The plateau where Sen Monorom is located is about 3000 feet above sea level, making it a cool region for Cambodia. The climate plays a particularly important role and you'll need to consider it in your travel plans. The rainy season makes access to the town complicated because of landslides. As for winter, don't forget your fleece, because it gets cold at night!

Refreshing Sen Monorom, perched on its plateau...

Sil Island is called that because of the numerous silk weavers who perpetuate their skills. You can spend a day here , cycling around and discovering the real, authentic Cambodia.

Silk Island - a haven of peace in the middle of Phnom Penh

Follow the guide to discover the secrets of Angkor! The temples don't stop with Angkor Wat. If you take the time to travel just a little further you will encounter some real architectural jewels.

A tour of the hidden temples of Angkor

If you like nature, don't miss the Botum Sakor national park, situated in the Cardamom mountains in the south-west of Cambodia. It's a haven of peace that is still protected from deforestation, where you can admire the diverse flora and fauna of the country. 

The Botum Sakor park: a paradise to explore

Banteay Srei is a Cambodian temple located in the vast territory occupied by the temples of Angkor. It is also known as the "Citadel of Women", and the fineness and delicacy of its decoration is quite extraordinary.

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Feel a total sense of wonder standing before the temples of Angkor! The dark years of Cambodia are gone for good and the country is open to the world. Visitors are ever increasing and come to discover the majestic site of Angkor, the internationally renowned pearl of the tourist industry. The city of Angkor has known an extraordinary fate: forgotten for several centuries, rediscovered by the French in 1907 and once again forgotten. Visitors have been able to rediscover its secrets for the past twenty years. Built between the 9th and 14th Centuries, Angkor was one of the biggest towns in the world and is today, one of the most visited sites in the world! Although it’s difficult to be able to contemplate these sublime temples alone, like the explorers of the beginning of the 20th century, to discover them through Evaneos Travel, will guarantee you an adventure off the beaten tracks and a long way away from tourists. Enchantment is guaranteed! Cambodia also has other riches to offer curious visitors: as a member of Evaneos Travel, the things you will remember about your holiday, apart from the magnificent sites you have visited, will undoubtedly be the « kindness and availability of the Cambodians », that you will be lucky enough to encounter during your visit…

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Banteay Srei

A sacred mountain for the whole of the Khmer people, Phnom Kulen is the ideal place to spend an active day trekking with family or friends.

Phnum Kulén

Srah Dumrei

Stung Treng is the last major town before the Laos border (with Si Phan Don – or "4000 Islands" – lying just 50 kilometres away). It's simply a place at which to make a brief stopover and has nothing of any real interest to offer, except perhaps that it serves as a way to get to Ratanakiri.

Stung Treng

Poipet is the main border station between Thailand and Cambodia. Therefore it's a city with a lot of passing through! 

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The major cause of activity in Poipet is really the border that a lot of Cambodians cross daily to go to work in Thailand and earn more money. Crossing the border, if you are travelling by bus, can take up to 3 hours due to the number of people and how slow the offices are. I had to be very patient during my bus trip! During a <a href="/cambodia/">trip to Cambodia</a>, you have to be well aware that one can spend a crazy amount of time on public transportation.  Being a border town makes it a rather strange city, and I had a very bizarre feeling when I got off the bus around 6:00 in the morning to cross the border. There are people everywhere, and there's a big market on the main roundabout, where Cambodians do their shopping, and they all give funny looks to the travellers who are passing through. I don’t think this is one of the most pleasant cities in Cambodia, so don't be surprised if you get a weird feeling when arriving in the country! Cambodians are much nicer after all this.

Poipet is the main border station between Thailand and Cambodia. Therefore it's a city with a lot of passing through!

Once I arrived in Bangkok I crossed the borderinto Cambodia, entering the country via Poipet. I opted to take the train that leaves early in the morning and arrives at a point five kilometres from the border at around 12:30 pm. Once there you'll find tuk-tuks waiting to take you the rest of the way. Around me there were dozens of cars and trucks queueing up to cross the border. The tuk-tuk driver seemed to ignore this and instead proceeded to a building where a man dressed in a shirt and black trousers was waiting for us. I refused to get out, and with good reason: this was not the border crossing in Poipet but was instead a scam! After the tuk-tuk had dropped me at the right spot and departed, I had to join a fairly long queue on the Thai side to get my passport stamped then do exactly the same thing again on the Cambodian side, 100 metres further on. It was at this point that a customs official requested 100 baht to check my passport. I politely refused, which resulted in me having to queue up again! You really do have to be on your guard here! I finally got to the other side, where there were taxis and buses waiting to take people to Siam Reap. However, they don't set off until they're full! Your <a href="/cambodia/">visit to Cambodia</a> can now begin at last.

Lying just a few hours from Siam Reap, this is the busiest border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia.

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