Discovery Air

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Duration :   6 Days 5 Nights

Package Includes

  • All transfers according to the program above by comfortable car;
  • English speaking guide/driver service during the tours & transfers
  • Hotel accommodation 5 nights in Baku
  • Breakfast every morning
  • Visa expenses;
  • Daily water for each group members
  • Entrance fee (Cable car in Gabala, Ateshgah, Fire mountain, Gobustan Museum)

Package Excludes

  • Early check-in and late check-out charge;
  • All personal expenses, such as drinks, telephone, laundry, mini bar,
  • Air tickets, Travel insurance
  • Lunches & dinners;
  • VAT & Municipality Tax

Payment Procedure

Confirm your booking with 50% in Advance Payment & Remaining 50% will be paid at the time departure

Schedule Details

Day 1: Arrival
    • Arrive at the Azerbaijan International You will be welcomed by the tour guide and then transferred to your hotel.
    • Check-in at the
    • The rest of the day is free for you to explore this windy capital
    • House of Government. Looking at the gigantic House of Government in central Baku along Neftchiler Avenue, you sense a feeling of architectural beauty. It can be hard to imagine such a beautiful baroque building, which lights up after dark, was commissioned by the same rulers who build endless rows of ugly blocks in much of Eastern Europe. Construction finished in 1952 to hold 5500 people in ministerial positions. Today, it’s one of the most attractive styles of architecture in Flame Towers Complex – the city’s tallest building. The height of 182 m. Flame Towers – consisting of three high-rise buildings in the complex. These hostels, apartments and offices are included.
    • Upland Park is the highest point in the Azerbaijani capital, opening a panoramic view of the city and its bay. The city’s residents and visitors often come here to see a bird’s eye view of Baku, and just have a walk. The Upland Park can be reached by cable railway (funicular) in 7-8 minutes from the boulevard or by climbing up the endless stone stairs.
    • Overnight in Baku. The port city of Baku, the cultural, industrial and political capital of Azerbaijan is located on the western Caspian seaside, on the bay shores of the same name in the southern part of the Absheron Peninsula, rich in its oil fields. The city is renowned for its harsh winds, which is reflected in its nickname, the “City of Winds”. Today Baku is known to have 30 museums, 7 theatres, philharmonic, opera theatre, film studio, cinema theaters and libraries housed in the city’s most beautiful buildings having an interior decoration which is every bit as good as their interior cultural content.
Day 02: Baku urban excursion
  1. Breakfast at the hotel
  2. Excursion program:
  3. Old city tour (Maiden Tower, Shirvanshah Palace, etc.)- Baku started from the Old City, as it is obvious from the name. Both the locals and tourists love this city in the city – here is the main historical attractions of Baku. Serenity and eternity peace among the ancient walls attract everyone. Old City is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Defensive walls surrounding the area date from the 12th century, and within it is a city of winding and narrow streets, which pass a number of historical sites, including the Maiden Tower, a large stone fortress built in the 12th century and the Shirvan Shah Palace.
  4. Walking around Fountain Square-The square is a public gathering place, especially after business hours and during the It is an attractive tourist destination with many boutiques, restaurants, shops, hotels and passage. This is one of the most crowd and lively places in the city. The area is great for people watching, and evening will find many locals strolling about. The Square also called in popular culture as the Torgovaya street running parallel to Baku Boulevard. The fountains square is a location where the city authorities hold many public festivals, shows and celebrations
  5. Free time for lunch
  6. Baku Boulevard – Did you know that the Baku Seaside Boulevard, construction of which started back in 1909, is considered one of the longest promenades on the planet? The total length of the Seaside Boulevard is now 5.75 km. Baku Boulevard is not only about strollers, green areas, park benches and the sea; there are quite many very interesting buildings located there: a 75 meter- high parachute jump tower, the new Carpet Museum (built in the shape of a rolled-up carpet), the International Mugham (Azerbaijani national music) Centre, and even the charming “Baku Venice”.
  7. Free time for dinner
  8. Transfer to Hotel
  9. Overnight in Baku
  10.  
Day 03: day in Gabala
    • Breakfast at the hotel.
    • Transfer to Gabala. On the way to Gabala we will stay in Shamakhi
    • Gabala is an administrative center and is the historic town in ancient times was known as the capital of Caucasian Albania. The ruins of the old city are located 20 kilometers to southwest of the present center of the district. The remnants of the large buildings, city gates, tower walls and patters of material culture prove that Gabala was one of the most prominent cities at that
