Angkor Wat with Sophoan Rath

Sophoan is a gem. If you, like me were nervous about arranging a trip half way around the world with someone you never met, no need to worry here. Mr Rath planned the trip thoroughly, provided an excellent hotel, was timely, informative and flexible. We were honored to have Sophoan and his lovely wife join us for a dinner and a show on our last night in Siem Reap. More than a guide, Mr Rath is a thoughful and enjoyable person. Jim and Joan.

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Sophoan Rath is great!

We had an absolutely amazing honeymoon visiting Angkor Wat and our time in Siem Reap thanks to our amazing tour guide Sophoan Rath. He is an absolute must and the site would not have been as interesting without him! He made our experience truly special and incredible. I hope that we can make it back to Cambodia soon as it has truly stolen my heart!

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Unforgettable Time !

We had four amazing days and the best guide ever. Cambodia is really a MUST SEE and for us it was very important to be guided around because it's to hard to select by your own were to go.Thank you for these days !!

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Poan is the perfect guide.

My first trip to Cambodia was a few years ago and toured around the Siem Reap area and Poan was an amazing guide, the best I've ever had. He is genuinely friendly and is very professional. I've toured other areas of Cambodia on subsequent trips and again Poan made all the arrangements and we had a great time. He knowledge is so complete and adds many insights to the trip by explaining about Khmer history and culture.

I've had the opportunity to travel to many countries and had many guides throughout my years of traveling. Poan is the best there is! Richard C.

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Mr Sophoan Rath - Excellent tour guide - Angkor Wat

Hi all! I visited Siem Reap with my family over Christmas and stayed there 3 nights. We were truly blessed to have this amazing, knowledgeable, friendly and patient person around us. There was one simple difference between him and all other guides I had around the world...He was honest. No story or BS teller.

If you want a genuine tour, then call him up. Ask for the less crowded temple tour, 100km from the city.

All the best, Ingo

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Excellent tour guide - outdid all expectations

Visited Siem Reap to cover the area over three days. Everything was organized online, and I went into not knowing whether it was going to be anything like the it seemed on paper. I must say that the entire experience was even better than expected. Sophoan had organized everything to perfection. The vehicles were always on time, Sophoan, the other guides, and the drivers were very knowledgable and polite. We had a very pleasant and memorable stay. If anyone is travelling to see the wonderful Angkor ruins and Siem Reap, I strongly recommend that you contact Sophoan as you will not be disappointed. Shiv.

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Touring Siem Reap with Sophoan - Wonderful!

I am not even sure where to begin with this long overdue review... My husband and I traveled to Siem Reap for two short days of sightseeing in December 2012. We could not have asked for a better tour guide than Sophoan. From our arrival at Siem Reap airport late in the evening, to our very early departure on Jan.1st (what a way to welcome in the new year, huh?), Sophoan made everything flow smoothly and stress-free for us. His knowledge of the area and his country's history is impressive. My husband likes to ask a lot of questions...mostly about how old things are and when certain events took place, and Sophoan knew it all! As someone else mention, he is a special person. I did not feel like he was just my guide, taking me to places because he had to; I felt like he was an old friend sharing his city with me. Not everyone has the ability to make you feel that way. After our time in Siem Reap we traveled to Vietnam, and while we encounter some great guides there, none of them were quite like Sophoan. I have already recommend him to one friend planning to travel to Cambodia, and I will recommend him to anyone else I know of who plans to travel there. Thank you for sharing Siem Reap with us, Sophoan!

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Perfect holiday for my family

We had an enjoyable time during Siem Reap temple complex tour with Mr. Sophoan Rath on day 1 and part of day 2 and his teammate for part of day 2. Mr. Sophoan was very kind and patient, in addition to being knowledgeable about the Angkor complex. He had paid attention to detail on every aspect of our entire trip from Bangkok to Siem Reap and back to Bangkok the next day. It was the best 24 hours spent during our vacation. We got to see the sunset and sunrise. My kids(8 and 5) enjoyed climbing steep steps at Angkor Wat, Bayon temple and other libraries and the overgrown trees at Ta Phrom.

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Highly Recommended

If you are looking for a great official tour guide that will help you organise your entire trip to Cambodia, or simply require an honest, friendly and knowledgeable guide who will tell you everything you want to know about Angkor Wat and will look after you like royalty - I would have no hesitation in recommending Sophoan as he made Cambodia the highlight of our SE Asia holiday.

After sending emails to many of the companies on Trip Advisor that offered tours and transfer services to Siem Reap from Bangkok; Cambodia Travel Trails/Angkor Wat Services was the only company that always responded to my many questions promptly. Their swift response and flexibility of travel arrangements gave me great confidence to commit to booking our tour of Angkor Wat together with transfer services from Bangkok to Siem Reap and then from Siem Reap to Koh Chang.

As planned, we were picked up from our Bangkok hotel at 5.00am and driven to the border where we were escorted across by members of their team. We experienced no delays, scams or having to pay any ‘extra’ fees as we had read so much about at this land border. By 11.30am we were at our hotel in Siem Reap. The following morning we were met a 5.00am by our tour guide Sophoan Rath.

Sophoan Rath runs both Cambodia Travel Trails and Angkor Wat Services and was the perfect guide. He was polite, honest, friendly and had in-depth knowledge of the Angkor Wat complex and always making sure that we were comfortable (he kept a boot full of chilled drinking water). We had a full day tour planned from sunrise to sunset and by the end of it felt as though we had seen more amazing sights in that day than in our entire holiday.

Our transfer from Siem Reap to Koh Chang was equally as smooth as the Bangkok transfer, sailing through the border with no hold ups.

If you want to experience Angkor Wat but are somewhat daunted by the dubious border crossing, I would highly recommend the services of Sophoan via either of his companies. Again, if you are just looking for a great official tour guide that will tell you everything you need to know about Angkor Wat or the recent history of I would have no hesitation in recommending Sophoan.

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Amazing

I loved the temples they were amazing, I loved the elephant ride and the air ballon ride to take pictures of Ankor and the view of all the area

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Angkor Wat alias Sophoan (Poan) Rath

In November 2012 I visited Cambodia for the first time. And ofcourse Siem Reap. There I met Poan showing my girlfriend, her mother and me the surroundings of Siem Reap, especially Angkor Wat and a tour on the river with a small boat. Never in my travelling life have I met such a competent, sentient and intelligent tour guide. And furthermore, he understood the Danish harsh humor. He is wonderful man whom I can fully recommend when visiting Cambodia. Mette, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Awesome trip

Me and my 3 friends visited Cambodia for a 2 day trip. Sophan Rath and his guide made our trip very easy. He is very kind and informative. I can recommend him to anyone who visit Siem reap/ Ankor wat. His Schedule was perfect for a 2 day trip.

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