6 – 10 days
Deep-country traversals across Kazakhstan's most remote territories.
Three formats. The Aral Sea Expedition is the standalone 6-day intro from Kyzylorda. From Sea to Sea (8 d) traverses Aral → Caspian via the Ustyurt. Caspian to the Mountains (10 d) goes from the Caspian coast through Turkestan to Almaty. All combinable into a 22-day full country crossing.
Six days into the most dramatic ecological story of the 20th century — from Kyzylorda through the steppe to the ghost ships and the restored Small Aral Sea.
Kyzylorda → Aral → Ustyurt → Aktau. 2,400 km of steppe, salt flats, and the chalk pinnacles of Bozzhyra. Aral seabed to Caspian shore.
Aktau → Turkestan → Almaty. 3,300 km full crossing — Mangystau cliffs, Yasawi Mausoleum, snow leopard reserve, the tulip valley, Tian Shan.
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