Currency
$1 = 335 tenge
Food
| 1 meal (soup, chicken, potatoes, juice) | 960 tenge | $3 |
1 day food
| breakfast (salad, meat balls, macaroni, coffee) | 785 tenge | $2 |
| lunch (borscht, bun, salad, chicken, rice, juice) | 800 tenge | $2.4 |
| dinner (cutlet, rice, juice) | 530 tenge | $1.6 |
| total: $6 |
Accommodation
| 1 night in a hostel (bunk bed) | 2 000 tenge | $6 |
Transportation
| Local bus in Astana | 90 tenge | $0.3 |
| Astana – Almaty bus ticket | 5 550 tenge | $16 |
| Local bus ticket in Almaty | 150 tenge | $0.4 |
| Almaty – Shymkent train ticket | 3 872 tenge | $12 |