Angkor Wat Sunrise Tour: 2.5 Days with Tonle Sap Lake

We recently spent three nights and days at Siem Reap and found it to be an unforgettable experience, with memories that will stay with us for many decades. Cambodia’s rich heritage expressed through its temples and sites have extraordinary ambassadors in the form of Journey Cambodia’s team members. We were privileged to have Mr. Lim Bunthang (AKA Mr. Bun) as our tour guide for two days ably assisted by his team member, Mr. Em Sambath, who drove us around. Mr Bun, our guide, is fluent in English and very knowledgeable about the history, culture, mythology, religion, politics, architectural and archeological underpinnings of the sites he took us to see. He wove beautiful stories using all these perspectives to bring the 10 century old sites alive for us. With his 15 years experience and national certification in the tour industry - he was also very good at making sure that he found the optimal walking routes and vantage points to show us the best views. Some of the sites require careful navigation of the boardwalks and steps - Mr Bun helped and facilitated so that we felt safe going up and down. Mr Bun is very polite with a great sense of humor and we really enjoyed and benefited from our time with him. He is also very well read and articulate and some of our best moments were listening to his dispositions on Cambodia’s recent history and economy. He built a bridge from the ancient to the modern that helped us understand where Cambodia was and where it is today. When we returned tired and hot back to our car - Mr Sambath, our driver, was there with chilled water and eucalyptus scented cold towels to revive and refresh us. A very careful driver, Mr Sambath took excellent care of us on the numerous excursions we went on. He too had a great sense of humor. Right from the time we contacted Journey Cambodia online - we had an amazing experience working with Ms. Karona (AKA Ms. Ana). As our tour planning consultant, Ms. Ana was prompt and detailed in her communications and helped put together a comprehensive and excellent itinerary that made the best use of our limited time in Cambodia. Journey Cambodia is a local firm started by Mr. Boret Ream (AKA Mr. Bo). He was gracious in inviting us to Journey Cambodia’s staff get together while we were there. With about 20 years experience in the industry, Mr Bo told us that he started Journey Cambodia 10 years ago as a way to provide employment to his countrymen and women and plow back the profits into Cambodia rather than see money move out of country as happens with the larger international tour companies. He selects the best guides and staff and is growing the firm very careful to ensure the best service and experience possible to the guests who visit his country. In general we found the Cambodian people very gracious and welcoming and this was true at the Journey Cambodia staff get together too - other guides and drivers and the front office staff came by and welcomed us in a very hospitable and non-intrusive manner. Mr. Bo has a great team and we wish them all the best for the future 🙏🏽

Highly recommend booking your Siem Reap tour with Journey Cambodia. The itinerary was excellent, taking us to incredible off-the-beaten-path temples, and they were very accommodating to our family (we travel with young children). We also had the opportunity to spend the late afternoon cycling around a small village surrounded by rice paddies and locals living their regular lives, after which we enjoyed delicious snacks watching the sun set over the rice paddies - couldn’t think of a better way to cap off a long but thoroughly enjoyable day! Our guide, Bun, was fantastic—knowledgeable, insightful, and able to share firsthand perspectives from growing up in Siem Reap and witnessing the country’s recent history. Our driver, Sambath, was equally wonderful. He always anticipated our needs with water, cool towels, and more, and his warm smile perfectly reflected the kindness and positivity we’ll always remember Cambodia for.

Awesome trip in Cambodia thanks to journeys of Cambodia!! We were referred to them by my sister who just had a great experience. we also requested for Mr Lim Bunthang (Mr Bun) he took care of our group of5, like we were his own family, explained every question we had patiently . Mr Sam pat the driver was a very careful and skilled driver. They had a bottle of cold water and cold towels for each one of us after each temple tour. I highly recommend both of them, and would definitely be asking for them next time I come here.

Friendly and knowledgeable guide

Excellent service by both Rada, our driver and Chhay, our tour guide. Both were very cognizant of our individual needs as well as making sure we got the full experience at each of the sites we visited. Would definitely recommend this tour to those who have 3 days of sightseeing as it covers the most important archeologic sites. Chhay is very knowledgeable and was able to answer all our questions