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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. |