General Information
Duration: 7 Days
Tour Type:
Starts / Ends: Siem Reap / Phnom Penh
Tour Route: Siem Reap, Angkor Complex, Grand & Small Circuit, Banteay Srei Temple – Tonle Sap Lake, Phnom Penh
Brief Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival – Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake
Day 2:Siem Reap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat Tours
Day 3: Siem Reap – Sihanouk Ville By Domestic Flight
Day 4: Sihanouk Ville – Free At Leisure
Day 5: Sihanouk Ville – Phnom Penh By Private Coach
Day 6: Phnom Penh
Day 7: Phnom Penh – Departure
Day 1: Arrival – Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake
Our guide and driver will be waiting for you as you arrive in the airport. You will be transferred to the hotel. Our journey will begin with 1.5 hour boat ride on Tonle Sap Lake, Chong Kneas. This short visit will introduce you to the fishing floating villages dotted with schools, hospital, restaurants, Karaoke and the floating crocodile farm.
As we return to the town, the rest of the day will be available for you to visit “Building Schools – Les Artisans Angkor”, where students are trained to revive the ancient Khmer traditions of stone carving and wood carving. Accommodation in Siem Reap.
Day 2: Siem Reap – Angkor Thom – Angkor Wat Tours
After your breakfast at the hotel, you will be allow to discover the former capital of Angkor Thom (12 century). The South Gate features huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk. Then, discover the Bayon Temple, whose 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara set this temple apart from others. There will be also the time for you to visit the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. The afternoon visit will focus on Angkor Wat, one of the most well-known temples on the plain of Angkor.
Its grand scale, perfection in composition, balance, and incredible detail make Angkor Wat an awe-inspiring temple and the ultimate expression of Khmer genius. Apart from discovering this prime example of ancient Khmer art and architecture, tourists will have chances to take in the breathtaking sunset from the top of Phnom Bakheng Hills.
Tonight, you will get chances to enjoy a dinner accompanied with classical Apsara dancers depicting scenes from Khmer mythology. Accommodation in Siem Reap
Day 3: Siem Reap – Sihanouk Ville By Domestic Flight
Get ready for a new day with a breakfast at hotel. Afterward, fell free to discover the city by your own before our guide and driver will pick you up to take a flight to Sihanouk Ville. Upon your arrival in Sihanouk Ville, our driver will be waiting for us and then take us to hotel for check in. Rest of the day is free at leisure. Accommodation in Sihanouk Ville
Day 4: Sihanouk Ville – Free At Leisure
After breakfast at hotel, you will have chances to discover this place by your own. Accommodation in Sihanouk Ville
Day 5: Sihanouk Ville – Phnom Penh By Private Coach (Without Guide Escort)
Breakfast at hotel. After the pick-up, today a drive along N.4 national road will take you to Phnom Penh. We then, spend about 4 hours to Phnom Penh for checking in to hotel. Rest of day is free at leisure. Accommodation in Phnom Penh
Day 6: Phnom Penh – City Tours
Breakfast at hotel, today we will enjoy an included tour around the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh which is beautifully situated near the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. The first place of today journey is the National Museum, which is exclusively dedicated to Khmer art and sculpture. The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period from 9th to 15th century, but some date from as early as the 4th century.
Later, we will make our way to one of the vibrant open markets of the city, Psar Toul Tom Pong; also known as the “Russian Market”. At the market, take time to stroll around and see wide arrays of local handicrafts and artifacts being exchanged. Today, you will get first-hand experience in seeing the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the notorious ‘Killing Fields’ of Choeung Ek. This included visit will also take you to the Independent monument and the Victoria monument. Later in the afternoon, you will get a travel experience that will probably cherish for a life time; which is enjoying the sunset boat cruise on the Mekong River. Accommodation in Phnom Penh
Day 7: Phnom Penh – Departure
Today is free at leisure until time for transfer to the airport for departure flight.
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