Kazakhstan travel guide
Before you go to Kazakhstan
- Currency
- KZT ₸
- Emergency number
- 112 / 102
- Plug type
- Type C, Type F
- Tap water
- not_safe_to_drink
- Tipping
- optional
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard
- ATM fees
- Varies; plentiful in cities
Cities in Kazakhstan
- Almaty Kazakhstan's largest city and cultural capital, Almaty sits at the foot of the Zailiysky Alatau mountains. Once the Soviet-era capital, it…
- Astana Kazakhstan's futuristic capital rising from the Central Asian steppe, Astana (formerly Nur-Sultan) is a showcase of 21st-century…
- Shymkent Kazakhstan's third-largest city and gateway to the ancient Silk Road, Shymkent has been a crossroads of trade and culture for millennia.…
- Aktau A Caspian Sea port city rising from a bare limestone plateau in western Kazakhstan, Aktau is an oil boomtown with a remarkable natural…
- Turkistan One of the oldest cities in Central Asia and a living UNESCO heritage site, Turkistan was the spiritual capital of the Kazakh Khanate. The…
- Oskemen Known in Russian as Ust-Kamenogorsk, Oskemen sits at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers — the gateway to spectacular East…