Cambodia: Temples of Angkor and Koh Rong Island

🌴 Kingdom of Cambodia & Tropical Escape to Koh Rong – 14-Day Adventure

📍 Route: Pattaya – Poipet – Siem Reap – Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville – Koh Rong – Bangkok
📅 Tour Dates: On request
🕓 Duration: 14 days / 13 nights
(11 nights in Cambodia + 2 nights in Bangkok + 1 overnight flight)
💼 Price: from €1987 per person in a double room

The Kingdom of Cambodia – an empire once ruled by the Red Khmer – is a mystical land that captivates lovers of ancient history, exotic culture, and raw natural beauty. Every corner of this land echoes the secrets of lost civilizations and offers breathtaking wonders.

No journey to Cambodia is complete without a visit to the iconic Angkor Wat – a monumental temple complex shrouded in legend and embraced by the jungle. Abandoned over 500 years ago, the temple ruins now stand peacefully among vines and trees, offering an unforgettable and magical experience.

Tucked between palm groves on the shores of the Gulf of Thailand lies a serene hidden gem – Koh Rong Island. Unlike the bustling resorts of Pattaya, Koh Rong remains quiet and untouched, with soft white beaches and crystal-clear waters that make it the perfect tropical retreat.

✨ Highlights:

• Explore Angkor Wat and the secrets of ancient Khmer civilization

• Relax on the pristine beaches of Koh Rong

• Enjoy a cultural dive into Phnom Penh & Siem Reap

• Conclude with two vibrant nights in Bangkok

Tour description:

DAY 1: RIGA-BANKGOK (-/-/-)

Departure from Riga. Night on the road.

DAY 2: BANGKOK (-/-/-)

Arrival to Bangkok. Transfer to a 3* hotel in Pattaya, check-in. Overnight at the hotel in Pattaya.

DAY 3: PATTAYA - POI PET - SIEM REAP (B/-/-)

Check out from the hotel in Pattaya and transfer to Cambodia. Upon arrival, meeting with a representative. Passport control. 

Bring 2 color photographs with you.

Transfer to Siem Reap (175 km – 2-3 hours). Check in hotel. Meeting with the guide to discuss the program. In the evening, for an extra charge, you can visit the traditional Khmer show Apsara (30 USD/person). Overnight in Siem Reap.

DAY 4: SIEM REAP - ANGKOR WAT (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. A trip to see the South Gate of the Angkor Wat temple complex, which is known for its impressive series of human faces in stone. Also visit Bayon Temple, Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas Temple, Elephant Terrace and Leper King Terrace and Ta Prohm.

Then visit the World Heritage Site - the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We will walk around this massive monument, visiting the many colonnaded galleries, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. If time permits, meeting the sunset. Overnight at Siem Rep hotel.

DAY 5: SIEMREP - TRADITIONAL KHMER BOAT RIDE ON TONLE SAP LAKE (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. Next traditional Khmer boat ride on Tonle Sap lake

The second name of Tonle Sap Lake is “Big Lake”, because it is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. The maximum depth of the lake is 9 meters. But these figures are valid only for the rainy season, when the lake is filled with water and increases in area by almost six times compared to the dry season, and the depth of the lake at this time rarely exceeds 1 meter. Such a changeable character of the lake is due to the river of the same name flowing from it, which in the rainy season changes the direction of the flow and turns back, filling it with water. And because of the same large-scale changes in size and the coastline periodically shifting for many kilometers around the lake and on it, an unusual life was formed - many floating villages. 

After all, thanks to the constantly changing water level, people can grow rice on fertile soil after the water level drops in the dry season, get shellfish and fish all year round. And in order to keep up with the periodically moving coastline, the locals decided not to constantly move their houses, but simply build them on the water. So here the floating villages were formed, which attract tourists here.

The “foundations” of the houses of the “lake dwellers” in the floating villages are a cluster of boats, rafts, barrels connected to each other and various other watercraft that simply defy description. They are located not only dwellings, but also small plots of land where local residents manage to grow vegetables and keep pets. There is a restaurant for tourists, also on the water, a small observation deck. Floating crocodile farm is a mandatory item of the excursion program. But crocodiles do not swim on the lake, the local fauna is quite harmless.

Next visit "Les Artisans d'Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles", a center that creates a unique collection of decorative sculptures, lacquer ware, silk and silk paintings.

In the evening return to the hotel. Relaxation.

DAY 6: SIEM REAP - PHNOMPEN (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Phnom Penh (~314 km / ~6 hours on the way). Check in hotel. Free day.

On the way, our driver will stop at the Market - "Spider Market", everyone can taste the fried spider, cricket, tarantula, silkworm or other insects.

Further arrival in Phnom Penh. Overnight at the hotel in Phnom Penh.

DAY 7: PHNOMPEN - SIGHTSEEING TOUR (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. At 08:30 meeting with the guide and then we will start our sightseeing tour

Visit Wat Phnom - the symbol of this city, and then the National Museum. This is one of the true architectural gems in Phnom Penh. Then visit the Royal Palace, built by King Sihanouk in 1866 on the site of the old city, and the Silver Pagoda, located on the territory of the Royal Palace. Silver Pagoda is named so because of the floor, which consists of 5000 silver tiles.

In the afternoon visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (prison S21). This complex of buildings (formerly a high school) was used as a prison for political criminals, was maintained by Pol Pot's security forces and became the largest detention and torture center during the Khmer Rouge period.

Next, we will visit the Central Market (Psar Thmei), a large market built in 1937 in the shape of a dome. The four wings of this giant market are teeming with stalls selling merchandise ranging from gold and silver, antique coins, books, flowers, food, textiles, shoes, souvenirs, seafood and a host of other items.

Visit the center of Buddhism in Cambodia "Wat Ounalom", founded in 1443.

Next, a boat ride and watching the sunset on the Mekong River.

In the evening return to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 8: PHNOMPEN - SIHANOUKVILLE - KO RONG (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Sihanoukville (~230 km /~5-6 hours on the way). Upon arrival, we will transfer you to the boat (~45 – 60 min.) to Koh Rongю

Koh Rong is a beach destination. Kilometers of white sand stretch to the very horizon, the waves of the Gulf of Thailand are so transparent that even at a depth of one and a half meters you can see colorful fish scurrying at the bottom. Among the beach paradise you can choose what you like

Additional excursions are available upon request.

Schools of bright coral fish, giant turtles and cuttlefish hide in grottoes and coral thickets, and sometimes tiger sharks come across.

If you are tired of wallowing in the sand and conquering the depths of the sea, then you can go to one of the hundreds of massage parlors. Relaxation.

DAY 9-13: REST IN KOH RONG (B/-/-)

Breakfast at the hotel. Vacation on the coast. Additional excursions are available upon request.

DAY 14: SIHANOOUKVILLE - DEPARTURE TO BANGKOK (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Phnom Penh International Airport (private transfer, no guide). Flight to Bangkok. Arrival, transfer to a 3* hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Bangkok.

DAY 15: DEPARTURE HOME (B/-/-)

Breakfast in the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport and departure.

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