Cambodia Real Food Adventure

Cambodia has a unique and ancient food culture all its own, and unlike Thai and Vietnamese food, it's probably difficult to find a bowl of it in your local neighbourhood. Using pepper rather than chilli to add spice, Cambodian cuisine is laden with fresh herbs, spices, rice, freshwater fish and condiments. While there are influences from French and Thai styles, Cambodian food has a distinct style and flavour that's best experienced while seated at a local beer hall or family home. While travelling from Phnom Penh through to Siem Reap, discover the sights, sounds and flavours of Kampot, Battambang and Angkor Wat, and marvel at a cuisine, culture and population so special that you’ll very quickly be won over for life.

Activities

• Phnom Penh - Welcome Dinner
• Phnom Penh - Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21)
• Phnom Penh - The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek
• Kampot - Phnom Chhnork
• Kampot - Food tour and lunch
• Kampot - Pepper plantation & salt field visit
• Phnom Penh - Khmer Cooking Class and Market Tour
• Battambang - Rural food by bike tour
• Siem Reap - Street food tour
• Siem Reap - Cocktail class
• Siem Reap - One day Angkor Pass
• Siem Reap - Village breakfast

Highlights

• See the sunrise at Angkor Wat, then head to a nearby village for a homemade traditional breakfast of Khmer noodles. Once fuelled, spend the day roaming the UNESCO World Heritage Angkor complex.
• Tour the markets in Phnom Penh with a passionate local chef and then head to his home for a cooking class, where you’ll learn about Khmer cuisine.
• Cycle through Battambang meeting locals as you stop to see the production of fish paste, rice paper and rice wine, finishing with a delicious sticky rice tasting.
• Learn about the sombre but important history of the Cambodian people at the S21 Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields.
• Feast on local delicacies and street food favourites, like fish amok, fresh seafood, num banh chok, beef lok lak and black pepper ice cream.
• By travelling on this trip, you’ll directly support our Intrepid Foundation partner, Friends International. Donations help vulnerable youth in South East Asia build a brighter future with vocational training and employment readiness programs.