Cultural Cambodia

Arrival

Upon arrival at the airport in Phnom Penh you will be met by a ‘See Asia Differently’ representative and be transferred to your hotel. You then have the rest of the afternoon to relax and enjoy the cosmopolitan city as you wish.

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Cyclo Tour, S21 & River Cruise

Enjoy a Phnom Penh cyclo tour in the morning seeing the capital’s key sites, such as Wat Phnom, the National Library, the Central Market, the National Museum, Independence Monument and, of course, the Royal Palace as well as Silver Pagoda. You will be dropped by the river to enjoy lunch before visiting the infamous Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21), where you can learn about the turbulent recent history of Cambodia. For the evening you will enjoy a dinner cruise along the Mighty Mekong River, which is a perfect way to end any day in Cambodia.

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Phnom Penh to Battambang | Drive: 5 hours

Today you will leave Cambodia’s capital behind and start the 290km journey north to Battambang. Along the way, you will pause for a while at Oudong, which was the home of the royal capital between the 17th and 19th centuries. Once here you have time to find that perfect picture from either the top of the hill or from across the nearby fields with Oudong as the backdrop. You then continue your journey stopping for lunch in Kampong Chhnang before arriving in Battambang.

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Wat Banan Temple & Sampou Mountain

Starting early, today is all about discovering Battambang and its surroundings. Starting with the hilltop temple of Wat (Phnom) Banan, a temple perched at the top of a small mountain overlooking the Sangkar River. After taking some time to explore the views you continue to Crocodile mountain or Phnom Sampheou, home to the killing caves of the Khmer Rouge as well as a steady stream of thousands of bats, which leave the cave at sundown each day.

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Bamboo Train & Bat Cave

Today you will be taken to the starting point of the popular Bamboo train. This improvised vehicle made from bamboo rides roughly 40km through the countryside of Battambang pausing at local villages along the way. This is a great way to see the real country, and also experience how some locals travel from destination to destination. You then continue to the bat cave, which boasts impressive views of the surrounding areas.

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Battambang to Siem Reap | Drive: 3 hours

Your Cultural journey continues today as you travel the 3 hours journey to Siem Reap, Cambodia’s heart and the gateway to the enigmatic Angkor Temples. You will arrive in Siem Reap for a late lunch, which you can either enjoy at your hotel or in town. The afternoon is then free for you to wander around the town, discover the Royal Gardens or go shopping at Siem Reap’s night markets.

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Day In a Life Community Tour

Today you will join a local family and spend a few hours in their shoes. Help with rice harvesting, planting, weaving thatch or driving an ox cart. These activities depend on the season and the family’s routine on any given day. This project directly helps all villagers in providing sustainable income year-round. It is also a perfect opportunity to capture some incredible photographs and memories.

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Floating Village & Circus

This morning you visit Kampong Phluk, which is a perfect example of one of the many communities living in the floating villages of Cambodia. Within the community, you pass schools and houses standing on 8 to 10m high stilts, as well as fish farms and an island pagoda. You will also visit the flooded forest, home to some of Cambodia’s water-bird species, before a brief Tonle Sap boat tour to witness the daily life of these people. For the evening you visit the fabulous Cambodian circus, a mixture of acrobatics, music, dance and culture.

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Angkor Temple Tour

The Angkor temples are a magnificent sight! While the Cambodian temples aren’t in short supply, the Angkor temples are in a league of their own. Angkor Wat temple is by far the most famous and often compared to sites, such as Machu Picchu (Peru) and Petra (Jordan). Your Cambodia tour guide will be on hand to guide you through these wonderful Angkor temples, which should be on everyone’s bucket list.

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Free Day

For your last day in Cambodia you will catch your breath and have a day off by your hotel pool, or choose one of the amazing activities that we have to offer and create one more holiday memory. You can also spend a few hours exploring the markets in search of some souvenirs of your trip to take home.

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Departure

Today you are free to enjoy your last day in Siem Reap as you wish before being picked up from your hotel and transferred to the airport for your departing flight home.

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