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Apr 8 Fly to Phnom Penh

Touch down in Phnom Penh. Get the lowdown fromyour ground team and then it’s time to explore this city.Full of Buddhist wats, French colonial architecture andleafy riverside charm, wander down to the pretty TonleSap River park on a walking tour to see the watervillages before your welcome dinner.

Explore Phnom Penh: The team will be taking part in aninteractive critical thinking workshop with AyanaJourneys. It will enable them to begin evaluating howyou can be a responsible traveller and volunteer bothduring the community engagement part of yourexpedition and throughout your travels! The workshopwill offer an insight as to how your team can undertakecommunity interactions that are both ethical andeffective, and will draw attention to importantconsiderations such as orphanage tourism.

The team will have a guided tour of the historic wartimesites of the S21 Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields.Your guide will be able to explain the significance of thesites within a regime that took the lives of an estimated2 million people in only 3 years from 1975 to 1979.

Make sure you bring your appetite along for yourFoodie Tour of the city. This is a great way to taste somelocal flavours. where they can try food, watchit being made, and gain knowledge as to the meaningsbehind why we eat certain foods. You will get a chanceto see the cultural differences between Cambodian andWestern foods, can try eating insects, see differenttypes of deserts, experience old Cambodiantraditional foods.

Travel Day: It’s time to head to the more rural part ofthe country traveling to Banlung province to experiencelife in the jungle.

Embark on a 3 day jungle trek in Ratanakiri province.Diverse terrain, including rolling hills, mountains,plateaus, lowland watersheds and crater lakes, as wellas two beautiful rivers makes this one of the mostenjoyable and varied places on earth to trek.There are over a dozen indigenous ethnic groups livingin the highlands of Cambodia. The region was heavilydamaged by bombing during the Vietnam War but isstill renowned for its staggering diversity of flora andfauna.

Explore the primary, secondary and bamboo forests;learn hunting and fishing techniques from theindigenous people as well as what you can eat from theforest; and enjoy food prepared on a campfire.Monkeys, wild jungle cats, wild deer, and gaur can beseen... if you're lucky!

Apr 9-10Responsible Travel

workshop & visit The Killing Fields &

enjoy a Foodie Tour

Apr 11

Apr 12-14Adventurous Journey:

Practice

Apr 24-25Travel home

As the final day of your Adventurous journey, youwill explore these incredible ruins of Angkor Watwith your guide and take part in a fun scavengerhunt too

As a UNESCO World Heritage site, Angkor isconsidered to be one of the most significantarchaeological sites in South-East Asia extendingover approximately 400 square kilometres.The Angkor Archaeological Park contains themagnificent remains of the different capitals of theKhmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15thcentury. The main temple of Angkor Wat is thelargest single religious building in the world, and iscertainly the most breathtaking and resplendent ofthe Angkor sites. It was built in the 12th century byKing Suryavarman II to honor the Hindu god Vishnuand it exhibits the very pinnacle of Khmerarchitecture. Visitors can also explore Angkor Thom,which means "the great city" in Khmer and see theBayon - a multi-storey temple, famous for itscarvings depicting scenes from daily life and ofimportant battles.

Community Engagement: Head out on your privateminibus to meet your host community. Committedto providing a good employment prospects for theiryoung people, this community recognizes the valueof a quality education. Your team will collaboratewith the local community to improve their educationinfrastructure.

Through interactions with your community hostsyou will grow to understand some of the challengesfaced by the local people, and will work alongsidethem to contribute solutions to local developmentaland environmental priorities.

In the mornings you will assist skilled local labourerswho are working on projects including expandingclassrooms, building adequate housing for teachersand constructing libraries. Learn from the locals howto dig foundations, build walls and make benches.

Embracing everything local , in the afternoons it’stime to get involved! Try your hand at some funcultural activities

For your last night you'll head back into Siem Reapcity centre and grab a seat under Cambodia’s big topas you see the Phare Circus performers in action –having been there and tried it you’re sure to have agreater appreciation of their skill!

There's just enough time to pack in your lastadventure, hunt down some presents and enjoyyour final team meal. It doesn’t have to stop here,share your story with challengers from around theglobe. Find us @weworldchallenge and continue thestory.

Travel to Kulen Moutain just outside Siem Reap andembark on a 3 day trek

Over the next 2 and a half days the team will hike intothe famous Kulen Mountain area. Phnom Kulen is amountainous plateau of hermits and herbs, and secretplaces lost in deep jungle, that lies 25 miles north-eastof Angkor Wat. The hike takes the team into themountains with waterfalls and a monastery dotted onthe jungle paths.

A former stronghold of the Khmer Rouge, it is about15 miles long by six wide, and nine villages nestle inthe tropical forest that still covers much of it. KulenMountain is home to a large reclining Buddha whichyou will get to visit alongside the chance to explorebat caves and jungle shrine and visit the Angkorianelephant statue (Sras Damrei).

Apr 19-23Residential project

Apr 15-17Adventurous Journey:

Qualifying

Apr 18Explore the Temples

of Angkor