The Ybykty Sai Canyon is a limestone cliff with unique bizarre shapes. Their height is from 3 to 6 meters. Scientists attribute the formation of the natural monument to the period of the Lower Paleogene – about 66-41 million years ago, it was then that 75 percent of living organisms, including dinosaurs, died out on the planet. It took a very long time to form this small but beautiful canyon. Millions of years ago, stormy river flows made their way through all obstacles. This is how gorges and mountain valleys were formed. When the rivers became shallow, the most beautiful natural objects appeared in their place – canyons.

Ybykty Sai can be attributed to one of the oldest natural monuments. So time, water and wind created a miracle of nature. It was formed about 66-41 million years ago. Precipitation, winds and earthquakes "worked hard" to make the Ybykty Canyon delicate and elegant. Its vertical surfaces really look like broken pieces of porous chocolate, and the space around is lined with amazing labyrinths of passages and arches. Porous chocolate, sea corals, fishnet lace and even honeycombs. This is how tourists describe the pattern on the walls of the rocks. Everyone who has been here sees something of their own. This place will not leave anyone indifferent. In its grandeur, depth, beauty and forms, the Kazakh natural masterpiece is comparable to the famous Antelope Canyon in the American state of Arizona.

The canyon is located in the northeast of Aktau city towards the central part of the Mangyshlak peninsula. Near the Mangystau – Beineu railway, you will get to the Kabyrga tract. 13.5 km from the tract there is another landmark of the region – the underground mosque Karaman-ata. Only four kilometers separate the tract from the Mangystau–Beineu railway. From Aktau to the tract is 103 kilometers, then the path to the canyon will be surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes and landscapes