people’s age-old past is
dramatically brought to life in the UNESCO-listed Gobustan Reserve, where an astonishing collection of over 6,000 ancient petroglyphs chart ways of life dating back as far as 40,000 years. (ticket is included)
Mud volcanos - The area around Baku is home to numerous mud volcanoes, considered one of the world’s most unique natural phenomenon. Known for their bubbling mud, they sometimes seem ready to erupt. Approximately 400 of them have been recorded in Azerbaijan. (mud volcanos taxi is
included)
Return to Baku. Lunch break (by 13:30)
Absheron tour – today you will visit Fire Temple (Ateshgah) and Fire Mountain (Yanardag)
Fire Temple (Ateshgah) - Ateshgah Fire Temple in the village of Surakhani has been attracting crowds
of thrill seekers. Built in the 17th–18th centuries around naturally burning flames which were previously worshipped by Zoroastrians, the site was then an important place of pilgrimage for fire-worshipping Hindus until the 1880s. Today it houses a well-designed museum (combo ticket is included)
Yanardag, the Burning Mountain in Mammadli
village where a 10-metre wall of flames blazes day and night at the base of a hillside. These natural flames were described by Marco Polo in the 13th century and continue to mesmerize those who visit the site. Today you can learn all about them at the beautifully arranged new museum complex (combo ticket is included)
Return to the hotel
(Overnight stay in Baku)
Check-out
Transfer to Heydar Aliyev International airport (pick-up from Baku hotel 3 hours before departure)
More Details about Baku and Qabala Tour
Inclusions
- Hotel
- Accommodation – 4 nights in Baku at chosen hotel/1 night in Gabala
- Delicious continental breakfast
- Transportation from/to airport and within mentioned tours with mentioned car types
- English speaking driver (not guide)
- Entrances: Funicular, Cable car in Tufandag (2 lines), Fire Temple and Fire Mountain, Gobustan, Taxi to mud volcanos
- Water (2 bottles per person per day)
Exclusions
- Lunches and dinners (supplement cost is mentioned below)
- Any other entrances
- Visas – 38 USD per person
- Insurance
- Early check-in/late check-out
- Air tickets
- Separate guide during tour days – highly recommend taking guide with sprinter bus, supplement – 360 USD for whole package!
Payments Terms
- * 20% Advance Percentage of total booking amount
SPECIAL NOTES
- Note on museums – mainly museums are working from Tuesday till Sunday from 10:00 till 18:00 (last ticket is sold at 17:30). Surakhani Ship museum does not work on Tuesday too.
- Cable car and other services in Tufandag are available til 17:00
- There might be closures/or technical problems due to that any of the museum will not operate, we are not taking responsibility for it.
- Company has right to change the program in case if necessity
- We do not keep any block at the hotels, so please always check availability before confirming to your customers
- Some hotels require deposit amount which is refundable and is returned to the guests upon check-out
- Black-out dates – during 1-20 June it will be government event, but still it is unknown if hotels are blocked or not. Please do not offer same prices to your customers and recheck with us.
- Taxis to mud volcanos might not operate on the time of the guests’ arrival due to governmental restrictions. If guests would like to visit new Mud Volcanos Museum – it will cost extra 11 USD per person
- During payment process the partner should bear all bank charges referred to his country
Cancellation & Refund Policy
- * Upon cancellation, refund will be made after deducting the Retention Amount.
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