Full day tours in Baku, Private tours and excursions in Baku
There are only 700 mud volcanoes registered in the world, and about 300 of them are in Azerbaijan!
Location
Most visited Mud volcanoes are located in Alat, part of the Gobustan state preserve. The only way from Gobustan preserve to Mud volcano is not a comfortable offroad way. That’s why the fastest form of transport between Gobustan and Mud volcano is by taxi — it takes about 30 minutes and 25-50 manats per car (depends on your negotiation skills). If you share the ride with other people, it will cost around 10 manats per person. You should have no trouble finding a taxi, onward from the Gobustan museum to Mud volcano.
Understand
Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan belong to a number of geological wonders of nature and are widespread on the Apsheron Peninsula, in Gobustan, in the southeast of the Shirvan Plain and on the islands of the Baku Archipelago. Mud volcanoes are found in the areas with sandy-clay soil which are rich in oil and gas deposits. Azerbaijan is the richest country in the world for the diversity and distribution of mud volcanoes. All known types of mud volcanoes in the world are represented in Azerbaijan. The country is a real natural fund or laboratory of mud volcanoes in the world. Most of the volcanoes located in Azerbaijan are active, but there are extinct, underwater and island volcanoes in the Caspian Sea.
Mud volcano tour
Visit Mud volcanoes is induced into itinerary of several of our tours. You can choose from any of them. We offer following inclusions: transportation with a comfortable vehicle, English speaking guide (other languages on request), Transportation according to the program, water 0,5 L per person.
During our tours, you will have the possibility to visit one of these mud volcanoes. At the top of the unremarkable hill Dash gil, about 10 km south of Gobustan – a large number of small mud volcanoes are scattered. The Deserted and rocky landscapes of Dashgil with their volcanoes resemble the youth of our planet, the epoch before the appearance of people. Here is the whole field of small conical craters that erupt into thick, cold, gray mud, while creating lunar landscapes. Even with modest activity, it becomes clear how much, this part of the land is active in the geological sense.
Therapeutic mud
Mud volcanoes create incredible Martian beauty, continuously gurgling erupt liquid mud. Mud from these volcanoes contains valuable chemicals that are used in the treatment of various diseases and in cosmetology. Such volcanoes as Lokbatan, Galmas, Toragai, Airantokan, Boyuk Kenizdag, and Dashgil included a list of protected natural monuments. 23 volcanoes have received the status of protected areas. People called mud volcanoes by different names according to the external properties of these volcanoes, for example, “pilpilya” (terrace), Yanardag (burning mountain), Bozdag (Gray mountain) “gaynacha” (hot water).
