🇱🇰 Sri Lanka or 🇰🇭 Cambodia
Which one, honestly
Sri Lanka leads on the sea, food and nature. Cambodia leads on cities.
A normal day costs about the same in both, around $70.
Side by side
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Jan, Feb, Mar, DecBest monthsJan, Feb, Nov, Dec
- $70A normal day$70
- 3h 40m to ColomboNonstop from Singapore2h 35m to Siem Reap
- ExceptionalBeaches and seaGood
- Not the drawCities and cultureGood
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundGood
- A car with driver is the norm, and the hill country train is worth a slow dayGetting aroundTuk tuks in town, buses and cheap flights between cities
- The southwest in May and June, and the east from October to DecemberWhen to avoidMarch to May, when Angkor is punishing by nine in the morning
Pick by what you want
🇱🇰 Choose Sri Lanka if
you want beaches, tea mountains, safari and ruins inside one small island, on a very small budget.
🇰🇭 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.
Full Sri Lanka guide →Full Cambodia 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.