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This 2-day Phnom Penh experience offers a balanced introduction to Cambodia’s capital, combining cultural heritage, local life, and historical insight. Upon arrival, guests are welcomed and taken to their hotel before exploring key landmarks such as the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Wat Phnom, and a traditional cyclo ride through the city’s French colonial streets, followed by a rooftop dinner and optional evening at Bassac Lane. The journey continues on day two with a deeper look into Cambodia’s past at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, alongside a visit to the lively Russian Market and optional stops like SOSORO Museum or the Killing Fields, before concluding with a relaxed transfer to the airport for departure.

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  • Arrival – Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Breakfast Lunch Dinner

    Sua s'dei! Welcome to Cambodia. (IATA airport code: KTI)

    Upon arrival at Phnom Penh airport, you will be welcomed by English speaking local guide who will escort you directly to hotel for relaxing.  (Note: Official check-in time at 14:00)

    Phnom Penh, founded in 1372 and was known as the "Pearl of Asia" and was considered one of the most beautiful cities built by the French during the colonial period in the region.

    Lunch is on your own account. 

    Afternoon, you will visit Royal Palace built in 1866, being as the official residence of the King. Inside, you visit Throne Hall is where the king's general and official ceremonies and Silver Pagoda houses many national treasures such as gold and jeweled Buddha statues and inlaid with more than 5,000 silver tiles covering its floors. 

    Optional tour for visiting National Museum is one of the world's largest collections of Khmer art, including sculptural, ceramics, bronzes and wooden objects (entrance is on customer account). 

    Late afternoon, you will be greeted by a driver who will take you by Cyclo for a fun tour of the most significant sights of the city. Three-wheeler cyclos were introduced to Phnom Penh streets in 1936. Its drivers are happy to bring you around for a new experience.

    Ride along the river line towards former French Quarter which evident in the colonial shop-house, Belle Époque and Art Deco houses, public building animating the cityscape. The Quarter lies near Wat Phnom-the birthplace of Phnom Penh on the hill of the city where you will also visit.  Inside the temple, you will experience the Chakkumpi "Khmer fortune teller" manuscript on palm-leaf performed by selecting passages of hazard or luck and drawing from them indications concerning future events—an authentic experience with Khmer belief.

    Your dinner will be served at Aura Phnom Penh, which is causal rooftop restaurant, an elegant, refined sophistication providing a chic ambiance and live music that you will enjoy during your meal. 

    Tonight, you may walk through Bassac Lane, a welcoming ambiance for visitors, live music, and bands that feature a collection of small, stylish bars? (Any consumption is on your own account.)  

    Overnight at the hotel in Phnom Penh.

  • Phnom Penh – Departure

    Breakfast Lunch Dinner

    After breakfast at hotel, you will discover Cambodia’s dark history. First head, visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime. A grim visit, but it is important to gain insight into Cambodia history. 

    Go browsing through the colorful Russian Market, it is the place to shop for discounted brand-name clothing, also the best place in the city for wooden and stoned carvings, jewellery and silk souvenirs.

    Would you like to visit SOSORO? the official Museum of Economy and Money offer a unique and engaging tour through nearly 2,000 years of Cambodian history, viewed through the lens of its economic and monetary evolution. (Note: the museum closes on Mondays & Public Holidays). Entrance fee & audio are on your own account.

    Lunch is your own account. 

    Head back to hotel to relax until the appointed time transfer to airport for your departure flight. 

    On the way to airport, would you like to visit Killing Fields? Entrance fee is on customer account.

    (Note: Official check-out time at 12:00 mid-day, you can still hotel’s amenity beside from room)

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