Kyrk Gyz gorge Kugitag Turkmenistan

Today we will go to the extreme southeast of Turkmenistan, to the region of the Koytendag mountains, to visit one of the most famous and revered places among the Turkmen, called “Kyrk Gyz“, which is translated from Turkmen as “forty girls“. According to the legend, in one of the grottoes of this gorge, young Turkmen girls hid for a long time from foreigners invading their native land.