As a matter of fact, the "normal" route from Aktau to Almaty seems to be the following one:
Beyneu --> Atyrau --> Makat --> Atyrau --> Uralsk --> Aktobe --> Kostanay --> Astana --> Karaganda --> Balkash --> Almaty
This is the itinary chosen by truck drivers when it has been raining, or snowing, or whatever might happen in the kazak steppe...
The other easy route is shorter, but has 250km of difficult section:
Beyneu --> Atyrau --> Makat --> Atyrau --> Uralsk --> Aktobe --> Aral --> Baykonour --> Shymkent --> Almaty.
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