🇰🇭 Cambodia or 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Which one, honestly
Cambodia leads on cities. Sri Lanka leads on the sea, food and nature.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $70.
Side by side
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Jan, Feb, Nov, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Dec
- $70A normal day$70
- 2h 35m to Siem ReapNonstop from Singapore3h 40m to Colombo
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- GoodCities and cultureNot the draw
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- Tuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between citiesGetting aroundA car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow day
- March to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morningWhen to avoidThe southwest in May and June, and the east from October to December
Pick by what you want
🇰🇭 Choose Cambodia if
you want the most impressive ruin in Asia, and a country that is still cheap and still quiet once you leave it.
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
Full Cambodia guide →Full Sri Lanka guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.