Top 18 Natural Monuments in Kazakhstan

The Kyzyzl Kup, called "Tiramisu Mountain", is finely layered in color: brown clay marl at the top, then white, gray, white, green, red, green. Overall, it appears greenish. The bands wind clearly around the mountain, beautifully marking its smoothly polished, organic shape. Sometimes, rarely, sandstone crags break through the soft forms. The washed-out drainage channel runs in the red rock: porphyry? A hare runs away from me; it uses washed-out rain gutters as a burrow and sun protection.

The Bokty mountain towers as a mighty solitary in the plain (more than 140m above it), like a table mountain in the ESG (and the origin is similar), only ... much more beautiful, clearly standing out from the surroundings, more colorful ... more spectacular. White, red, beige brown layered. You can do a loop around the mountain, find "crystal egg stones" and "coral plants" (spherical ocher-colored stones with a gray-crystalline core and gray stone growths, presumably dust/mud-covered ... You can walk well on the terraces in parts, getting closer to the red layer and getting a beautiful view of the surreal landscape.

The Kapamsay Canyon offers at least some shade in the sun-drenched, hot plain. It shines bright chalk-white, partly sandstone-yellow. A dwelling cave of shepherds is accessible via a ladder. Quails live in a damp, green corner. The walls are harmonious and partly wonderfully shaped.

What a great surprise, when you reach the end of the canyon, a very beautiful resting place by the river awaits you.

The lake lies at an altitude of approximately 1,800 meters above sea level, reaches a depth of up to 80 meters, and measures around 1,850 meters in length and 500 meters in width. It is fed by meltwater from the glaciers of the Zailiyskiy Alatau Mountains, which are part of the northern Tian Shan range.

The canyon's massive chalk cliffs reach heights of up to 70 meters in places and stretch for 2.7 kilometers, with an average width of 140 meters. The canyon is located on the Tupkaragan Plateau in Mangghistau's Silicon Valley. The slopes consist of Paleogene and Lower Neogene deposits. The Paleogene is composed of massive, chalky marls, white chalk, and limestone. The cream-colored, sometimes dazzling white, walls reach heights of several dozen meters. At the bottom of the canyon lie some very large, fallen boulders. Archaeologists suspect that a deep river once flowed at the foot of the chalk cliffs. Today, the river is gone, but rainwater has collected in its reservoir, forming a pool. Thanks to the shade and moisture, a small grove or green oasis has formed among the cliffs. The Paleogene is the oldest period of the Cenozoic Era (the modern geological era), beginning about 66 million years ago and ending with the Neogene around 23.3 million years ago. It is the period after the extinction of the dinosaurs, during which mammals established themselves as the dominant land animals and evolved rapidly. Proboscideans evolved into the largest land mammals. Initially, the continents were isolated. Around 27 million years ago, a land bridge formed between Africa and Eurasia, allowing animals to spread. This continental drift also led to the formation of the Molasse Sea in the Alpine foothills of Austria. The climate was relatively warm at the beginning of the Cretaceous period and drier towards the end. The Paleogene encompasses the Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs. The term "Tertiary" is no longer used; instead, Paleogene and Neogene are used.

Bozzhyra is a magnificent landscape in Kazakhstan. The remote mountain range in the western part of the Ustyurts Plateau shines from white to yellow, red, and brown. It consists of limestone and chalk cliffs and is known for its unique rock formations. The name means "gray-blue land" in Kazakh. Mount Bokty is depicted on the old 1,000-tenge banknote of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. It rises amidst a white salt pan, where fossils may also be found, a remnant created by weathering and erosion. The area is remote, and infrastructure is poorly developed. It is advisable to be well prepared, with shops and gas stations nearby.

A magnificent world between the Caspian Sea coast and the Ustyurt Massif. These mountains formed on the floor of a primeval sea. Weathering and erosion contributed to the creation of this protected area, which impresses with its extraordinary beauty and colors. The mountains are composed of chalk rock and are distinguished by their striking color layers, hence the name Tiramisu Mountains. The lightest colors are found at the foot of the rocks, alternating with pink and beige.