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Kazakhstan is a huge country...
Wild camping is easy everywhere, especially if you are with a Landy.
We travelled in Kaz in 2014 during 1 month, and wild camped every night. Just leave the road, drive a small piste or through desert/taiga for few hundreds meters away from main road and sleep there.
We did Atyrau - Aralsk - Aktobe, perfect tar road, only few potholes sometimes. Lots of small "tchaekana" kind of cafe where you can have a lunch for cheap, fuel station if needed, and nice people along the road.
We did the road in about 5 days if I'm remembering well, just because we take our time to talk and stay with people.
Landscapes are boring it's all flat, dry desert around Aralsk, more green and vegetation around Aktobe and desert going to Atyrau.
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Taiga in Kazakhstan?? I thinnk you mean steppe!
If you drove on an asphalt road it must have been Atyrau - Uralsk - Aktobe - Aralsk.
The direct Atyrau to Aralsk route (via Beyneu) covers some seriously remote terrain, and is not asphalted. Via Kandyagash is also not paved for much of the way I believe.
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The direct Atyrau to Aralsk route (via Beyneu) covers some seriously remote terrain, and is not asphalted. Via Kandyagash is also not paved for much of the way I believe.
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Do you have more info about those tracks? Photos? Blogs?
My map shows about ten villages along that route. I`m not sure if they exist in reality though? Water sources?
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Do you have more info about those tracks? Photos? Blogs?
My map shows about ten villages along that route. I`m not sure if they exist in reality though? Water sources?
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I was planning to drive from Beyneu to the Aral Sea in June 2014 but I ended up not having enough time.
I had been looking at the route, and it looks very remote. The only villages are around the edges of the former Aral Sea and I don't think there would be water sources between them and Beyneu. You'd need to have a detailed route planned into a GPS, which will require studying tracks on Google Maps. The terrain is sandy and generally inhospitable, so I would not imagine it's a good idea to attempt it on a bicycle.
The alternative, Atyrau - Kandyagash- Shalkar - Aral is probably a better option, though again I have not taken it. It is a formal road until at least Shalkar, then you may need to follow the railway lines to Aral. There are settlements along the way however, so I would say it's pretty doable. The route passes the very southern tip of the Ural Mountains.
I've done some off-road driving in Kazakhstan in a 4x4 and it can get extremely remote. Don't try the Beyneu - Aral Sea route unless you are sure you have enough supplies, and a clear route with alternative scenarios.
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