Solo-ish Cambodia

Welcome to Cambodia! Meet your included arrival transfer at the airport to head to the hotel where you'll meet your other Solo-ish travellers and CEO for a welcome briefing. Then head off on tuk-tuks with your new travel mates for a dinner party in Siem Reap. Cook some local Cambodia favorites like chicken or fish curry, with mango sticky rice or banana cooked with coconut milk for dessert! Quite the perfect start to your adventure throughout Cambodia! Please arrive to your start hotel no later than 1:00 pm to join your welcome meeting at dinner party his afternoon.

The history and culture of Cambodia is on full display today as you join your CEO to explore some of the most beautiful temples in Siem Reap. This morning, visit the smiling stone faces of Bayon Temple in Angkor Thom, known as the last capital city of the Khmer Empire from the 1400s. Then visit the Ta Prohm Temple, known as the Angelina Jolie Temple from Tomb Raider. After a local lunch, visit Banteay Srei Temple, known to have some of the most incredible stone carving in the world.

Dig into a delicious dinner at your G for Good moment at Spoons, an organization that provides at risk youth an opportunity for a self-sustaining future through education, training, and employment opportunities. To end the day on a high note, opt to join your CEO and fellow Solo-ish travellers for an evening city walk to visit the Royal Garden and river front, a popular street lined with pubs frequented by locals.

Rise early this morning to experience the world famous Angkor Wat at sunrise alongside your fellow Solo-ish travellers and your CEO as your guide. Admire the temples silhouetted against the beautiful morning sky and reflected over the water. Return to the hotel to fill up on breakfast before driving to the Sambor Prei Kuk Community in Kampong Thom. Take a tour of the local village and sit down for lunch and special surprise! After filling up, settle in for the drive to Phnom Penh.

In Cambodia's biggest city, enjoy the whole day to explore how you'd like. Opt to visit the killing fields to learn about Cambodia's dark past. Or maybe visit the beautiful Silver Pagoda and Royal Palace. In the evening opt to join a street food crawl to fill up on delicious Cambodian cuisine.

• Choeung Ek (Killing Fields) Guided Tour: Learn more about the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge visiting the killing fields of Choeung Ek; the grounds now stand as a powerful memorial filled with victims’ skulls and mass graves. Tour this sombre, yet serene, site with a guide.
• Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda Visit: Visit the Royal Palace, a complex of buildings where the kings of Cambodia have resided since the 1860s (except for during the reign of the Khmer Rouge). Be sure to tour the Silver Pagoda compound (aka the Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and the central compound. See the many magnificent treasures inside this beautiful vihara (Buddhist monastery), including its floor lined with more 5,000 tiles of silver.
• Street Food Crawl - Phnom Penh: Bring your appetite and your wallet. The CEO will bring the group to the best spots to eat and teach everyone about the local street food. Yum!

Travel deep within the Cardamom Mountains today to the authentic local community of Chi Phat. Drive to the port at Andoung Teuk and load into the river boat with a local guide. Travel up the river to Chi Phat and settle into your bungalow home for the next two nights. After lunch, visit the Chhay Chrey waterfall for an afternoon swim alongside your fellow Solo-ish travellers. Hop onto the back of a motor taxi to zip to Bold Mountain for a sunset together in the Cardamom Mountains.

Rise before the sun this morning for a beautiful float along the river for some bird watching. Enjoy breakfast on the motor sampan boat and then switch into a quieter row boats to ride through the jungle in search of the amazing wildlife that call this place home. We'll employ the use of binoculars to see some of the shier ones. Before heading back, enjoy a picnic along the river banks. After returning to Chi Phat, enjoy a restful afternoon or opt to explore the town by foot or bike. If you have the energy this evening, opt to join a night time lobster fishing adventure.

Today's travel day will be an adventurous one! A river boat, a drive and a ferry ride later, arrive to the tropical island of Koh Rong. Check into your resort and enjoy your first relaxing evening at the beach with your Solo-ish travel mates.

On your Me Day, spend it exactly how you want! If you're looking for some alone time, today is your day to do some solo adventures. Hike to a waterfall in the Koh Rong jungle, catch the sunset on the beach or swim with bioluminescence once its dark. Or choose to spend the day with your CEO and other Solo-ish travel mates who want to come along and kayak through the mangrove forest.

• Swim with bioluminescent plankton: Learn about bioluminescence, a micro-organisms that creates a beautiful glowing light in the water. Stir up the water with your hand to light up the surrounding area and take a dip to see the glowing all around you like magical fairy dust.
• Koh Rong Waterfall hike: Hike to a beautiful Cambodian waterfall in the jungle on Koh Rong. During most of the year, this waterfall is flowing and beuatiful. However, during dry season, it might be dried up. Check with your CEO before going.

Say goodbye to the beach and head back to the city today. Fill up on breakfast at the hotel, then hop into the ferry back to Sihanoukville. Settle in for the drive back to Phnom Penh. After arrival, opt to join your fellow Solo-ish travellers and CEO for one last dinner together in the capital city.

You arrived a solo traveller and are leaving with many new friends. Say goodbye to your fellow Solo-ish friends and depart at any time.