12-Day Cambodia Delight: From Temples to Beach Bliss
- Siem Reap
- Tonle Sap
- Battambang
- Phnom Penh
- Sihanoukville
- Koh Rong
Enjoy a 12-day trip to Cambodia, the land of elephants, where serenity and a zen ambiance define this peaceful Buddhist country. This 12-day itinerary is designed to give you a comprehensive view of Cambodia's natural beauty, cultural heritage, and serene ambiance, ensuring an unforgettable journey through one of Southeast Asia's most captivating destinations.
- Angkor Temples: Explore the iconic Angkor Wat and other ancient temples in Siem Reap.
- Battambang Adventure: Experience the rustic charm of Battambang, including cycling tours and the mysterious Bat Cave.
- Phnom Penh's History: Dive into Cambodia's past with a tour of the capital city.
- Tonle Sap Lake: Discover the floating village of Kampong Phluck on Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake.
- Koh Rong Paradise: Relax and rejuvenate on the pristine beaches of Koh Rong during two days of free time.
- Siem Reap
- Tonle Sap
- Battambang
- Phnom Penh
- Sihanoukville
- Koh Rong
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Day 1 Siem Reap Arrival - free time
Upon landing at Siem Reap airport, your Kampá Tour guide warmly welcomes you and starts your 12-day amazing tour in Cambodia. A driver will then escort you to your Siem Reap hotel. After checking in, enjoy the day at your leisure. You can relax or witness the captivating sunset at Angkor Wat, a true Khmer architectural masterpiece.
Stay overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 2 Siem Reap - Angkor Temple Discovery
Morning: Explore Angkor's Main Sites by local remok (tuk tuk):
- Begin at Angkor Thom, featuring the iconic South Gate adorned with carved elephants and faces.
- Angkor Wat temples, dedicated to Vishnu, the supreme god of Hinduism, are considered the masterpieces of Khmer art and architecture.
- Visit the mesmerizing Bayon Temple, known for its 39 enigmatic towers.
- Wander the former Royal Palace grounds to uncover hidden temples.
Afternoon: Discover the countryside and local life:
- Explore a nearby market, learning basic Khmer greetings.
- Journey through picturesque villages and rice fields.
- Visit an evening street market and fairground for a taste of local life.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 3 Siem Reap, large and Small Temples
Morning dedicated to discovering small and large temples:
Explore Banteay Srei temple (Citadel of Women), the highly sacred temples of Takeo, Banteay Kdei, and the impressive temple of Ta Prohm—an abandoned Buddhist monastery overgrown with trees and its gigantic snake-like roots (Ta Prohm, famous from the 'Tomb Raider' movie, with jungle-covered ruins).
Enjoy a free afternoon for relaxation in Siem Reap or indulge in the Siem Reap night market.
Day 4 Siem Reap - Tonle Sap (Kampong Phluck village)
Morning:
- Immerse yourself in local Cambodian village life in TaBrak Village, a short drive from your hotel.
- Share a traditional breakfast with a local family and gain insights into village customs.
- Stroll 1 km through the picturesque countryside village, connecting with the local community and observing their seasonal activities.
- Visit a local pagoda for a water blessing by Buddhist monks.
- Explore the ancient 9th Century Bakong Temple and embark on an engaging boat trip on the Tonlé Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.
- Discover the authentic stilted village of Kampong Phluck and enjoy a local boat ride, with opportunities to witness the unique lifestyle of those living among the flooded mangrove forest.
Afternoon:
Optional excursion: Attend a captivating 'Phare, the Cambodian Circus' performance at 20:00, blending traditional and modern arts to depict Cambodian life and society.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 5 Siem Reap - Battambang
Morning:
- Travel to Battambang, Cambodia's second-largest city and its primary rice-producing region.
- Upon arrival, check in at the hotel, and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon:
- Explore the 11th-century Ek Phnom temple and the colonial-style houses lining the Sangke River. On your way back, visit traditional Cambodian houses and a rice flaky cake artisan factory.
- Experience a ride on the Bamboo Train, offering both fun and a chance to witness the breathtaking countryside sunset.
- Dine at a local restaurant and spend the night at your Battambang hotel.
Day 6 Battambang - Cycling Tour & Bat Cave Discovery
Morning: Embark on a half-day cycling tour exploring local livelihoods:
- Start with a tuk-tuk ride to the Battambang bike office.
- Connect with the community while cycling through traditional cottage industries.
- Interact with rural families and observe their daily activities, including making banana chips, producing rice paper, distilling rice wine, and tasting tropical fruits.
- Return to the bike office by noon and transfer back to the hotel for lunch.
