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Azerbaijan: Caspian to Caucasus - 5 Days (Baku, Old City, Gobustan, Yanar Dag & Lahij)

3.7(3 reviews)5 daysStart and end in the trailhead
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Five days from the Caspian into the Greater Caucasus. Five days by private vehicle with a licensed guide, the caravanserai night at Sheki and all entries prepaid.

Meridian Overland
Runs this trip
Group trips
Five days from the Caspian into the Greater Caucasus
Group Tour
Join a fixed-date departure with other travellers

Top Highlights

  • Maiden TowerIcherisheher is a walled medieval town with a twelfth-century tower in the middle of an oil city.
  • Gobustan petroglyphsForty thousand years of rock carvings in the morning and a hillside that has been on fire since antiquity in the afternoon.
  • Lahij cobblesLahij has made copper by hand for centuries and the street is still lined with the workshops doing it.

Itinerary

What's included

Included in the price

Accommodation
  • 4 nights accommodation as listed: hotel or lodge, twin sharing
  • A night in the Sheki caravanserai
Transport
  • Airport pickup and drop, private vehicle
  • All internal transfers by private vehicle
  • All ground transport by private vehicle
Meals
  • Breakfast daily plus the meals listed on each day
Guide
  • Trip leader throughout, 1 guide per 10
Permits & fees
  • Gobustan and Yanar Dag entries
  • Sheki Khan's Palace entry
  • All entry tickets and permits listed in the day-by-day

Not included

Insurance
  • Travel insurance
Optional
  • International or domestic flights to the start point
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Flights to Baku
Additional Services
  • 5% GST and any applicable TCS
  • Lunches and dinners not listed on a day
  • Azerbaijan e-visa fee
  • Most lunches

Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.

Where you'll stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Baku Retreat

Hotel

Days 1, 2

Gabala Lodge

Lodge

Day 3

Sheki Retreat

Hotel

Day 4

What you'll eat

4 breakfasts and 3 dinners across 5 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 5.

  • DinnerServed on days 1, 3, 4
  • BreakfastServed on days 2–5

7 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking

Operator

Meridian Overland
3.7 (3)

Based in New Delhi

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Customer reviews

Overall rating
3.7/5
Based on 3 reviews
Review summary
Food
4.0/5
Guide
3.7/5
Itinerary
3.3/5
Transport
4.0/5
Accommodation
4.0/5
Tour operator
3.7/5
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Sofia Marchetti – London2025-11-20 · Verified booking

Well paced over 5 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Would send friends their way.

Reply from Meridian Overland

Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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Meera Iyer – Indore2025-11-20 · Verified booking

Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Rooms were comfortable and the locations meant we could walk most evenings. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. No hesitation recommending them.

Reply from Meridian Overland

Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.

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Sneha Kulkarni – Pune2025-11-20 · Verified booking

Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.

Reply from Meridian Overland

Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.

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