Top Siem Reap Classes & Workshops

Learn to cook some Khmer classic dishes like chicken curry and beef loc lac in this small group cooking class in Siem Reap. Your professional teacher will guide your group through the instructions on how to make each dish, explaining the ingredients and technique for each one. You’ll all sit down to eat your dinner or lunch, and then decide which dishes you’ll make at home with your provided digital recipe book.

Exceptionally Rare Craft: Lotus silk is one of Earth's rarest textiles. We're among the last guardians of this 1,000-year-old Khmer technique nearly lost to history. UNESCO Award-Winning: Excellence recipient (2012) for preserving textile heritage on the verge of extinction and reviving traditional methods. Luxury Fashion Source: Exclusive supplier to international luxury houses. The same lotus fibers you'll touch are exported to create textiles valued at $400-$7,500. Complete Circular Economy: 100% lotus utilization. One plant becomes textiles, jewelry, paper, tea, and cosmetics—absolute zero waste innovation. Hands-On Creation: Actually CREATE three heirloom pieces (paper, yarn, bracelet) using ancient techniques. Take home what you make. Sacred Symbolism: The lotus is Buddhism's most revered flower representing purity and transformation. Authentic Social Enterprise: Supporting 150 women artisans through genuine cultural preservation, not performative tourism.

Enjoy a cultural evening out in Siem Reap with a visit to Amazon Angkor Theater to see a traditional Apsara dance show and feast on a buffet-style dinner. Watch several dances in varied styles and be mesmerized by the performers’ intricate silk costumes, which they have to be sewn into. This elegant dance is soundtracked by classic Khmer music produced with traditional wind and percussion instruments.

Discover the delicious culinary delights of Cambodia with this Khmer Gourmet cooking class. Firstly, head to a local market to select your fresh ingredients, with a variety of fruit and vegetables on offer. Make your selection from the choice of menu, before cooking a starter, main course and desert with the guidance of your experienced teacher. Once your meal is prepared, sit back and enjoy tasting the fruits of your labor.

Instead of purchasing souvenirs, this hands-on workshop connects you with a local artist and lets you create a unique hand-crafted souvenir under their guidance. Join this pottery workshop in Siem Reap and learn how to make your own ceramics using traditional Khmer tools and techniques. Get hands-on and shape your clay on the pottery wheel, add your choice of “kbach” (ornamentation).

Bring your design to life through a block printing workshop - no experience required and all materials provided - just bring your heart, a vision and some patience.

This is Cambodia's only experience combining all six lotus craft workshops in one journey. Unlike typical temple tours, you'll master the complete lotus-to-textile process while creating six authentic souvenirs. You're supporting one of the world's rarest textile traditions—lotus silk production—with only a few hundred artisans practicing this ancient craft globally. This social enterprise has empowered rural Cambodian women since 2003. The experience culminates in a peaceful boat ride through pristine lotus fields where you photograph the natural beauty that inspired your handicrafts. Most Siem Reap activities offer either nature OR culture—this delivers both in perfect harmony. Small groups ensure personalized instruction from master artisans. You'll gain deep cultural knowledge beyond the temples. Every handmade creation represents authentic skills passed through generations. This is hands-on cultural preservation you can touch, learn, and take home.

This activity offers an immersion in a Cambodian artisan chocolate factory, with a guided tour of the production scenes. Visitors discover the entire chocolate-making process, from beans to bars, using cocoa and local ingredients. The experience emphasizes the understanding of craftsmanship and the local production context, in a real working environment. This is an observation visit within an active chocolate factory, allowing to follow the different stages of chocolate making. The activity is educational, accessible to all.

This workshop offers a fully hands-on and immersive experience centered on Cambodian chocolate. Participants don’t just watch or taste — they create their own personalized chocolate bar from start to finish, guided by professional chocolatiers. The chocolate is made from locally grown Cambodian cacao and customized with authentic local ingredients such as Kampot pepper, Kep sea salt, and Mondulkiri cashews. Each guest leaves with a one-of-a-kind chocolate bar, along with a deeper understanding of artisanal chocolate-making and Cambodian craftsmanship — a creative, authentic, and memorable experience.

Spend an evening at Siem Reap’s Amazon Angkor theater and prepare to be dazzled by the elegant Apsara dance, which dates back to the 7th century. Start your evening by tucking in to a buffet-style dinner comprising traditional Khmer cuisine at the theater’s restaurant before sitting back and enjoying the show. Soak up the sounds as well as the sights as the dances are soundtracked by a classic Khmer ensemble.

Learn about traditional Cambodian culture while watching this elaborate Apsara Theater performance in Siem Reap. This hassle-free excursion includes round-trip tuk-tuk transfers from your hotel to keep things simple. There is plenty to eat from the buffet, or you can order a Cambodian set menu, so there is something for every palate. Drinks are also available for purchase.

