diff --git a/src/datasets/features/features.py b/src/datasets/features/features.py
index 5773d26e045..6ebdb48741d 100644
--- a/src/datasets/features/features.py
+++ b/src/datasets/features/features.py
@@ -1776,10 +1776,22 @@ def to_yaml_inner(obj: Union[dict, list]) -> dict:
                     return {"struct": [{"name": name, **to_yaml_inner(_feature)} for name, _feature in obj.items()]}
             elif isinstance(obj, list):
                 return simplify({"list": simplify(to_yaml_inner(obj[0]))})
+            elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
+                return to_yaml_inner(list(obj))
             else:
                 raise TypeError(f"Expected a dict or a list but got {type(obj)}: {obj}")
 
-        return to_yaml_inner(yaml_data)["struct"]
+        def to_yaml_types(obj: dict) -> dict:
+            if isinstance(obj, dict):
+                return {k: to_yaml_types(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
+            elif isinstance(obj, list):
+                return [to_yaml_types(v) for v in obj]
+            elif isinstance(obj, tuple):
+                return to_yaml_types(list(obj))
+            else:
+                return obj
+
+        return to_yaml_types(to_yaml_inner(yaml_data)["struct"])
 
     @classmethod
     def _from_yaml_list(cls, yaml_data: list) -> "Features":
@@ -1837,7 +1849,7 @@ def from_yaml_inner(obj: Union[dict, list]) -> Union[dict, list]:
                             Value(obj["dtype"])
                             return {**obj, "_type": "Value"}
                         except ValueError:
-                            # for audio and image that are Audio and Image types, not Value
+                            # e.g. Audio, Image, ArrayXD
                             return {"_type": snakecase_to_camelcase(obj["dtype"])}
                     else:
                         return from_yaml_inner(obj["dtype"])