Cambodia Tours with YPT After years of strife and civil war, Cambodia is fast becoming one of the top destinations for backpackers and package tourists alike. At Young Pioneer Tours, we love Cambodia and have been arranging Cambodia Independent Tours, groups and weekend events here for many years. Cambodia of course can be traveled independently, […]

Travelling brings with it a rich tapestry of people many of whom ate wonderful. Many are friends that we make for a short time, others are ones that last for a lifetime. Some though are just plain assholes. This is a guest piece for YPT, that is supposed to be very tongue in cheek. In […]

If you’re planning a trip to Cambodia, or better still moving to the Kingdom then there are a lot of websites that will make your life a damned sight easier. Therefore we present the Best Cambodian Websites for 2024.  Making this least was no mean feat and there are obviously a few that nearly made […]

A travel corridor between Cambodia and Thailand will soon open after both countries agreed to mutually waive quarantine requirements.  To read our current international travel update, click here. What are the rules for entering Thailand Thailand initially announced a November 1st reopening to vaccinated tourists from ten countries, which has since expanded to forty-six, with […]

Introduction When it comes to travel in Cambodia YPT, tends to specialize in Dark Tourism, but having now been coronavirus refugees we have started to travel a bit out of our comfort zone. In this respect, out of our comfort zone has meant going to beach paradises like Koh Rong. Where is Koh Rong? Koh […]

Introduction How to say hello in Cambodian? For people who travel as much as our Pioneers, you will be unlikely to learn the language of every country you go to. Still, it is certainly possible to learn enough Cambodian phrases to at least appear polite and certainly get by in the country. So, how do […]

Understand Cambodia is one of the jewels of travel to South East Asia and definitely a firm favourite of YPT. Cambodia might be considered very much on the beaten track, after all Angkor Wat alone gets close to 3 million visitors per year. But Cambodia has much more to offer to the intrepid traveler, such […]

Cambodia to enforce strict travel restrictions from Tuesday, March 31, essentially making it the last country in the region to do so. Cambodia, which effectively was shut down to the outside world by the closure of the Vietnamese, Thai, and Laos borders, has now made things “official” by imposing stringent travel restrictions. The government of […]

Global tourism might be on a bit of a hiatus right now, but Jungle Glamping at Veun Sai Siem Pang National Park in Cambodia will soon be possible at a new sophisticated retreat launched to see rare the rare gibbons of the area. To read about which countries are open to tourism click here What […]

Introduction Where is Cambodia? That is an excellent question, and as part of our overall Cambodian travel guide we have decided to include a big map section to show not just where Cambodia is, but maps of the top places we visit during our trip. Where is Cambodia? Cambodia is based in Asia, specifically South-East […]