Afternoon:
- Explore the Phnom Sampov (Bat Cave), located about 15 km west of Battambang.
- Enjoy a scenic ride through the Cambodian countryside.
- Visit three unique caves, each with its own story, and witness the breathtaking panoramic view from the summit.
- Experience the mesmerizing sight of a bat colony leaving the caves.
- Return to the hotel and spend the night in Battambang.
Day 7 Battambang - Phnom Penh
Morning:
- Depart from Battambang for Phnom Penh. En route, visit Kampong Chhnang, renowned for its traditional pottery and local kilns.
- In a nearby village, witness the art of pottery-making and the crafting of traditional rice wine.
- Proceed to Oudong, Cambodia's former royal capital. Enjoy the scenic drive through rural villages and pagodas, with views of the temple mountain's numerous stupas.
- Arrive at Oudong and relish a traditional Khmer lunch.
Afternoon:
- Climb Oudong Mountain for stunning panoramic views. Learn about the area's history, religious culture, and its buildings from the guide.
- Continue your journey to Phnom Penh, reaching your hotel in the Cambodian capital after about an hour.
Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Day 8 Phnom Penh - City tour
Day dedicated to exploring Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital:
- Begin at Wat Phnom, the Buddhist temple that gave birth to Phnom Penh in the 14th century.
- Visit the Royal Palace, which has served as the residence and workplace of the Norodom kings since 1870. Also, explore the Silver Pagoda, one of the country's most unique pagodas, known for its floor entirely paved with silver slabs, a gift from the French king, Napoleon III.
- Explore the Apsara Association, an art school that trains deprived children.
- Visit the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly a school converted into a prison where thousands of Cambodian women were detained and tortured during the Khmer Rouge regime.
- Return to the hotel after dark.
Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Day 9 Phnompenh - Sihanoukville - Koh Rong
You'll have a private transfer with a driver (no guide) to Sihanouk Ville, which typically takes around 4-5 hours. Upon reaching Sihanoukville, you'll be transferred directly to the boat pier, where you'll board a boat for approximately 1 hour to reach Koh Rong.
Once you arrive at Koh Rong, the resort staff will warmly welcome you and accompany you to your accommodation. Enjoy an overnight stay at your Koh Rong retreat.
Day 10 & 11 Koh Rong - free time
During your free time, you can relax at your leisure or partake in various beach activities. It's an opportunity to create countless cherished moments with your loved ones.
Koh Rong is often referred to as the 'paradise island,' renowned for its natural beauty, featuring pristine white sand beaches, crystal-clear warm waters, and a delightful tropical climate.
Koh Rong is an exceptional place to explore the underwater world. Through snorkeling or scuba diving, you can observe a diverse range of marine life, from miniature ecosystems to corals, seahorses, and sea cucumbers,...
Day 12 Koh Rong - Phnom Penh - departure
Departing from Koh Rong, you'll return to the vibrant city of Phnom Penh to conclude your adventure in Cambodia. From there, you'll begin your journey back to your home country, carrying with you the memories of an incredible travel experience.
This marks the end of our 12-day Cambodia tour. Safe travels! Kampá Tour is grateful to have shared this journey with you.
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Christine Baudry and her family - Canada
July 25, 2024 - Hello,
Just to keep you informed:
First, the Au Lac Charner hotel was very good. We had a lovely evening last night, a nice dinner at the hotel (we preferred not to go out in the city because our youngest son had a stomach ache, but he’s much better today). The night was restful. The breakfast was very good.
Today the day is going very well. Everything is very interesting and the activities have followed each other smoothly without any waiting. Not many tourists, so we could enjoy it. Our guide is teaching us a lot about life in Vietnam.
We have arrived at the Mekong Home hotel, which is charming. We will have the cooking class a little later. In the meantime, we will enjoy the pool, the small boat, and the fishing rods available. It’s very pleasant! Have a great day.
Christine Baudry
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Alejandra and Mirta - Argentina
July 7, 2024 - Hello, good night
I would like to thank you for the beautiful experience, the attention and kindness of the guides, the transfers, the hotels we loved. I learned a lot and it brought me beautiful memories of Vietnam, the grateful one is me. I recommended your agency to my family and acquaintances.
Greetings and see you soon,
Alejandra -
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Joe and his family - USA
June 27, 2024 - Halong Bay cruise? Absolute game-changer! Hands down the highlight of our trip! And the price? Pretty sweet deal we snagged online.