Day tours to the Angkor Archeological Complex often rush through the two circuits on offer, which means that you don’t have the time to truly appreciate the history around you. Make the most of the sights on this private tour to the complex, spread out over two days. On the first day, enjoy the temples and ruins on the Small Circuit, including Ta Prohm and Ta Nei. Start the second day with sunrise views of Angkor Wat before exploring the temples on the Big Circuit.

The hand-on experience serving your dishes by local chef, Enjoy a relaxed, casual introduction to an easy home-style Khmer cuisine. Experience this hands-on fun cooking activity following in-depth cooking with local Cambodian chef

Visit a countryside village in Siem Reap on this guided day trip with hotel transfer via tuk tuk. Visit a food market, do a cooking lesson with a local, then sit down to taste your creation.

Welcome to a culinary journey into the heart of Khmer cuisine. Our classes are designed to be interactive, educational and, most importanly, a whole lot of fun. Led by our friendly chef and experienced staff , our Cooking Class offers a unique opportunity to learn how to prepare your favourite Khmer dishes.Step by step easy to understand instructions, discuss and enjoy each dish as completed.

This Siem Reap cooking class offers an authentic way to experience Cambodian culture in a welcoming local home. Start with a guided visit to the bustling local market to discover seasonal ingredients and daily Khmer life before returning to your host's home for a hands-on cooking class. Learn to cook Cambodian dishes, including the iconic fish amok, while hearing stories about local food and culinary traditions. This immersive cultural experience in Siem Reap combines a market tour, home cooking class, and homemade Khmer meal.

Be mesmerized by the captivating choreography and hypnotic color of a Phare performance in Siem Reap. Feast your senses on a 90-minute spectacle that blends riveting theater with folk music and distinctly Cambodian stories. Commend the determination of the young circus artists, many of who are from challenging social and economic backgrounds, as they hypnotize the audience with their energy and emotion. Gain insight into the charity Phare Ponleu Selpak and discover the work the organization does to help vulnerable children and adults in Cambodian society.

Gain hands on experience in the art of Cambodian cuisine during a 3-hour cooking lesson with a local chef. In the morning or afternoon, travel round-trip by tuk-tuk from your hotel to a rural village outside Siem Reap. You’ll take part in an interactive workshop with a small group of food lovers and enjoy your 3-course meal afterward.

This activity includes a guided tour of the site, palm leaf weaving activity and a homemade drink. Senteurs d'Angkor is a company that values ​​both the work of artisans and the richness of local nature to make quality and refined products. This sustainable activity offers the opportunity to interact with our artisans and learn more about the local culture and unique know-how that are passed down from generation to generation. Unique tour and activity far from the hustle and bustle of Siem Reap city.

Rather than just eating Khmer cuisine, master the art of Cambodian cookery during a class in Siem Reap, a cultural experience that’s ideal for food lovers. Choose from a morning or afternoon start time and take a tuk-tuk to a market to get local insight into ingredients before learning to prepare dishes in an air-conditioned kitchen. During your class, you’ll receive personalized attention from a guide in a small group limited to 12 people.

Immerse yourself in the culinary traditions of Cambodia with a Khmer cooking class in a local house in Siem Reap. Over the span of four hours, you’ll learn to prepare authentic recipes under the guidance of Thanut Kean, an experienced English-speaking tour guide. This hands-on experience is perfect for food lovers eager to explore local flavors and cooking techniques. Whether you opt for the morning or afternoon session, get ready to chop, stir, and savor delicious Khmer dishes such as Fresh Spring Rolls, Fish/Chicken Amok and Mango Sticky Rice. that will impress your friends and family back home.

Get a real taste of Cambodia as you sample Siem Reap specialty sombai. Learn how the local liqueur is made by on a small-group tour of a Sombai workshop, and see the infusion room where fruits and spices are used for flavor. Finally, sample the famous liqueur, tasting a variety of different flavors from sweet to spicy, and perhaps purchase some as a unique souvenir.

Join with our local hosts and gain new core experience by enjoying converting the brass bullet to impressive fashion jewellery. Ammo is one of a new activity where visitor can join local host transforming ammo into beautiful necklaces, earing, rings, bangles, cufflinks, money clips, and impressive bracelet. It also makes fill-in styles temple ornaments in silver, with semi-precious jewels such as garnet, peridot, amethyst and Blue Zircon. This activity off you with core experience, interact with local hosts, learning traditional ammo making, have your own stylish ammo making and get your own souvenir products. Go and grab some fun until transferring back to your hotel. -Be ready at hotel and waiting for transfer 15 minutes before departure. -Transfer to Ammo workshop and listen to the instructor -Start to make your own one that you can bring home or use for your self -After the class done, transfer back to hotel