There are 7 ways to get from Inverness to Almaty by train, bus, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane EDI - ALA
17h 57mTrain, train to Glasgow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GLA - ALA
18h 2m$279–1,055Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAObus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
6d 3h$631–1,280Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane INV - ALA
17h 12m$361–1,113Train, train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane NCL - ALA
20h 50m$416–874Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ABZ - ALA
17h 55m$292–957Train to Dundee Riverside Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Fly from Dundee Riverside Airport (DND) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DND - ALA
24h 56m$351–1,221
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $290 - $1,000 and takes 17h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Almaty is to fly which takes 17h 12m and costs $360 - $1,200.
The distance between Inverness and Almaty is 5876 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 6 days 3h and costs $600 - $1,300.
It takes approximately 17h 57m to get from Inverness to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 8:18 AM in Inverness and 1:18 PM in Almaty.
There are 3171+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
British Airways, Air Astana, and two other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) once daily.
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Newcastle to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Gatwick, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via Stavanger, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via Gdansk, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Dundee Riverside Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Newcastle to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–24
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–170
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–380
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $85–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $350–410
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- $280–310
- Sleeper Seat
- $80–110
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- $330–390
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $90–140
- 1st Class
- $190–320
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $220–310
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–430
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $220–310
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $300–430
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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