Itinerary
- Day 1
Bangkok
Your private driver meets you at Bangkok airport and takes you to your hotel in the city center. From there, the rest of the day is yours to settle in, rest after your flight, or start wandering around if you're feeling up for it.
Optional Activities
- Explore Bangkok city at your own pace
- Day 2
Bangkok to Ratchaburi
Pickup happens at 8:00 AM from your hotel, then you'll head southwest toward Damnoen Saduak Floating Market. First stop is a sugar palm factory where you can watch how the sugar gets made. After that, you'll board a long tail boat and motor through the canals to see the market and meet people who live and work there. There's time to try local foods like coconut and fresh fruit juices throughout the morning.
Included Activities
- Visit sugar palm factory
- Long tail boat ride through canals to Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
- Explore Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
Optional Activities
- Try local food at the floating market
- Purchase souvenirs at the floating market
Landmarks/POIs Damnoen Saduak Floating Market - Day 3
Bangkok
You'll start the day at Sompong Thai Cooking School with a guided market trip first to pick out ingredients and learn some background on Thai food. Then you get your own cooking station where you'll prepare three main dishes, a dessert, and curry paste from scratch with the instructors helping out. Once everything's cooked, you sit down and eat what you made.
Included Activities
- Local market visit to select ingredients
- Thai cooking class - learn to prepare three main dishes, one dessert, and curry paste
- Meal featuring dishes prepared during cooking class
Optional Activities
- Take prepared food home
Landmarks/POIs Sompong Thai Cooking School - Day 4
Bangkok to Chiang Mai
After breakfast at your hotel, a transfer takes you to Bangkok airport for your flight to Chiang Mai. A representative meets you when you land and drives you to your hotel for check-in. The afternoon and evening are free for you to rest or start checking out Chiang Mai on your own.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Explore Chiang Mai city
- Day 5
Chiang Mai
A guided tour takes you through Chiang Mai's main temples and sites. You'll head up the hill to Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, sitting 3,500 feet up, where you climb the 306 Naga staircase to see the copper-plated Chedi with its gold parasol and Buddha relics inside. The terrace there has views across the entire city. Later you'll visit Wat Saun Dok with its flower garden and large stupa, then Wat Chedi Louang which dates back to 1411.
Included Activities
- Visit Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
- Visit Wat Saun Dok
- Visit Wat Chedi Louang
Landmarks/POIs Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Wat Saun Dok Wat Chedi Louang - Day 6
Chiang Mai
This day is completely open for you to wander around Chiang Mai however you like. If you want something more structured, there's an optional half-day elephant sanctuary tour where you can interact with the animals.
Optional Activities
- Half-day Elephant Sanctuary with lunch - group tour (US $85 per person): Drive approximately 1.5 hours south through rolling hills and forest, meet elephants at Elephant Jungle Sanctuary, change into traditional Karen clothing, make medicine for elephants, feed and interact with them, participate in mud spa, bathe elephants at river, enjoy traditional meal
Landmarks/POIs Elephant Jungle Sanctuary - Day 7
Chiang Mai to Siem Reap
After breakfast, your driver takes you to Chiang Mai airport for your flight to Siem Reap. Our representative picks you up upon arrival and drives you to your hotel. The rest of your day is free to relax or start exploring the town.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Explore Siem Reap city
- Day 8
Siem Reap
After breakfast, you'll spend the full day touring the temples of Angkor. You'll see Angkor Thom's South Gate, then the massive Bayon Temple with its 54 towers from the late 12th to early 13th century. From there it's on to the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Elephants Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, you'll walk through Preah Khan, a sprawling monastic complex built by King Jayavarman VII. Then comes Ta Prohm surrounded by jungle before finishing at Angkor Wat itself, the largest temple covering 200 hectares.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit South Gate of Angkor Thom
- Visit Bayon Temple
- Visit Royal Enclosure
- Visit Phimeanakas
- Visit Elephants Terrace
- Visit Terrace of the Leper King
- Visit Preah Khan temple
- Visit Ta Prohm
- Visit Angkor Wat
Landmarks/POIs Angkor Thom Bayon Temple Phimeanakas Elephants Terrace Terrace of the Leper King Preah Khan Ta Prohm Angkor Wat - Day 9
Siem Reap
After breakfast, you'll head out on a private boat across Tonle Sap, Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake. The tour takes you through a fishermen's floating village where you'll see floating schools, a floating police station, and other structures that rise and fall with the water. You'll get a real sense of how the local communities live their entire lives on the water.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Private boat ride on Tonle Sap Lake
- Visit fishermen's floating village
Landmarks/POIs Tonle Sap Lake - Day 10
Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
Following breakfast at your hotel, you're transferred to the bus station for a 5 hour journey to Phnom Penh. When you arrive, your driver takes you directly to your hotel for check-in.
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Day 11
Phnom Penh
After breakfast, you'll explore Phnom Penh's main sights starting with the Royal Palace, the King's current residence. Next is the Silver Pagoda, which houses a 90 kg golden Buddha studded with 2086 diamonds. Then you'll visit Wat Phnom Temple, an important pagoda built way back in 1373 on an artificial hill. In the afternoon, you'll go to Tuol Sleng Museum, a former school that held over 17,000 prisoners, which is a serious and sobering experience. Later there's time to browse Russian Market for clothing, Buddha images, woodcarvings, silk, jewelry, and musical instruments.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit Royal Palace
- Visit Silver Pagoda
- Visit Wat Phnom Temple
- Visit Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison)
- Visit Russian Market (Toul Tumpong Market)
Landmarks/POIs Royal Palace Silver Pagoda Wat Phnom Tuol Sleng Museum Russian Market - Day 12
Phnom Penh to Koh Rong
After breakfast, you'll be picked up and driven overland to Sihanoukville port. There's no guide with you for this leg. Once at the port, you'll board a speedboat heading to the island of Koh Rong.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Landmarks/POIs Koh Rong - Day 13
Koh Rong
Following breakfast at your hotel, the entire day is yours to enjoy the beach and island however you want.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Enjoy the beach at Koh Rong
- Explore Koh Rong island
Landmarks/POIs Koh Rong - Day 14
Koh Rong
After breakfast at your hotel, the entire day is yours to enjoy the beach and island however you want.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Enjoy the beach at Koh Rong
- Explore Koh Rong island
Landmarks/POIs Koh Rong - Day 15
Koh Rong to Sihanoukville
After breakfast, you'll board a speedboat back to the Sihanoukville mainland port. Your driver picks you up there, and then it's a transfer to Sihanoukville airport for your departure flight. No guide escort is provided for this leg.
- Meals
- Breakfast