But let me tell you about our almost-epic fail. Yours truly here forgot to get the visa for Vietnam in advance. Classic, right? Enter our hero, the AMAZING agent Thom. She swooped in and saved the day with her emergency visa wizardry. Thom didn’t just stop there. She contacted the travel agency, got all our paperwork sorted, and rescheduled our trip faster than you can say 'Oops, I did it again.' This all happened at the eleventh hour (literally). Our flight was at 7 pm, and we discovered the visa fiasco at 5:30 pm. Talk about cutting it close!
And because we had to arrive a day late, it messed up our follow-up travel plans. No problem for Thom, though. She rearranged everything so smoothly, even got us a direct transfer to the airport instead of the hotel, with no extra charge. Thom is basically a travel superhero, cape and all.
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June 10, 2024 - Hello Thom,
Thank you for reaching out, I was also going to send you a message letting you know we had arrived home already. We just got back home this past Saturday, after traveling to Malaysia and Qatar as well. It’s been a week of catching up from all the work accumulated for the past 3 weeks.
We loved the service that Kampá Tour provided, how everything was handled down to smallest detail. All the 3 guides and drivers were wonderful, we got to know Vietnam more in depth thanks to way they presented the country to us. The hotels, the drivers, the food, the people, the scenery, the different activities, everything exceeded our expectations. Having a one-on-one guide was the best decision, since everything was customized to our specific requests.
Thank you so much for preparing everything single detail during our journey, it was a real pleasure working with you!!!! For now, we’re back to our daily routine, but will definitely use Kampá Tour again in a future t
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Nadine, Marie, and her friends - France
May 23, 2024 - Hello Mrs. Duong,
As agreed, a little feedback on our stay. First of all, a big thank you for these wonderful holidays. Your country is magnificent with an endearing population.
The guides were great, mastering English well. We give a rating of +++ to Vinh for the southern part.
The proposed restaurants met our expectations, and we were able to enjoy the local cuisines.
The drivers were attentive.
The range of hotels chosen exceeded our expectations, and we appreciated it.
The tour is very well designed, but we have a small remark: on day 6, we enjoyed it less. We felt like we were walking just for the sake of walking.
A big thank you for the cake offered for Nadine's birthday. The passengers were also able to enjoy a nice piece of cake.
We will not hesitate to advertise your agency.
Best regards,
Nadine and Gérard.
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May 6, 2024 - Ms. Lan Duong, good morning
As promised, I'm giving you feedback on our trip in May 2024 and if I had to give you an overall rating it would be 9/10.
Let's start at the beginning the contact with your agency and yourself as well as the communication in English is excellent, your warm welcome as an experienced professional gives confidence, by your responsiveness which is maximum whether by email or WhatsApp reassures us even more, finally your formula to adapt as much as possible to the client's wishes is most pleasant, Or to simply take your tour organized according to the length of the client's stay, I discovered that the distances in the mountains are counted in hours and not in kilometers between the many bends or the fact of climbing passes it will take time.
The prices charged are competitive and in line with the services offered and given for a 21-day tour in the north (budget to be added depending on the stages, lunch or dinner which remain very affordabl
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April 21, 2024 - The rest of the journey went very well until Pu Long, largely thanks to Thien who quickly understood what we wanted to see (amazing hikes) and what we wanted to experience in our interactions with the minority ethnic groups. Thanks to our guide, we had many warm exchanges and shared beautiful emotions over tea, fruits, and bong gao in their humble homes. Unforgettable experiences in the villages of tiles, knives, incense, and weaving.
An opportunity for great happiness to experience the Than Minh festival proposed by Thien.
Thank you for the foot massage, which was a pure moment of relaxation... It made us want to book a full body massage upon our return from Pu Long.
We are truly delighted with our journey in the North, although we missed the good weather a bit.
A word also about our driver, who was extremely careful on the mountain roads and always provided valuable assistance with a smile for his passengers.
Looking forward to continuing towards Halon
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April 13, 2024 - Xenia Kommer's Family Travel Diary
[29/3/24]: Tony and the driver are great! And everything we've seen and done too 😊
[1/4/24]: Hello! We are back from the boat in Halong Bay. It was very beautiful! I didn't tell you that we ate crickets last 😁 week In Tam Coc the boys played football with children from there 😉
[3/4/24]: Hello, we arrived safely in Hoi An today. Everything is great, the hotel is very nice. Yesterday the boys swam in the Hue😉 River
[5/4/24]: Hoi An diving, I don't do it but the boys love it 😃
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March 29, 2024 - To begin with, thank you for this wonderful trip that you organized for us. Thank you to Huan, Kien and Ms. Chau for conveying the love of their country to us. Bus drivers were also safe in this traffic.
After the discussion among all the participants in the trip, we send you these observations:
Guide: 5/5⭐
Drivers 5/5⭐
Bus:4/5⭐
Hotel: 4.9/5⭐ (slightly small breakfast room at the Sanouva Hotel in Saigon).
