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Tajikistan or Kazakhstan? Oct 22, 2025 • 8 min read
Our dueling writers help you choose between the grand canyons and great skiing in Kazakhstan and the soaring peaks and lovely lakes of Tajikistan.
Kazakhstan Travel Stories
hiking13 of the best things to do in Kazakhstan for culture, adventure and natureJul 10, 2025 • 8 min read
Experience the best of Kazakhstan in Central Asia with this guide to the top things to do.
outdoorsA Central Asian road trip from Kazakhstan to UzbekistanApr 22, 2025 • 2 min read
Join us on this Central Asian road trip from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan, including mountains, rivers and bumpy dirt roads.
sustainable travelCrossing Kazakhstan by train - a two week journey through a bygone eraJul 30, 2024 • 7 min read
One writer spent two weeks crossing this vast Central Asian country by rail. Here’s how you can do it, too.
sportsArchery, eagles and wrestling: How to see the World Nomad Games in KazakhstanJul 23, 2024 • 6 min read
The World Nomad Games is happening in Astana, Kazakhstan in September. Here's everything you need to know.
Trailblazers: crossing into China as a Lonely Planet writer in the 1980sJul 7, 2019 • 8 min read
Our Trailblazers series sees Lonely Planet's guidebook writers reflect on past adventures, reminisce a little, and compare their experiences past and…
artAstana exposed: eight reasons to visit Kazakhstan’s gleaming capitalJun 5, 2018 • 6 min read
Among Kazakhstan’s endless grasslands on the windswept northern steppes, the forward-looking modern city of Astana has sprouted. With a skyline punctuated…
road tripsTwo-week traveller: adventures across Central AsiaAug 3, 2015 • 5 min read
Once the realm of Silk Road merchants and Great Game spies, the Heavenly Mountains and Black Sand deserts of the 'Stans, as the five countries of Central…