A journey for food lovers and slow travellers. Walk the pepper farms and salt fields of Kampot, feast on fresh crab in Kep, explore the misty Bokor plateau, then unwind on Koh Rong.
Pepper Coast & Islands is a 7 day, 6 night private tour of Cambodia's southern coast from Phnom Penh. It covers an organic Kampot pepper farm with tasting, the salt fields, Secret Lake and Kampot's colonial old town, the old French hill station on Bokor Mountain, the Kep crab market, and two nights on Koh Rong. It suits food-focused travellers and anyone who prefers the coast to the temples.
A protected-origin crop grown on wooden poles a short drive from town. You see how it is grown and graded, and taste green, black, red and white side by side.
Kampot is the base for the pepper farms, the salt fields, Bokor and Kep, so you unpack once and let the days stay short.
The Kep crab market, with green Kampot pepper, is the single best meal on the Cambodian coast.
How protected-origin Kampot pepper is grown, picked and graded, with a tasting through green, black, red and white.
The old French hill station on the Bokor plateau, the Wat Sampov Pram viewpoint, then down to the Kep crab market for lunch.
Two nights of beaches, snorkelling and island-hopping at the end of the trip, reached by a 45-minute speedboat from Sihanoukville.
Every timing below is a starting point, not a rule. Tell us your flights and we rebuild the shape of the trip around them.
One night in the capital to start.
Met at Techo International Airport.
Along Sisowath Quay.
Three hours south, with a temple stop on the way.
A lakeside Angkorian temple, or the hilltop one - your choice.
Check in by the river.
The best hour of the day here.
A riverside lodge in Koh Kong province, if you would rather break the journey.
The reason food travellers come here.
How Kampot pepper is grown, with a tasting.
Worked by hand in the dry season.
Then Kampot's colonial streets at your own pace.
Up into the cloud, then down to the crab.
The old French hill station, often in mist.
Out over the coast and the sea.
Fresh crab cooked with green Kampot pepper.
Two hours west, then out to sea.
About two hours.
Around 45 minutes.
Nothing scheduled.
Arranged on the day.
Boat and road, four to five hours in total.
Then a private transfer to Phnom Penh.
At your hotel or Techo International Airport.
5 days / 4 nights
The full arc of Cambodia — the capital's difficult history, the countryside between, and sunrise over Angkor Wat.
3 days / 3 nights
Two golden hours a day, a long rest in between, and no 4am alarm. Angkor at a human pace.
2 days / 1 night
Travel that puts more into a place than it takes out — a day with the people, a day with the temples.
8 days / 7 nights
Khmer civilisation in the order it unfolded: the modern capital, the forest capital that came before Angkor, and Angkor itself.
7 days / 6 nights
Four days of temples, markets and lake life, then slow island days on Koh Rong.
7 days / 6 nights
Jungle-wrapped Beng Mealea, the remote pyramid of Koh Ker, and Cambodia's relaxed second city.
6 days / 5 nights
Rare river dolphins on the Mekong, then three nights on a working farm in the Bunong highlands.
5 days / 4 nights
The essential Cambodia in five days - the royal capital, Angkor at sunrise and life on the great lake.
12 days / 11 nights
The complete Cambodia in one journey - capital, homestay, Angkor, Koh Ker, Battambang and the islands.
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