Temple stonework in Cambodia
Practical Cambodia

Travel essentials for Cambodia

The practical answers we give our own guests before they fly - written by people who live here, and kept current.

Staying connected

Cambodia SIM cards and mobile data

Which network to choose, what a tourist SIM actually gets you, and how to be online before you have left the airport.

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Before you fly

Travel insurance for Cambodia

What actually matters in a policy here - and the two exclusions that catch travellers out.

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Why we write these

The questions we answer every week

Every guest who books a Cambodia trip with us asks the same practical questions in the fortnight before they fly. Which SIM card works outside the cities. What the visa actually requires. Whether to bring dollars or riel. We answer them by email one at a time, so we may as well write them down properly.

These pages are written in Phnom Penh by people who use these networks, queue at these counters and pay in these currencies. Where something changes - and in Cambodia it changes often - we date the page so you know how fresh the answer is.