Choice of restaurant by guides: 5/5⭐
Transfer by plane: 5/5⭐
Choice of visits:5/5⭐
Organization of the agency: 5/5⭐
Thank you, Mrs. TRANG VU, for your warm welcome at the agency and for your willingness to organize our trip. We also thank Bao for his kindness and for the short documentary on YouTube. You can count on us to really appreciate your skills.
Thanks again for everything 😘😘
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March 27, 2024 - Greetings from Lima, guys! We just got home and we don't even feel tired! I still have the energy to keep going, haha!
Now, let's talk about the North. In February, from Hanoi to Ha Long, there is a lot of drizzle. I suggest other visitors always carry a fine raincoat when they go. Luckily, it didn't alter our plan much. We enjoyed the coffee with egg and the bun cha. Ms. Nhung knew all the perfect places to eat, without worrying about finding available places, and at good prices! I'll send you some great photos from Hanoi!
But, the most amazing thing was the experience on the Mekong! Just perfect. We loved Mr. Nguyen; He had an in-depth knowledge of the place, which made us enjoy it to the fullest. He also shared a lot of interesting things about the Vietnamese and their current and current culture, not just theory.
The hotels were ok, no complaints. This trip makes us think of Cambodia and Thailand with our friends in the future (still wishes)
I think that's enou
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March 15, 2024 - Hello Mrs. Huyen and all her team,
We had dreamed it, we had prepared our trip with the guides, and now we are back, with the images still fresh in our minds.
Thank you and congratulations for this perfect organization, despite the fact that a flight was delayed a day at the last minute. We found our guides and drivers as planned, the guides were friendly, spoke perfect English, the "busy" program was respected.
Recounting our journey could become a real novel, so we will talk about the main points. Now, worry before leaving because the guides said that we should avoid the Tet period, that for the lunar new year everything was closed, anyway what joy, flowers, decorations, events everywhere.
👉Hanoi, staying in the center, after a tour of the city, and a visit to Kampa Tour, a well-deserved siesta, we set off on foot (without a guide) through the narrow streets (thanks to the GPS to find the hotel).
👉The next day, visits to museums, great water puppet
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February 28, 2024 -
"Hello, the trip is going very well. Yesterday I grew rice. A symbol and a source of pride for me, I would even say one of the goals of this trip. Thank you"
"The work in the rice paddies is already well underway...we are lucky to see the peasants in full activity, it is really enriching to learn about your way of life. A 12km walk today was an intense moment. "
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January 13, 2024 - We're on the flight from Siem Reap to Bangkok. I'm writing these lines because I'm eager to share more details about the trip, in addition to praising the services (hotels, restaurants, etc.) that I mentioned during the call in Vietnam.
Visiting the Angkor Wat temple complex is worth it. When we entered, we felt like we were becoming tiny people. It was a very surprising experience. On the second day, when we arrived at the lakeside village of Kompong Khleang, the scenery isn't beautiful, but it showcases the culture of the people, which is very interesting. The tour guide in Cambodia is very good, has a good sense of humor, and is always willing to explain everything coherently. So we didn't respond to the message immediately.
The continuity between the visit to Cambodia and the conclusion of the trip in Vietnam is certainly very reasonable. The number of days for visiting is also appropriate. In addition to following our itinerary, we also made use of our fr
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January 2, 2024 - The trip went well. We had memorable experiences in Asia with your team, the guides, and even the driver. Everything went smoothly, from the weather to the services (meals, accommodations) you arranged for us. Here are more details:
The first week in Vietnam was very good. We loved the egg coffee. Vietnamese cuisine is very diverse, and it was great because we had time to try most of the typical dishes: pho, bun cha, cao lau, and banh mi. The Old Quarter of Hanoi has an ancient beauty, but it's still a bit noisy. The cyclo experience was very reasonable and helped us not get bored while going to Hoi An, also to the Old Quarter, but to explore it by bikes. Ha Long Bay is very beautiful. The cruise was excellent.
The next part of the trip was in Cambodia, where we had truly amazing moments in front of the ruins of Angkor Wat. The tour guide in Cambodia was very detailed in everything we wanted to know. A few days in Cambodia are enough.
The end of the trip was
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1. What are the Cambodian visa requirements?
As for the Cambodian entry visa, no special procedure is required. You can obtain it directly from Cambodian authorities upon your arrival at Siem Reap airport or the Chau Doc border crossing in Phnom Penh. However, you will need to provide 2 passport-sized photos in addition to your passport and a fee of 30-35 USD per person.
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