After breakfast you'll be matched with your horse and set off up the valley towards Saar Waterfall. At lunch our support vehicle meets you with a hot, traditional Kyrgyz meal. In the afternoon you continue riding to your A-frame cabin for dinner and overnight. Your luggage travels ahead with the vehicle.
Saar Waterfall: up the valley to the falls
Saar Waterfall pours down a rocky face at the end of a valley in the Naryn region. There is no road to it; the way in is on horseback along the valley. In early season, when snowmelt is high, the flow is very strong.
Day 2 of Atla Yolculuk's 7-day tour: after breakfast you are matched with your horse and ride up the valley to the falls. At lunch our support vehicle meets you with a hot, traditional Kyrgyz meal. Your luggage travels ahead with the vehicle.
This is the first full day in the saddle. On riding days we cover roughly 8 hours and 50 km; Saar day is one of the longest.
- Region
- Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
- On the tour
- Day 2
- Access
- On horseback, along the valley
- Best time
- Late May–July; water is highest early in the season
How do you get to Saar Waterfall?
There is no vehicle road; you ride up the valley on horseback. On Atla Yolculuk's 7-day tour we ride here on day 2.
Do you need riding experience for Saar Waterfall?
You need stamina for long days. We are finalising the exact level requirement; if you are unsure, write to us before booking.
Saar Waterfall is the peak of an Atla Yolculuk tour. Reached after a seven- or eight-hour day, deep inside a hidden canyon. The horses are tired, riders are sweaty, and then the waterfall appears.
The route starts on the valley floor, then climbs the canyon edges to the slope, passing through narrow corridors. In some places the horses can't ride side by side; we go single-file. Looking down from the top to the valley floor, the scale of the distance you've covered hits you.
The waterfall drops sharply from a high cliff; surrounded by green slopes, with a small clearing at the water's edge. Lunch is here, horses rest. The return path is different, descending the slopes, then reaching the A-frame cabin. The cabin means hot tea, wooden walls, silence. Most guests don't say much that evening.
