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 Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Learn about leisure and recreation in Siem Reap, Cambodia. You may read about their travel activities and adventures. Find out their travel tips and guides and discover fun things to do in Siem Reap, Cambodia.Also, you might want to read our
Angkor / Siem Reap city guide,
and Phnom Penh city guide.
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| M Smith |
02 October 2004 |
Stayed at Borann L'Auberge Des Temples - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Angkor Wat and the associated temples is a must see.This was our main target in Siem Reap and took up most of our 3 day trip.We paid $20 per day for a guide and $13 per day for a tuk tuk driver, both organized by the hotel.The Red Piano was worth a visit and the Angkor What bar.We tried several Thai restaurants and had no bad experiences apart from maybe some table clean up issues.Try the traditional Kmer massage also which was $10 for 2 hours,very relaxing after a day at the temples.
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| W Susanto |
20 August 2004 |
Stayed at Borei Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Life in Siem Reap was utterly simple...temple trekking in the morning, return to downtown for lunch, swim and take a nap in the hotel, temple trekking again in late afternoon for sunset, dinner in downtown, and finish the day with bar hopping. Repeat this for the next 2 days. In addition to the temple trekking, you can also add a bit of fun by doing the elephant riding ($10 from South Gate of Angkor Thom to Bayon) and Hot-Air Ballooning ($11 for 10mins). All prices in Siem Reap are in US$ and always rounded to the nearest dollar. For Khmer food, Bayon Restaurant was my favourite. For pubbing, try the Deadfish Tower where you can use the internet for free and feed live crocodiles. For evening drinks, go to the Red Piano and Temple Bar. For massage, you can go to Chai ($25 for 90mins). Have fun!
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| M Wong |
08 August 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Excellent pizzas at Ecstatic Pizza, very cheap drinks plus cheap and good food at Temple, very good salads, breads and sandwiches at Blue Pumpkin and must try hotpot and homemade sherbets at Soup Dragon. All around the Old Market area and within a 5-10 minutes walk from Passaggio.
Also look out for the Seeing Hands Massage done by the visually impaired (a UNESCO project).
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| M Hanaya |
09 July 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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A beautiful place to visit but really all you would need is 2-3 days. Not much to do except to visit all the Wats (which are spectacular) and visit the old market. Highly recommend the speed boat to Phnom Penh or vice versa. What an experience!
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| H Koenig |
01 June 2004 |
Stayed at Mysteres d' Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Khmer Kitchen - great place for Khmer food: cheap and good. Also, ask your tuk-tuk driver for a place that serves beef soup in a hot pot. We found it only after we asked our tuk-tuk driver where he usually eats. But overall, Cambodia is an expensive place to visit. Sunk costs include visa (USD20), airport departure tax (USD25), temples entrance fee (USD40 for 3-day pass), English-speaking guide (USD22 p.day) and tuk-tuk driver (USD12-20 p.day).
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| J Njoo |
16 May 2004 |
Stayed at Ta Prohm - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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I feel that the temple of Angkor wat itself is quite over rated but the other temples of Bayon and Ta Phrom are truly magnificent. We watched the sunset on the hill overlooking Angkor Wat and again, it wasnt as magnificent as I would have expected. Watching the sunrise was much better even though we had to get up at 4.30am! Check out the 'Red Piano' restaurant for really good local and international food and a nice atmosphere, which is located very near the hotel.
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| D Fralix |
05 May 2004 |
Stayed at Borei Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We had read about The Red Piano - and it proved to be a terrific place for dinner. Our guide Prom Chomrong was extremely knowledgeable and tailored his typical tour to our schedule - which involved having some pool time in the afternoon. This time we went up "to watch the sunset" - but we did it around 4pm to avoid the crowd on top at sunset. The pictures we took this time of Angkor Wat from the top were better and we didn't have to jockey around crowds of people to get the pictures.
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| G Atkinson |
29 April 2004 |
Stayed at Borei Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Like we did I recommend a tour guide and a car if you wish to learn a lot about the temples and the people of Cambodia. The guide can take you to places you would never find on your own. Our guide was Mr. Laptek and would recommend him.
We had a near death experience when a baloon ride went wrong and crashed. The baloon ride company and the locals did well to rescue us. Make sure some added safety precautions are there before you dare go on. But hey what a ride it was!
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| K Newcombe |
20 April 2004 |
Stayed at Borei Angkor Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We hired an English speaking driver at US$20 per day. The weather in April is VERY hot so having the airconditioned car to travel around was well worth the money.
A Tuk Tuk into town is only US$1. They will wait around with you for a couple of hours if you want to do shopping or dinner and will only charge $4-$5.
Highly recommend the FCC for good quality cheap food & drinks.
The early morning 5am rise to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat is well worth it. It was peaceful and quiet - much better than later in the afternoon when the crowds are out.
The weather in April is very hot, so make sure you have hats & lots of sunscreen and plan to have early starts & a big break out of the sun in the middle of the day.
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| C Murray |
18 April 2004 |
Stayed at Passaggio Boutique Hotel - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Cambodia was my favorite destination on this trip (that included Bangkok, Phuket and Hong Kong). The people were the nicest, which is saying a lot compared to Thailand, and the sites, obviously, are incomparable. We hired a guide and a car and driver, which, in the 110 degree April heat, really made a difference. A lot of guides/books recommend Angkor Wat at dawn, but the best part about that is that it's not as hot or crowded - the lighting is not particularly good. My favorite temple was Ta Prohm - left in its more original state - very romantic and exotic.
The Aspara dinner & dance and Angkor Village was well worth the experience - I actually wish I'd stayed at that hotel. Overall, it's becoming savvy to the travel business quickly, if you're considering going, sooner is better.
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