The Best Day Trips from Baku, Azerbaijan

Few people have even heard of mud volcanoes let alone seen one in real life. The volcanoes spew freezing mud pushed to the surface from underground gas. Azerbaijan has more than one-third of the world’s mud volcanoes along the Absheron Peninsula, which you can reach on a day trip from Baku. Some are volatile and have the potential to explode. Getting to the mud volcanoes can be challenging, and you’ll almost certainly need to take a tour.