Indochina Expedition trip note:
Safeguard before departure
Obligatory – Document
*Travel Insurance is essential. You should be covered in minimum, for medical expenses including emergency repatriation. Please bring a copy of your travel insurance policy as well as the insurance company’s 24 hour emergency contact number to give to your tour guide or leader in case of serious problem. If you join the holiday without insurance paper, you may not be allowed to travel with us, with no right of refund. Please make sure you are able to present the appropriate documents during the group meeting of the first day of your tours. Note that Indochina expedition is unallowable to accept insurance provided by a credit card issuer.
* You are also strongly advised to be covered for personal liability, cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects. Indochina Expedition will not be liable for all those kinds of occurrence.
* For Cambodia, a visa is required for all nationalities except Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. It is your responsibility to obtain this visa. Usually you can obtain it very easily when arriving in Cambodia by plane. Or    E visa .Tourist visas (30 days, single entry) are issued on arrival at Phnom Penh or Siem Reap for US$20 and a passport Photo. If you do not have a passport photo with you, you will have to pay a supplement. At land border, the tourist visa costs between US$20 and US$30. If you need a contact address in the destination for the visa application form, please give either the name and address of your meeting point hotel or the address of our company in Siem Reap. As regulations change frequently you are advised to obtain your visa in advance, or at least to contact your Cambodian Embassy or Consulate for up to date information shortly before you travel. Indochina expedition: cannot accept responsibility for anyone who is refused entry to Cambodia because they lack the correct documentation.
* Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months beyond the intended length of stay with at least three blank pages. You are strongly advised to bring with you good or in Color photo copies of all your documents and keep them in a separate place to wherever you keep your passport.
* You will receive, by email, two vouchers – a transfer voucher and a travel voucher – after you have fully paid the booking price. You have to print these vouchers and bring them with you. You are requested to give the transfer voucher to the driver waiting for you at the airport on arrival, on day one of your tour. You will be asked to show the travel voucher on arrival at the hotel and you have to give it to your tour guide or leader at first of meeting day.
Money
* The official unit of currency in Cambodia is the Khmer Riel (KHR), however US$ are used everywhere in Cambodia country. If you bring cash, be careful to bring new and clean bank notes or you risk that they are not accepted. It is very importance to bring some notes of smaller denomination. The exchange rate is usually roughly KHR4000 to US$1, so if you give US$2 for something which costs KHR6000, you will usually receive back KHR2000. For exact currency conversion, you can consult the following website: www.xe.com.
* We advise you to bring US$ currency and traveler’s cheques as they are easiest to exchange. Credit Card advances are possible at banks but can be expensive. ATM’s are almost everywhere, making it easy to withdraw cash. If there is no ATM at one of your future destinations, your tour leader will keep you informed of this in advance to give you the opportunity to withdraw money before departure.
* In case of unexpected events, such as (but not limited to) natural disaster, human conflict or adverse weather conditions, which would necessitate a change to our itinerary, please make sure you have access to an additional US$350. This is very rare but we must be prepared for every possibility.