Kazakhstan Getting There
Getting There by Air
Approximate Flight Times
Main Airports
Astana (website: www.astanaairport.kz). To/from the airport: Taxis are available. Facilities: Duty-free, restaurants, cate, ATM, currency exchange bureaux and baggage storage.
Getting There by Water
Getting There by Rail
The Tashkent–Novosibirsk Express passes through Almaty in both directions. The lines from Almaty in the north connect with the Trans-Siberian Railway running west to Chimkent and finally to Orenburg in the Russian Federation. The Trans-Asian Railway's Northern Corridor links Kazakhstan to China, Mongolia, the Russian Federation and the Korean Peninsula.
A new railway line is being built to connect Kazakhstan to Iran and Turkey. Foreign visitors should exercise caution when using trains other than the Almaty–Moscow train; violent crime against Westerners is on the increase.
Getting There by Road
Bus: Buses leave Chimkent for Tashkent. The journey is 160km (100 miles) (journey time – 3 hours). There are also buses from Chimkent to Bishkek.
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