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Getting to Siem
Reap
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Most visitors arrive by air from Phnom Penh
(domestic flight)
Bangkok (Thailand), Hanoi (North Vietnam), Ho Chi Minh. Though there are also flights from several other major cities in
Southeast Asia. For international overland travel from surrounding countries
(Thailand, Vietnam, Laos).
Cambodian visas are available on arrival at both airports and most
international border check-points. The crossing at Aranyaprathet-Poipet is
closest and most convenient to Siem Reap (the road is very good condition). The
road from Phnom Penh is very good condition and there are regular buses, taxis
and vans
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running between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap as well as a daily river ferry
service.
PHNOM PENH TO/FROM SIEM REAP
By Air
Siem Reap Airways offer several daily flights to/from Phnom Penh.
By Buses
Bus travel is now the most popular ways of overland transport between Phnom
Penh and Siem Reap. The road (National Route #6) is paved and smooth and there
are several regularly scheduled daily buses in both directions, taking only 5 or
6 hours to make the trip.
By Boat (River Ferry)
Daily ferries ply the Tonle Sap river and lake between Phnom Penh and Siem
Reap. The end of the trip is marked by a hill, Phnom Krom, near the ferry dock
at Chong Khneas 12 km south of Siem Reap. During the dry season when the water
is low, the ferry stops short of the dock and passengers transfer to smaller
boats to traverse the final few hundred meters.
International Overland Border
Crossings
With Vietnam:
Phnom Den - Tinh Bien (Chau Doc) (road)
Bavet - Moc Bai (road)
Kaam Samnor - Vinh Xuong (Chau Doc) (river)
Prek Chak - Xa Xia (Ha Tien crossing) (road)
Trapeang Phlong (Kompong Cham) - Xa Mat (road)
With Laos:
Dom Kralor - Veunkham (road or river)
With Thailand:
Poipet - Aranyaprathet (road)
O'Smach - Chong Jom (road)
Anlong Veng - Chong Sa Ngam (road)
Phsar Prum Pailin - Pong Nam Ron, Chantaburi (road)
Daun Lem, Battambang - Ban Laem, Chantaburi (road)
Koh Kong - Hat Lek (Cham Yeam checkpoint) (boat)
Please remember that border crossing
formalities are subject to changes. For the latest update please check
with the embassy or consulate of Cambodia in your country.
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