Cambodia monuments & beach

Welcome to Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia!
Met and greeted at the airport and transfer to the hotel for check in (check in time is 14.00).

The same afternoon we take a sightseeing tour of Phnom Penh with visit to the Royal Palace that contains the Royal Residence, the Throne Hall, the Silver Pagoda which is more like a repository for cultural treasures such as 90 kg golden Buddha encrusted with 2086 diamonds and has its floor paved by silver tiles.
Following, visit to the Wat Phnom Temple, one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh, built in 1373 on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Penh from whom the city got its name.
End the day with an atmospheric sunset cruise on the Tonle Sap and Mekong River and watch how Phnom Penh’s popular riverfront awakens to life.  
Evening is free to explore the town at your own pace.

Summary of inclusions

Private vehicle

Sightseeing phnom Penh

Mekong sunset cruise

Hotel in phnom penh

Breakfast at the hotel.
This morning we will visit to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum also called the S-21 Prison, converted from a secondary school,  that used by Khmer during the bloody rule from 1975 to its fall in 1979. There was an estimate of 20,000 people were imprisoned, tortured, coerced to confess what so called “revolutionary reaction crimes” before being taken to be executed at the extermination camp – the “Killing Fields” of Choeng Ek, located 15 km south of Phnom Penh which we will visit after the Toul Sleng.
This excursion may prove distressing however, it is an important piece of this country’s historical and cultural puzzle.

Get transfer to the airport for flight to Siam Reap, gateway to the Angkor wonder.
Later of the day we will take a fun tuk tuk cruise around the Siem Reap town to catch common scenes of local life and get a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for your journey safety, prosperity and happiness.

Evening is free at leisure.  

Summary of inclusions

Private vehicle

Internal flight

Sightseeing phnom penh

Breakfast

Hotel in siam reap

This morning we will spend time to explore the Angkor Thom, the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire with visits to the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple that consists of 54 towers featured with multitude of Buddha’s serene and mysterious smiling faces, the Royal Enclosure, the Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.
Following is the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm, the famous sights known in the movie ‘Tomb Raider’ by Angelina Jolie, with enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers embracing over stone foundations of the temple’s structure giving the impression of man's creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces and make it one of the most picturesque and memorable of the Angkor temples

In the afternoon we will enjoy our discovery of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monuments in the World, symbol of the Great Khmer Empire, with its five impressive towers representing the 5 holy peaks of the Mount Meru, the home of the Hindu gods. It is well known for the more than 2,000 Apsara dancers decorating the temple. Construction is thought to have taken around thirty years of intensive labor. Today, Angkor Wat is figured on Cambodia's national flag as the temple symbolizes the soul of the Khmer people.
During sunset time, Angkor Wat is less visited, and it is a magical time to see the Apsaras shine in the most beautiful light.  
Evening is at your leisure. 

Summary of inclusions

Private vehicle

Sightseeing angkor

Breakfast

Hotel in siam reap

After breakfast, drive to the remote land of Siam Reap for our discovery of the fascinating Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia.
Here we will take a boat cruise through flooded forest and around to explore the natural splendor and visit Kompong Khleang Floating Village village the largest village at the Tonle Sap Lake, where you will meet the local life at the rural to learn about typical traditional life style of people on the water and to know how important the lake is with the Cambodian people.
During the dry season when the water level low, you will be amazed by the scene of a forest of stilts supporting wooden and bamboo houses rising up to 10 meters in the air. In the wet season when the lake size becomes ten time bigger, the waters rise up making the village a photogenic floating community.

On the way back, we will visit the Roluos Group once the seat of Hariharalaya, first capital of Khmer Empire dating back from mid of 9th century. Temples here were built with different material from bricks, laterite to sandstone. Spend time to explore some prominent temples within the group such as Bakong – the stepped pyramid temple mountain with wonderful carvings on the false doors and lintels, Lolei – once an island temple with exquisite carvings and inscriptions representing the Mount Meru surrounded by the world ocean in Hindu mythology, Preah Ko – the Sacred Bull temple that built to honor the King’s ancestor.
Back to hotel and remainder of the day is at your leisure.

Summary of inclusions

Private vehicle

tonle sap lake cruise

roulous temple explore

Breakfast

Hotel in siam reap

Breakfast is at the hotel.
Get transfer to the airport for flight to Sihanoukville. Pick up and transfer to the pier for a shuttle boat ride to Koh Rong Island
Check in hotel and remainder of the day is free at leisure for sun, sea and sand on the beach.

Summary of inclusions

Private vehicle transfer

Internal flight

Boat

koh rong beach relax

Breakfast

Hotel in koh rong

Breakfast is at the hotel.
Enjoy your time for beach relax. Optional tour of jungle trek, island tour and snorkelling is available at your disposal

Summary of inclusions

koh rong beach relax

Breakfast

Hotel in koh rong

Breakfast is at the hotel.
Enjoy your time for beach relax. Optional tour of jungle trek, island tour and snorkelling is available at your disposal

Summary of inclusions

koh rong beach relax

Breakfast

Hotel in koh rong

Free at your leisure. Check out time is 12.00.
Take boat back to Sihanoukville and then vehicle transfer to the airport for flight to onward destination.
Safe travel and see you again!

Summary of inclusions

Private transfer

Boat

Breakfast