Top Cambodia Day Trips

The Tonle Sap is home to the floating village Kampong Phluk and is one of the most famous Siem Reap day trips. This small-group tour provides an intimate view into life in the village and offers visitors the chance to meet and to meet and converse with residents and learn about the sustainable village and how it changes between the wet and dry seasons.

Roam the Cambodian countryside with this full day tuk-tuk tour. Led by qualified tour guides, travel through the rural areas of Battambang to experience the culture and lifestyle of the Khmer people. Learn about the Pol Pot regime and visit bat caves while climbing the mountain Phnom Sampeau. Meet locals and ride on the historic bamboo train while admiring the gorgeous scenary.

Get more out of your time in Siem Reap and go beyond Angkor Wat on this full-day tour of other local highlights. Marvel at amazing waterfalls, admire an enormous reclining buddha statue, visit a mysterious jungle temple, take a boat ride to a floating village and much more. Your English-speaking tour guide takes you to the best spots and ensures you can fully appreciate what you are seeing.

Explore the natural wonders and ancient treasures of the Phnom Kulen National Park on this full-day tour from Siem Reap. Discover ancient Khmer ruins, receive a blessing at the sacred River of a Thousand Lingas, visit the famous Reclining Buddha, and take a swim beneath the Kulen Waterfall.

After seeing the mighty Angkor Wat, take a day trip from Siem Reap to explore some of the region’s other magnificent temples. Visit the Hindu temple Pre Rup temple; admire the grand Banteay Srei temple, the ‘Citadel of Women’; and learn more about the ancient Khmer empire as you tour the Ta Som and East Mebon temples.

This is a full day guided tour to Battambang. Good quality air-conditioned transport is provided. There will be plenty of stops for dining and toilets. We aim to show guests the top sights of Battambang without the need for them to stay overnight.

The best time to see Angkor Wat for the first time is undoubtedly at sunrise. Experience the UNESCO World Heritage Site at its most magical during a private sunrise tour that ensures you make it to the temple in time. Your guide provides insider knowledge about the culture and history of the area, and transports you between attractions in air-conditioned comfort.

There’s no better route into any culture than cuisine. Discover Khmer food with a local in their home on this intimate, small-group cooking class. After pickup by tuk-tuk, shop for ingredients at the local market, then prepare and enjoy a 4-course meal including delights such as hot and sour “tom yam” soup and fish in banana leaf. Choose between three different class times, all capped at just six travelers.

Go beyond Phnom Penh's temples and glean an insight into ordinary Cambodian life on this day-long cycle tour. This tour introduces the fishing community of Tonle Sap, which is often neglected by tours in the region, and showcases the work of local artisans. Combine the virtue of a day of cycling with the chance to discover an authentic slice of Cambodia.

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.

Enjoy a delightful day trip from Sihanoukville with this full-day Kampot Tour. Meet your guide at your accommodation in Sihanoukville and then head out on the approximately 3-hour drive to Kampot. See sights along the way and visit the old Catholic Church with a breathtaking ocean view and experience the natural beauty of Bokor National Park in Cambodia.

Cambodia’s ruins and villages are hard to understand without a guide. Get a true sense of this majestic country on this small-group tour from Siem Reap. See palm sugar being made and tour a floating village. Discover waterfalls, riverbed carvings, and spectacular views in Phnom Kulen National Park. And marvel at one of Angkor’s most spectacular remains: Beng Mealea, still jungle-clad. Your day includes lunch but excludes entrance fees.

Visit Banteay Srei, Kulen Mountain, and Beng Mealean on this one day private trip from Siem Reap. You and your group will get collected from your hotel, and your driver will take care of all the logistics. You can relax and enjoy visiting the Ladies Temple, made of pink sandstone and hear the history. Then relax at Kulen waterfalls. After lunch (at your own expense), you’ll visit Beng Mealea, covered by jungle vines.

See Cambodia’s countryside without the hassle of negotiating with boat captains on this private or small-group tour to Phnom Kulen National Park and Tonlé Sap lake. Watch palm sugar being made, hike to waterfalls and ancient Angkorian carvings, then visit Kampong Phluk floating village and cruise mangrove forests and more. Your day includes 2-way hotel transfers and lunch, but entrance fees and boat charges are at your own expense.

Explore the meandering Mekong delta and stop at authentic craft stores on this half-day biking tour of Cambodia’s Silk Island. Discover beautiful rice paddy farmlands, idyllic countryside and quaint traditional Cambodian villages—famed for their lemongrass, banana plant, ginger and corn pastures, and visit silk weaving houses where you’ll have a chance to by a scarf you can see made the old fashioned way by hand.

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.

Explore a floating village in Tonle Sap Lake on a full-day, private trip to Kompong Khleang. You’ll cruise the Kleang River past traditional lakeside communities, watch for some of Tonle Sap’s vast array of bird species, and learn about daily life in the village itself. Using a private river boat to tour the lake, you’ll enjoy a personalized, unrushed cultural experience without the fixed itinerary of group tours.

With two full days to explore Angkor Archeological Site, you can cover Angkor’s most dramatic highlights, including Banteay Srei, a magnificent and little-visited temple set deep in the countryside. Traveling in a climate-controlled vehicle is a great way to keep cool between the sweltering sites, and the tour includes sunrise at Angkor Wat, a classic experience made smoother by pre-arranging your early morning transport.

Visit the remote temples of Koh Ker and Beng Mealea via minibus on this small-group tour from Siem Reap. You'll venture off the beaten track, heading first to Beng Mealea (believed to be a prototype for Angkor Wat) and then on to Koh Ker, an abandoned forest temple dating to the 10th century.

Discover the most secret mount in Cambodia, Phnom Kulen National Park and explore the beautiful landscapes at the peak of Kulen Mountain such as natural waterfalls and largest reclining Buddha in Cambodia and holy river names as River of One Thousand Shiva Lingas and a great lake in South East Asia.

Spend half a day exploring the rural countryside around Siem Reap with this bicycle tour. After being fitted with a bicycle and helmet, your English-speaking guide will lead you through back roads, across rice fields and farms, and into small local villages where you'll learn about how locals live, first hand.

The UNESCO-listed Angkor Wat is the star attraction of Cambodia and the magnificent temple complex is even more atmospheric at sunrise. This full-day small-group tour from Siem Reap makes an early start to avoid the crowds and visits highlights including Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm, and Bayon temple (entrance fees at your expense). Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Still embraced by jungle, the vast temple of Beng Mealea is one of the Angkor era’s most impressive sights. Experience it and two other less-visited gems—Koh Ker Temple and Banteay Srei—on this full-day tour with a guide to lead the way and explain the history. Your day includes lunch, fruit, water, and hotel transfers but excludes your Angkor Pass and Koh Ker entrance fees: Upgrade for a private tour.