The Real Cambodia Tours team

About usThe people behind the tours

Licensed local guides, fair pay, and a company small enough that you will know everyone’s name by the end.

The Real Cambodia Tours team together outdoors
The team, Siem Reap

What we do best

Cambodia is called the Kingdom of Wonder for good reason

We are a customer-focused tour company that exists to give people unique, memorable and meaningful experiences of Cambodia.

Our guides are knowledgeable and our itineraries are built around you, so that you leave with a real appreciation of Cambodia’s culture and history rather than a set of photographs.

We are committed to sustainable tourism and work closely with local communities, which is what makes the experience authentic and responsible. Our tours are reasonably priced and offer genuine value.

Whether you want the ancient temples of Angkor Wat or the hidden corners of the Cambodian countryside, our team is here to make the trip worth the journey.

Guides and travellers on a Real Cambodia Tours trip
On the road, Siem Reap province

Core values

Sustainable is not a word we use lightly

We are a boutique travel company dedicated to sustainable tourism that promotes economic and social development in Cambodia. That means responsible management of natural resources, cultural heritage and local communities.

We pay fair living wages and benefits to our employees, and we support local businesses and artisans. We reduce our environmental impact through waste reduction, recycling and responsible energy use.

Every traveller is different, so our tours are flexible and customisable. And above all we prioritise your safety and security: every tour is run with professionalism and attention to detail.

The people you will actually travel with

Our professional team

Our guides are knowledgeable, friendly and dedicated to giving you an authentic and enriching experience. Every one of them is from here.

Silong Dork

Silong Dork

Founder & Manager

Silong has guided professionally since 2018 and has worked as an administrator, tour supervisor, co-leader of educational adventures for students, and manager of a war museum in Siem Reap. He has spent time as a researcher and evaluator for a range of organisations, lectured at Angkor University, and volunteers as a mentor on local social-impact projects. He lives in Siem Reap and likes good coffee, conversation, and riding his bike through rural Cambodia.

Mony Pich

Mony Pich

Team Leader & Tour Leader

Mony is from Battambang province, near the Thai border. He guided cycling tours there for eight years and founded Soksabike Tour. He has worked on sustainable development projects from community to national level, and recently earned his government temple-guide licence. He also co-leads educational adventures for students with Ayana Journeys and The Jump Foundation, and loves talking about local culture and religious philosophy.

Chann Thoeun

Chann Thoeun

Tour & Project Leader

Chann spent more than ten years in hotel management before becoming a licensed temple guide in Siem Reap. He has led all kinds of groups around the temples, local sites and the rest of Cambodia. He is passionate about the origins of the land, its culture, daily life and nature — and about mentoring young tourism graduates into long-term sustainable work.

Soun Rattana

Soun Rattana

Killing Fields Historical Guide

Soun is a former teenage Khmer Rouge rebel, a soldier with the Cambodian army, a prisoner of war and a landmine amputee. As a soldier and survivor he came to understand why reconciliation and peace matter more than we know. He has guided at memorial war museums outside Angkor for over ten years and is open and glad to share his own story alongside the history of the Pol Pot regime.

Thom

Thom

Killing Fields Historical Guide

Thom is a landmine amputee. He was not a soldier, but he witnessed the war and suffered both the landmine and the starvation of the civil war. He met Soun as a teenager, and Soun taught him English and the history of the conflict. From a disabled boy facing discrimination he became an English teacher and a killing fields historical guide. Before COVID-19 he was a camp manager in Kompong Thom and Preah Vihear for Camp International.

Horn Rein

Horn Rein

Temple Guide

Horn is from Siem Reap and has guided professionally since 2018, after working his way from receptionist to supervisor in hotels. He also taught high-school maths at a private school. He co-leads educational adventures for students and guides at the temples. He loves talking about Cambodian culture, local life and education, and photographs the temples and landscape in his free time.

Lee

Lee

Temple Guide

Lee is an established English-speaking guide, licensed in the 24th generation since 2017, with a bachelor's degree in tourism management. He worked at a five-star hotel before graduating. A true local, he is passionate about his culture and the history of his communities, and works as a facilitator on educational school trips as well as a guide. His aim is to move his communities towards sustainable tourism.

Sann Khlem

Sann Khlem

Temple Guide

Sann is from Siem Reap and brings management-level experience in tourism. He was operations manager at Trunk Travel and The Bamboo Project, designing products and leading groups of holidaymakers and school programmes around Cambodia. He has guided professionally since 2018 and is passionate about social and sustainable development, and about volunteering. In his free time he rides his motorbike into the jungle.

Travel with us

Ask us anything — about the tours, the guides, or what is worth your time while you are in Cambodia.