Embark on 5 Remarkable Journeys Through Cambodia

Cambodia has warm and friendly people, beautiful coastlines, lively nightlife, and a growing food scene. Here, you will find a place full of the friendliest people you ever met, a rich history, delicious food, beautiful coastlines, and lively nightlife. Cycling is a convenient way of sightseeing and one of the most popular activities in Cambodia for backpackers.

Your trip to Cambodia will be more exciting if you drive through quiet paths through the countryside in breathtaking natural landscapes and escape from the crowd and the busy streets. One of the main attractions in Cambodia that drive people to visit this paradise is its food. Cambodian food has many variations that travelers fall in love with.

Phnom Penh

Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, has a wild West feel, with dusty streets and a devil-can-watch atmosphere. There are five stupas on the palace grounds, with the two most significant in the east containing the ashes of King Norodom and King Udung.

Visit the Cambodian Living Arts Center, a traditional dance school, and a performance center to watch student education and traditional live theater. It is a city of controlled chaos, and this excitement draws you in.

Sihanoukville

Start early and take the bus to Sihanoukville, named after the ruling prince of Cambodia in 1964. It was a lazy beach town until about 2010. Its varied nightlife with cheap alcohol makes it the leading backpacker party town in Cambodia. Independence Beach and Otres Beach are probably your best bets if you want to enjoy some sun.

From Sihanoukville, get on a boat and take a 45-minute drive to Koh Rong. You can hike through an extensive rainforest or see the atmospheric ruins of the French aristocracy, for which Bokor was a major attraction at the time. There are still many places to celebrate in Sihanoukville, either in Otres or Serendipity.

Siem Reap

Siem Reap is located on the northeast side of Tonle Sap Lake and is the main gateway to Angkor Wat. Angkor’s massive complex of intricate stone buildings includes the preserved Angkor Wat, the main temple depicted on Cambodia’s flag. Giant, mysterious faces are carved in the Bayon temple in Angkor Thom.

This civilization is extinct, but not before the construction of impressive temples and buildings taken from the jungle for hundreds of years. Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Phrom, and Angkor Thom are the most famous temples. I would recommend getting a multi-day pass to visit some of the outer temples with fewer visitors.

Tonle Sap

If you go down this river, you can see how closely Cambodian life is connected to this great waterway. The Cambodian floodplain, or the Mekong Plain, is a vast low-lying area that the Mekong River crosses. Only a relatively small part of the plain consists of fluvial deposits from the young Mekong.

The forest gradually gives way to bushes and finally grassland with increasing distance from the lake. This variety of vegetation types is excellent for the amount and variety of species in the Great Lake ecosystem. This is an opportunity for everyone to relax after the long work of the harvest season.

Battambang

Battambang is a city on the Sangkae River in northwestern Cambodia. The Battambang Provincial Museum has artifacts from local Khmer temples. The landscape around Battambang is ideal for exploring by bike. Bumpy streets lead past simple huts, monasteries that echo with the sounds of singing, and village streets with colorful wedding celebrations.

Sometimes, the dusty, ocher-colored tracks are only wide enough for a single bike, which is tricky if you occasionally have to squeeze between a herd of cattle. Battambang has a variety of fantastic yet affordable boutique hotels.