The remains of the Khmers' last great city, Angkor Thom, stand just north of Angkor Wat, enclosed by massive laterite walls and a broad moat. From its centre soars the central sanctuary tower of the mighty Bayon temple, which is perhaps bes…

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The greatest of all the shrines created by the Khmers – in fact, the single largest religious building anywhere in the world – is Angkor Wat. Dedicated to Vishnu (the Hindu deity of whom King Suryavarman II considered himself a reincarnatio…

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Kampong Cham is a city with an interesting past due to its trading importance during the French period. The buildings reflect this cultural exposure and the atmosphere differs to other cities in Cambodia. It acts as a good base for explorin…

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The city of Kampong Thom is a bustling and commercial destination to visit. Across the Stung Sen River spans the old French bridge and a new steel bridge from 1997 which was built with Australian assistance. In terms of monuments and cultu…

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Once an important trading centre, the town of Kampot has now been eclipsed by other ports nearby, leaving a sleepy feel to this Cambodian community. Situated on the banks of the Kampot River and enjoying views of both the Bokor and Elephant…

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By far the loveliest most relaxing coastal retreat in the country is Kep, a town originally founded by the French in 1906, and which has since become popular among wealthy city dwellers, who travel here on weekends in search of the famous l…

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Koh Ker’s Prasat Thom temple (125km/75 miles northeast of Siem Reap), rises in awesome fashion from the surrounding jungle, its platforms draped in weeds and sides streaked by rain wash. A flight of steps leads to the top for a spectacular…

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Once a thriving French cargo port on the Mekong river, Kratie is now a rather somnolent, backwater market town, fronted by a pot-holed promenade and ranks of buttress-rooted dipterocarp trees. Travellers tend to pause here en route to Laos…

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The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, Tonle Sap, due south of Siem Reap, supports a population of over a million people, the majority of whom live from rice cultivation and fishing, in stilted or floating villages around its shorel…

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As the most sparsely populated province in Cambodia it is difficult not to feel relaxed and a million miles away from the stresses of modern life in Mondulkiri. To the west, visitors find rolling hills carpeted in lush forestation, which gi…

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Made of salmon-hued sandstone, Banteay Srei, 17 miles (27km) north of Angkor Wat, impresses less by its scale than the great artistry of its carvings. Delicately sculpted scenes from Hindu mythology embellish the ornate shrines of the templ…

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For a total change of atmosphere, we recommend a trip along the bumpy road leading north from Angkor for an hour and a half to the forested Phnom Kulen hills, a tract of steep-sided, table-top mountain where the Khmers founded the ancient c…

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