Travel to Angkor Wat from Korat

[SpokaneAl]

A family of six of us - me as the foreigner and the rest are Thai adults with passports, are looking to visit Angkor Wat in March 2018. We are looking at driving our private vehicle to Chong Chom. I understand that there are secure car parks, for a price that will store our car safely. We would then walk across the border, I would purchase the necessary visa, and we would use a Seim Reap hotel transportation to get us to our hotel, where, hopefully, we can arrange a tour driver and car to show us the sights. We are planning on four nights in Seim Reap, and returning to the border via the hotel transport.

 

When Googling the info, it looks like about three hours of driving to the border and another two hours from the border to a hotel.

 

Any insights, recommendations, or better ideas would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Thank you very much.

 

 

[Jip99]

Your research is about right.

 

Parking is easy (then 10 Baht motorcy taxi to the border or 300 m walk).

 

 

Are you sure a hotel will pick you up ?  Not come across that before.  A private minibus will be circa $85/90 each way.

 

A decent 3 star hotel with pool will be $40/50 per night.

 

I personally prefer visiting the temples by tuk-tuk rather than car or minibus.

 

Recommend The Haven Training restaurant for a meal one night.

 

Beers @ 50c a glass in Pub St are a must and perhaps a Tomb Raider cocktail at the Red Piano bar.

 

 

Oodles of things to do depending on your tastes and budget.

 

 

If late March it could be very hot and humid..

[Jip99]

Oh.... make sure everyone has 6 months validity on their passports.

 

 

Your visa fee should be $30, they may try for 1,500 Baht, perhaps be prepared to hand over $35...

 

 

Thais pay 100 'admin fee' but no visa required

[phuketrichard]

why not drive into Cambodia with your car?very easy.

also than u can visit Banteay Chhmer on ur way to Siem Rep

 

OR if ur dead set on using the hotel van ask them to add on a visit to BC,  well worth it to see the temples with ZERO other tourists. Only adds about 3 hours to the day traveling

Visa is ONLY $30 But make sure u have a photo and DONT let someone tell u that u need them to help you, The border is very low key

Thai's get 30 day visa exempt. no visa needed.

 

SR- Border 2 1/2 hours,  Surin to Border 1 hour

Edited January 7, 2018 by phuketrichard

[SpokaneAl]

Oh.... make sure everyone has 6 months validity on their passports.
 
 
Your visa fee should be $30, they may try for 1,500 Baht, perhaps be prepared to hand over $35...
 
 
Thais pay 100 'admin fee' but no visa required

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I assume that if we go for several days that it will cost me more than the $30 for the visa?


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[SpokaneAl]

why not drive into Cambodia with your car?very easy.
also than u can visit Banteay Chhmer on ur way to Siem Rep
 
OR if ur dead set on using the hotel van ask them to add on a visit to BC,  well worth it to see the temples with ZERO other tourists. Only adds about 3 hours to the day traveling
Visa is ONLY $30 But make sure u have a photo and DONT let someone tell u that u need them to help you, The border is very low key
Thai's get 30 day visa exempt. no visa needed.
 
SR- Border 2 1/2 hours,  Surin to Border 1 hour

Thank you. I had not considered driving in Cambodia but will think about it.


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[phuketrichard]

I have taken my thai car many times into Cambodia and its great having ur own transport, just do a search on thai visa for info

[Jip99]

2 hours ago, SpokaneAl said:

 

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I assume that if we go for several days that it will cost me more than the $30 for the visa?


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2 hours ago, SpokaneAl said:

 

Thank you. I had not considered driving in Cambodia but will think about it.


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It it is a great way of getting there...two things to bear in mind:-

 

1. You cannot get insurance for a Thai registered vehicle.

 

2. Your vehicle must be free of finance.

[my friend I]

3 hours ago, SpokaneAl said:

 

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I assume that if we go for several days that it will cost me more than the $30 for the visa?


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$30 gets you 30 days.

[SpokaneAl]

$30 gets you 30 days.

Thank you.


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[phuketrichard]

3 things, 

book must be in ur name or at least in someones name that is with you and u NEED take the book to obtain temp export doc

[SpokaneAl]

On 1/6/2018 at 7:32 PM, Jip99 said:

Your research is about right.

 

Parking is easy (then 10 Baht motorcy taxi to the border or 300 m walk).

 

 

Are you sure a hotel will pick you up ?  Not come across that before.  A private minibus will be circa $85/90 each way.

 

A decent 3 star hotel with pool will be $40/50 per night.

 

I personally prefer visiting the temples by tuk-tuk rather than car or minibus.

 

Recommend The Haven Training restaurant for a meal one night.

 

Beers @ 50c a glass in Pub St are a must and perhaps a Tomb Raider cocktail at the Red Piano bar.

 

 

Oodles of things to do depending on your tastes and budget.

 

 

If late March it could be very hot and humid..

Do we need to arrange for a private mini bus before arriving at the immigration point? 

[Jip99]

3 hours ago, SpokaneAl said:

Do we need to arrange for a private mini bus before arriving at the immigration point? 

 

 

I would say yes....

 

There are transport options as you cross into Cambodia (invariably, touts with mates who have a car etc).

 

How many of you are traveling?

 

I can put you in touch with someone with a Lexus (max 4 people) or minibus (max8/9)

[SpokaneAl]

 
 
I would say yes....
 
There are transport options as you cross into Cambodia (invariably, touts with mates who have a car etc).
 
How many of you are traveling?
 
I can put you in touch with someone with a Lexus (max 4 people) or minibus (max8/9)

There are six of us traveling together.


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