Siem Reap, located in northwest Cambodia, is the major tourist hub in this country. It serves as the linking bridge to the ancient ruins and temples of Angkor Complex. However, there is more to Siem Reap than Angkor with an endless choice of exciting activities awaiting the visitors. Our travel package of Siem Reap Discovery is the less touristy alternative to access the rich cultured villages and the remotes Angkor temples which was found not long ago in the jungle.
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Welcome to Siem Reap, the provincial capital and gateway to the ancient Angkor Temples. Upon arrival, our driver and tour guide will welcome you at the airport and take you to the hotel to check in.
Afterward, meet your guide again at the hotel lobby for the short tour briefing followed by the orientation tour by tuk tuk – the typical means of local transportation. It will be a perfect introduction of Siem Reap when you are driven along the main bustling streets, water channel, passing by beautiful pagodas. Disembark at the Psar Chass, which is a kind of typical oriental bazaars – Old City Market where you’ll walk around and learn the local art of bargaining when purchasing items. Proceed further to the most exiting pub street for welcome drink before heading back to your home away from home.
Meals: None.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
Enjoy an entire day dedicated to discovering the mysterious Angkor temples. Wake before dawn and take a tuk-tuk ride to visit the magnificent Angkor Wat – the largest Khmer temple and finest example of Angkorian art and architecture.
Return to the hotel for your breakfast then set back out on a full day temple tour. Starting with Angkor Thom’s imposing South Gate, topped with the four serenely smiling faces of Avalokiteshvara. Next, visit Bayon temple, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King and Ta Phrom Temple.
Return to your hotel and take short break to relax at your hotel’s swimming pool before participating in quad bike (join-in trip) in the late afternoon. Quad bike sunset tour will start at 5 PM and last about one hour. Pick up and drop off transfer are included in tour package.
After a short introduction on safety, helmets and facemasks are provided for passengers. Then you will head out to the rice fields surrounding Siem Reap, ride through local villages, where you can see how people live in Cambodian countryside. Our guides will recommend you the best stops for stunning sunset photos.
Tour finishes at Cambodia Quad Bike office. After you wash mud off your feet and take a refreshing drink, we will transfer you back to your hotel in Siem Reap.
Meals: Breakfast.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
After having breakfast at hotel, get ready to experience a zipline canopy tour located inside the Angkor Archaeological Park, which is not far from the majestic temples such as Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom. Your journey will start at your hotel where you will be picked up in an air-conditioned van. When you arrive at the Operation House, you will be promptly greeted by the team. After the registration is complete, you will be personally fitted in your harness and will be given equipment by the safety rangers.
Then, you will proceed to a safety demonstration platform, where the safety rangers will perform a safety demonstration. After everyone understands the rules and procedure, you will be accompanied by two highly trained professionals to the adventure in the treetops. You will soar like an eagle through the Angkor Wat Park rain forest, a home to wildlife.
At the last platform, you’ll be abseiling down to the ground before trekking along a nature trail back to the Operation House to return your safety gear. Take your time to enjoy a Khmer-style snack with some bottled water, tea or coffee before your experience ends with return transport to Siem Reap and a drop off at your hotel.
* Notes:
– Taking Silver Package of Angkor Zipline, tourists are not required Angkor Pass when using free roundtrip transfer.
– There are no more 9 guests on a safe journey and this type of adventure is suitable for children from 5 years old.
– The 1.5-hour jungle canopy tour includes 2 sky bridges, 3 single zip, 1 spiderman bridge and 1 controlled abseil descent.
Then, you will leave the park for 1.5-2 hour drive to Kampong Phluk – a floating village on the Tonle Sap- for another adventure. On arrival, you will embark a boat to cruise through the houses on stilts, canals and mangroves forest. It is really unique experience that exposes you to the hardships and tribulations facing the locals on a day to day basis. Next, you will take another 1 hour ride to Kampong Khleang in late afternoon where you will check in and stay overnight in the village homestay.
* Notes: The itinerary to Kampong Phluk subjects to change based on the season (water levels) and weather.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Homestay in Kampong Phluk (ST63 Homestay).
After breakfast, enjoy a cooking class at ST 63 Homestay with fresh ingredients and a tour around the beautiful Tonle Sap Lake. Your lunch will not only satisfy your empty stomach after a tour around the lake, but also support the education program for local children.
In the afternoon, you will leave Kampong Khleang for the transfer back to Siem Reap.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
This morning, we depart from Siem Reap on the nice over 2 hour drive to visit Beng Mealea, also known as “Lotus Pond” Temple, which dated early 11th century by Suryavarman II as a Hindu Temple. Beng Mealea temple was hidden in a maze of jungle for hundreds of years and recently found and opened for visitors. Climb over large sandstone blocks to reach the inner sanctuary and eerie worship corridor is an exploration to remember.
Architecturally, Beng Mealea is noted for its innovative, in its time, construction of hallways, it was a very large temple with wide galleries foreshadowing Angkor Wat. Garudas, hold up an outer platform, finer in detail than those to be found out in the elements of the Elephant Terrace at Angkor Thom. Surprises of fallen lintels with intricate carvings lay amongst the fallen wall and roofs.
Continue over an hour drive, you will get to Koh Ker, a 10th century capital abandoned in the remote north of Cambodia for more than a thousand years. Enjoy a visit to the pyramid temple of Prasat Thom. Continue to explore the many temples at this incredible site, including the beautiful Prasat Krahom covered by jungle before heading back to Siem Reap later this afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap.
Free for relaxing in Siem Reap until your driver comes to take you to Siem Reap International Airport for your departure flight.
Meals: Breakfast.
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