discovery tour

Key Information: Phnom Penh City Tours
Tour Code: PA-PR6
Tour Duration: Seven-Days (C)
Destination (s): Phnom Penh-Siem Reap Angkor

Destination Description

We all know that Angkor Wat is the World Heritage of Humanity and is the most attractive place you can't miss when you visit Cambodia, but that is not all of it. There are a lot of remarkable places, both natural and historical, where tourists will be amazed by our country spectacular beauty.

PLACE OF INTEREST

Phnom Penh city

Royal Palace
Wat Phnom
Independent Monument
Tuol Sleng Museum
Russian Market
National Museum

siem reap angkor

Angkor Thom
Baphoun
Elephants Terrace
Ta Prohm Temple
Tonlesap Great Lake
Kompong Kdey Bridge

Day 1: Royal Palace/ Silver Pagoda/ National Museum/ Central Market

Transfer to your hotel for check in. You will be taken on a tour of Phnom Penh city. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a visit to the Royal Palace built in 1866 by King Norodom. Visit Silver Pagoda so named because of its floor that is comprised of 5,000 silver tiles.

Then, visit to the National Museum which is exclusively devoted to preserving and displaying Khmer arts and sculptures. Visit the Central Market and then you are free to enjoy the delights of Phnom Penh nightlife. Overnight in Phnom Penh

Day 2: Killing field Choeung Ek/ Tuol Sleng/Wat Phnom/Independent Monument/Russian Market

After breakfast, drive to the Killing fields of Choeung Ek, where between 1975 and 1978 about 17.000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) were detained and tortured at S-21 prison. Visit the notorious Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum known as Security Prison 21 (S-21) where in 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest such center of detention and torture in the country.

Afternoon, visit the city's namesake Wat Phnom which was founded in 1373 which was built as the pagoda to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river. Continue visiting the Independent Monument which was built in 1958 following the country's independence from France. Visit the Russian Market (Psah Tuol Thom Pong), a lively outdoor market where you will find antiquities, silver and gold jewelry, gems, silks, kramas, stone and wood carvings, as well as T-Shirts, CDs and other souvenirs. Overnight in Phnom Penh

Day 3: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap (Angkor)

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Phnom Penh airport for departure to Siem Reap. Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport, meets and transfers to hotel, after lunch at a local restaurant, take a boat trip & enjoy the wonderful views of Tonlesap Great Lake in the afternoon, also visit the beautiful Phnom Krom temple by the Tonlesap Lake, Evening dinner at local restaurant with traditional Cambodian dance performance on stage. Accommodation at hotel

Day 4: Angkor Complex

This morning start the tour to visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom, and then go to Angkor Thom Complex which was built by Angkor’s greatest king, Jayavaman VII. Bayon Temple, whose exact function and symbolism is still unknown until now. Visit Baphoun which is one of the most spectacular of Angkor’s temples in its heyday. The Terrace of the Elephants which was used as a giant reviewing stand for public ceremonies. Visit the Terrace of the Leper King is another of Angkor’s mysteries. Then Visit the fabulous Ta Prohm Temple which is embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees, it one of Angkor's most popular temples.In the afternoon Visit the World Heritage which is well known as Angkor Wat, the one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. In the evening view sunset at Phnom Bakheng Hill. Accommodation at hotel

Day 5: Roluos Group/Neak Pean/Preah Khan/Srah Srang/Banteay Kdei

Visit Roluos group of temples. These 3 monuments served as the capital during the reign of King Indravaraman I (877-89), are among the earliest large and permanent temples of the Khmer classical art period. Preah Ko, erected by Indavaraman I in the late 9th century was dedicated by the King to his ancestors. Bakhong is the largest and the most interesting of the Roluos group temples with its active Buddhist monastery. Lastly, visit Lolei, which is four brick towers are replicas of the ones at Preah Ko, it was built on an islet in the center of large reservoir by Yasovarman I; the founder of the first city of Angkor. Afternoon visit Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain–lake. Continue to visit Preah Khan, built by King Jayavarman VII and Srah Srang (Royal Bath) and Banteay Kdei Temple. Accommodation at hotel

Day 6: Banteay Srey

After breakfast, visit Pradak Village where you can see Khmer way of life and than continue to visit Banteay Srey, the exquisite ‘Women’s Citadel’. Located 32 km from Siem Reap town. This was Cambodia’s last major Khmer temple to be re-discovered. Visit Banteay Samre, built in the third quarter of the 12th century and then move on to visit Les Artisans D’ Angkor and see their stone and wood carving workshops where the Artisans are taught to use traditional Khmer techniques. Next, visit the Old Market where you can see the fresh local products being sold and browse the souvenir stalls. Overnight in Siem Reap

Day 7 : Beong Mealea / Koh Ker

We journey northeast from Siem Reap to the massive jungle temple of Beng Mealea with a distance of 68Km from the provincial town. It has the size and scale of Angkor Wat but utterly swallowed by the jungle. We clamber about this titanic of temples that feels just like it would have when discovered by the first explorers. We continue to Koh Ker - a 10th century capital abandoned in the remote north of Cambodia for more than a thousand years. We enjoy a visit to the pyramid temple of Prasat Thom and return back to Siem Reap town. Accommodation at hotel

Day 8 : Siem Reap - Departure

Breakfast at hotel free at leisure until time to transfer to the airport for departure flight.



 

PARAMOUNT ANGKOR TRAVEL & TOURS
Copyright © 2010 . www.paramountangkor.com . All Rights Reserved