Cambodia
Stone faces, jungle roots and a warm welcome.
- Best time
- November to March, the cooler dry season
- Good for
- History lovers, photographers, adding to a Vietnam trip
- Language
- Khmer
- Currency
- Cambodian riel (KHR), with US dollars widely used
Why go
The Short Version of Cambodia
The temples of Angkor are among the great sights of the world, and they deserve more than one rushed day. Beyond them, Cambodia offers stilt villages on the Tonlé Sap, a riverside capital and a quiet southern coast.
We plan your temple visits around light and crowds, with a local guide to bring the history to life, and we make room for the country's moving recent story too.
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Highlights
Where We'd Start
- 01
Angkor Wat
The vast twelfth-century temple at the heart of the UNESCO-listed Angkor park.
- 02
Bayon & Ta Prohm
Towers of serene stone faces, and a temple held in the grip of giant tree roots.
- 03
Tonlé Sap
Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake, with floating and stilted communities along its edge.
- 04
Phnom Penh
A riverside capital of royal palaces and markets, and sobering memorials to the Khmer Rouge years.
On the ground
Moments Worth Building a Day Around
- Sunrise at Angkor Wat
- Exploring Ta Prohm with a specialist guide
- A boat trip on the Tonlé Sap
- A Khmer cooking class in Siem Reap
Start from here
A Signature Journey in Cambodia
How does planning a trip with you work?
Send us a short brief through the trip planner or by email. We reply with questions, then a first draft itinerary. You mark it up, we refine it, and only once it feels right do we talk about confirming anything.
Are the journeys on this site fixed?
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Why don't you show prices?
The cost of a trip depends on your dates, party size, hotel level and how you want to move around, so a headline price would rarely match what you actually pay. You receive an itemised quote for your own trip before you commit to anything.
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