Central Asia & Caucasus
Getting around Kazakhstan
Between cities
Getting around Kazakhstan
Distances are vast: fly between Almaty, Astana and the west, or take overnight trains. Shared taxis and buses cover shorter hops around Almaty.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Yandex Go, inDrive.
- Driving: on the right. Bring an IDP with your licence; car rental works in Almaty and Astana, and traffic police checks are frequent.
- Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (train tickets)
- Air Astana
- FlyArystan
Getting around by place
Sources
- Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (train tickets)
- Air Astana
- FlyArystan
- US State Department travel advisory
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan Travel (national tourism board)
- eGov Kazakhstan
- World Bank open data
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