Travel and transport agencies Atyrau

5 km northeast of town center. Trains leave Atyrau daily for Aktobe, from where you can continue on to Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana). Allow 35 hours to reach the Kazakh capital. Trains also run to Beyneu, where you can connect with the south of the country: Aralsk, Turkestan, Chymkent and Almaty. It takes around 48 hours to reach the former Kazakh capital by train. As for international trains, the only cross-border connection is to Moscow, which is served from Atyrau every two or three days.

The airport is located 8 km from Atyrau town center. You'll find roughly the same flights and frequencies as at Aktau International Airport. In other words, daily rotations with Almaty and Astana, several weekly flights to Chymkent, Aktobe or Turkestan and at least one flight a day between Atyrau and Aktau. International connections include shuttles to Istanbul, Amsterdam, Sharm-el-Sheikh and Moscow.

Most connections are with Uralsk, north of Atyrau, or Beyneu, to the east. From Beyneu, you can travel to Astana, in the north of the country (40h min.), or Almaty (48h). Given the distances involved, you'll need to consider spending a night in the bus if you choose this mode of transport. Shared txis or minibuses are a good, albeit more expensive, option if you want to save a little time and travel more comfortably. Like buses, they leave throughout the day as soon as they've filled up with passengers.