Cambodia Discovery

Arrive in Phnom Penh. Enjoy some free time to rest before driving to the dock to catch the sunset cruise along the Mekong River. Savor a welcome dinner onboard.

Guided tour of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the notorious Choeung Ek “Killing Fields”. Continue visiting the National Museum and the Royal Palace, home to the royal family and the opulent silver pagoda.

Today drive to Battambang, Cambodia’s second largest city. Stop enroute at Kompong Chnang to visit the floating village in Kompong Luong. Arrivein Battambang in the late afternoon. Conclude your day by visiting Phnom Sampov – an important religious site.

Explore Wat Kor Village. Take a slow 30-minute ride on the Bamboo Train before going to town center and enjoy a walking tour through the city’s bustling boulevards lined with quaint French colonial buildings and central market. Continue your drive to visit Wat Ek Phnom – an ancient Hindu temple that was built in the 11th century. Visit Wat Ek Phnom –majestic, white-stoned Buddha surrounded by 18 Bodhi trees. Later drive to Siem Reap.

Today visit magnificent Angkor Wat at sunrise, the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This special activity is designed also to see “the Temple reflex on the water” when it’s much cooler and less crowded. Continue visiting South Gate of Angkor Thom, with its majestic doors and artifacts. Also visit temple of Bayon, the Elephant Terrace, Terrace of the Leper King and Takeo "Jewel of Crystal", which is dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Drive to Preah Khan (Sacred Sword), one of Angkor’s largest temples. Also visit Ta Prohm Temple.

Today take a trip to Kampong Khleang and the floating villages on Tonle Sap Lake stopping at the rice plantations and various season activities of the locals. Afternoon drive to Kampong Khleang homestay. Take a cooking class on traditional Khmer cuisine before joining with a local family for a cozy homestay.

Enjoy a simple breakfast at your homestay and travel to visit the remote and jungle-covered Beng Mealea temple. We will continue the trip to Koh Ker. Here we will discover the long-abandoned temples in the forests of northern Cambodia. Afternoon, drive to Kampong Thom.

Explore the ancient temple complex, Sambor Prei Kuk, dedicated to Shiva. artfully scattered about the jungle. Continue your drive to Kratie, a tranquil riverside town and home to the endangered freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins. Enroute, visit the Cham Ka Lour rubber plantation, before crossing the Mekong River by ferry at Stung Trong/Krochmar. Arrive in Kratie in the afternoon. Then drive to take a local boat to view the freshwater dolphins inhabiting at this stretch.

Drive to Mondulkiri –home to the majority of country’s tribal minorities, including the Cham and Phnong peoples. Arrive in Sen Monorom, the region’s capital, in the late afternoon. Enjoy the evening discovering this small town.

Early morning visit the local market. Next, explore some of the surrounding hill tribe villages. One of the largest and easiest to access is the Phlung village inhabited by Phnongchunchiets, where their curious huts have woven, wooden walls and thatched roofs that slope almost to the floor. Later in the afternoon, explore the jungle and then stop to visit some of the region’s beautiful waterfalls.

Today proceed to visit Mondulkiri Project where you will join in a fun day in the jungle with Mondulkiri elephants in the protected forest. Here you have chance to live with elephant for a day, and do many activities, such as: feeding and following Mondulkiri elephants through the jungle (no elephant riding), swimming with and washing elephants at the waterfall, learning about elephants and Bunong culture and traditions. Lunch at the Jungle Lodge. Drive back to hotel in town.

Drive to Kampong Cham, enroute stop to visit the Wat Nokor Pagoda. Continue your drive to Phnom Penh. Enroute visit Skun market, where every assortment of street food is available, including the Khmer favorite: fried spiders!

Drive to Sihanoukville. It’s white-sand beaches are some of the most pristine in all of Southeast Asia. It makes a perfect tropical getaway.

Full day is at leisure

Full day is at leisure

Full day is at leisure

Transfer to Phnom Penh Airport.