Travel guide
Answers to the questions people ask before a trip: how long the drive from the airport to the hotel takes, what it costs, and where a transfer can take you. Distances are measured by road, each ride is priced individually, and every page shows when it was last updated. More guides are on the way.
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Guides
- Astana hotels: distance from the airport18 hotels: distance and drive time from NQZ airport, district, and how the transfer price is worked out.
- How to pay for a transfer in KazakhstanCard, cash or invoice, which countries’ cards work, currency, price lock and refunds.
- Travelling with children: seats and Kazakhstan’s rulesWhat the rules require under 12, who pays the fine, which seats we provide and what to specify when booking.
- Arriving in Astana: a first day without surprisesTerminals and the meeting, distances to hotels, how to pay, where to check entry and registration rules, and SIM cards.
- Astana railway stations: Nurly Zhol and Astana-1How the two stations differ, which trains use each, and how far apart they are.
- Saparzhay bus station: where it is and when the bus winsAddress and distances from the airport and the centre, the neighbouring Astana-1 station, and an honest look at when the bus beats a car.
- Flight delayed: what happens to your transferThe driver tracks the flight and moves the meeting free of charge, waiting counts from landing, and the price stays put.
- Is the road closed: checking before a winter tripOfficial sources on road closures, advice before a long drive, and what happens to a booked transfer.
- Meeting at Astana airport: where your driver waitsT1 and T2 arrivals halls, a name sign, free waiting from landing, and what happens if your flight is late.
- Group transfers: which vehicle for how many peopleSeats in a minivan, minibus and coach, luggage, several vehicles, paying against an invoice.
Routes from Astana
- Astana — Borovoe (Burabay)258 km by road, about 2 h 45 min; 270 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Karaganda216 km by road, about 2 h 26 min; 219 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Kokshetau312 km by road, about 3 h 12 min; 325 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Pavlodar442 km by road, about 4 h 16 min; 456 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Temirtau179 km by road, about 2 h 4 min; 182 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Stepnogorsk193 km by road, about 2 h 17 min; 206 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- Astana — Atbasar261 km by road, about 3 h 42 min; 283 km from the airport. Priced per car.
- NQZ airport — central Astana14 km by road, about 22 min. Priced per car.
- NQZ airport — EXPO10 km by road, about 16 min. Priced per car.
- NQZ airport — Barys Arena13 km by road, about 20 min. Priced per car.
Transfer destinations
Each ride is priced individually; the amount is fixed when the order is confirmed.