Luxury Travel to Cambodia
| Cambodia Luxury Travel
and Tours
"Urbane
Nomads offer earthy experiences such as
cutting through lush countryside in an ox
cart to hunt for hidden temples or taking a
helicopter to secret spots. Approaching the
jungle from the air is unforgettable. After
you arrive deep within the folds of
greenery, your guide will set up a luxury
tent while a private chef cooks local
delicacies."~
Poorna Shetty, Sphere, Orient-Express
Magazine.
Whilst the glorious Angkor Wat
is the main attraction for travelers to Cambodia, Urbane Nomads
is also offering trips to less-gloriously restored(and thus, less tourist-laden) spots within
Siem Reap. Luxury travelers to Cambodia might have
been promised a way to see the Angkor Wat in
relative privacy- by being there early morning
perhaps, or accompanied by guides who know the
trends of tourist movement within the complex. This
could be arranged by Urbane Nomads but we're
similarly interested in showcasing the lesser-known
temples around Cambodia.
Explore the
lesser known spots of Beng Melea- a temple in the
jungle requiring some physical dexterity to
navigate, or ride an ox cart operated by the local communities
around the 'hidden temples' of Cambodia- Koh Ker, Preah Vihear
and Preah Kahn.
Luxury travel to Cambodia with Urbane Nomads might
include a private dinner by the Angkor Wat or a spa treatment by the royal bathing
pool of Sras Srang, but true to the adventurous
streak of our trips, we'd also take you on trips
(with more adventure and as much luxury as possible)
to the lesser known temples, either as a day trip by
helicopter, but more memorably where you'd camp
overnight, accompanied by your own private guide and
chef- to wake up at sunset surrounded by the
spectacular ruins- a setting that makes for a truly
unforgettable moment during your trip to Cambodia.
Creative, original routes are also a trademark of a
journey with Urbane Nomads- something we offer in
our itinerary selection to Cambodia. You could end your
temple-hunting in the lapse of luxury in an idyllic
luxury safari-style camp, crossing the border of
Thailand. Set amongst the dramatic hues of paddy
fields in a quiet setting punctuated only by the
sounds of nature, the sleek colonial aesthetic of
the tent underlines a luxury that includes your own
private jacuzzi pool inside the tent- surely a great
ending perhaps to a more adventurous strain of a
honeymoon?
Or trace the trajectory of Khmer influence by
travelling to Java in Indonesia, definitely an
unusual trip combination but which brilliantly
illustrates the reaches (and trajectory) of Khmer
influence. Explore too, the 'lost arts' of the Khmer
kingdom, from attempts at reconstructing Khmer
cuisine to the 'lost' martial art of bokator to the
fascinating brand of Khmer jazz. Urbane Nomads
combines luxury tours to Cambodia with a healthy
dose of curiosity and inquisitiveness of its
particular destination, seeking to create
itineraries that highlight not only, the luxury
hotels and accommodation (which we see as being the
basic requisite to every trip but only as the
staging grounds for a much bigger adventure) but
also by taking risks in offering less common (or
never-been-done as we know it) itinerary
combinations that are seamless in the particular
aspect of the destinations it seeks to highlight.
As with most of our other destinations, luxury
hotels are a feature of your trip to Cambodia, at
least whilst based in the main towns of Siem Reap
and Phnom Penh. Siem Reap , inundated though it
might be, by run-of-the-mill, anonymous hotels is
increasingly seeing a range of deluxe, boutique
hotels. The Amansara in Siem Reap, for example- the
headliner entry on the luxury hotel scene in
Cambodia, was the holiday home for Prince Norodom
Sihanouk and has today been renovated by Kerry Hill
to showcase the streamline mid-century modern
aesthetics of the villa. Guests are whisked from
their entry point in Cambodia in Prince Sihanouk's
own vintage black Mercedes.
An elegant library and a dining room that was once
the Prince's private theatre as well as an uber-luxe
spa set around an ancient tree are hallmarks of the
Aman group's superlative touches.
Cambodia, of course, has much to offer in terms of
quaint boutique hotels- from one-room-only hotels to
private suites overlooking beautiful gardens.
New entries to the luxury hotel scene in Cambodia
are constantly being made- from a design-centric
hotel in Phnom Penh to a mid-century villa
channeling Van Molyvann, Cambodia's premier name in
architecture and pupil of Mies van der Rohe on the
coast of Cambodia.
Urbane Nomads offers private
tours of Cambodia, with luxury tours focused
on the Angkor Wat as well as part of a
larger Indochina itinerary.
Camping in the remote
temples of Cambodia-
waking up to virtually
find the whole temple
grounds to yourself.
Ending in ultra-luxury
tents across the Thai
border, this trip is
subject to favourable
political conditions and
can be substituted with
camping on other treks.
