Follow the Mekong to see rare river dolphins, then climb into the green hills of Mondulkiri to stay on a working farm. Learn coffee, pepper and cashew growing directly from Bunong farmers, whose traditions have shaped this land for centuries.
Mondulkiri Farm Immersion & the Mekong is a 6 day, 5 night private tour from Phnom Penh. It runs north along the Mekong to Kratie for the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins at Kampi, then east into the highlands for three nights on a traditional farm near Sen Monorom, with hands-on days among coffee, pepper and cashew and a visit to Bou Sra waterfall. It suits travellers interested in agriculture, indigenous culture and slow travel.
Three nights in a traditional farmhouse on a working farm near Sen Monorom, which is long enough to be part of the day rather than a visitor to it.
Coffee, pepper, cashew and rice, explained by Bunong growers in their own fields, including the seasonal work you can join if you are there at the right time.
The Kampi pool near Kratie holds one of the last groups of Irrawaddy dolphins in the Mekong, and the afternoon boat trip fits naturally into the drive north.
An afternoon boat trip on the Mekong above Kratie to the deep pool where the dolphins gather, then sunset over the river.
Coffee plantations, pepper vines, cashew orchards and rice fields; sustainable methods taught by Bunong farmers; farm lunch; and seasonal planting or harvesting if the calendar allows.
Cambodia's best-known waterfall, hilltop viewpoints over the rolling grasslands, and the option of an ethical elephant sanctuary or a gentle jungle trek.
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 before heading north.
Transfer to your hotel.
Enough of the city to get your bearings.
Along the confluence at Sisowath Quay.
Five hours north with the Mekong beside you.
Scenic, flat and green, along the river.
To see the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins.
From the riverside guesthouse.
Four hours east, and about 800 metres up.
The landscape changes from rice to red earth and pine.
A traditional farmhouse on a working farm near Sen Monorom.
The heart of the trip.
Walking the plantations with the growers.
Cooked on the farm, from the farm.
Techniques and traditions passed down through generations, and seasonal planting or harvesting if the timing is right.
Waterfalls, grassland and a last night on the farm.
The province's best-known falls.
Over the rolling grasslands.
Projects where the elephants are not ridden.
Six to seven hours back, with a lunch stop.
Breaking for lunch on the way.
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.
5 days / 4 nights
The essential Cambodia in five days - the royal capital, Angkor at sunrise and life on the great lake.
7 days / 6 nights
Pepper farms, salt fields, Kep crab and the misty Bokor plateau, ending on Koh Rong.
12 days / 11 nights
The complete Cambodia in one journey - capital, homestay, Angkor, Koh Ker, Battambang and the islands.
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Plan Mondulkiri & the Mekong
