• CashPinned

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  Card acceptance drops off completely outside Almaty and Astana. Basshi and Saty are cash only, and the last dependable cash machine is in Saryozek.

• RoadsPinned

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  The last 40 km into Saty is gravel and washboarded. Allow half an hour more than any map suggests, and do not plan to drive it after dark if it can be avoided.

• Altyn-Emel

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  The park is enormous and the Singing Dune is 60 km from the gate on unpaved tracks. Fill the tank in Basshi.

• Saty Guesthouse

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  Aigerim cooks dinner if you tell her by 16:00. Parking is behind the house through the blue gate.

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