Cambodia itinerary, day by day

Capital of the Khmer empire from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, and Siem Reap is the town that grew up to serve it.

• Angkor temples: one-day pass and guideFull day · from €60

  The full circuit with someone who can read the carvings: Angkor Wat, the stone faces of the Bayon, and the roots holding up Ta Prohm.

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• Sunrise over Angkor WatMorning · from €15

  An early start for the moment the five towers come up behind the reflecting pool. Crowded, and still worth the alarm.

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White sand, warm water, and plankton that lights up after dark. Very little infrastructure, which is rather the point.

• Snorkelling and bioluminescent planktonHalf day · from €30

  Reef by day, then a night swim where every movement lights the water blue.

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Capital of the Khmer empire from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, and Siem Reap is the town that grew up to serve it.

• Angkor temples: one-day pass and guideFull day · from €60

  The full circuit with someone who can read the carvings: Angkor Wat, the stone faces of the Bayon, and the roots holding up Ta Prohm.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Sunrise over Angkor WatMorning · from €15

  An early start for the moment the five towers come up behind the reflecting pool. Crowded, and still worth the alarm.

  Book on GetYourGuide →

Colonial shopfronts, the bamboo railway, and rice country that has not been rearranged for visitors.

• Bamboo train and the cavesHalf day · from €25

  A plank on wheels running the old rails out of Battambang, then the limestone caves in the hills above town.

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• Khmer cooking classHalf day · from €20

  The market first, then the kitchen, and the balance of sour, salt and sweet that holds Khmer food together.

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The capital, with its gilded Royal Palace on the river. The S-21 memorial keeps the record of the Khmer Rouge years, 1975 to 1979.

• Royal Palace and the Silver PagodaHalf day · from €15

  The king still lives here. The pagoda floor is laid with five thousand silver tiles, most of them kept under carpet.

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• S-21 and Choeung Ek, guidedHalf day · from €30

  The school turned prison, and the killing field outside town. Hard going, and the reason to go with a guide.

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White sand, warm water, and plankton that lights up after dark. Very little infrastructure, which is rather the point.

• Snorkelling and bioluminescent planktonHalf day · from €30

  Reef by day, then a night swim where every movement lights the water blue.

  Book on GetYourGuide →