Cambodia Bucket List

Explore the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, located in Cambodia

Watch Angkor sunrise, floating villages, and lively Phnom Penh of Cambodia

Visit Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Explore the Royal Palace (home to the Silver Pagoda with a floor of over 5,000 silver tiles), learn about the country's history at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (a former high school turned prison), and stroll along the Sisowath Quay for views of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers.

Visit Battambang, riverside city of Cambodia

Visit Siem Reap, gateway to Angkor Wat

Visit Sihanoukville, beach resort of Cambodia

Riverside colonial town famous for its pepper, with the abandoned hill station of Bokor above.

Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.

Stilt and floating villages on Southeast Asia’s largest lake, which swells five-fold in the monsoon.

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.

Choeung Ek memorial outside Phnom Penh, a stupa of skulls marking the Khmer Rouge mass graves.

Rattle along old rails on a bamboo platform powered by a motorbike engine — dismantled when another train comes.

The temple left to the jungle — silk-cotton roots strangle its walls, famous from Tomb Raider.

Jungle island with 28 white beaches, glowing plankton at night and almost no roads, off Sihanoukville.