Cambodia: the City, the Temples, an Island and the Jungle

Cambodia end to end: the capital on the Mekong, the temples of Angkor, an island off the south coast, and a tented camp in the Cardamom jungle.

Length: 12 nights
Pace: Five stays
Style: City, temples, island, jungle camp
Route: Phnom Penh to Siem Reap to Krabey Island to The Cardamom Mountains

Phnom PenhTwo nights
Siem ReapThree nights
Krabey IslandThree nights
The Cardamom MountainsThree nights
Phnom PenhOne night

Days 1 to 3 · two nights

Phnom Penh

The city by tuk tuk, two hours through the streets.

Where you stay

Rosewood Phnom Penh

Rosewood Phnom Penh occupies the top 14 floors of the Vattanac Capital Tower, 188 metres above the city, with 175 rooms looking over Phnom Penh and the Mekong, and dining up to the 38th floor.

A great tree growing over the stone ruins of Ta Prohm.

Days 3 to 6 · three nights

Siem Reap

A flight to Siem Reap. A full day at Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm with a private guide, and dinner at Kroya.

Where you stay

Shinta Mani Angkor

Shinta Mani Angkor is in Siem Reap, with Pool Villas designed by Bill Bensley, the Khmer Tonics Spa, and Kroya, the restaurant of chef Chanrith.

Palms and a pale beach on clear turquoise water off the Cambodian coast.

Days 6 to 9 · three nights

Krabey Island

To the coast and by speedboat to the island. Kayaks, snorkelling and paddle boards.

Where you stay

Six Senses Krabey Island has a 30-acre island to itself in the Gulf of Thailand, 15 minutes by speedboat from the mainland, with 40 pool villas looking west over the water and a spa at the top of the island.

A tented suite above a jungle river, its deck lit at dusk among the rocks. — Photo: Shinta Mani Wild

Days 9 to 12 · three nights

The Cardamom Mountains

A private transfer from the coast and, if you choose, the arrival by zip line over the river. Excursions with the guides and sunset drinks in the forest.

Where you stay

Shinta Mani Wild

Shinta Mani Wild occupies a private stretch of jungle in the Cardamom Mountains, on a wildlife corridor between Bokor and Kirirom national parks, with 15 tented suites on raised platforms by the river and in the forest.

Days 12 to 13 · one night

Phnom Penh

Back to the city for a last night before the flight home.

Where you stay

Rosewood Phnom Penh

Rosewood Phnom Penh occupies the top 14 floors of the Vattanac Capital Tower, 188 metres above the city, with 175 rooms looking over Phnom Penh and the Mekong, and dining up to the 38th floor.

Ways to make it yours

A shorter version, six nights: Shinta Mani Angkor and Shinta Mani Wild only.

This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.

Made around you

Most travel is bought. This is designed.

Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.

The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.