Cambodia ToursGroup tours, escorted by expert guides

November - May is the dry season in Cambodia, with warm, dry days and little rainfall. This is the best season to visit Cambodia.

Our Cambodia trips are escorted tours, meaning you'll have one of our local, English-speaking tour guides with you every step of the way. They'll be able to fill you in on the history of sites such as the temples of Angkor, point out the best places to eat and shop, and help you feel safe and secure on tour. You'll still have free time at points during the tour for you to go and see other sites independently, or to relax in the hotel!

We stay in great quality 4-star hotels in central locations both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. On the web page for each tour, you will find a tab with information about the hotels we regularly use on tour.

On our Cambodia trips, travellers will have the chance to take part in our tree planting initiative. We plant native species consisting mainly of fruit trees. These trees suck carbon from the air, helping to fight against climate change. They are also good for biodiversity, and local Cambodian people can eat and sell the fruit. Plus it's a great experience for our travellers, who can see some of the real Cambodia. A win all around!

There are some local laws and customs to be aware of when visiting temples in Cambodia. Your tour guide will be able to help you ensure you are dressed and behaving appropriately. When entering temples in Cambodia it is expected that you remove your shoes. Women should wear a long skirt or trousers if they know they will be visiting a temple, although long skirts can usually be borrowed at most temples.

It is not acceptable to touch somebody on the head in Cambodia as it is the highest point of the body and therefore considered the most important and holy. On the flipside, feet are the lowest part of the body and gesturing with them will often be considered both disrespectful and disgusting.

In the main tourist destinations, bad etiquette will normally be forgiven with no harm done, but it is worth memorizing these customs to show respect. And it is important to follow local laws to avoid getting into trouble.

We don't recommend drinking tap water in Cambodia, as there is a risk of stomach upsets. You should stick to filtered and bottled water, and avoid ice in soft and alcoholic drinks. Also, be wary of eating salads that have been washed at the tap.

Led by the communist tyrant Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge regime ruled Cambodia from 1975 - 1979. In just four years, between 1.5 - 2 million mostly innocent Cambodians were killed, in one of history's most horrific genocides. This represented a quarter of the entire population of Cambodia. It was only stopped when neighbouring Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978 and toppled the dictatorship.

The country has emerged from the horrors of this past, but it is important when visiting Cambodia to acknowledge the country's difficult past. On some our tours, we visit Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh, a former secondary school turned prison under the Khmer Rouge. Approximately 20,000 people passed through Tuol Sleng under the regime and just seven were alive to be liberated when it fell. It's now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, teaching visitors the story of this horrific chapter of Cambodian history. And we see some of the Killing Fields, where victims of genocide were buried.