Start the day with travelling by vehicle from Phnom Penh to Kratie. Enjoy sightseeing in Kratie. The provincial capital is a pleasant, small riverside town on the banks of the Mekong River. Visit the dolphin observation park located just north of town and enjoy an hour-long boat trip past peaceful rural scenery as you watch out for a rare sighting of one of the 50 endangered Irrawaddy freshwater dolphins that inhabit this stretch of the river. On the way back, stop at WAT PHNOM SAMBOK.

Overnight in Kratie

Travel by vehicle from Kratie to Banlung, the provincial capital of Rattanakiri. It is the home of many ethnic hill tribes. Visit YEAK LOUM LAKE

Overnight in Banlung

Start the day with an excursion by vehicle from Banlung to TA VEANG and visit many of the different minority villages in the area. Groups include the Jarai, Tumpoun, Krueng, Kra Chok and Kavet. After that continue by local ferry boat across the river.

Overnight in Banlung

Travel by vehicle to VEUN SAI, a Toumpoun village with a particularly impressive cemetery. After exploring the village, continue by local ferry boat across the river to a nearby Lao and Chinese village. Time permitting, visit a Kreung village before returning to Banlung.

Overnight in Banlung

Drive by vehicle from Banlung to the village of ANDOUNG MEAS and embark on a boat to PHOUM DAL or another Jarai village. The Jarai are an ethnic minority who dwell in traditional stilt houses. Their beliefs are polytheistic and they follow elaborate funerary customs, carving fascinating funerary totems out of wood. After exploring the village, enjoy a picnic lunch on the riverbanks and return to Banlung by boat and vehicle.

Overnight in Banlung

Start the tour by vehicle from Banlung to Kampong Cham. Travel southwards via Chhlong.

Overnight in Kampong Cham

Start the day with sightseeing in Kampong Cham, a lively port on the banks of the Mekong River with some good examples of colonial-era architecture. After visting the LOCAL MARKET and exploring the town, travel in to the countryside to PHNOM PROS and PHNOM SREI. According to local tradition, two teams of men and women competed to build a stupa on the summit of each hill before dawn. Continue further to WAT NOKOR BAYON, a thriving modern-day monastery. Travel by vehicle from Kampong Cham to Phnom Penh.