Best time to visit in Cambodia

November to January (the dry season)

Places to visit in Cambodia

• Astonishing temples consued by the jungle at Angkor.

• Irrawaddy dolphins splashing in the Mekong at Kratie.

• Rarely-seen Angkor-era temples in remote Preah Vihear Province.

• Mist swirling around the ruins of the French Hill station in Bokor National Park.

• The heart-rending displays at Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek in Phnom Penh.

Top things to do in Cambodia

• Feel the pulse of Phnom Penh from the back of a motorcycle taxi.

• Ride the Mekong ferry through stunning scerey between Siem Reap and Battambang.

• Cheer on the racing boats crew during the annual Water Festival.

• Trek through uncharted jungles in Virachay National Park.

Discover Cambodia

• Read harrowing accounts of the Khmer Rouge years in Pin Yathay’s Stay Alive, My Son, and Loung Ung’s First They Killed My Father.

• Listen to a pinpeat orchestra playing tunes that were composed for the kings of Angkor.

• Watch Roland Joffe’s The Killing Fields, still the most powerful portrayal of the Khmer Rouge revolution.

• Eat pleah (hot and sour beef salad) or kyteow (rice-noodle soup) – or bite into a deep-fried tarantula.

• Drink the thick and delicious fruit smoothies known as tukalok.

Cambodia Highlights

Angkor Wat, the mighty Mekong, Pol Pot, the Knmer Rouge, monks on bikes, maniacal motorcycle taxi drivers, fried spiders, landmines, easily available drugs and tough penalties

One word for Cambodia Tourism

Niak teuv naa? (Where are you going?) – something visitors are asked all the time by inquisitive Khmers