Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in Kazakhstan
This is the article that costs us money, and we write one for every country we sell because it is the only…
What to eat in Kazakhstan, and where
Kazakh food is nomadic food, which means it begins with the two things a herding people can carry and keep: meat and…
Kazakhstan for the first time
Almost nobody arrives in Kazakhstan with an accurate picture of it in their head. The country is barely represented in Western travel…
Kazakhstan month by month
Most countries have a season. Kazakhstan has four regions that each have a different one, and the single most useful thing we…
What a trip to Kazakhstan really costs
Kazakhstan surprises people twice on price. The first surprise is how cheap the ground is: food, taxis, guides, entries and domestic flights…
Kazakhstan with children
Every question people ask us about Kazakhstan with children has the same answer, and the answer is the driving.
Walking the Kolsai lakes and Kaindy
Let us start with the sentence that will save some people a disappointment and others a wasted permit application.
How many days do you need in Kazakhstan?
The honest answer is ten, and the reason is arithmetic rather than taste.
The best two-week route through Kazakhstan
There is no single correct route through a country the size of Western Europe, so this article argues for one route, states…
Almaty in three days
Almaty is the surprise of most Kazakhstan trips, and three nights is the number that lets it be one. Two nights turns…
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