26 Days - Tours To Explore Cambodia

Day 1 – Siem Reap Sightseeing

After pick up from the airport and transfer to your hotel by your private guide and driver visit the Angkor National Museum and go on a Sightseeing Tour around town. Dinner will be at a local restaurant and stay overnight at your hotel.

 Day 2 - Angkor Thom & Angkor Wat

Visit Angkor Thom to experience the beauty of the ancient 12th century capital which includes the Bayon Temple (Temple of Smiles), The Elephants Terrace and the Royal Enclosure. Also visit Ta Prohm, the temple with the gigantic tree roots on the structure. After lunch use the full afternoon to explore the Seventh Wonder of the world Angkor Wat followed by dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 3 – Countryside Temple Tour
This day will take you into the typical Khmer countryside to visit the Banteay Srei temple, the landmine museum and the East Mebon temple. Lunch will be at a local restaurant and in the afternoon you can explore the well preserved Preah Khan temple complex. You will finish the day on top of Phnom Bakheng to view the sunset and have dinner at a local restaurant & overnight stay at your hotel.
Day 4 – Temples & Floating Village
In the morning you will visit the Roulous Temple group, which is pre-dates many of the Angkor temples. After lunch in a local restaurant you will go on a boat cruise on the Tonle Sap lake to the flooded forests and the floating village Kampong Phluk to see daily life of the people living on the lake. Dinner will be at a local restaurant followed by a stay in your hotel.

Day 5 – Kulen Mountain Adventure
Spend the full day to visit Kulen Mountain (Phnom Kulen), which is considered to be the most sacred mountain in Cambodia by Khmer people and is a popular place of pilgrimage during weekends and festivals. Relax and enjoy lunch by the river, have a swim near the waterfall and see the big reclining Buddha in the active pagoda on top of the mountain.

Day 6 – Leisure day

After a few days of exciting and adventurous activities, today is at leisure. Time to enjoy the facilities at your hotel, have a massage and explore more of Siem Reap town.

Day 7 – Khmer Rouge HQ & Preah Vihear

Make your way towards the Thailand and Cambodian border to tour the former Khmer Rouge headquarters and “brother number four” Ta Mok’s house and grave at Anlong Veng. Lunch will be on top of Dangrek Mountain followed by an afternoon exploring the beautiful Preah Vihear temple and watching the sunset. Dinner & overnight stay will be at a guesthouse at Sra Em.

Day 8 – Back to Siem Reap

In the morning leave Sra Em and slowly make your way back to Siem Reap. Visit the temple complex and ancient capital of Koh Ker and also the Beng Melea temple, which is dominated by jungle and arrive back in Siem Reap in the afternoon. Dinner at a local restaurant and stay at your hotel.

Day 9 – Siem Reap to Battambang

Depart Siem Reap and drive to Battambang. After lunch tour around town visiting Ta Dambong Kra Nhong and the King’s Residence Palace. Dinner at a local restaurant and stay in your hotel.

Day 10 – Exploring Battambang

Drive along the Sangker river to Wat Slaket pagoda, where the provincial Buddhist patriarch resides. Soak up Cambodian culture with a visit to an ancient Khmer house, see how rice paper is produced, go to a market where Prahoc (Cambodian fish paste) is made and visit a centre that supports 30 orphans and trafficking victims as well as educates more than 1,200 pupils. Finish your day at Phnom Banon on top of a hill to enjoy the magnificent view of the surrounding plains until sunset.

Day 11 – Battambang to Phnom Penh

See more of Battambang by visiting local villages and taking the bamboo train. Then depart for Phnom Penh by private minivan. The trip to Phnom Penh will take around 6 hours. Dinner at a restaurant in Phnom Penh and stay at your hotel.

Day 12 – Exploring Phnom Penh

In the morning visit S-21 Prison (Toul Sleng Genocide Museum) and Cheung Ek Killing Field and get a full understanding of the impact the Khmer Rouge has had. After lunch at a local restaurant tour the city, visiting the Independence Monument, Koh Pick and some of the beautiful French colonial buildings including the Post Office, National Library and Phnom Penh Municipal Hall. After a boat cruise on the Tonle Sap, have dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 13 – Phnom Penh Special Tour

Visit the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum and have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon take a cyclo tour to Wat Phnom and the Central Market and make your way back to your hotel on the road along the river. Dinner at a local restaurant and stay at your hotel.

