The Kapamsai canyon
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Took place on: 2025-04-14
Our first stay in Mangistau
By the evening our group had gone down to the Kapamsai canyon and set up camp in the little fork, where we wouldn't suffer from wind. In general, we slept well, -- that was my first experience since I was 14 of sleeping in a tent.
Before that, in dusk, we with my companion went exploring the canyon.
Behind that yacht-looking rock our campsite was set up
1Behind that yacht-looking rock our campsite was set up
The same rock, but from the angle from sun!
2The same rock, but from the angle from sun!
Because the rocks here mostly form plateau, the canyon can be less impressive, but, for me personally, it's more surreal.
Literally a knee with blisters! Maybe, that's a remaining of a giant camel?
1Literally a knee with blisters! Maybe, that's a remaining of a giant camel?
In the wider part of the canyon, it looks like this
2In the wider part of the canyon, it looks like this
Unfortunately, my camera discharged halfway, so no photos for further. :(
But the canyon gets more impressive the further you go. The valley gets narrower, you see many more chalk rocks of different textures, before the road doesn't stop on all this debris.