Discovery Trip in Cambodia – 18 days

After a first visit to Vietnam, you want to return to Southeast Asia to discover Cambodia, here is an example of tour proposed by our trusted partner.

Day 1: Phnom Penh

Our driver will meet you at the airport on your arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2: Phnom Penh (B, L)

Our English-speaking tour guide will meet you at your hotel around 9 a.m. Start your day with a visit to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. Then, discover the central market before lunch.

In the afternoon, you visit the S21 genocide museum to learn more about the history of the Khmer Rouge.

Day 3: Phnom Penh - Mondulkiri (B)

Around 9 a.m., departure by car for the province of Mondulkiri, the small Swiss of Cambodia with our English-speaking tour guide.

On the way, take advantage of various breaks to discover the region, including the Kien Kleang Pagoda, the market of mygales where you can taste mygales, crickets, silkworms. Admire the landscapes of sugar palm plantations. Visit the fishing village of Khmong.

Day 4: Mondulkiri (B, L)

Departure at 9 a.m. with our English-speaking guide in a small group to meet a community that takes care of the elephants of the province. You will have the opportunity to discover the flora of the region, a waterfall and meet ethnic minorities to discover their uses and customs.

During this walk, you will have the opportunity to swim with elephants before a lunch in the form of picnic. Return to hotel in the afternoon

Day 5: Mondulkiri- Kratie (B)

After breakfast, leave with our English-speaking guide to admire the Bousra Falls, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Cambodia, where you can swim. Also discover the coffee and durian plantations in the region. This will be an opportunity to taste the coffee of this province. Take a break in the rubber plantations and at the sacred hill of Dos Kromom.

Finally, take the road to Kratie, and discover this city on the banks of the Mekong.

Day 6: Kratie (B)

After breakfast, departure with our English-speaking tour guide to board the ferry to reach a Mekong island. Cross the island by bike to discover the daily life of farmers, the grapefruit field, organic market plantations...

In the afternoon, take a boat trip to meet the freshwater dolphins of the Mekong River and admire them in their natural habitat.

End the day by visiting Phnom Sambok Pagoda.

Day 7: Kratie - Siem Reap (B)

After breakfast, departure by car to Siem Reap with our English-speaking guide. On the way, take several breaks to discover among other things the traditional houses on stilts in Chlong, the daily life of the Cambodians, the old 12th century bridge of Kampong Kdey.

At the end of the day, before arriving in Siem Reap, go by boat to discover the lakeside village of Kampong Pluk where you will see houses on very high stilts, the flooded forest, the large lake Tonlé Sap and its fishermen...

Day 8: Siem Reap (B, D)

After breakfast, discover this historic site recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site by chronological order to understand the evolution of Khmer art with our English-speaking guide: the temple of Preahko, the temple of Bakong, the temple of Banteay Srey, Better known as the citadel of women in pink sandstone.

Take a break in a village where sugar is made from the sugar palm. Then, visit the temple of Banteay Samre, then the temple of Prerup in brick.

Finally, end the day of visit by the Kravan temple!

In the evening, enjoy a dinner to discover the 5 traditional Khmer dances.

Day 9: Siem Reap (B, L)

Our English-speaking guide will meet you at the hotel around 4.40 a.m. then departure in Tuk Tuk. Watch the sunrise over the Angkor Wat complex, considered one of the wonders of the world.

Then, visit Angkor Thom, Bayon the temple with the towers with 4 smiling faces at each cardinal point. After lunch, venture into Ta Prohm where nature has taken its course and invaded the temple of big giant roots.

Day 10: Siem Reap – Battambang (B)

Enjoy a last morning to admire the temples of Angkor, including the temple of Bayon, with its forest of faces, and the temple of Baphoun, the ancient capital with the terrace of elephants.

In the early afternoon, take the road to Battambang.

Day 11: Battambang (B, D)

After breakfast, departure with our English-speaking guide to discover this old colonial city and its architecture of the Indochina era. Walk the streets of the local market of Samrong Knong. Also, during the day, meet different families to discover their daily activities, including one that makes traditional knives and one that makes cakes made from sticky rice in bamboo. Learn about the production of rice cakes. How dried bananas are made and finally how rice alcohol is prepared.

In the afternoon, visit the traditional house at Wat Kor before a ride on the famous bamboo train from Battambang. Finally, at the end of the day, discover the impressive bat cave where more than 7 million bats reside and admire these clouds of bats that form when they go in search of insects after dark.

Back in town for dinner.

Day 12: Battambang - Phnom Penh (B, D)

After breakfast, departure by car with our English-speaking guide to go to Phnom Penh.

Along the way, enjoy various breaks, including the sacred genius of Neak Ta kleang Meurng, the pottery village and a pagoda from the ancient capital of Oudong, a meditation pagoda where 300 nuns and 150 monks reside.

Dinner in Phnom Penh.

Day 13: Phnom Penh - Kep (B, D)

After breakfast, take the road to Kep with our English speaking guide.

On the way, visit the Putkiri pagoda in which 84,000 Buddha statues sit on the hill.

Also admire the salt marshes and the pepper fields that produce the famous Kampot pepper, recognized as one of the best in the world.

Arrive in Kep, dinner in the city then overnight at the seaside for sunset!

Day 14: Kep- Sihanoukville - Île de Koh Rong Sanloem (B)

After breakfast, departure for Sihanoukville with our English-speaking guide! On the way, visit the town of Kampot with its fishing village.

Around 2.30 p.m., board the fast boat to reach the island of koh rong Sanloem and transfer to the hotel.

Days 15 and 16: Koh Rong Sanloem Island (B)

Leisure days.

Day 17: Koh Rong Sanloem Island - Sihanoukville- Phnom Penh (B)

Free morning then, around noon, take the fast boat back to Sihanoukville and then transfer to Phnom Penh.

Day 18: Phnom Penh – Return flight (B)

Transfer to Phnom Penh airport for your return flight.