    • Check-in at the hotel.
    • Excursion program:
    • Nohur lake tour- Nohur Lake within the populated area near Gabala-Ismayilli-Baku motorway is one of the natural attractions in Azerbaijan visited by international and local tourists. It is located in 5 km East of Gabala city, about 200 km away from Baku. The lake is surrounded by the mountains called Yumuru, Goydag, and Gulluburun. The length of Nohur lake at present time is 1925 m, width is 1355 m and its total area is 240 ha. Maximum depth reaches 24 m and volume of the water is about 16 million m3. It is situated in 700 meters above sea
    • Free time for Lunch
    • Tufandag Winter-Summer Tourist Complex is located 4 kilometers far from Gabala city. The resort allows visitors to enjoy different extreme sports and tourism activities in the harmony with nature. Tufandag complex provides skiing in winter, going up to the mountains by cable cars in summer, mountain climbing by ATV quad bikes and other types of entertainment
    • Tufandagh Cable Car
    • Transfer back to Baku
    • Overnight in Baku
Day 04: day in Abshero
  1. Breakfast at the
  2. Excursion program:
  3. Visiting Ateshgah fire temple (in Azerbaijani: Atəşgah), often called the “Fire Temple of Baku” is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani, a suburb in Baku,
  4. Visit Yanar Dag (In Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, meaning “burning mountain”) is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan (a country which itself is known as “the Land of Fire”). Flames jet into the air 3 meters (9.8 ft.) from a thin, porous sandstone layer. Administratively, Yanar Dag belongs to Absheron District of Azerbaijan. The Yanar Dag fire is never extinguished. Around this open fireplace the atmosphere is filled with the smell of gas. The flames emanate from vents in sandstone formations and rise to a height of 10 meters (33 ft.)
  5. Transfer back to the hotel in Baku
  6. Free time for lunch
  7. The Heydar Aliyev Center is a wave-like building rises from a bed of concrete. Its immobile white walls look as though they have been frozen mid-ripple. The abstract architecture is unlike anything else in the capital city. The Heydar Aliyev Center, which was designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Its rolling, flowing design made waves within architectural, engineering, and design circles and garnered it much prestigious international recognition.
  8. Inside, the building offers a tranquil environment full of white space and curved lines.
  9. Shopping time
  10. Free time for dinner
  11. Overnight in Baku.
  12.  
Day 05: day in Gobustan
  1. Breakfast at the hotel
  2. Transfer to Gobustan
  3. Gobustan State Reserve located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku was established in 1966 when the region was declared as a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the ancient carvings, mud volcanoes and gas-stones in the Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archeological monuments, the reserve has more than 6,000 rock carvings, which depict primitive people, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years. Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve acquired national status in 2006. As a part of the 31st Session of the UNESCO World Legacy Committee held in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 23 – July 2, 2007 included within the World Social Legacy List.
  4. Mud volcanoes Azerbaijan has the most mud volcanoes of any country, spread broadly across the country. 350 of the 800 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani Republic. Underground and submarine mud volcanoes are also famed in Azerbaijan. There are more than 140 submarine volcanoes in the Caspian Sea. Eight islands in the Baku Archipelago are mud volcanoes by origination. The other kind of mud volcanoes are wells. Their activity can be observed among strata of various ages. According to the information, mud volcanoes initially began their activity in the territory of Azerbaijan 25 million years ago.
  5. Free time for lunch
  6. Baku Boulevard is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku‘s seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch. The park stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the New Boulevard has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km, extending the promenades to National Flag Square. In 2015 White City Boulevard added a further 2 km to the east of Freedom Square and reports have suggested that eventually the boulevard might be as long as 26 km, including Bibiheibat.
  7. Ferris wheel
  8. Free time for dinner
  9. Overnight in Baku
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Day 06: Departure
  1. Breakfast in the hotel
  2. Check-out from the hotel in Baku
  3. Transfer to the GYD airport in Baku.
Day 06: Departure
  • Breakfast at the
  • Transfer to the Azerbaijan International
  • Departure.

