ANGKOR TEMPLES, MOUNTAINS & ISLANDS OF CAMBODIA

Day 1 Arrive Siem Reap

Arrive at Siem Reap International Airport where you will be met and transferred to your luxury hotel. Located in the cultural heart of Siem Reap and within easy reach of the famous temples of Angkor, Bensley Collection - Shinta Mani Siem Reap presents 39 spacious rooms each designed by Bill Bensley and inspired by Khmer design.

Overnight: Shinta Mani Angkor

Day 2 Siem Reap & Temples of Angkor

Join your private guide and head to the East Gate to explore Ta Prohm. You may recognise this atmospheric ruin from its starring role in numerous films, its towers, corridors and walls embraced by the encircling jungle roots. You'll have a couple of hours to explore Ta Prohm, as well as the multi-faced towers of the Bayon, before a picnic breakfast. You'll collect bicycles to explore the temple complex further - the flat shaded trails through the jungle are perfect for exploring by bicycle.

You'll take lunch in a private Khmer house before an afternoon at leisure - either continuing to explore by bike or returning to your hotel to indulge in the Shinta Mani Spa, where treatments use traditional herbs to relax and restore the senses. This evening enjoy a performance at the remarkable Phare Circus, a social enterprise which provides education in performing arts to young adults.

Overnight: Shinta Mani Angkor

Day 3 Siem Reap & Tonle Sap Lake

This morning visit Banteay Srei, the elegant pink sandstone temple built by a Brahman in the 10th Century. Continue to travel southeast out of Siem Reap to one of the largest and least-visited villages on the Tonle Sap Lake, Kompong Khleang. Cruise along the intricate system of canals and out into open water to see the striking high stilted houses. Explore a local pagoda and discover the community's traditional ways of life before returning to Siem Reap by road.

Overnight: Shinta Mani Angkor

Day 4 To Cardamom Mountains

This morning take a short flight from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville and a two and half hour drive into the jungles of the Cardamom Mountains. At Trapeang Rung Resort Pier, board your local boat for the one hour journey down the Preak Tachan River to the Cardamom Tented Camp. Once settled into your tent and having enjoyed a briefing by the Wildlife Alliance on their conservation projects, take an exploratory hike into the jungle and around the camp. Sundowners will be served at the riverside restaurant as the sun sets over Botum Sakor, before dinner is served.

Overnight: Cardamom Tented Camp

Day 5 Patrolling with Wildlife Alliance Rangers

After an early breakfast, meet the Wildlife Alliance Rangers, together with an English-speaking guide, and join them on a patrol over a network of abandoned poaching and logging trails through the dense forest. Sightings are likely to include macaques, gibbons or hornbills before stopping at the ranger station to see confiscated snares, traps and improvised hunting rifles. Lunch will be served here before you choose to either kayak or hike back to the camp.

Overnight: Cardamom Tented Camp

Day 6 At leisure in the Jungle

Today can be spent however you wish. Perhaps rise early for a wildlife viewing boat ride on the Preak Tachan River, or take kayaks out for a paddle or relax on the floating pier with binoculars at the ready for spotting the jungle's birdlife. Lunch will be served at the riverside restaurant and afternoon options include a wildlife trek or a Khmer cooking class.

Overnight: Cardamom Tented Camp

Day 7 To Krabey Island

Early risers can squeeze in one last trail hike or a wildlife boat trip, before boarding the camp's boat at 10h00 for your journey back to Trapeang Rung. Your driver will be waiting to take you along Cambodia's coast to the Six Senses pier where you board the shared boat for the short 10-minute transfer to Krabey Island. Accommodation here is in contemporary villas with floor to ceiling windows opening onto private terraces (with plunge pool) and tropical vegetation.

Overnight: Six Senses Krabey Island

Day 8 - 9 Krabey Island

Two full days to relax on the island of Krabey. As one would expect from the Six Senses brand, the villas are spacious, service impeccable and the facilities are ideal for both couples and families. The Six Senses spa is second to none with endless views of the ocean beyond.

Overnight: Six Senses Krabey Island

Day 10 Depart

Check out of Six Senses and be driven back to Sihanoukville airport, or on to Phnom Penh International airport for your onward flight.