Cambodia Cities & Beach - 8 Days

Day 1: Arrive in Phnom Penh
Welcome to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s vibrant and bustling capital city. Despite its recent turbulent history, Phnom Penh’s wide tree–lined boulevards and faded colonial mansions hold an undeniable charm. Upon arrival, your guide will meet you at the airport and take you to city center.
Enjoy some free time to rest and freshen up before driving to the dock to catch an evening boat cruise along the Mekong River. Savor a welcome dinner on board as you watch the sunset over the shimmering lights of Phnom Penh.
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh
Day 2: Phnom Penh City Tour
Spend full day on a city tour, visiting the capital’s main attractions. Start by learning about the Khmer Rouge and Cambodia’s recent, bloody history on a guided tour of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the notorious Choeung Ek “Killing Fields”. Stop en route to visit Russian market.
In the afternoon, we visit the National Museum and learn about the world's largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects. Then, we talk the leisure walk from National museum to riverfront, discover the neighborhood and visit the night market or watching sunset on the river. Driver and guide will take you back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh.
Day 3: Phnom Penh – Drive to Sihanouke Ville – Speedboat to Koh Rong
Start the day with breakfast at the hotel followed by a 4 hour drive by car to Sihanouk Ville. With surrounding coastline of white–sand beaches and sun–drenched islands, this coastal town is Cambodia's most happening sun–sloth destination. Drop off at the pier, you will take the short local speedboat ride to Koh Rong island, second largest island of Cambodia. Located in Koh Kong Province about 25 kilometers off the Sihanoukville’s coast in the Gulf of Thailand, the island possesses many untouched sandy beaches for tourists to explore.
Optional tours: Dotted among the bays, visitors can indulge in diving, snorkeling, mountain biking, trekking, kayaking and boat trips. Please contact our travel consultants for further information.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Koh Rong.
Day 4: Koh Rong – Free at leisure.
Today is yours! Relax and further explore the island.
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel in Koh Rong.
Day 5: Koh Rong – Speedboat to Sihanouke Ville – Fly to Siem Reap. Oriental Tour
You are free until take the speed boat back to the pier of Sihanouke Ville, where our private car/ van waiting to transfer you to Sihanoukville Airport for your internal flight to Siem Reap, the provincial capital and gateway to the ancient Angkor temples. Recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the Angkor Archaeological Park encompasses dozens of temple ruins including Bayon, Banteay Srei and the legendary Angkor Wat. Upon arrival, our guide will welcome you at the airport and take you to the hotel for check in and relax in a couple of hours.
Afterward, meet your guide at the hotel lobby for the short tour briefing followed by the orientation tour by tuk tuk– the typical local means of transportation. The tour is to highlight Siem Reap. You’ll be driven along the main bustling streets, channel, passing by Preh Prohm Roath pagoda, Wat Bo or Wat Damnak. Disembark at the PsarChass that’s a kind of Baza – Old City Market where you’ll walk around and learn the local art of how to bargain when purchasing items. Proceed further to the most exiting pub street for welcome drink before heading back to your home away from home.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 6: Siem Reap – Angkor Temples.
For the early birds and photographers, we offer morning tours by tuk tuk for those who want to see the sunrise upon the Angkor Wat.
For your most convenience, a table with hot tea or coffee and breakfast box arranged by Cambodia Travel will be served right on site of Angkor Wat.
This is the way to avoid the crowd when they go back to their hotel for breakfast.
After breakfast, our tour continues with visiting South Gate of Angkor Thom, with its majestic doors, monumental temple of Bayon facing the tropical forest and Baphuon and Phimeanakas Mountains. Later, visit the Elephant Terrace, Terrace of the Leper King and Takeo "Jewel of Crystal", which is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva and was erected at the end of the 10th century. You won’t miss Ta Prohm Temple, which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty with its giant trees that have grown there for centuries. On the way back to town, you will watch the sunset in Pre Rup, considered as Mini Angkor Wat.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 7: Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake – Artisan D' Angkor – National Mueum – Horse Ride.
This morning, head out of town and embark on a short cruise along Tonle Sap Lake to visit the local floating villages. The experience is wonderful as we pass by floating villages, friendly children in small boats and fishermen at work.
Back to the town to visit Artisan D' Angkor, which offer tour of craft workshops.
In the afternoon, we stop at indoor air–conditioned Angkor National Museum to have a surreal experience to the history of Angkor.
Finally the trip will end with a sunset Horse Ride to places that are otherwise unreachable, through local countryside villages, scenic rice fields and tourist–free temple ruins, all waiting to be explored.
Back to hotel in the late afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 8: Siem Reap Departure
Have breakfast in your hotel and relax until the departure time.
Our driver takes you to Siem Reap international airport to catch your flight home. Bon voyage!
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: N/A
Note: Please be aware that flight time, hotels and all others logistics, services and days of travel are subject to availability.
If the listed hotel is fully booked, alternate accommodation will be offered. All hotel ratings are according to the local.