Phnom Penh to Siem Reap Journey with Local Expert

A full-day experience in Phnom Penh. The operator sums it up as travel comfortably from phnom penh to siem reap private air-conditioned vehicle. The price covers Hotel pickup in Phnom Penh, Hotel drop-off in Siem Reap and Private one-way transfer. It does not cover entrance fees to attractions (if applica, meals and beverages and licensed tour guide, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price. The countryside immediately around Siem Reap is rice paddy, sugar-palm trees and villages that are five minutes off the temple road and rarely seen by people doing the circuits. The sugar palm is the national tree and its sap is tapped from the crown by men who climb a notched pole twice a day, boiled down to the palm sugar used in every Khmer kitchen. The rice year sets everything: transplanting in the wet months, the fields green through the rains, harvest around November and December, then dry stubble and dust. Late afternoon is when the light works and when the villages are out, so most of these rides run to sunset. This one is priced for the group rather than per head: 1 traveller costs $181 and 8 costs $240, so the more of you there are the less each of you pays. Golden Escape Cambodia runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.