Atla Yolculuk

Sar-Tal Plateau

Day 3 · High pasture

Today's ride climbs onto the Sar-Tal Plateau. The open grassland here is good for long canters. Lunch is a picnic on the plateau. In the evening you reach a yurt for dinner and overnight.

Sar-Tal Plateau: open grassland

Sar-Tal is a high plateau in the Naryn region. In the region's jailoo tradition, families bring their herds to high pastures like this in summer: wide, treeless, seemingly endless ground.

On day 3 of Atla Yolculuk's 7-day tour we ride up onto the Sar-Tal Plateau. The open grassland here is good for long canters. Lunch is a picnic on the plateau.

Region
Naryn, Kyrgyzstan
On the tour
Day 3
Terrain
Open high pasture
Lunch
Picnic on the plateau

Where is the Sar-Tal Plateau?

In Kyrgyzstan's Naryn region. On the Atla Yolculuk tour we ride up here on day 3, after Saar Waterfall.

Can you canter on the Sar-Tal Plateau?

The open grassland suits long canters. We canter when the ground allows and the rider wants to.

We're writing the story of this stop. Coming soon.

Photos and clips

Geese and horses at sunset
An A-frame cabin in the evening light