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Fly to Krong Ta Khmau
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1. Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Krong Ta Khmau (KTI)CMB - KTI
8h 14m
$215–352
Fly to Sihanoukville, Van
1. Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Sihanoukville (KOS)CMB - KOS
2. Take the bus from Sihanoukville Virak Buntham Express to Phnom Penh Virak Buntham Express
12h 16m
$340–430

Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Krong Ta Khmau (KTI) flights

44Weekly Planes

9hAverage Duration

$157Cheapest Price

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Distance: 2,848.5 km
Duration: 8h 14m

What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Phnom Penh, Cambodia?

Thai Airways International, Malaysia Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Krong Ta Khmau (KTI) every 4 hours.

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Phnom Penh(opens in a new window), Cambodia(opens in a new window)

Phnom Penh is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, industrial, and cultural centre. Before Phnom Penh became capital city, Oudong was the capital of the country. - Wikipedia (opens in a new window)

Things to do in Phnom Penh

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum(Opens in a new window)

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (Central Khmer: សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង) is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. Tuol Sleng means "Hill of the Poisonous Trees" or "Strychnine Hill". Tuol Sleng was just one of at least 150 execution centers established by the Khmer Rouge. On the 26 July 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia convicted the chief of Tuol Sleng Prison, Kaing kek Iew, (alias Duch) for crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. He was eventually served a life sentence.

Royal Palace(Opens in a new window)

The Royal Palace (Central Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Preah Barum Reachea Veang Nei Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol (Central Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងចតុមុខសិរីមង្គល). The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

Silver Pagoda(Opens in a new window)

The Silver Pagoda is located on the south side of the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh. The official name is Wat Ubosoth Ratanaram (Khmer: វត្តឧបោសថរតនារាម) as known as Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot (Central Khmer: ព្រះវិហារព្រះកែវមក៌ត, "Temple of the Emerald-Crystal Buddha") which is commonly shortened to Wat Preah Keo (Central Khmer: វត្តព្រះកែវ) in Khmer.

National Museum of Cambodia(Opens in a new window)

The National Museum of Cambodia (Central Khmer: សារមន្ទីរជាតិ) in Phnom Penh is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.

Places to stay in Phnom Penh

One Park Hotel & Residence(Opens in a new window)

8.9Fabulous

Baitong Hotel & Resort Phnom Penh(Opens in a new window)

9.1Superb

Penh House Hotel(Opens in a new window)

9.3Superb

Harmony Phnom Penh Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.8Fabulous

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