Plan a trip to Kazakhstan

Places to see in Kazakhstan

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed YasawiUNESCO

  Қожа Ахмет Ясауи кесенесі

  Museum · Turkistan Region

  The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi is a mausoleum in the city of Turkestan, in southern Kazakhstan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Yuriy75 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Lake TengizUNESCO

  Теңіз көлі

  Lake · Akmola Region

  Tengiz Lake is a saline lake in Korgalzhyn District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: nasa (Public domain). Map

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  Altyn-Emel National ParkUNESCO

  Алтынемел ұлттық саябағы

  Park & nature · Almaty Region

  The Altyn-Emel State National Nature Park is a national park in Kazakhstan. It was created in 1996. The park covers about 4,600 km2 (1,800 sq mi) between the Ili River and the Aqtau mountain range, near Lake Kapchagai, and consists mostly of desert and rocky terrain.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Nikolai Bulykin (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Karatau Nature ReserveUNESCO

  Қаратау мемлекеттік табиғи қорығы

  Park & nature · Turkistan Region

  Karatau Nature Reserve is a wildlife refuge in the mid-part of the Karatau Mountains, near Kyzylkum, Betpak-Dala and Moiynkum deserts in the South Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan, in Central Asia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Andrey Shishkalov (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• TanbalyUNESCO

  урочище Тамгалы

  Ruins · Almaty Region

  Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Tamgaly is located 170 km northwest of Almaty.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  AkyrtasUNESCO

  Ақыртас

  Ruins · Jambyl Region

  Photo: Yakov Fedorov (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Astana

  Астана

  City · Astana

  Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1.7 million within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, the national capital until 1997.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Денис Гришкин (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Almaty

  Алматы

  City · Almaty

  Almaty is the most populous city in Kazakhstan, with more than two million residents.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Marat Rysbekov (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Karaganda

  Қарағанды

  City · Karaganda Region

  Karaganda or Karagandy is a major city in central Kazakhstan and the capital of the Karaganda Region. It is the fifth-most populous city in the country, with a population of 497,777 as of the 2020 Census, marking an increase from 459,778 in 2009 and 436,864 in 1999.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Nikolai Bulykin (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Shymkent

  Шымкент

  City · Shymkent

  Shymkent is a city in southern Kazakhstan, close to the border with Uzbekistan. Shymkent is the third-largest city in Kazakhstan, and serves as a regional cultural and economic center.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: ほっきー (CC0). Map

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  Lake Zaysan

  Зайсан көлі

  Lake · East Kazakhstan Region

  Lake Zaysan is a freshwater lake in Tarbagatay District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan. It is the largest lake in the region. The lake is generally frozen from the beginning of November to the end of April, but still has an abundance of fish.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA (Public domain). Map

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  Dzungarian Gate

  阿拉山口

  Mountain · Jetisu Region

  The Dzungarian Gate, also known as the Altai Gap, is a geographically and historically significant mountain pass between Central Asia and China.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Yaohua2000 (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map