{"id":32,"date":"2023-12-06T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:40:35","slug":"overland-travel-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Overland Travel Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains at its eastern border with China and Russia. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Its largest metropolis, Almaty, is a long-standing trading hub whose landmarks include Ascension Cathedral, a tsarist-era Russian Orthodox church, and the Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, displaying thousands of Kazakh artifacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-medium-font-size is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ee95d1b2 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-a28fbc35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/bozzhyra-valley-mangistau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau_s.jpg\" alt=\"Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau the Ustyurt Plateau in Kazakhstan\" class=\"wp-image-468\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bozzhyra-Valley-Mangistau_s-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">     <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/bozzhyra-valley-mangistau\/\">Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-a28fbc35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/sherkala-mountain-mangystau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sherkala-mountain-Mangystau_s.jpg\" alt=\"Sherkala Mountain Mangystau 94 km northeast of Aktau, 18 km from the village of Shetpe\" class=\"wp-image-473\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sherkala-mountain-Mangystau_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sherkala-mountain-Mangystau_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">      <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/sherkala-mountain-mangystau\/\">Sherkala Mountain Mangystau<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/ryn-desert-kazakhstan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ryn-desert-Ryn-peski_s.jpg\" alt=\"Ryn-Peski or Ryn Desert are sandy desert massifs and dunes in the Caspian Lowland of Kazakhstan\" class=\"wp-image-493\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ryn-desert-Ryn-peski_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ryn-desert-Ryn-peski_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>   <a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/ryn-desert-kazakhstan\/\">Ryn-Peski or Ryn Desert<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/road-r-97-zhanibek-zhanagala\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Road-R-97-Zhanibek-Zhanagala_s.jpg\" alt=\"Road R-97 Zhanibek \u2013 Zhanagala\" class=\"wp-image-490\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Road-R-97-Zhanibek-Zhanagala_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Road-R-97-Zhanibek-Zhanagala_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">     <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/road-r-97-zhanibek-zhanagala\/\">Road R-97 Zhanibek \u2013 Zhanagala<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-a28fbc35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/rocky-trail-aktau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aktau-Rocky-Trail_s.jpg\" alt=\"Aktau Rocky Trail running along the Caspian Sea \" class=\"wp-image-478\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aktau-Rocky-Trail_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aktau-Rocky-Trail_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>       <a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/rocky-trail-aktau\/\">Aktau Rocky Trail<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/steam-locomotive-l1048-atyrau-kazakhstan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steam-locomotive-L-1048-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steam-locomotive-L-1048-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s.jpg 396w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Steam-locomotive-L-1048-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/steam-locomotive-l1048-atyrau-kazakhstan\/\"><strong>Steam locomotive L-1048 Atyrau<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default wp-container-content-a28fbc35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/morgan-car-atyrau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Morgan-car_s.jpg\" alt=\"Morgan Motor Company Limited is a British motor car manufacturer owned by Italian investment group Investindustrial. \" class=\"wp-image-496\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Morgan-car_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Morgan-car_s-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">      <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/morgan-car-atyrau\/\">Morgan car in Atyrau<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default wp-container-content-a28fbc35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/zhilgorodok-guryev-atyrau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zhilgorodok_Guryev_Atyrau_s.jpg\" alt=\"Zhilgorodok \u2013 Guryev \u2013 Atyrau housing complex built during the II World War\" class=\"wp-image-487\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zhilgorodok_Guryev_Atyrau_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Zhilgorodok_Guryev_Atyrau_s-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">    <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/zhilgorodok-guryev-atyrau\/\">Zhilgorodok \u2013 Guryev \u2013 Atyrau<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/kulsary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kulsary-house-architecture_s.jpg\" alt=\"Kulsary is a town and the center of the Zhylyoi District in the Atyrau Region of western Kazakhstan\" class=\"wp-image-483\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kulsary-house-architecture_s.jpg 448w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kulsary-house-architecture_s-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">   <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/kulsary\/\">Architecture of Kulsary houses<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/retro-park-atyrau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retro-Park-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retro-Park-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s.jpg 411w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retro-Park-Atyrau-Kazakhstan-s-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">      <em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/retro-park-atyrau\/\"><strong>Retro-Park Atyrau<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/victory-park-atyrau\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Victory-Park-Atyrau-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Victory-Park-Atyrau-s.jpg 430w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Victory-Park-Atyrau-s-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">     <em><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/victory-park-atyrau\/\"><strong>Victory Park in Atyrau<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"wp-block-page-list\"><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/rocky-trail-aktau\/\">Aktau Rocky Trail<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/aktobe-laeti-ancient-settlement\/\">Ancient settlement Aktobe-Laeti<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/bozzhyra-valley-mangistau\/\">Bozzhyra Valley in Mangistau<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/caravanserai-taskeshuv\/\">Caravanserai Taskeshu<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/kulsary\/\">Kulsary<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/morgan-car-atyrau\/\">Morgan car in Atyrau<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item menu-item-home\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/\">Overland Travel Kazakhstan<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/retro-park-atyrau\/\">Retro-Park Atyrau<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/road-r-97-zhanibek-zhanagala\/\">Road R-97 Zhanibek &#8211; Zhanagala<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/ryn-desert-kazakhstan\/\">Ryn-Peski or Ryn Desert<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/sherkala-mountain-mangystau\/\">Sherkala Mountain Mangystau<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/steam-locomotive-l1048-atyrau-kazakhstan\/\">Steam locomotive L-1048 Atyrau Kazakhstan<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/victory-park-atyrau\/\">Victory Park in Atyrau<\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item\"><a class=\"wp-block-pages-list__item__link\" href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/zhilgorodok-guryev-atyrau\/\">Zhilgorodok &#8211; Guryev &#8211; Atyrau<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Overland Travel Land Rover Defender in Kazakhstan.\" class=\"wp-image-9\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-2.jpg\" alt=\"Overland Travel Land Rover Defender in Kazakhstan.\" class=\"wp-image-34\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-3.jpg\" alt=\"Overland Travel Land Rover Defender in Kazakhstan.\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-4.jpg\" alt=\"Overland Travel Land Rover Defender in Kazakhstan.\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taipak, until 1996 known as Kalmykovo is a village in western Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Taipak Rural District, Akzhaik District in the West Kazakhstan Region. The former name Kalmyks was derived from the Kalmyks, who in the 16th century crossed the Urals at this point, then Yaik, during their mass exodus from Russia back to Dzungaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-5.jpg\" alt=\"Overland Travel Land Rover Defender in Kazakhstan.\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/Kazakhstan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e4da1be8504&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e4da1be8504\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-8.jpg\" alt=\"Saltanat Sarayi, Wedding Palace and Toyhana Saltanat Saray Atyrau.\" class=\"wp-image-3962\"\/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saltanat Sarayi, Wedding Palace and Toyhana Saltanat Saray Atyrau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/overlandtravel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Overlnd-Travel-Kazakhstan-9.jpg\" alt=\"Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after Makhambet was founded on March 5, 1938.\" class=\"wp-image-3963\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after Makhambet was founded on March 5, 1938 by the decision of the People\u2019s Commissariat. 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