A trip to the Dinosaur Plateau northeast of Koytendag in Lebap velayat allowed me to do some geotagging of the 160-million-year-old dinosaur tracks plus the Kyrk Gyz cave a couple of kilometers west of them. Take a look!
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A trip to the Dinosaur Plateau northeast of Koytendag in Lebap velayat allowed me to do some geotagging of the 160-million-year-old dinosaur tracks plus the Kyrk Gyz cave a couple of kilometers west of them. Take a look!
Discussion
Kommentar frå philippec, 24 oktober 2017 kl. 06:20
Thank you, I appreciate this.
Kommentar frå Marych_, 24 oktober 2017 kl. 16:43
unfortunately an access to this Plateau is not available for all. Thank you.
Kommentar frå apm-wa, 25 oktober 2017 kl. 00:45
Marych, it does require border permission from the State Border Service since the plateau is in the border zone with Uzbekistan. That can take a few days to obtain, and so you are correct, it is effectively inaccessible to most tourists. It is also time-consuming to get there: a 17-hour train ride from Ashgabat to Atamyrat, 3 hours by car to Koyten obasy, and another hour from there to the foot of the plateau. Alternatively you can fly to Turkmenabat (about one hour from Ashgabat by air), then go by car (about seven or eight hours overland) if the Lebap government tourism agency is willing to provide a car and guide.
Kommentar frå Marych_, 25 oktober 2017 kl. 05:34
Did you have a chance to see ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater
Kommentar frå apm-wa, 25 oktober 2017 kl. 09:07
Marych, yes, twice so far.
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