At 1,800 metres, Kayabaşı Yaylası is ringed by spruce trees and known for its yayla festivals, its flora, its walking trails and its suitability for jeep safaris. The Trabzon Governorship has built a second yayla town here, and there are forest recreation facilities belonging to the national parks administration.
Getting there
There are three ways up. The main one is a 16-kilometre asphalt road from the Işıklar neighbourhood of Akçaabat. A 2-kilometre stabilised road also comes through the forest from Haçka Yaylası above Düzköy, and a forest route leads in from Maçka by way of the Şolma and Lişer yaylas.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Trabzon as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 7.3 °C in February to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in October (113 mm) and lightest in July (37 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
