Choose where you start and your dates — we’ll show what runs on those days. 40 tours from 8 cities.
A drive across the steppe to the canyon, a walk down the Valley of Castles to the Charyn River and lunch by the water.
A short drive into the mountains with a guide: turquoise water, Tian Shan peaks and tea from a thermos.
A high-altitude skating rink, a cable car ride up to Talgar Pass and views over the city from above.
The capital's architecture from Baiterek to the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, and the story of how the city was built.
A trail to the highest point of the Kokshetau Upland with views over a dozen lakes.
One of the oldest towns on the Silk Road and the birthplace of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi.
A UNESCO-listed monument from the Timurid era and the city at night with its fountains and canals.
A walk along the rocky coastline, sunset over the Caspian and a lake with pink water.
Two days in the national park: the Singing Dune, the multicoloured Aktau Mountains and a night at a guesthouse.
White fang-shaped rock formations, the Ustyurt Plateau and a night in a yurt under the stars.
Three days in the Altai: maral deer, cedar taiga, hot springs and views of Mount Belukha.
Five lakes among granite cliffs, swimming and dinner by the campfire.
An evening at the opera or a day at a museum: how to get there, what language the shows are in and where to buy tickets.
The country’s main history museum, from archaeology to the Golden Horde and independent Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan’s largest art collection: Kazakh, Russian, Western European and Eastern art.
Almaty’s main opera house since 1934: classics and Kazakh operas with English surtitles.
Kazakhstan’s first national professional theatre, opened in 1926.
RINGO STAR circus tent
Kavkaz Bar
Abay Opera and Ballet Theatre
Yabloko (Apple) Creative Academy
After the mountains, warm up: Russian banyas, hammams and big spa complexes in the city.
A large mountain spa complex in a gorge above the city: eleven types of banya, eight pools and jacuzzis, plus a hotel and restaurant on site.
Historic domed bathhouse opened in 1983, with separate men's and women's sections featuring Russian, Finnish and Turkish steam rooms.
City bath complex with Russian and Finnish steam rooms, a hammam and daily shared aromatic steam sessions.
A large public banya for up to 150 guests with Russian and Turkish steam rooms, an infrared sauna and a pool. One of the city's highest-rated: 4.8 from over a thousand reviews on 2GIS.
Where buses don’t go: canyons, mountain passes and steppe in an off-road vehicle with a driver-guide.
Five days through Zhetysu's top sights: Tamgaly-Tas petroglyphs, the Singing Dune and Aktau Mountains, Chundzha hot springs, Charyn, and lakes Kaindy and Kolsai.
Over the Kokpek and Alasa passes to Lake Kaindy and its sunken forest, a night by Kolsai, and on the way back the Valley of Castles and Charyn's Black Canyon.
The national park by jeep: Besshatyr burial mounds, a 700-year-old willow, the multicoloured Aktau and Katutau Mountains, the Singing Dune and Tamgaly-Tas petroglyphs.
Five canyons in two days: the Valley of Castles, Bestamak, Temirlik with a night in tents, Moon Canyon and Aktogay.
The Issyk Museum and the story of the Golden Man, mountain Lake Issyk, lunch at a trout farm and Bear Waterfall in Turgen Gorge.
Through Turgen Gorge to the high Assy Plateau: an observatory, rock carvings and a night in tents, then the Red Rocks and the Chilik Valley.
A high-mountain route: Kurtogay's Black Rocks, Kensu Gorge, lakes at 3,200 m and a 3,600 m pass with a view of Khan Tengri.
A week of camping in little-known places: Temirlik Gorge, a waterfall in the Tekes Valley, Komirshi Gorge, Lake Tuzkol, Ketmen Pass and Charyn.
