Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan might not be on every traveller’s radar yet, but it has every reason to be. In Almaty, whose name nods to the wild apples that once blanketed the region, sky-brushing mountains form the city’s ever-present backdrop. But beyond this cultural hub, the country stretches out with changing terrain: the skyline of Astana, the red cliffs of Charyn Canyon, the stillness of alpine lakes, and the silence of the open steppe.