Day 1: Welcome to Phnom Penh
Hello ladies and gentlemen! welcome to the Cambodia! You will be picked up by our driver or tour guide and check in at your hotel or boutique. It is optional to attending the traditional performance, Apsara Show at the Cambodian Living Arts inside the complex of National Museum where consists of Khmer Arts and sculptures.
Day 2: The Phnom Penh Tour
Your day starts at 8 am, where we’ll visit the Independent Monument (This Monument was built to commemorate the end of the ruling of France in 1953), from there we’ll visit the Royal Palace (Royal residence of the King of Cambodia) and the Silver Pagoda, after visiting the palace, we will break for our lunch.
In afternoon, after lunch, we will visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21), the notorious “Killing Fields” of ChoeungEk. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Visit Central Market (Psar Thmei), Wat Phnom, the legendary temple that marked the founding place of the Phnom Penh. For those who’d like to snap up a bargain or souvenir, we’ll enjoy browsing or shopping at the popular Russian Market.
Day 3: Transfer from Phnom Penh to Kep
You will be picked up from your hotel and drive about 3-hour through the countryside from capital city, Phnom Penh to Kep city, seaside town. We will drive pass the abandoned colonial villa, iconic crab shacks and the beautiful Mermaid statue and head to check in French Villa at the luxurious Knai Bang Chatt.
Day 4: The Kep Day Tour
A day at leisure in Kep Enjoy your day in Kep free at leisure to relax on the beach or by the infinity swimming pool. Optional day excursions include a visit to the rustic shores of Rabbit Island, located 4.5 km off the coast of Kep. The island is blissfully undeveloped, making for an idyllic adventure to the past while exploring the beaches and snorkeling in the shallow turquoise seas. Enjoy a freshly prepared BBQ seafood picnic lunch before returning to your Kep accommodation in the afternoon.
Day 5: The Kampot Day Tour
Walk through colonial Kampot along the stunning Kampot River, Leave Kep today and travel 45 minutes along the coast to the sleepy riverside town of Kampot. En route, explore Phnom Chhnork, a historical cave temple and if you fancy, pause for a swim in the Secret Lake, established through hard labor under the Khmer Rouge regime. Upon arrival to Kampot, check-in to Boutique Kampot Hotel in the city center and admire the room’s original décor and design. In the late afternoon, join a 3-hour walking tour of the city to explore numerous historical sites including old villas and shop houses along Kampot River, the Old Market, the Red Cross Building, and the French Governor’s House.
Day 6: The Kampot Day Tour
Learn how to cook Khmer cuisine after visiting a salt farm and pepper plantation Hop into a tuk-tuk and discover what Kampot is so famous for today, spices!
Firstly, we will stop at the salt farm to learn about the importance of the salt industry to the local Kampot community. Secondly, visit the well-known pepper industry at a pepper plantation. Afterwards, attending a cooking class with a local family on their organic farm outside of Kampot. At the Khmer Roots Café, you will be taught how to make 2 Khmer dishes, such as Fish Amok, Massaman Curry and Banana Flower Salad. Return to Kampot in the late afternoon and have the rest of your day free at leisure.
Day 7: The Day Flight to Siem Reap
You will be transferred from Kampot to Sihanoukville to catch your flight to the gateway to Siem Reap, Angkor. As you arrive in Siem Reap, the local tour guide will meet you at the airport with a warm smile and transfer you slowly to your hotel for check-in within the background of Siem Reap,. The rest of the day is at your leisure.
Day 8: The Siem Reap Day Tour
Today you will need to put on the sneakers and carrying on with bugs spray or sun scream to visit Angkor Thom after your hotel breakfast. Stop at the south gate of Angkor Thom, after passing through that main gate, you will arrive at your first destination – the Prasat Bayon Temple. Taking a look around and listening to an ancient history that was told by these fragments of wall and towers. Having a short walk to Elephant Terrace, it is a reviewing stand for the king to inspect his troops and hold the ceremony.
Returning back to town for lunch, our tour guide will recommend you with a delicious Khmer Cuisine lunch, after lunch heading for the landmark of Cambodia – the Prasat Angkor Wat. The magnificent buildings and amazing bas-reliefs will demonstrate the glory of the past to you. Leaning against the broken walls of the Bakheng Temple, it is the best way to enjoy the sunset view of the distant Angkor Wat in the jungle.
Day 9: The Siem Reap Day Tour
Early get up will take the best place to watch the unique sunrise view of the Prasat Angkor Wat, so why not? Leading by our friendly local guide with the storytelling into the spot to admiring this beautiful scenery in sometimes listen to the monk chanting from the Buddhist monastery nearby, let’s return to the hotel for breakfast.
Later, take a drive to the Banteay Srei, the pink sandstone temples complex with the most detailed and elaborate carvings. Don’t fall asleep in the car, it is a good chance that you can know something about local people’s life from local villages along the way.
Start an adventure at the Ta Prohm Temple, where the famous “Tomb Raider” was filmed. In the end, we will enjoy a beautiful bit isolated from the Ta Nei Temple.
Day 10: The Day Transfer to Airport
Time to say good-bye, your day is free at leisure to explore Siem Reap on your own before a transfer to the airport for your own book flight ticket.