The Best Highlights of Azerbaijan

After 6 days of tours with this agency I can say that the last day in the mountains was the best. The highlights of the trip are the mountains on the last day in Quba, the petroglyphs at Qobustan and the palace in Sheki. The mud volcanoes are ok too. Besides that the rest was a bit bland and mediocre. We did a lot of driving to far places only to briefly see some things. The waterfalls are very small and not very interesting. Couldn't understand all the people there. The guide I had, Ell was ok. He gave a good effort but he is REALLY sensitive. I felt I always had to be super upbeat to make sure he was ok. I felt some places on the tour weren't really for us but we didn't want to be disrespectful to Ell so we did them anyways. I felt some of their ideologies were being pushed down our throats. Felt it wasn't very factual at times. The driver we had was FANTASTIC, but drives a bit fast and rough, but he was very professional and skillful. I would recommend Natzir to be my driver again as he was great. We had a very stressful moment as the communication with Fuad caused an issue. The package says hotel not included and we booked our relatively expensive hotel in Baku for each night. Fuad never mentioned, nor was it mentioned in the booking, that we needed a separate night in Sheki during the tour. Luckily Fuad tried his best and was kind. He ended up getting us a room in Sheki after realising his mistake. Forgive and forget. But I think he should clarify the hotels better to avoid this in the future. Overall, the trip was fine. I found some days were rather short but others longer. The short days are over very quickly like around lunch so keep that in mind. It was nice that Fuad checked in on us each day to see how things were going.

This was our first time visiting Azerbaijan, and we chose Guided Azerbaijan. We only had a weekend, so it was a quick trip, but Guided Azerbaijan made our two Baku city and Gobustan tours possible in a short time, covering many highlights as possible. The booking process was seamless with Fuad. Our guide El and driver, Kamal, were exceptional. El was very knowledgeable and passionate about his country, and we learned much. He recommended a few excellent restaurants and gave us good local tips: a superb tour and one we highly recommend.