See you in Azerbaijan Again!

F.A.Q

Terms & Conditions
    • The members shall not be indulged in any act reflecting moral or character failing during the activities.
    • Using drugs or found party to drug sale or possession is strictly prohibited. If anyone finds or caught using any kind of drug will be expelled from the trip right away on the spot and the person will not be eligible for any kind of refund.
    • Use of violent behavior including altercation, insinuations of indecent kind, verbal and physical abuse and assault, aggravated behavior, or any other act amounting to unbecoming of member are strictly prohibited.
    • All members would give extra care for the local environmental care. Garbage (tins. Water bottles, wrappers etc) shall be suitably disposed without polluting water sources.
    • The host reserves the right to cancel trip without prior notice for any reasons deemed appropriate by them. In such a case the registered participants will receive full refund.
    • During the trip, the itineraries may be affected by reasons beyond control of the hosts like un availability of hotels after the closing date of registrations. In such situation, organizers will not be held responsible in any case.
    • On steep ascends in mountainous areas, air conditioned of the buses will be operational on on-off basis to keep the vehicles from overheating
    • Every humanly possible care will be taken for the safety of members, still each venture can be fraught with endangers of unforeseen natural disasters like avalanches and crevasse falls or any other accidents and sometimes such disasters cannot be ruled out. In any such type of accident during the whole tour, the company, group leader and the tour organizers will not be held responsible in any form.
    • In case of theft, lost or damage to personal belongings during the duration of the trip, organizers will not be held responsible in any case.
    • On adventure trek of this type, weather, local politics, transport or a multitude of other factors beyond the control of organizers can result in a change of itinerary. It is, however, very unlikely that the itinerary would be substantially altered; if alterations are necessary the Leader and Guide will decide what is the best alternative, taking into consideration the best interests of the whole group.
  1. Payment Policy:
    • 50% payment for confirmation of Booking / Registration
    • All payment should be handover to organisers at the start of trip.
    • Amount more than 5 lac can be paid in two installments.
    • Easy paisa or Bank deposit slips should be provided at the time of Departure
  1. Cancellation Policy:
    • 24 HRS or less, 100% cancellation charges does apply.
    • 48 HRS or less, 100% cancellation charge does apply.
    • 3 days or more– 50% cancellation charge does apply.
    • 7 days or more – 30% cancellation charge does apply.
    • 20% deduction charges for “Early booking discount” holders on cancellation after 7 days will be applicable.
    • In case of refund, Company will make refund within 6 working days.
  1. Organizers reserve the right to assign seats in the Coaster/Hi Roof/Hi Ace/Jeep.
  2. The Organizers reserves the right to use group photos for electronic/digital media.
  3. Smoking in the transport is strictly prohibited.
  4. The Organizers reserves the right to terminate / regret any participant due to indiscipline; without any refund.
  5. Food shall be decided by the management (You can ask for the menu)
  6. Menu can be changed subject to availability etc.

Why Book With Us?

  • Capital Baku, known for its modern architecture and historic buildings.
  • Rich cultural heritage influenced by Persian, Turkish, and Russian traditions.
  • History Formerly part of the Soviet Union, gained independence in 1991.

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