The Kyzylkup tract is named after the reservoir once found in its north-east. It stretches 10 km east to west and 8 km north to south, its pink-and-red banded rock layers clearly visible from the road at a distance.
The Kyzylkup tract takes its name from the Kyzylkup reservoir, once located in its north-eastern part. The tract stretches more than 10 kilometres from east to west and more than 8 kilometres from north to south.
From the road running south of it, its pink-and-white and red-and-white banded rock layers are clearly visible from a distance — the striped strata that make Kyzylkup instantly recognisable among Mangystau's other tracts.
Honest numbers before you take the wheel. We are not selling an adventure — we are explaining what you would be dealing with.
Driving here yourself requires four-wheel drive and a water supply: there are no fuel stations or services on the route.
Shots from our trips — click to enlarge
Leave the logistics to people who drive here all year round: prepared vehicles, satellite communication and a guide who knows where the ground holds and where it does not.
The Karagiye Depression → Kyzylkup → Boszhira (middle plateau) and 1 more stop
Karagiye → Onere (spring) → Karynzharyk and 24 more stops
Ybykty-Sai → Karaman-Ata → Kyzylkup and 3 more stops