Yerzhan.
About this host
Yerzhan is a certified guide and driver based in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhstan. He has worked as a guide for several years and speaks English, Kazakh and Russian with travelers.
His main focus is Turkestan, the historic Turkic capital and UNESCO World Heritage Site around the Yassawi Mausoleum, along with nearby sites such as Sauran and Otrar. He also arranges longer transfers and tours across the south, linking Shymkent, Taraz, Almaty and the Uzbek border, and can build multi-day itineraries that connect Kazakhstan with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Guests consistently mention his deep knowledge of the region's history, religion and culture, and describe him as an engaging, patient guide who makes the day feel personal rather than scripted.
Yerzhan guides and drives personally, using his own vehicle, and works with a trusted driver or fellow guide when a group needs a second car or a budget option. Trips are tailored to the traveler: pickups from airports or border crossings, custom day plans, and group sizes from couples to small groups of four or more. He communicates directly with travelers to plan logistics, timing and cost before the trip.
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We had a great time with Bekbergen. He was really fun, humorous and knowledgeable!
We spent 1 day with Yerzhan visiting the Unesco World Heritage Site of the Mausoleum of Kohya Ahmed Yasawi in Turkestan. Yerzhan picked us up at the Border from Uzbekistan to Kazakstan and drove us to Turkestan. We were caught by his incredible knowledge of about every topic possible and were impressed by the achievments of Yerzhan: “Only 39 years old" he has already four University degrees and three children. He has been abroad to Europe and the United States, for this reason his English is perfect. Never getting tired he is working as a tourguide and is teaching as a Professor at the University for pharmacy at the same time. We had an incredible time with him and learned a lot about historical context of the region, religion and today’s global political events. Having such a great knowledge he was able to impress us and we always felt comfortable in his company as he was very sensitive and took good care of us. He is a very good driver and a wonderful guide and we had the feeling to leave a friend behind when we left. We can fully recommend Yerzhan as a most reliable and very pleasant tour-guide.
I didn't met Yerzhan himself but he let his friend Ulugbek to take care of us, and the trip was superb!
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