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Travel to Kazakhstan

Flying to Kazakhstan

Air Astana (www.airastana.com) is the national airline.

Flight times:

From London to Almaty is 8 hours, and from Frankfurt/M is 10 hours.

Departure tax:

None.

Travel by rail

There are international rail connections with China, the Russian Federation, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Services run regularly from Almaty to Urumchi in China and daily to Moscow (journey time - 3 days) and connect with the entire Russian Federation railway network.

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 to Kazakhstan by boat

Aqtau, Atyrau, Oskemen, Pavlodar and Semey. Freight is carried on the Caspian Sea to Iran and the Russian Federation.