Angkor to the Beach

📍 Siem Reap Airport - Siem Reap (50 km): 60 mins

Welcome to Cambodia! Upon your arrival in Siem Reap, you will be welcomed by your local English speaking guide who will accompany you to your hotel for check in.

In case you cannot find your guide, please call our 24 Hrs Customer Care number +855 12 908 097.

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📍 Siem Reap - Temple (6km): 10 mins / Siem Reap - APOPO Visitor Center (2.5km): 7mins

Beginning from 07:30, this is the best time to experience Ta Prohm temple. The temple was made famous by the Angelina Jolie film Tomb Raider. The temple is best known for the trees and vines growing atop the temple walls. Enter from the east, to avoid the crowds. Then continue to Angkor Thom, visit The Terrace of The Elephants and the Royal Palace enclosure. Next, take a stroll around the lower galleries of carvings of Bayon, which depict fascinating scenes of life from the late 11th century, then find a quiet spot on the exterior of the temple to appreciate the 54 towers featuring faces of the Buddha looking out into the jungle around you.

Return to your hotel. Lunch on your own account.

This afternoon tour begins at 14:30. Visit APOPO Visitor Center. Learn about the critical work of APOPO's "HeroRATs" in clearing landmines from Cambodia's countryside. See a simulated minefield training, meet the hero rats, and participate in a Q&A with a mine action professional.

Return to the hotel. 

Overnight in Siem Reap 

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast

📍 Siem Reap - Temple (6km): 10 mins / Siem Reap - Ta Brak village (19 km): 36 mins

This morning the tour begins at 07:30. Today embark on an authentic rural Cambodia tour to learn about life in a typical village. Meet friendly locals and discover traditional village customs and cultures.

Like most villages in Asia, Ta Brak is busiest in the morning hours. Sit down with a local family and enjoy breakfast (take-away from the hotel) while observing the activities of the village.  By foot, visit the local market. Explore the colourful displays of vegetables, herbs and other locally-grown produce, and mingle with the shoppers who come every morning to buy the fresh ingredients. Continue through the village, providing ample opportunities to stop and chat with locals and to observe their activities. 

Before leaving the village, head to Khmer smokehouse and meet a warm family. Learn the process of smoking fish, discover Cambodian rural life through stories shared amidst fragrant smoke. Over a fresh coconut juice, get to know the family, engage in discussions, and gain a better understanding of the countryside lifestyle in Cambodia. 
Conclude this morning, partake in a special Buddhist tradition. Local monks will impart wishes of good luck and success in a solemn, age-old ceremony.

Return to the hotel. Lunch at your own account. 

This afternoon tour begins at 14:00. Visit to Sacha, a local enterprise where craftsmen and women find a safe and clean space to work as well as receive training to further hone their talent and grow themselves into artistic entrepreneurs. 

Continue to Angkor Wat and marvel at its grandeur. Take a closer look at the intricately carved gallery walls and learn about the Hindu myths and historic tales they represent. Hear tales of the construction process which took 30 years of intensive labour to complete. See some of the 2000 “Apsara” carvings, each one a unique representation of female guardian spirits adorning the temple walls.

Note: Should you wish to witness a sunset, there are limited options and they can be quite crowded. Consider finding a quiet place away from the crowds, such as atop the city wall beside the West or South gate of Angkor Thom, or Srah Srang. Be advised that a sunset will typically have you returning to town after 6:00pm.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast

📍 Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake (20 km): 30 mins

Meet the guide in the hotel lobby at 08:00. 

Take a break from temple touring to experience authentic rural lifestyles. Drive to the outskirts of Siem Reap through local villages where rice and fish can frequently be spotted drying alongside the road. You will stop at a small but vibrant local market along the way. 

Hop on a local wooden boat for a private journey through a canal, all the way to Tonle Sap Lake. As you cruise along the canal you will see houses on either side: depending on the time of the visit, the houses will either have immediate access to the water or stand perched on stilts high above the ground. A phenomena caused by the annual rising and receding waters of the Tonle Sap Lake. Along the way, gain a better understanding of the local lifestyle with lunch in a family house. This is a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the way of life of the local people- sitting inside a stilted house while watching the boats pass outside. 
Note: Due to fluctuating water levels on the lake and canals, the village visited will depend on the date and water levels at that time. As it’s a local community experience, the boats are older wooden boats.

Return to Siem Reap in the afternoon

Overnight in Siem Reap 

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

📍 Siem Reap – Siem Reap airport (50 km): 60 mins / Sihanoukville – Sihanoukville airport (18 km): 25 mins / Sihanoukville Port - Koh Rong / Koh Rong Sanloem : 45mins

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Sihanoukville (approx. 60 mins).  

Flight: Siem Reap - Sihanoukville (not included in the tour cost) 

Upon arrival in Sihanoukville, direct transfer to the pier. Then take a shared-speedboat to Koh Rong. The duration of the boat is approx. 45-60 mins according to the weather conditions. On arrival at Koh Rong, check-in at the resort.

Overnight on Koh Rong

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel.

Enjoy your day at leisure. 

Overnight on Koh Rong

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast

📍 Koh Rong - Sihanoukville : 45mins / Sihanoukville – Phnom Penh (211 km): 2hrs 30min

Breakfast at the hotel. Take a shared speedboat back to the mainland pier and then onto Phnom Penh with driver only or your next destination.

Recommend: Evening flight departure.

Note: For a morning departure by land transfer to Phnom Penh, a supplementary charge will apply.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast