Essential Cambodia & Laos

Welcome to Phnom Penh! You will meet our friendly guide and driver outside the customs of the airport. Then a comfortable ride will take you to the hotel for check-in.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available
Accommodation: The Fangipani Royal Palace

Your 10 days Cambodia Laos tour package will start today. After breakfast, our guide will meet you at the hotel lobby at the appointed time. We will spend the morning at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, where you will learn about the fierce massacre that occurred during 1975 - 1979 under the Khmer Rouge. After the lunch break, we will visit the National Museum, which offers a stunning exhibition of fine works produced in the Khmer period. We will then go across the street to visit the Royal Palace, built during 1866 - 1870, and the Silver Pagoda, its name owing to the 5,329 silver bricks in the floor.

Your private Phnom Penh tour will finish here. Our guide will escort you to the airport for a flight to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, you will find our local guide outside the exit and take a private ride to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

As the capital of the Khmer Empire, Siem Reap is endowed with countless and timeless Angkorian relics. We also suggest that you rise early in the morning to enjoy the spectacular sunrise over the Angkor Wat, the best-preserved temple among all the Angkorian sites in Siem Reap. We will then visit the large-scale capital city, Angkor Thom. We will enter through the South Gate, its entrance guarded by rows of god and devil statues. As you enter, you will see Bayon Temple, featuring 216 smiling faces carved on 54 stupas and the Terrace of Elephants, which was a platform from which kings watched their troops, and the Terrace of the Leper King, the cremation site for the royal family.

Next, we will continue to the Ta Phrom Temple, which offers a stunning scenery filled with ancient trees and beautiful dilapidated temples. At the end of the day, we will explore and relax at the Old Market, where you can really experience the vibrant atmosphere.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

Today, we will extend our Cambodia Laos tour itinerary to the outskirts of Siem Reap. First, you will have the chance to explore the relics of a Hindu temple hidden in the dense woods - Beng Mealea. A boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake awaits you in the afternoon, where you can relax as floating villages and Khmer villages pass you by.

When the tour is finished, our guide will escort you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Tara Angkor Hotel

After breakfast, you will take a flight to Pakse, the third largest city in Laos, located at the confluence of Mekong River and Don River. Upon landing, a comfortable ride will transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for your own arrangements.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Le Jardin De Pakse

This morning, we will drive for 40km (25mi) to the Wat Phu, the relics of a Khmer-style temple cradled in the arms of the green hills. After that, our guide will escort you to explore spectacular waterfalls on the vast Bolaven Plateau. You will see the strip-like Tad Fane Twin Falls flying straight down from the cliffs, enjoy the graceful Tad Yuang Waterfall, and visit the wide Tad Pha Suam Fall falling down a U-shaped cliff.

After that, we will take a private ride to Don Daeng for one night's stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: La Folie Lodge

After breakfast, we will set out to Khong Island. From there we will take a long tail boat down the Mekong River to Don Khone Island, and see the largest waterfall of the Southeast Asia, Khone Phapheng Falls, which stretches for nearly 11,000 meters (12,000 yards). This is also a great opportunity to take lots of photos. Afterwards, you will be escorted to check in a local hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Pon Arena

In the morning, you are free to explore Khong Island. In the afternoon, our guide will transfer you to Pakse Airport and continue our Cambodia Laos tour itinerary to Luang Prabang by air. You will meet our local guide upon landing, and then take a private ride to a local hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Victoria Xieng Thong Palace

After breakfast, you will be accompanied to visit the Royal Palace, which houses an interesting collection of a variety of royal, religious objects, and precious Buddhas collected from India, Cambodia and Laos. Then comes a cruise down the Mekong River to Pak Ou Caves, where more than 8,000 Buddha statues are enshrined in two caves at the bottom of a lakeside cliff.

We will take the boat back to the downtown area to visit the Wat Mai, featuring an emerald Buddha. You will also be guided to the luxury Wat Xieng Thong, where you can appreciate the renowned mosaic painting - 'The Tree of Life' and the exhibition of sleek funeral objects used for the royal family in the great hall.

We will reach at the top of the Mount Phousi before dusk to enjoy a panoramic view of the city and sunset scenes.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Victoria Xieng Thong Palace

It is the last day of your memorable 10 days Cambodia - Laos tour package. Please take your entire belongings to check out the hotel. We will offer you a private transfer to the airport. We wish you a nice journey home!

Meals: Breakfast