Hitchhiking in Kazakhstan
Hitchhiking to Kazakhstan
Recent reviews in Kazakhstan
43.67092, 51.24147
Great spot, lot of cars were stopping. We got ride to Beyneu, we paid around 10β¬ but you can definitely get a free ride as well, but in longer time.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min πͺ§, ride: 461 km β
βAdam, September 2025
43.66874, 51.19648
Its an alright spot to get to the highway. If you're new to central asian hitchhiking this might be a cold start and you'll have to figure out the taxi thing, but you'll get used to it. Experience for us:Three cars stopped and the third gave us a ride. They said we had no chance of hitchhiking and tried to find someone for us at truck stops. They then treated us to plov and drove us to the 5 km to highway :)
(30m&25f, white)
rating: 3/5, wait: 20 min πͺ§, ride: 13 km β
βjulianjumps, Mon 12 Aug 2024, 13:00
43.0343, 79.2267
Monday 7a.m. july in 1h, about 5 cars. No one stoppedDirection to the border
rating: 2/5, wait: 60 min
βpaulo, August 2025
43.2665, 68.27788
(July 2025 - solo male) Walked while hitchhiking with a sign to Otrar. A car stopped after a few minutes giving me a ride straight to the mausoleum. Visibility is great; traffic is decent; if there is not too much traffic, cars can pull over easily. There are busses going to this place, although I don't remember the numbers. You should be able to ask around though.rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min πͺ§, ride: 58 km β
βVojaganto, Thu 24 Jul 2025, 11:10
44.82736, 65.55602
Got a ride to Tukistan after 10 minutes (July 2025 - solo male). Traffic is decent, easy for cars to stop, good visibility from afar. You can stay under the bridge for some shade.rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min πͺ§, ride: 340 km β
βVojaganto, Mon 21 Jul 2025, 12:30
49.94306, 82.56675
Good spot with place to stop easily. A guy picked us up and drove the whole nigt to Astana.rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 996 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.71527, 84.23604
Very nice people and spotrating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 148 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.16745, 85.59955
very good road to hichhick in almost all its lenght, we got like 5 cars to reach Altai, all them very fast.rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 138 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
48.79392, 86.02735
This road is insane. it took us 2 days to reach katon karagay from here. The car got stuck in mud and we had to cut some trees and dig with shovels (which are required to enter this road) to get the car out. I highly recomd the experience.rating: 3/5, wait: 240 min, ride: 66 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
48.12918, 85.1705
This is the middle of nowhere. No one takes this road. After 4 hours only 2 cars passed by. If you continue to Austrian Road must be prepared for a very hard path.rating: 3/5, wait: 240 min, ride: 121 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
48.70365, 83.46743
It's not a begginers spot. There are just few cars every 30min cause they come from the ferry. There are no villages near by, so could end the lift in the absolute middle of nowhere.rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 176 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.48658, 82.82676
nice road with great views. not much traffic.rating: 4/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 123 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.92129, 82.62372
while walking to the outside of the city a man randomly stopped in the road to pick us uprating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 23 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.75532, 82.6204
Good spot. there is a old bus station with shadowrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.52688, 82.45604
Correct side to go to sibily lakesrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min
βRickyMP1, July 2025
49.48736, 82.82585
This side of the road is in no use. A local man from the village aproached us to tell us to go the other side from the north, cause no one uses the roadrating: 1/5, wait: 60 min
βRickyMP1, July 2025
45.90805, 81.51234
There aren't many options to wait in this area. A truck drive took as the whole night.rating: 5/5, wait: 45 min, ride: 567 km β
βRickyMP1, July 2025
42.99587, 78.32689
We and the driver wanted to go to the same kaindy lake. They took us to the parking space where they changed to a taxi. They invited us for the taxiride to the lake.rating: 5/5, wait: 3 min π, ride: 13 km β
βAnonymous, Thu 22 May 2025, 12:00
43.27205, 78.93723
We got a lift for free. We were three people :)rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min, ride: 60 km β
βAnonymous, Wed 21 May 2025, 16:00
43.29761, 77.00145
We were theee people. Some drivers wanted money. "Kapusta pusta" (cabbage is empty) helped and we got a lift for free.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min π, ride: 197 km β
βAnonymous, Wed 21 May 2025, 11:30
Recent reviews mentioning Kazakhstan
42.49208, 78.42148
Don't take this eastern route to Kazakhstan, go north through Tyup instead. Getting the first ride here isn't an issue but later on it gets veeeery quiet.rating: 4/5, wait: 15 min π, ride: 52 km β
βVeikkaK, October 2024
43.03651, 58.79594
Here is a cafe where truck drivers stop to take a rest. We got a direct ride to Kazakhstan border from here. The road is in a bad condition, so it took as 6+ hours to get there.rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 379 km β
βotv3n, August 2023
42.79597, 79.17503
Crossed the border from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan in the middle of May. The guards were nice and chilling. We crossed at 2 or 3 pm and there was no traffic at all. Got the ride with the first passing car after 1,5h of walking. The landscapes are awesome.rating: 2/5, wait: 90 min, ride: 41 km β
βotv3n, August 2023
46.20413, 80.86336
While hitching north there is high probability that you will hitchhike after Ucharal's police checkpoint as almost 90% of cars turn to Ucharal. I guess wait here is more comfortable than closer to that checkpoint. First, here is a river and you can fresh yourself anytime. Second, you can stay at night near the river. it's better that sleep on sand. Third, road on the bridge is in vary bad condition so cars cross bridge at 30-40km/h. Forth, police in Kazakhstan may ask you some stupid questions and finally bring you some thoubles.P.S. Hitchhike at lest to Urzhar turn otherwise you will spend some time in the desert with no water around.
βAnonymous, June 2014
40.34678, 49.9902
If you are going to take a ship from Baku to Turkmenistan or to Kazakhstan, you can go to the port early and try to talk to one of the Turkish, Georgian or Azeri truck drivers. They can show you as a driver on paper and you can save 100$.βAnonymous, April 2014
43.2289, 76.76084
As carpooling is common in Kazakhstan, don't forget to explain the driver that you are HHing and not going to pay for the ride.βCanaydemir, March 2014