About Astana

Astana is the capital and second largest city (behind Almaty) of Republic of Kazakhstan. Located in the north-central portion of Kazakhstan, the city is experiencing an economical boom with some of the greatest building projects.

Once a tiny mining town, today the city of Astana is lined with many stores, coffee houses, restaurants, discotheques and even some casinos.

Some modern places and the buildings have become the attractions for the visitors.

Sky Beach Club – a tropical paradise in the heart of the capital! This is a place where dreams come true of those who like to rest on the sea. Tropical beach, warm sand from the Maldives is always available to residents and guests of Astana!

The Aquarium of the Entertainment Centre “Duman” is the first and the only in the CIS. This is the only Aquarium over the world, which is located over 3,000 km away from the ocean.


The volume of water in our Aquarium is 3 million litres and we needed 120 tons of special sea salt to produce this water. More than 2,000 of sea inhabitants, the representatives of 100 species of sea fauna from different parts of the world, live there.