Quiz: where should you go in Kazakhstan?
Eight questions about season, city, time and company give you three places, with links and the reasons they came up. It says nothing about your personality.
How to use your three results
Treat the result as a shortlist. Under each place you will see why it scored, such as its type, its season rating or the kilometres from your city. Few reasons mean a weak match, so try the where to go finder or the map with a month filter instead.
Next, compare the three in climate by month, then read each place’s page for roads and rules. To test another plan, retake the quiz with a different season, because that answer moves the result most.
How the scoring works
Each of 145 places gets a total, and the top three appear. Three overview pages, such as Snow Leopard in Kazakhstan, do not take part. Ties go to the better-known place.
| Question | Adds | Removes |
|---|---|---|
| What to see | 3 for a matching type | 1 for no match |
| When | 2 for “best time”, 1 for “good” | 4 if the season rates below good |
| Starting city | 3 under 150 km, 2 under 400 km, 1 under 800 km | 1 at 800 km or more |
| Time available | 2 for a matching trip length | 1 for a longer trip, 3 if you have one day and it needs 3+ days |
| How active | 3 for our hiking list with serious hiking, 1 for mountains, canyons or forest with a few hours’ walking, 1 for history or day trips with a little walking | 1 outside the mountains with serious hiking, 1 for our hiking list with a little walking |
| Who is coming | 2 for our children’s list | nothing |
| Car | 3 for our no-car list if you have no car | 3 for all other places |
| Famous or quieter | 2 for a match | 1 for a famous place if you want quiet |
Among the ordinary questions, season carries the biggest penalty. Separately, climbs (Talgar Peak, Khan Tengri, Belukha) lose 20 points unless you choose serious hiking. “Not sure yet” switches that question off, so an out-of-season place can reach your top three. Distances are straight lines, and places with no map point get nothing for being close. A place over 800 km away loses just 1 point, so a strong match can still come up. Check the distances tool before you get attached to one.
What the quiz cannot judge
It only uses the data on this site, and that data has gaps.
- Difficulty. We have no separate data. Activity is approximated from 13 places on our hiking list and from place types.
- Children. Only the 12 places on our list for children earn points. The quiz has not judged the others as unsuitable.
- Transport. All we know is the list of 12 places without a car.
- Crowds. Fame comes from search demand: 31 places at 5,000 searches or more count as famous, and 41 below 500 count as quiet.
- Roads and weather. Nothing here promises they will match your hopes.
Without JavaScript the quiz does not run, and you will see the questions and a link to the finder. Once you have a favourite, try it in the trip outline.