Full Itinerary

Day 1: UK Airport / Siem Reap

Depart on a choice of overnight flights to Siem Reap

Day 2: Arrive Siem Reap

On arrival you’ll be met and transferred to the city centre where you check in to your choice of hotel for 3 nights. This evening you might like to visit the circus that performs nightly in the centre of town. We can arrange tickets.

Day 3: Siem Reap - Angkor Temples Highlights Tour (B / L)

This morning your guide will pick you up for a private guided tour of the iconic Angkor Archaeological Park. Start off at Angkor Thom, the last great capital of the Khmer Empire. Highlights include the magnificent Bayon, one of the most recognisable sites because of the 54 towers adorned with 216 enigmatically smiling stone faces, the Terrace of Elephants, a giant viewing stand for public ceremonies and the Terrace of Leper Kings, whose walls boast beautifully carved nagas, demons and other mythological beings. In the low morning sun the carvings really stand out and as you stand on the Terrace of Elephants you get a great view across a parkland scene interspersed with giant trees protected in the National Park.

Then move onto the temple of Ta Phrom, jungle covered and pretty much left as originally found by European explorers to create a mystical atmosphere.

Back to Siem Reap (15 minutes away) for lunch and a rest in the hot midday. This afternoon return to explore Angkor Wat, the most famous and best preserved of all the Angkor temples. You’ll have time for a thorough exploration before climbing to the top of Pre Rup temple to watch the sunsetover the jungle. Back to the hotel by early evening.

Day 4: Siem Reap (B) - Morning Tour to Tonle Sap Lake

This morning you’ll be collected by your guide and transferred 45 minutes through the Cambodia countryside to Tonle Sap Lake where you board a longtail boat to explore the lake and visit Kompong Phluk, an isolated community of three villages built on stilts. These scenic villages are flooded for around half the year and you will board a local boat, rowed by a villager, to explore the local community. You will also be taken through the flooded mangrove forests that are the main building block of this valuable ecosystem that supports a variety of wildlife. Back in Siem Reap in time for a late lunch. Afternoon free or extra tours can be added.

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Day 5: Siem Reap - Battambang - Overland Tour (B / L)

This morning your guide will collect you for the 2 hour drive to Battambang, famous for its French colonial architecture, rural scenes and the rubies and garnets mined in this province. En route visit Wat Phnom Banan, an 11th century temple built by King Jarvarman VII. Located on top of a 400 metre high hill, the views from the temple are superb.

After lunch enjoy a walking tour of Battambang that will include visits to some of the old French Colonial buildings along the river, the former Governor’s residence, and Battambang Museum. Just 2 kms away from Battambang on the Sangker River is the village of Wat Kor. Here you will gain a fascinating insight into the Cambodian way of life in the province. Much of the town dates back to the early 20th century. Locals give visitors a short tour of the village and explain some of the history and show them around a traditional Khmer home. Check in to your choice of hotel for 2 nights. The evening is free to explore this small French colonial town.

Day 6: Battambang - Full day tour with Bamboo Railway (B / L)

This morning your guide will take you into the countryside to see how the bulk of the population live. There will be the chance to visit the orchards, paddy fields, fish paste market and even a winery. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant.

This afternoon starts with a visit to Phnom Sampeou Mountain, a natural rock formation consisting of a series of caves. This was a former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge. Some of the caves were used as "killing caves" and victims' skeletons are still preserved here.  The tour finishes with a ride on the Bamboo Train. The trains consist of a bamboo-covered platform and two detached axles with wheels. They run on regular tracks and are powered with old engines. When meeting traffic in the opposite direction, passengers of the cart with fewer passengers are expected to lift the platform, engine and axles of their cart off the tracks to let the other cart pass. Back at hotel late afternoon.

Day 7: Battambang - Phnom Penh (B / L)

This morning head onwards to Phnom Penh (5 hours). Along the way stop at Udong, Cambodia’s Capital between the 17th and 19th centuries. Lunch will be en route in a local restaurant. On arrival check in to your choice of hotel for 2 nights. Evening free.

Phnom Penh is a traditional Far East city, full of energy and still tatty around the edges. A great place to start in the early evening is to take a tuk tuk to the riverside promenade. As you walk along the Mekong look across to the French colonial buildings that are interspersed with the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and National Museum. Evening is the time everyone congregates along the wide promenade with impromptu aerobics, football matches and time to catch up with friends. There are plenty of restaurants and bars along the way.

Day 8: Phnom Penh - Private City Tour with Killing Field (B / L)

After breakfast your guide will pick you up for a half day city tour of the fascinating Khmer Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. After lunch in a local restaurant you visit the sobering and poignant Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a testament to Cambodia’s bloody past.  Then you can explore the colourful stalls of the vast Central Market. The tour ends at the Choeung Ek Killing Fields just outside the city. This is now a Buddhist memorial park that has been constructed around the mass graves of the thousands of victims. Dozens of mass graves are visible above ground, several which have not yet been excavated. The field is marked by a Buddhist stupa that has glass walls and is filled with over 5,000 skulls. You’ll be back at the hotel by the late afternoon.

Would you prefer an alternative day tour in Phnom Penh?

  Day 9: Phnom Penh (B) / UK Airport

Morning free then airport transfer and overnight flight home that arrives the following morning.

Alternatively why not extend your holiday, perhaps adding a few nights on the beach, an eco-adventure in the Cardamom Hills or an overland tour to Saigon through the Mekong Delta.

Inclusions

What's Included

This specially selected small group (maximum 10 people) Cambodia tour pulls together the touring highlights of this beautiful country and offers the flexibility to add extra destinations and excursions tailored to you.

Our small group tours are designed for those who want to enjoy the financial and social benefits of travelling with others combined with the freedom of flexibility of a private tailor made holiday.

Tour Inclusions

• Maximum of 10 people in each group
• Full ATOL Protection
• Scheduled international flights from Heathrow (other airports available)
• English speaking, local guide & driver
• 7 nights central medium class hotel accommodation
• Transport in private air-conditioned vehicle
• Admission fees to all attractions, temples and activities as mentioned in the itinerary
• 7 breakfasts & 5 lunches - as detailed (B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner)
• Emergency contacts in Cambodia and UK throughout stay
• Flexibility to add extra destinations and excursions

Comprehensive Package of Excursions Included:

• Angkor Temples Highlights Day Tour with lunch
• Morning Tour To Tonle Sap Lake, largest in SE Asia
• 3 day overland tour from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh including Battambang tours with lunch
• Phnom Penh City with Killing Field. Lunch included

General Exclusions:

• Optional Tours / Excursions
• Optional additional destinations
• Any meals not listed in the itinerary
• Drinks
• Personal expenses
• Tips for Guides / Drivers (discretionary)
• Travel insurance

Where You'll Stay

 Hotels

The hotels below are there as examples, designed to act as a starting point from which to create your holiday. There are plenty of alternatives to choose from and when we quote we will include other suggestions so we get to understand your likes and dislikes. Quite often clients mix and match hotel categories throughout their holiday.

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