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

Banteay Samré is an ancient Hindu temple near Siem Reap that counts as one of the temples of Angkor.

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Though Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor are of course essential places to go to when <a href="/cambodia/">in Cambodia</a>, there are still choices to be made when it comes to deciding which of the temples to actually visit. Banteay Samré was one that figured on my own list of "things to see". And I wasn't disappointed. I immediately liked the very rural environment here: the temple has a little rice field around it and there is a village located nearby. Banteay Samré stands a little apart from the other temples, and has an undeniable charm to it. When I was here I only encountered a few rare tourists, three quarters of whom were French. The temple dates from the 12th century and, like many of the others, has been superbly restored. It has the unusual feature of being surrounded by an actual wall: a six-metre high fortification that separates the temple from the area outside. And in that very area outside, in fact, a small celebration was taking place: there were Cambodian people gathered around some old ladies, lots of food, and live music provided by musicians. Children played gently around the ruins and on the steps at the front of the temple while this was taking place. In the end, Banteay Samré turned out to be one of my favourite temples in Angkor, and I wasn't the only one who felt this way.

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