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Getting to Siem Reap


The majority of visitors arrive by air from Phnom Penh and Bangkok, though there are also flights from several other major cities in Southeast Asia. See the following chart for all cities with direct transportation to Siem Reap. See the next page for airline contact details. Visas are available on arrival at the Siem Reap and Phnom Penh airports (pg 6) and all overland border crossings except Laos. From Phnom Penh, there are also daily river ferries, buses and vans (pg 57). Some visitors are make their way to Siem Reap overland from Thailand via the Aranyaprathet/Poipet border crossing (pg 58-59).

From

Trans

Carrier/

Freq.

Travel

Comments

 

 

Type of Vehicle

 

Time

 

Phnom Penh

Flight

Siem Reap Airways

2/day

45m

 

 

 

President Airlines

21day

45m

 

 

Boat

Bullet ferry

Daily

4-6h

 Large boats in wet season, small

 

 

 

 

 

boats in dry season. Travel time

 

 

 

 

 

may be longer in dry season.

 

 

Deluxe/luxury ferries

--

--

 Deluxe speed ferry, multi-day

 

 

 

 

 

 luxury excursions. Details of Compagnie

 

 

 

 

 

 Fluevial Du Mekong and Mekong

 

 

 

 

 

 Express Tour Boat on page 57.

 

Road

Bus

Daily

7-9h

 

 

 

Public taxi

Daily

7-9h

 

Bangkok

Flight

Bangkok Airways

5/day

1h

 

 

Road

Do-it-yourself bus or train

--

9-11h

 Bus or train, BKK to border. Bus or truck,

 

 

 

 

 

border to Siem Reap. Intermittent rough

 

 

 

 

 

road. See page 58-59 ..

 

 

Package bus trip

--

10-16h

Bus, BKK to border. Bus or truck, border

 

 

 

 

 

to Siem Reap. Intermittent rough road.

Singapore

Flight

Silk Air

4/wk

1h10m

 

HoChi Minh

Flight

Vietnam Airlines

5/day

1h15m

 

Hanoi

Flight

Vietnam Airlines

Daily

2h

 

Vientiane

Flight

Lao Airlines

21wk

2h35m

Via Pakse, Laos.

Kuala Lumpur

Flight

Malaysia Airlines

3/week

--

 

Battambang

Boat

Small ferry/motorboat

Daily

3+h

Travel time can be considerably

 

 

 

 

 

longer in the dry season. Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

conditions far below standard.

Ratanakiri

Flight

President Airlines

4/week

1h35m

Via Phnom Penh

 

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