Darband Canyon, Boysun Village (Uzbekistan).

Derbent Canyon is a breathtaking natural attraction near Boysun, the south of Uzbekistan. Derbent translates as “Closed Gates” or “Narrow Passage”. This gorge runs for 7-8 kilometers and steep mountain slopes reach up to 400 meters high, final two kilometers so narrow that sunlight reaches the bottom only at noontime. Derbent Canyon can be reached by car via a good asphalt road. It is located 30 kilometers from Boysun.
It was the most convenient trade corridor for caravans moving from Kabul to Bukhara, each Silk Road caravan was obliged to pay a passage fee. Travelers and traders from India, China, Persia and even Spain were known to pass through these corridors, which came to be nicknamed the "Iron Gate".
It leads deep into the Hissar Mountains and the Machaidarya River. There is Teshik-Tash Cave, the famous anthropological site in which the grave of a Neanderthal child was discovered in the 1930s.

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