Yupshar canyon

Abkhazia, the Yupsharsky canyon, through which the road to the famous Lake Ritsa passes, is sometimes called the "Stone bag". Despite this eerie nickname, the canyon, overgrown with centuries-old box trees, moss and ivy, which hangs in garlands from the grandiose rock cornices, is amazingly beautiful and majestic.
The gorge is rather long (about 8 kilometers) and elongated. The narrowest point of the canyon is called the Yupsharsky Gate - here two rocks practically converge, and the distance between them does not exceed 20 meters. Overhead, between 500-meter rocky slopes, only a narrow strip of sky can be seen - that's why the gorge is called "Stone bag".