ITINERARY
Day 1: Siem Reap Arrival – Floating Village (L, D)
You will be met at airport by professional tour guide and transferred from airport to hotel for check in.
Set-Lunch at Local Restaurant.
Afternoon, Visit floating village on Tonle Sap Lake, a biggest fresh water lake in south-east Asia. Most people (90%) are fishermen living in their wooden houses built on small boats and rafts. Because of flood during rainy season they move their houses many times a year depending on water level. On the way back to town, you will explore the local market and city tour.
Set-Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 2: Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat Travel (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning, visit south gate of Angkor Thom with two rows of its huge statues of demons and gods depicting the churning of the ocean of milk arranged on both sides of stone bridge and Bayon temple. Then, visit terrace of elephant, which used to be a base for the king’s grand audience hall; Terrace of Leper king supposed that it was a terrace housed the royal crematory.
Set-Lunch at Local restaurant.
Afternoon, visit Angkor wat, the most balanced, the most harmonious, and the most perfect Khmer temple. It shows Khmer art, which reached the height of it glory in the 12th century. The temple was built by king Suryavrman II and dedicated to god Vishnu.
Climb Bakheng hill to have bird’s-eye view of sunset, Angkor Wat and western Baray.
Buffet-Dinner with APSARA dance show at Local restaurant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 3: Small – Big Circuit (B, L, D)
Breakfast in the hotel
Visit prasat Kravan, a brick temple built in 10th century, Srah Srang (royal bath), Banteay Kdei, and a Buddhist monastic complex built in 12th century. Then visit an amazing view of Ta prohm Temple which has been deliberately left as it was discovered. In Ta Prohm kapok trees clasp the sanctuaries in their mighty roots; and Ta Keo - an unfinished state temple for unknown reason. Ta Keo temple was built in early 11th century by King Jayavarman V and dedicated to god Shiva.
Set-Lunch at Local restaurant.
Afternoon, visit Pre Rup temple, a classic example of temple-mountain, and the last without continuous galleries; Eastern Mebon, Ta som, Neak Pean, a unique ancient hospital built in the reign of king Jayavarman VI (1181-1220) which has been seen as a representation of Anavatapta, a miraculous lake in Himalayas that cures all illnesses; and Preah Khan, a large temple built on the site of battle that ended in Ankor’s downfall at the land of the Cham. Preah Khan was also really a kind of university, housing a number of masters and students. – Set-Dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 4: Kbal Spean – Banteay Srei Travel (B, L, D)
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit Kbal Spean, about 50 km northeast of Siem Reap. Walking up the Kbal Spean hill about 1800 m along a passage through the jungle you will get a river and see many lingas elaborately caved on the riverbed. So the river is also known as a “River of a Thousand Lingas”. Following the river down, there are some carvings of Vishnu and Shiva with his wife Uma and five-meter high Waterfall.
Set-Lunch at local restaurant.
On the way back from Kbal Spean, visit Banteay Srei temple, a tiny temple complex consider by many visitors to be the highest achievement in art and architecture of the Classic Angkor civilization. The glory of Banteay Srei is the beauty of its sculpture and decoration. The pink sandstone used in its buildings makes this temple more beautiful.
Set-Dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 5: Beng Lea – Koh Ker (B, L, D)
Breakfast in the hotel
Morning, drive to the remote Beng Mealea temple through the typical Khmer countryside (60Kms from Siem Reap).
There is a lot to see in the approximately 2½ hours drive as it takes you through many lively villages and along kilometers of rice paddies. Explore the long abandoned temple (11th century), strangled by the jungle.
Lunch box will be provided at the site.
A further 1 hr drive brings you to Koh Ker, situated in the northeast of Siem Reap. Discover the long abandoned temples in the forests of northern Cambodia. Also known as Chok Gargyar, it served as the capital of Jayavarman IV (reigned 928-42). His son and successor Harshavarman I moved the capital back to Angkor in 944. There are a remarkable number of religious buildings in the Koh Ker region, considering the short space of time that it was the capital of the empire. There are more than 30 major structures and experts believe there may have been as many as 100 minor sacred buildings in the region. It was also a prolific period for gigantic sculpture and several of the most impressive pieces in the National Museum in Phnom Penh come from Koh Ker, including a huge garuda (half-man, half-bird creature). Return to Siem Reap.
Set-Dinner at local restaurant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 6: Departure (B)
Breakfast in the hotel.
Transfer to Siem Reap International airport.
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