Siem Reap

[Bam]

Hi

Thanks advance for any advise or Recommendations

I am thinking of going to Siem Reap in July 2025 for 5 days or so (2 Adults + 15 yr old boy). It appears it will be quieter and cheaper, the only thing I am not sure about is the weather. I know it will rain but I am not sure how persistently it will. Is it a bad idea to go in July ?????
If it is not totally stupid, any hotel or trip recommendations will be very much appreciated. We are all a little bit overweight, so would rather die laughing than by trekking through a jungle 🙂

Thanks – Anthony

[AFKAE]

Not sure about July, but I went in August. It’s very hot and humid, but I don’t recall any problems with rain. I can’t remember the name of where I stayed, but it was a 2 minute tuk tuk ride from bar street. It was part of a 3 week trip visiting Vietnam,Cambodia and Laos. I used Galatourist ( who are
Vietnam based) and everything worked perfectly.

[strickers]

We stayed at Viroth’s which we really liked, it’s very central and gets good reviews, walking distance from Pub St. Regarding things to do, it will be hot so book a tour with a car. For our trip I was suffering with my knee, we had a guide and a driver and the car had AC. We were up early to watch sunrise over Angkor Wat, the hotel packed water and coffee for us to take. Our guide then took us round the temple complex, some parts we walked to and others we were driven to. The guide was incredibly knowledgeable with very good English skills; his name was Bunthin, WhatsApp +85512866914

[BBbetter]

https://www.selectiveasia.com/cambodia-holidays/weather/july

Rain can keep it a bit cool, but it’ll be very humid. You’ll start sweating within 5 mins unless there’s a breeze (which is more likely in December than July).

[tygerbright]

It’s a magical place … went with my two teen boys back in 2019.

Stayed at Sokkhak Boutique – halfway between Siem Reap town and the Angkor Way complex so ideal for those early morning temple runs. Well worth looking at.

[AndyGWP]

We stayed here – https://www.thegoldentemplevilla.com/

It worked out @ £50 per night – booked via. Amex Travel as we had Amex Travel Credit to use so actually worked out even cheaper for us.

Booking included the following (just dug out the email – the hotel confirmed this, it wasn’t obvious from the Amex booking which just mentioned airport pickup) – anyways, we got:
– Free daily buffet breakfast
– Round trip airport transfers (both pickup and drop off)
– Welcome drink and fruit Chips upon arrival
– 1 time Khmer Set Dinner each per stay at our restaurant
– 60-minute Khmer Body massage each per stay at our Kolab Spa
– Free Wi-Fi access in room and entire Hotel area
– Daily housekeeping and nightly turndown treats
– Free use of bicycle and mobile phone for local call

This was back in 2019, but might be worth a look still. They had a happy hour at the pool in the afternoon for $1 cocktails too (I think)

We were there in August and there was afternoon rain (which tended to make a mess of the clay(?) roads / sidestreets) but other than that it wasn’t that bad at all for us.

[strickers]

@AndyGWP Good reminder to look for hotels with free transfers, the new airport is quite a way away and transport options are limited.

[Michael C]

We stayed at the Heritage Suites hotel – gorgeous.
I’d recommend drinks at Raffles…and I see the Foreign Correspondents’ Club has
been renovated/rebranded, but I’m sure it’s still lovely.

[LD27]

+1 for Heritage Suites hotel. Stayed there last November. The staff went out of their way to please. Remembered our names from day 1. Excellent breakfast and small pool which was great after a long day of walking around the temples. We also went to Raffles for a drink.

We booked a tour of temples for first day. Spoke to driver who was free following day so booked him to take us back to Angkor for sunrise and to a couple of other temples. Angkor at sunrise was magical. Had booked a sunset tour, but in our 5 nights in Siem Reap, there was no sunset, just rain! High humidity when we were there, so umbrellas were very useful for sun and rain rather than wearing a hat or cap. We were backpacking with suitcase for a 3 month grand tour of SE Asia.

[ZoeB]

We used Selective Asia for our 2019 trip. Our Siem Reap guide was great and subsequently came to Bournmouth University to study for a year. He now has a decent social media presence laoclassics and can arrange great days at the temples for you.
We picked sunrise at a different temple where we were the only tourists, then a good breakfast before going to Ankor Wat a bit later.
His WhatsApp is 855 81 254 837 and he speaks very good English