Selarati presents
A Koun Khmer Homecoming Experience
For the ones who’ve always longed to belong. A journey through Cambodia to reconnect with our roots, culture, and identity, in community.
Not just a trip. A return.
Bringing Cambodians back home
To our motherland, to ourselves, to each other.
Selarati creates intimate group homecomings for the Khmer diaspora who want to understand where they come from: the culture, religion, history, language, food, and the people.
Whether you’re visiting for the first time or returning with new questions, you’ll come home alongside koun Khmer who understand the longing.
2027 homecomings
Four seasons to come home
Apr 6–15, 2027
Khmer New Year
Celebrate Cambodia’s biggest holiday in the motherland.
Early bird: Nov 15–30
Jul 1–10, 2027
Couples Edition
Bring home the one you love and experience Cambodia together.
NEW
Early bird opens Jan 4
Sep 17–26, 2027
Pchum Ben
Honor those who came before you, on the land they called home.
Early bird opens Mar 15
Nov 4–13, 2027
Water Festival
Bon Om Touk: longboat racing on the river by day, lantern celebrations by night.
NEW
Early bird opens May 3
The experience
What a homecoming holds
History & healing
Learn our history with care, including the Khmer Rouge era, with space to process what it means for us and our families.
Culture & tradition
Pagodas, offerings, daily Khmer lessons, cooking with families, and the customs many of us grew up hearing about, blindly following, or never had the chance to learn about.
Modern Cambodia
The energy of Phnom Penh today, local creatives and spaces, and the Cambodia that is still being built each day.
Countryside life
Rice fields, rural livelihoods, meeting local families, and the slower rhythm of Battambang.
Angkor & beyond
The temples of Siem Reap and beyond with trusted local guides who bring the history and stories to life.
Healing & community
Curated reflection circles for slowing down, journaling, and shared moments guided by Sela, where strangers become family.
Meet your host
Suo Sdei, I’m Sela
I’m a Khmer-Krom American Content Creator, born in raised in the US, who moved to Cambodia in 2022 to reconnect with my roots and learn Khmer. Along the way, so many of you shared the same longing: to understand where we come from, to speak our language with confidence, and to feel less alone in it.
A Koun Khmer Homecoming Experience is the trip I wish I’d had. It’s a rare chance to visit the homeland and rediscover our Khmer identities with other koun Khmer from around the world who know get it. I host every homecoming myself, holding space for the joy, the grief, and everything in between.
From past Homecomers
What our koun Khmer carry home
Instead of feeling rejected as a koun Khmer, we felt accepted as a koun Khmer.
Savandy
The family that we created in this group, it’s a forever bond. It’s something that I’ll hold in my heart for the rest of my life.
Chante
As a Cambodian adoptee, this experience was the launchpad for me in feeling and knowing that Cambodia could be home again.
Dec 2025 homecomer
Our homecomers
Koun Khmer from around the world
Every group brings together koun Khmer from different cities, countries, and stories, all finding their way home together.
29
Koun Khmer came home so far
4
homecomings hosted since 2025
3
countries and counting
United States
Long Beach, CA
Dallas, Texas
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Europe
Vienna, Austria
Not sure which homecoming is yours?
Start with early bird alerts
Choose the trips you’re interested in and we’ll email you before early bird registration opens. No commitment, and you can update your choices anytime.