Suggested Itineraries
Day 1: Arrive Phnom Penh
Arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport. Our local representative will meet and welcome you and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is to relax and explore the city on your own.
Phnom Penh is a lively city with many historic colonial buildings. Unlike most Cambodian cities, Phnom Penh is quite modern and has paved roads, modern stores and a beautiful boulevard. You could visit the Silver Pagoda known as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and the royal palace. In the afternoon, you can climb the mountain to see the Wat Phnom Temple, after which the city is named.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Phnom Penh.
Day 2: Phnom Penh - Tuol Sleng Museum and Killing Fields
Today after breakfast, you would proceed to the Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields with your local guide. Visit The Tuol Sleng Museum. It confronts visitors quite directly with Cambodia's brutal past by means of photography during the rule of the Red Khmer. For many this was their last stop before they were taken to the mass graves of the Killing Fields, located just outside of Phnom Penh in an orchard. Over 17.000 people were killed. Return to your hotel at the end of the day.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Phnom Penh.
Day 3: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
This morning, you'll travel by hydrofoil over the Tonle Sap Lake and on to Siem Reap. During the trip, you can sit on the roof and enjoy the view of life on the lake passing you by. In some areas the lake is kilometres wide, in other areas only dozens of metres. You drift past villages on poles, floating islands, boats, rafts, cormorants, playing children on the banks of the lake and river and pigs in floating cages.
On arrival in Siem Reap, you will be transferred to your hotel in Siem Reap.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Siem Reap.
Day 4: Angkor Guided tour
Today after breakfast, visit the famous Angkor temple complex with your guide. To see the entire complex, you would need to spend several days here since the dozens of temples are spread out over an area of about 25 kilometres. You can wander endlessly through the statues, temples and historic reliefs. Just be sure to stay on the marked paths, as there are still a few mines about! Each ruler built his own temple, giving everyone a unique character. The most famous temple, Angkor Wat, features Hindu influences while the Angkor Thom temple features Buddhist influences.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Siem Reap.
Day 5: Angkor Wat temple
Today after Breakfast, visit Angkor Wat Temple with a Guide. The Angkor temples were once surrounded by a lively city full of wooden houses. Unfortunately the houses did not stand the test of time, however the temples alone more than warrant a visit to this area. For centuries this city was buried in the jungle until a French expedition discovered the ruins early in the 1900s.
Several of the Angkor temples have since been restored. Several others still show how the jungle swallowed the temples from sight. The Ta Prohm temple has not yet been completely restored, but it's beautiful in its current state as towering trees have taken the temple prisoner. The tops of the trees shoot up into the sky, through the temple roof and the roots of the trees have wrapped themselves around the walls of the temple... truly an impressive sight.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Siem Reap.
Day 6: Siem Reap - Phnom Penh
Today after breakfast, check out of the hotel and be transferred to airport to board your Domestic flight to Phnom Penh. On Arrival at Phnom Penh, you would be transferred to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel of your choice in Phnom Penh.
Day 7: Depart
Today after breakfast, check out of the hotel and proceed to airport to board your flight back home
Or take add on side trips to Laos. The trips will take you along the mighty Mekong River, passing small villages, onto an area with 4000 islands and the Boloven Plateau rainforest