Baku ground package NET rates: a 5-day operator example

Birtour is a Baku-based DMC. This page is a trade planning reference for international tour operators, not a retail holiday offer. Its May 2026 example puts a five-day, four-night Baku ground programme at USD 980 to 1,780 per person NET for a group of 10 sharing twin rooms. International flights are excluded, and a current written quote controls the actual price, availability and supplier terms.

Travelling privately or comparing ready-made routes? Use the Azerbaijan tour catalogue for published programmes or the private Azerbaijan tours page for a trip built around your own dates and party.

What does this Baku ground-package example cover?

The example covers four Baku hotel nights, four touring days, guide and vehicle, the listed admissions and sample meals. The three hotel bands show how the same trip shape changes by accommodation tier. Add-on excursions are separate lines. The figures do not price international flights, a couple, a family, a solo traveller or a route with different overnight cities.

For a two-country programme, request both operating scopes together so the hotels and connection can be checked against the same dates. No price from another market is used here as evidence for a Baku quote.

How do I read this rate card?

These are NET rates, not retail prices. The operator adds its own markup. The card is a sample, and the actual quote depends on the travel dates, rooming, hotel availability, group size, guide language, vehicle and requested inclusions.

The ranges are a May 2026 Birtour planning snapshot. The lower and upper bounds record the seasonal range used in that snapshot; they are not live inventory. Ask for a dated quote before promising a client a price, hotel or room option.

May 2026 sample: five days / four nights, Baku, group of 10, twin-share, ground-only:

• 5★ city-center option: $1,180–$1,460 per pax
• 5★ Caspian-front option: $1,420–$1,780 per pax
• 4★ boutique option: $980–$1,180 per pax

Which source markets enter Azerbaijan visa-free in 2026?

Four GCC states, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao and Bosnia all hold unilateral visa-free entry in 2026, on a one-year trial: three entries, up to 30 days each. Every one of those windows carries a hard expiry in 2027. Other travellers should check the official ASAN eligibility list before adding an e-visa line; the online route is not available to every passport. Standard applications need at least three working days before arrival, subject to approval.

Two things follow for a 2026 brochure. Write the expiry date next to the words "visa free" instead of leaving it open, because a Riyadh client booking a March 2027 departure is booking past the edge of the current entitlement. And remember that several of these markets also hold airport visa on arrival, single entry, 30 days: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Japan, Indonesia, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Israel, plus holders of a GCC or UAE residence permit valid more than six months.

The official ASAN information page, checked on 27 September 2026, lists USD 20 state fee plus USD 9 service fee for the standard e-visa: USD 29 in total. Check the current amount and eligibility before paying; any separate agency handling charge is outside those fees. Visa-free eligibility by nationality is published on the MFA country list.

How do groups get in and out in 2026?

By air, in both the practical and the legal sense. For a cross-border extension, confirm the passport, purpose and direction. Road entry is restricted, and official advice differs on road-exit permission. The visa-free rail exception is separate. Confirm the actual crossing before booking; see the entry and rail rules.

The Baku to Tbilisi night train came back on 25 and 26 May 2026 after six years out of service, with Stadler sleepers in comfort, comfort plus and luxe, Baku 23:10 to Tbilisi 08:41 and Tbilisi 21:00 to Baku 06:24, daily both directions, fares from 81 AZN. Ticketing is restricted to Azerbaijani citizens and to nationals of visa-free countries, so a UK, US, EU, Australian or New Zealand client travelling on an e-visa cannot board. For those travellers, request an air connection or confirm the passport, crossing and current road-exit permission before pricing a ground leg. Quote the rail leg only where the passport is eligible. Routing detail sits in the Caucasus circuit guide for tour operators.

How should the Absheron day be sequenced?

Gobustan first, Ateshgah last. Gobustan closes at 17:00 while Ateshgah runs to 20:00, so the running order is set by the gates rather than by the map. Yanardag and Ateshgah no longer need to sit in the same half-day either: the combo ticket is valid for 72 hours.

Yanardag hours, tariffs, the 72-hour combo and group discount were checked against the reserve’s official visitor page on 27 September 2026. Confirm the selected ticket session and visit conditions before travel.

At the 1.70 peg those gates are roughly USD 9 to USD 15 a head, which is the floor under the entrance line in the card above; the balance is guide, vehicle and the 4x4 leg out to the mud volcano field. Three details change how a day plan is written. The reserves now sell dated, timed sessions with QR entry rather than gate-only tickets, so a 40-pax group needs its slot held rather than turning up. Foreign children under 12 enter Yanardag free and there is a 10% group discount from 10 people. A guided tour in a language other than Azerbaijani is 10 AZN at Yanardag, which is worth taking only when your own guide is not already on the coach. Site background for the two headline stops sits on Gobustan rock art and Yanar Dag.

What do you offer operators that retail brochures don't?

Agree the following points in the programme contract before confirming or paying:

• Room options. Request the property, room count, option expiry and deposit deadline in writing.
• FAM enquiries. Request the participant price, inclusions and available dates through the Azerbaijan DMC page.
• Visa support documentation. Identify any required documents for the travellers’ nationalities and agree responsibility and delivery timing in writing.
• Cancellation and disruption. Request the dated cancellation, refund and disruption provisions that apply to the actual services booked.

Which items need a separate quote?

Some services cannot inherit the group-of-10 per-person baseline because their price or feasibility is determined differently:

• A cross-border connection. Route, passport eligibility and the operating scope must be checked for the selected dates.
• Nakhchivan. Flights, hotel nights and a workable contingency need their own dated scope.
• Peak-event and high-demand dates. Hotel inventory and supplements require a fresh supplier check rather than an old seasonal range.

What's not in this card

These services are quotable, but they do not belong in a five-day, group-of-10 planning card:

• Current or same-week availability. It can be established only against the requested dates.
• Private yacht and helicopter charters. These are priced per charter or movement after capacity and availability are checked.
• Custom MICE and incentive groups. Use the corporate offsite breakdown for that scope.
• Private holidays. Compare published Azerbaijan tours or request a private itinerary; this operator card is not a direct-traveller checkout price.

Can you package an onward Caucasus circuit?

Yes. We quote an Azerbaijan–Georgia route through Baku and Tbilisi after reviewing dates, group size, passport mix, rooming and the connection. The public prices on this page cover Azerbaijan packages, so use the Azerbaijan and Georgia tour page to request a current two-country proposal.

For operators pricing a Baku anchor against a contracted NET sheet rather than a sample card, the mechanics are in our B2B net-rate guide. Product managers who want the five-day shape day by day can review the five-day Baku itinerary.

Request a current operator quote

Send the travel window, group size, rooming split, hotel level, guide language and required services. We will answer with a dated scope showing the NET price, inclusions, exclusions, availability assumptions and supplier deadlines. Use the DMC quote brief to copy the exact fields into your request.

These May 2026 figures are indicative planning ranges. They are not live availability or a binding offer.