Day 14 – Phnom Penh to Kratie

Travel North East to the provincial city of Kompong Cham with a stop in Skuon to sample the local delicacy of deep fried tarantula and a visit to Wat Nokor. After lunch in Kompong Cham we continue along the river, through the old river port of Chhlong to Kratie. Dinner in a local restaurant and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 15 – Dolphin Watching Rattanakiri

Leave for Kampi and take a private boat cruise on the mighty Mekong river to look for the rare river dolphins. Sightings are common, although it is easier to see the dolphins in the shallow waters of the dry season than in the swollen river of the wet season. After the cruise depart to the north for Ban Lung and enjoy the refreshing waters of the beautiful crater lake of Yeak Loam amid the lush jungle. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 16 - Rattanakiri Forest Walk

Take a guided forest walk in this unspoilt area, through the black basalt lava fields and local forests, see caves and waterfalls and learn about the history of the area and the flora and fauna of the region as well as the different minority people that live here. In the afternoon continue your walk on the banks of the San river towards the town of Voen Sai through pristine stretches of forest. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 17 – Rattanikiri to Mondulkiri

Leave for the hilly region of Sen Monorom Mondulkiri, which is nestled against the border with Vietnam and is home to several hill tribes. It is known for its beauty with thickly forested hills and powerful waterfalls and eco-tourism activities. When you arrive visit Sen Monorom village and market where you can see beautiful ethnic handicraft work. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 18 – Bou Sra Waterfall
After breakfast travel along a bumpy road following 2 rivers to Bu Sra and the waterfall. You pass through several ethnic Phnong villages before you reach one of the biggest waterfalls in Cambodia. Then go elephant tracking and explore the countryside, enjoy the beautiful scenery and visit traditional villages. Overnight stay in your hotel

Day 19 – Explore Sen Monorom
Spend the full day to learn about the lifestyle of the minority people living in ethnic villages surrounding Sen Monorom and explore this wild region. Have lunch and a swim near a waterfall in the jungle and observe dry-ground rice growing techniques and weaving. Overnight stay with the villagers or in a bivouac in the jungle (if conditions allow it).

Day 20 – Mondulkiri to Phnom Penh
Today you will make your way back to Phnom Penh after some leisure time in the morning. The trip to Phnom Penh takes around 8 hours and will include visits to the Romnea Waterfall and Oromis village. Dinner at a local restaurant and stay at your hotel.

Day 21 – Time to Relax

Today is free at your own leisure. Time for relaxing by the pool, some swimming and maybe a massage. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 22 – Phnom Penh to Kampot & Kep

Depart Phnom Penh to visit Kampot & Kep, on the south coast of Cambodia where you will get a taste of the famous Kampot crab in a local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon visit a pepper plantation in Kampot and Phnom Sorsir and them make your way to Kep, check into your hotel and relax at the beach. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 23 – Bokor Mountain Tour

Today spend the full day touring Bokor mountain and its beautiful surroundings and learn about the history of this site. You will be able to admire the beautiful view from the former king’s residence and visit the ghost town. Lunch will be at the site and in the afternoon you will visit the PoPok Vil waterfalls. Dinner will be back in Kep and stay at your hotel.

Day 24 – Rabbit Island

Take a private boat to Rabbit Island (Koh Tunsay), which is located 4.5km south-east of Kep. Koh Tunsay is a natural resort with white sand beaches and shallow water which makes it an excellent location for relaxing and swimming, snorkelling and scuba diving. In the late afternoon make your way back to Kep for dinner and stay at your hotel.

Day 25 – Kep to Sihanoukville

In the early morning depart from Kep to Sihanoukville by private minivan. After lunch in Sihanoukville and checking into your hotel, relax at the beach and take in the sights around town. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 26 – Back to Phnom Penh

After breakfast at your hotel spend some time at leisure until it is time to leave Sihanoukville for Phnom Penh and your departure flight home or to your next destination.