About

Private journeys in Baku & across Azerbaijan

Private tours in
Baku & Azerbaijan.

Designed by local specialists and expert guides.

Explore history, food, art, architecture, the cultures of indigenous peoples and the Caucasus mountains—on a route shaped around your dates, interests and pace.

Private planning, with a named local team.
Azerbaijan Traveller guests and a local guide on a Baku walking tour
10+years of local expertise
Since 2016
8,000tours & trips delivered
Since 2016
15,000travellers welcomed
Since 2016
4.9 / 5Tripadvisor
388 reviews
As of August 2026
Lonely
Planet
Recommended tour operator
in Azerbaijan

Different backgrounds.
One well-run journey.

Azerbaijan Traveller is a Baku-based team that plans, designs and operates private tours and experiences across Azerbaijan.

Our guides bring academic backgrounds in history, hospitality and tourism, international relations and art. The team includes researchers, teachers, licensed guides and trainers—people who have spent years looking closely at the country and working with travellers.

Alongside first-hand experience, the team includes professionals trained in tourism, guiding and hospitality through the Azerbaijan Tourist Guides Association and WFTGA programmes. We do more than lead tours: we build realistic routes, coordinate the practical details and run the experience on the ground.

Local guiding and travel experiences with Azerbaijan Traveller
Gani Nasirov, founder of Azerbaijan Traveller
Gani
Nasirov

Gani Nasirov · Travel writer & researcher

Curiosity is
the best itinerary.

Gani is a cultural guide, travel writer and independent researcher who follows the changing identity of Azerbaijan through architecture, urban history, food culture and life in the Greater Caucasus.

His research-led tours bring together the medieval streets of Icherisheher, oil-boom mansions, Soviet mosaic art and the contemporary city—always with room for questions, conversation and the unplanned discovery.

ArchitectureUrban historySoviet heritageFood culture
Read Gani’s writing

Read about us
in the media.

Lonely Planet recommends Azerbaijan Traveller as a tour operator in Azerbaijan. BBC Travel, Herein by Marriott and Aramco World have drawn on Gani’s local expertise; other outlets have featured his work or recommended the team.

Also recommended by independent travel writers including Nomadic Matt, Mi-fugue, mi-raison, Chris Christensen / Amateur Traveler and Dubai Madame.

Expert guides with diverse educational and occupational backgrounds.

Nine people who combine guiding with research, teaching, hospitality, trekking and travel planning. Choose the expertise and language that best suits the journey you want to take.

Gani Nasirov

Founder · Travel Writer & Researcher

Gani Nasirov

Architecture, urban history, food culture & remote-village trekking

10+ years · International Relations & European Studies

Ulkar Nasirli

Food Guide & Food Blogger

Ulkar Nasirli

Azerbaijani cuisine & local hospitality

Tourism & hospitality background · food culture

Nurlan Abbasov

Licensed Guide & Historian

Nurlan Abbasov

History, heritage & clear storytelling

Guiding since 2017 · WFTGA-trained

Azad Khanalizade

Multilingual Guide & Historian

Azad Khanalizade

Culture, history & language-led touring

Guiding since 2016 · DELE C1 Spanish

Jamil Mirzayev

Licensed Guide & Hospitality Professional

Jamil Mirzayev

Hospitality and Azerbaijan’s regional connections

8+ years · WFTGA guide training

Eldar Hamza

South Caucasus Researcher

Eldar Hamza

Regional history, landscapes & contemporary context

Research fellow · MA European Studies

Clara

French-Speaking Cultural & Art Guide

Clara

Art, craft heritage & regional journeys

Art history, international relations & regional travel

Elvin

Mountain Guide & Trekking Specialist

Elvin

Greater Caucasus hikes & remote communities

Route, weather, pace & navigation planning

Gunay Aliyeva

Sales & Marketing Manager

Gunay Aliyeva

Client enquiries, itinerary design & travel planning

Sales support · trip coordination

Read the
original reviews.

Three examples from the same TripAdvisor profile linked above. Names, locations, trip type and review date are shown so you can check the original source.

A group enjoying a guided walking tour in Azerbaijan

Begin with your curiosity

Start with art, culture
or hiking.

Tell us about the kind of Azerbaijan you want to experience. We’ll help shape a private itinerary around your dates, group and interests—without any commitment to book.

enquiry@azerbaijantraveller.comNo commitment required

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