Kyzylkup, aka Tiramisu
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Took place on: 2025-04-18
Bright white-red-brown hills
This spot is right nearby to Bokty mountain (~5 km/3 miles) and in an hour of drive to Bozjyra. It's one of the main tour stops, I saw a lot of Italians here.
From the top those hills (or similar to Kyzylkup?) look like brisket or lard
1From the top those hills (or similar to Kyzylkup?) look like brisket or lard
Kyzylkup itself is surrounded from some sides with a snow white stone desert (it's cold to touch!)
2Kyzylkup itself is surrounded from some sides with a snow white stone desert (it's cold to touch!)
Kyzylkup is really like the tiramisu desert, but the layers of biscuits, mascarpone and cacao are mixed chaotically.
The main portal to hills, from which you can start climbing up
1The main portal to hills, from which you can start climbing up
I really like such red deserts, and also -- that's a fish in full-face!!
2I really like such red deserts, and also -- that's a fish in full-face!!
These large arroyos let us go up easier
3These large arroyos let us go up easier
The rise of bogatyrs from the water
4The rise of bogatyrs from the water
Climbing up -- these hills aren't very high, around 80 meters, I think?
Really like this ridge splitting former river beds!!
1Really like this ridge splitting former river beds!!
The saturation is real
2The saturation is real
The same angle from the top
3The same angle from the top
That's how far the white desert spreads. It's really filled with gullies!
4That's how far the white desert spreads. It's really filled with gullies!
Cacao
5Cacao
Getting back down and walking around these hills.
That's terrible. Nature decided to do this tiny cliff for breaking this picture.
1That's terrible. Nature decided to do this tiny cliff for breaking this picture.
The "trail" around hills
2The "trail" around hills
These plates sink down good under steps
3These plates sink down good under steps
The other side where white "wave" finishes fast
4The other side where white "wave" finishes fast
The typical Kyzylkup trait is zounds of gullies (but where you didn't meet them in Mangistau?)
5The typical Kyzylkup trait is zounds of gullies (but where you didn't meet them in Mangistau?)
Great shades of gullies under an evening sun
6Great shades of gullies under an evening sun
Cistanhe!
7Cistanhe!
Some macro-shots of blaps!
