Mount Bokty
Mount Bokty is one of the natural landmarks of the Mangystau region. This site is part of the numerous attractions of the Mangystau State Historical and Cultural Reserve. In Kazakh, the name “Bokty” translates as “pie.” This natural site fascinates with its unusual beauty. The mountain is composed of rocks of different colors that alternate […]
Airakty
Airakty is a group of picturesque mountains with sheer walls and peculiar crevices. Each mountain resembles an impregnable fortress, with edges shaped like towers, which is why the place is called the “Valley of Castles.” The area was formed from chalk deposits and has been well preserved since ancient times.The main attraction is Mount Zhayrakty […]
Zhygylgan
Zhygylgan (translated from Kazakh as “fallen land”) is a huge depression on the shore of the Caspian Sea. The depression has a circular shape with a diameter of about 10 kilometers and represents the ruins of a limestone slab that once formed the surface of the Tupkaragan Plateau. As a result of karst phenomena, a […]
Kapamsay Canyon
Kapamsay Canyon is a narrow gorge with high rocky walls formed by wind and water erosion. The canyon slopes are very steep, and its depth exceeds 70 meters. The gorge is about 2.7 km long, with an average width of 140 meters. Its cream-gray, and sometimes bright white, walls rise to several dozen meters in […]
Underground Mosque of Sultan-epe
The Underground Mosque of Sultan-epe is dated by scholars to the 9th–13th centuries. It was built in a cavity between limestone layers and consists of nine chambers. The entrance is equipped with a steep staircase made of rough stone slabs. Next to the mosque lies the canyon of the same name, the only coastal canyon […]
Shakpak-Ata Underground Mosque
The Shakpak-Ata Underground Mosque is an architectural monument of the 10th–13th centuries, one of the oldest and most unique underground mosques of Mangystau. The mosque was carved into a rock formed by the beds of two ravines descending from Mount Ungazy to the Sarytas Bay. The interior layout is cruciform, with a central hall topped […]
Torysh
Torysh — the site is also known as the “Valley of Balls” due to the spherical concretions lying on the surface, ranging in diameter from 10–15 cm to 4 meters. These concretions, 40–60 million years old, were formed on the floor of the ancient Tethys Ocean.The area is an open steppe, scattered with giant stone […]
Tuzbair
Tuzbair — offers breathtaking landscapes: snow-white salt flats and limestone mountains against the backdrop of the blue sky and yellowish-brown soil. The terrain is diverse and impressive even for experienced travelers: rocky cliffs, wind-carved buttes, salt flats, and steppe. It’s worth staying at least a full day to watch the scenery in different lighting — […]
Boszhira Tract
The Boszhira tract is one of the most beautiful places in Kazakhstan, representing a whole ridge of rock formations of different sizes and shapes. Here also stands the mountain of the same name, reaching 287 meters at its peak. At the entrance to the tract, peculiar “fangs” — remnants of rocks — serve as the […]
Kok-Kala Gorge
Kok-Kala Gorge is a small canyon with bizarre colorful cliffs, where multicolored layers of limestone, clay, and ancient deposits are mixed. Scientists have determined that these rocks date back to the Jurassic period. The name “Kok-Kala” translates as “Blue Fortress” or “Blue Mountain.”The Earth’s tectonics caused a huge layer of prehistoric rock to rise above […]
