DAY 01: SIEM REAP ARRIVAL (B)
Fly to Siem Reap and check in your luxurious resort, La Residence d’Angkor. Marvel at the ancient ruins on a guided tour and watch the sunset from one of the temples with champagne and hors d’oeuvres (appetizer)
Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 02: SIEM REAP TOUR (B)
After breakfast, continue to visit the fabulous Ta Prohm embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers, Pre Rup, East Mebon, Neak Poan. Visit Krovan, Royal Bath of Srah Srang and Banteay Kdei temples. Enjoy a Spa treatment in the afternoon.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 03: SIEM REAP – BATTAMBANG (B)
Drive a short distance to the boat station where we will take a private speedboat from Tonle Sap down to the Slung Sangker River to Battambang with its beautiful colonial houses.
Overnight in La Villa Battambang.
DAY 04: BATTAMBANG (B)
Enjoy a short ride on a local Bamboo train and visit small local villages to discover the daily life of the Cambodian countryside and ‘La Maison de Coco’. We then travel by tuk-tuk back to Battambang. After lunch, we drive to Phnom Bannon Hill and climb 337 steps to Prasat Bannon temple and enjoy the breathtaking view over the surrounding plains.
DAY 05: BATTAMBANG – PHNOM PENH (B)
Travel (approx 5 hours) to Phnompenh – The capital of Cambodia. En-route we stop at Oudong to visit this 17th century capital city, a potters’ village in Kampong Chhnang Province and the floating village of Chnok True.
Overnight in Raffles Hotel.
DAY 06: PHNOM PENH (B)
Go sightseeing today and visit the Silver Pagoda, the striking Emerald Buddha and the National Museum. We also visit the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes; both of which are very moving experiences. We later enjoy a sunset cruise on the Mekong River.
DAY 07: PHNOMPENH – TA TAI (B)
Drive to Tatai. Free at leisure & spend the night at 4 Rivers Floating Lodge - situated in Tatai, next to the Thai border, halfway between Bangkok and Phnom Penh (via Koh Chang). Highway 48 cuts straight through the jungle, with dramatic views of the magnificent Cardamom mountains. Tatai takes you 20 minutes by car from Koh Kong City, four hours from Phnom Penh.
DAY 08: TATAI (B)
Free at your leisure.
DAY 09:TA TAI – KOH CHANG (B)
Drive to the border & transfer to Amari Emerald Cove Resort. Discover the wild beauty and peaceful setting of Koh Chang, one of Thailand’s best-kept island secrets at Amari Emerald Cove Koh Chang. This five-star Koh Chang resort set on the secluded Klong Prao Beach offers 165 rooms and suites, all with views of either the sea to the west or the jungle-covered hills to the east. While the soothing modern Thai interiors of the rooms and suites tempt you to relax inside, Koh Chang adventures await just outside your door.
DAY 10-11: KOH CHANG (B)
Free at you leisure.
DAY 12: KOH CHANG – BANGKOK - DEPARTURE (B)
Transfer to the airport for a domestic flight to Bangkok. Transit for a departure flight back home or to the next destination.