Angkor Wat Without the Crowds – Insider Guide to a Quieter Side of Angkor

Angkor Wat Without the Crowds – Insiders Guide to Avoiding the Crowds at Angkor. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Angkor Wat without the crowds is not the challenge that some travel writers, bloggers and travellers would have you believe. Follow our insider guide to experience a quieter side of Angkor. Visit in low season, avoid weekends, national holidays and equinoxes, after sunrise make a beeline for the ‘back door’ or East Gate entrance, and … Read more

Siem Reap Water Festival – A Celebration to Mark the End of Monsoon

Siem Reap Water Festival – A Celebration to Mark the End of Monsoon. Siem Reap Water Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Siem Reap Water Festival or Bon Om Tuk, the Cambodia Water Festival, traditionally marks the end of the monsoon period and rice season, the reversal of the flow of the Tonle Sap (Great Lake), and the start of the fishing season, with boat races, water rituals and traditional ceremonies, such as the moon worship and … Read more

An Archaeologist’s Guide to Angkor Archaeological Park with Dr Damian Evans

An Archaeologist's Guide to Angkor Archaeological Park and What Makes It Special. Siem Reap, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Our archaeologist’s guide to Angkor Archaeological Park and what makes it special comes courtesy of Dr Damian Evans, a Cambodia based archaeologist behind some of the most groundbreaking research of the last decade. Home to Angkor Wat, Cambodia’s collection of archaeological sites is one of the richest on earth. But what makes the Angkor sites … Read more