- Angkor Archaeological Park — home of the imposing ruins of ancient Khmer civilization
- Bokor National Park — ghostly former French hill resort
- Kampong Cham — nice countryside village on the Mekong river and good place to meet real Cambodia
- Kep — a seaside area which predates Sihanoukville as the main beach resort in Cambodia; slowly being re-discovered by travellers
- Krek — a small village on the backpacker trail between Kratie and Kampong Cham
- Koh Ker — more ancient ruins, north of Angkor
- Poipet — horrible border town, but you must get through it if you want to visit Angkor over land from Thailand
- Preah Vihear — cliff-top temple pre-dating Angkor
- Tonle Sap Lake — huge lake with floating villages and Southeast Asia's premier bird sanctuary