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One could spend days at Siem Reap’s Angkor Wat temple complex and barely scratch the surface. Yet, there’s so much more to discover. This three full day itinerary hits culture, food, and adventure with the desire to go back and dive deeper.
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Day 1: Exploring Siem Reap
Eating traditional Khmer food is one thing—making it yourself? Completely different experience.
Sights and bites
Wake up slowly and enjoy a Khmer breakfast. The most delicious mango of your life compared with deliciously savory braised Khor Kho while taking in the fresh air? Unbeatable.
After a bit of resting—it’s time to go! I always recommend a food experience early on to learn likes, dislikes, and get local tips. A Khmer cooking class and local market tour was just what the doctor ordered! Create your own menu and away you go.
After a busy afternoon cooking, relax and get ready for an evening exploring Siem Reap’s lively night scene—ranging from high end, women-led restaurants to club nights out until the sun comes up.
Day 2: Adventure time
Don't worry—the ATV was in park!
Exploring the Cambodian countryside
Take it slow in the morning. Travel should be about enjoying the destination, not rushing from place to place and ending up more exhausted than you started.
Siem Reap is a wonderful place for traditional relaxation—massages, body scrubs, the whole deal, all for great prices. Prefer solo relaxation? The lush landscapes and flora surrounding your hotel’s pool will certainly take your mind off of home.
Come the afternoon, gear up for a tuktuk ride to the countryside for an ATV ride! Explore rice paddies, rural temples and villages, and admire water buffalo, all while getting an adrenaline rush.
Return to your hotel, stay in or go out for an early dinner, and get ready for a full, busy day.
Day 3: Angkor Wat
Sunrise reflections at Siem Reap. Surrounded yet completely personal.
The Siem Reap of legend
Wake up far before the sun rises and your body wants to—but you will thank yourself. Ensure all of your QR codes are downloaded and meet your guide for the ride to Siem Reap's crown jewel: Angkor Wat.
Beat the crowds and take a front-row seat to watch the sunrise over one of the world’s most majestic temples. Explore leisurely before continuing on to the area’s less well-known but equally impressive ruins. Ask your guide questions—get to know Cambodian history beyond the guidebooks. Of course, a trip to Siem Reap is incomplete without having a Lara Croft moment at Ta Prohm temple!
Return to Siem Reap for a final dinner with a show. Enjoy Khmer cuisine while dancers in colorful traditional outfits mesmerize with their lifetimes of work and ability.
Though a quick trip, falling asleep, you think about how much you’ve done and all of the sights you cannot wait to come back and see.
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