DAY 1SIEM REAP ARRIVAL (B/-/D)
Welcome to Siem Reap, the second largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Upon your arrival, greet by our tour guide, then transfer you to the hotel in Siem Reap for checking in and relaxing.
Tonight join Dinner with Apsara Dance show at local restaurant and Overnight in Siem Reap.
Accommodation at hotel in Siem Reap
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2FULL DAY TOUR TO ANGKOR (B/L/-)
Breakfast at hotel,
At 08:00am meet our guide and we go out to visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century). Start with the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, continue to the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Continue visit to Ta Prohm Temple, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. The temple of Ta Prohm was once used as a location in the famous Hollywood film Tomb Raider. Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon, visit to the most famous temple Angkor Wat, the World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology. By the end, witness and enjoy sunset view by the temple.
Accommodation at hotel in Siem Reap
Meals: Breakfast + Lunch
DAY 3SIEMREAP – BANTEAY SREI – ROLUOS GROUP (B/L/-)
This morning, we will drive off the city to visit Banteay Srei, the citadel of women – a tiny, enchanting temple, which is one of the jewels in this remarkable city. Built of red sandstone in the tenth century and dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, the carved male and female figures in the niches are exquisitely executed in both style and proportion. This is the most Indian of all the temples in Angkor and in the words of H.W. Ponder, is a fairy palace in the heart of an immense and mysterious forest. Continue to Banteay Samre, is built under Suryavarman II and Yasovarman II in the early 12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style. Named after the Samré, an ancient people of Indochina, the temple uses the same materials as the Banteay Srei. Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon, head out to the early-Angkor era temples of the Roluos Group, about 15km outside of Siem Reap. Roluos is the site of the first town built by the Angkorian kings in the 8th and 9th century and consists of three main temples: Bakong, Lolei and Preah Ko.
Accommodation at hotel in Siem Reap
Meals: Breakfast at hotel + Lunch
DAY 4SIEM REAP – KAMPONG PHLUK FLOATIN VILLAGE – DEPARTURE (B/L/-)
Breakfast at hotel,
8:00am meet your personal tour guide and driver and departure for a tour of the surrounding countryside and take an Ox-Cart ride through the villages and the rice fields. At the end of your ride, have a fresh coconut drink with the family and chitchat with local people to get to know more about their lives. Then, we drive to the fishing village of Kampong Phluk. Board a private boat and visit Kampong Pluk village with its houses standing on stilts and board a pirogue to discover the seasonally flooded forest (only available from Aug – Nov). Return back to mainland and transfer you to have lunch at local restaurant.
(Note: Due to low water levels during the dry season, the boat trip is only possible from June to March. However an alternative floating village at Chong Kneas can be arranged instead).
Afternoon, check out hotel and transfer to Siem Reap Airport for departure flight.
Accommodation: NA
Meals: Breakfast at hotel + Lunch