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CAMBODIA

TOUR PRICE INCLUDES:
• 9 nights hotel accommodation
• 1 night home-stay accommodation
• Train from Phnom Penh to Kampot
• Transport in air-conditioned vehicles
(except cyclo and tuk-tuk touring)
• Tonle Sap Lake cruise
• Entrance fees
• English-speaking Tour Leader
• All tips on tour
• Return group transfers from airport
to accommodation
• Meals as indicated (B = breakfast,
L = lunch, D = dinner)

Bayon

DAY 1 Phnom Penh DAY 6 Kep to Takeo PRICE PER PERSON*
On arrival in Phnom Penh, transfer to your hotel Travel north to Takeo and enjoy an exhilarating 2019 TWIN SINGLE
and enjoy free time until your tour briefing. Stay speedboat ride along a narrow canal. Visit JAN 24 G $2339 $2979
the next two nights at Frangipani Royal Palace Phnom Da, a striking hilltop temple dating FEB 21 $2339 $2979
Hotel (or similar). back to the 8th century. Stay at a home-stay in MAR 21 G $2339 $2979
Takeo which helps support the local community APR 18 G $2289 $2879
DAY 2 Phnom Penh through education initiatives. Share a home- MAY 23 G $2289 $2879
Spend the day exploring Phnom Penh’s main cooked meal and learn about the English- JUN 20 G $2289 $2879
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attractions. Take a fun cyclo ride through the speaking classes they run for the local children. AUG 22 $2289 $2879
backstreets of the city before wandering through Overnight at a home-stay (or similar). (BD) SEP 19 G $2289 $2879
the Central Market which has everything from DAY 7 Takeo to Kampong Thom OCT 17 G $2339 $2979
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household items to jewellery for sale. Learn DEC 19 $2339 $2979
about Cambodia’s turbulent history with a visit Drive through picturesque rural Cambodia to 2020 TWIN SINGLE
to Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields Santuk Silk Farm. Learn about the traditional JAN 23 $2579 $3279
memorial at Choeng Ek. In the afternoon, explore techniques of silk production, from collecting the FEB 20 $2579 $3279
silk from the worms to the dyeing and weaving
the beautiful grounds of the Royal Palace and process. Enjoy a delicious home-cooked lunch MAR 19 $2579 $3279
Silver Pagoda. Get to know your group over a before continuing the drive to Kampong Thom. G = Guaranteed departure with minimum 2 guests.
sunset drink at Phnom Penh’s iconic Foreign Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight at Code: CEXC
Correspondent Club, known to be a meeting Sambor Village Hotel (or similar). (BL)
place for travellers across the world. (B) TRIP GRADING: MODERATE
DAY 8 Kampong Thom to Siem Reap (See page 87 for details)
DAY 3 Phnom Penh to Kampot Continue your journey from Kampong Thom to
Travel by train along an historical train route Siem Reap, stop at Kampong Kdei to walk across
from Phnom Penh to the old French port town of a Naga Bridge. Take a boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake
Kampot on Cambodia’s south coast. In Kampot, and visit a floating village to see daily life before
cruise on Preaek Tuek Chhu River and visit local arriving in Siem Reap. Stay the next three nights
fishing villages inhabited by the local Cham at Somadevi Angkor Hotel & Spa (or similar). (B)
Muslim population. Overnight at Columns Hotel
(or similar). (B) DAY 9 Siem Reap – Temples of Angkor
Venture to Angkor Wat’s seldom-used East gate
DAY 4 Kampot to Kep by tuk-tuk. Marvel at the silhouetted central
Drive from Kampot to the seaside town of Kep spires and explore the temple grounds away
and visit an ancient temple hidden within the from the crowds. After a local Khmer breakfast,
caves at Phnom Chhnork. Renowned for its salt travel on to the nearby Angkor Thom complex
and Kampot pepper, stop to learn about the for a monk blessing and wander through Bayon Tonle Sap Lake
production of one of Cambodia’s most valuable temple. Visit jungle-covered Ta Prohm before
exports before continuing to Kep. Stay the next returning to town for an afternoon at leisure. (B)
two nights at The Beach House (or similar). (B) DAY 10 Siem Reap – Outlying Temples
DAY 5 Kep Travel through the countryside to two of the
Popular with the French elite in the early 1900s, most interesting temples outside Angkor Thom
Kep is home to many abandoned French villas – Banteay Srei and Boeng Mealea. After lunch,
which were later destroyed by the Khmer Rouge. stop at a small roadside village which makes
Drive past the ruined villas and uncover the busy palm sugar and visit the fascinating Aki Ra
crab market which specialises in the region’s Landmine Museum. In the evening, enjoy
a farewell group dinner. (BLD)
most popular dish, Kampot pepper crab. Spend
the rest of the day relaxing on Rabbit Island, a DAY 11 Siem Reap
rustic, rural island just a short boat trip from Kep. Enjoy breakfast before transferring to the
Return to the mainland for the evening. (B) airport for your onward journey. (B) Banteay Srei

*Prices are per person twin share based on low season and will vary depending on date of travel, unless otherwise stated. Pricing does not include the airfare from New Zealand. Please contact us for an air-inclusive quote. 29
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