There are 5 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 Pitlochrytrain
- Take the bus from Fishers Hotel to Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane EDI - ALA
17h 27mTrain to Aberdeen Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ABZ - ALA
17h 32m$282–956Train, 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$617–1,226Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- 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 14m$298–1,088Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane INV - ALA
17h 10m$351–1,213
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 $280 - $1,000 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Almaty is to fly which takes 17h 10m and costs $350 - $1,300.
The distance between Inverness and Almaty is 5871 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 27m to get from Inverness to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 10:27 PM in Inverness and 3:27 AM in Almaty.
There are 3127+ 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) 6 times a week.
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Gatwick, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Gatwick, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- 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
- lot.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via Stavanger, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Almaty International Airport via Gdansk, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- 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
- $220–850
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–41
- Website
- https://www.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
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–60
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $161–167
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Pitlochry
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- 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
- $320–370
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
- 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
- $90–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $90–140
- 1st Class
- $180–310
- 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
- $80–360
- 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)
- $210–300
- 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
- $210–410
- 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)
- $210–300
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–410
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Fishers Hotel to Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- $60–90
- 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
- $70
- 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
- $70
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
Want to know more about travelling around Kazakhstan
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide









































