Siem Reap Cultural

DAY 01: ARRIVAL – PHNOM PENH – CITY TOURS (D)

Welcome to Cambodia! Up on arrival at airport in Phnom Penh our guide and driver will transfer you to hotel for check in. After lunch, start to visit the Independence Monument and the notorious Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison). This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. End your day tour at Russian market (Psar Tuol Tumpong), a labyrinth of stalls, selling everything from CDs and DVDs to silks, crafts, jewelry and more. In late afternoon, enjoy Sunset Cruise on Mekong Delta to view Royal Palace over river, it bursts into 4 branches.  Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh

DAY 02: PHNOM PENH – CITY TOURS – SIEM REAP BY OVERLAND (B/ L/D)

Breakfast in hotel , Phnom Penh city tour: Visit Wat Phnom Temple, Phnom Penh’s namesake, from where you can enjoy views over the tree-lined avenues of the city. Founded 1373, the pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river. Visit the Victory Monument and the Royal Statue of late King-father Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk and the National Museum, also called Musee des Beaux-Arts. A French archaeologist and painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in 1917. The museum contains a collection of Khmer art-notably sculptures-from throughout the ages. Visit the Royal Palace, built by the French in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda. Located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of the floor, which is made up of 5,000 silver tiles. The treasures found inside include a solid gold Buddha, encrusted and weighing 90 kilograms and small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha.

Transfer to Siem Reap by land with public bus, approximately 6h of drive without guide escorted. Arrival Siem Reap, meet guide and driver at bus station and transfer to hotel for check-in. overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh

Remark:

2pax-7pax: Transfer from Phnom Penh – Siem Reap by Public bus

8pax up: Transfer from Phnom Penh – Siem Reap by private bus with optional stop en route

Day 03: SIEM REAP (B/ L/D)

Breakfast in hotel In the morning, visit the South Gate (with is huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century), Bayon temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), Baphuon recently re-opened after years of restoration), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. After lunch, visit the most famous of all the temples on plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat, the temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodia flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize Meru’s five peaks – the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. Sunset at Angkor Wat for countryside view.Dinner will be served at local restaurant with classical/Apsara dance show overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

Day 04: SIEM REAP – TONLE SAP great lake – Departure (B)

Breakfast in hotel In the morning; visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Visit the village and take a ride in a traditional wooden boat on Tonle Sap, the “Great Lake of Cambodia and the largest in Asia”. In the afternoon, end your day with T-Gallery and other local markets where you can enjoy shopping with good quality of products before transferring to the airport for catching your international flight.