Plane

Take the taxi at the Shymkent.

The journey takes approximately 13 m. Ticket price is about €2 The travel distance is 14 km.

Carrier is Yandex Taxi.

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Get off at the Shimkent (CIT).
Fly out to Shimkent (CIT) of the Aktau (SCO) airport.

The journey takes approximately 2 h 20 m. Ticket price is about €85

Carrier is Air Astana.

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Get off at the Aktau (SCO).
Take the taxi at the Aktau (SCO).

The journey takes approximately 32 m. Ticket price is about €7 The travel distance is 27 km.

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Get off at the Aktau.


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Train

Take the train Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ) at the station Shymkent.

The journey takes approximately 38 h 41 m. Ticket price is about €17 The travel distance is 2219 km.

Carrier is Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ).

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Get off at the Mangystau.
Take the taxi at the Mangystau.

The journey takes approximately 18 m. Ticket price is about €4 The travel distance is 16 km.

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Get off at the Aktau.


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Bus train

Take the taxi at the Shymkent.

The journey takes approximately 7 m. Ticket price is about €1 The travel distance is 7 km.

Carrier is Yandex Taxi.

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Get off at the Shymkent Samal Bus Station.
Take the Shymkent Samal Bus Terminal bus at the Shymkent Samal Bus Station station .

The journey takes approximately 14 h 30 m. The travel distance is 732 km.

Carrier is Shymkent Samal Bus Terminal.

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Get off at the Toretam.
Take the train Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ) at the station Toretam.

The journey takes approximately 25 h 33 m. Ticket price is about €13 The travel distance is 1526 km.

Carrier is Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ).

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Get off at the Mangystau.
Take the taxi at the Shimkent (CIT).

The journey takes approximately 18 m. Ticket price is about €4

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Get off at the Aktau (SCO).


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Drive

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The journey takes approximately 30 h 44 m. The travel distance is 2171 km.

Get off at the Aktau.


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The cheapest way to travel from Shymkent to Aktau is by taking a Train with an average price of €22. The journey takes approximately 38 ч. 59 мин.

Plane is the fastest way to travel from Shymkent to Aktau. Tickets cost €94. The journey takes approximately 3 ч. 5 мин.

Shymkent is approximately 2171 km away from Aktau. The trip by car takes 30 h 44 m.

The average journey time by car between Shymkent and Aktau is 30 h 44 m.

From Shymkent

To Aktau