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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
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 Phonom Penh.
Day 3: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
(Angkor)
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Siem Reap by private
transportation which will pass by Kompong Thom Province and along the
way we will visit Kompong Kdey Bridge. This Bridge was built by King
Surjavarman who also built Angkor temple in 12 th century. Arrive in
Siem Reap in the afternoon then check in hotel and continue to take a
boat trip & enjoy the wonderful views of Tonle Sap Great Lake. Overnight
in Siem Reap.
Accommodation in Siem Reap
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. The major attraction of Angkor Thom is the Bayon
Temple, which function and symbolism are still unknown until now. Visit
Baphoun Temple 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
viewing stand for public ceremonies and served as a base for the king’s
grand audience hall.
Visit the Terrace of the
Leper King is another of Angkor’s mysteries. Visit the fabulous Ta Prohm
Temple which is embraced by the roots of enormous fig trees. It has been
left in much of the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic
and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the
jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples.
In the afternoon, visit the World Heritage which is well known as Angkor
Wat, which is one of the most important archaeological sites in
South-East Asia. In the evening, view sunset at Phnom Bakheng Hill.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
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 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, then Srah Srang (Royal Bath) and Banteay
Kdei Temple, in the ruin and confusion of Banteay Kdei the carvings take
one’s interest. They are piquant, exquisite and seem meant to make
adorable a human habitation.
Overnight in Siem Reap
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 and free at leisure until time to transfer to the
airport for departure flight. |