The Itinerary Kazakhstan itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Kazakhstan, from 5–7 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 5–7
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- Central Asia
- region
Planning a trip to Kazakhstan
Pulled from the 2 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
How long you need
5–7 days. The shortest is Almaty in winter: Shymbulak, Medeu and a city under the Tian Shan; the longest is Kazakhstan in 7 days: Almaty and the mountains.
What it costs
≈ AED 350 to ≈ AED 500 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
No visa needed, 14 days. Tourism and business. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Almaty · Medeu · Shymbulak · Big Almaty Lake · Charyn.
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Best for: Skiing at 3,000m with a proper city to come down to every evening, visa-free for most passports
Almaty in winter: Shymbulak, Medeu and a city under the Tian Shan
Almaty → Medeu → Shymbulak → Almaty
Five days where the ski resort is a gondola ride from a city of two million: Shymbulak above Almaty, the Soviet-era Medeu ice rink on the way up, and the Green Bazaar and Zenkov Cathedral on the days the weather shuts the mountain. Four hours from the Gulf and priced like nowhere else at this altitude.
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Best for: Mountains + value
Kazakhstan in 7 days: Almaty and the mountains
Almaty → Shymbulak → Big Almaty Lake → Charyn
The best-value mountain trip on this site: a leafy city with 3,000-metre peaks at the end of its avenues, a canyon doing Arizona impressions, a lake with a drowned forest standing in it — visa-free for most passports, four hours from the Gulf, and priced like a domestic holiday.
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