2 Days Discover Angkor Wat Complex and Cambodia's Villages Tours

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
View Sunrise at Angkor Wat, Ta Prom, Ta Keo, Ta Nei, Angkor Thom, Elephant Terrace, Bayon Temple.
6 stops
1
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and one of the largest religious monuments in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares. Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
2
Ta Prohm
One of the most famous temples in Angkor, Ta Prohm is known for the huge trees and the massive roots growing out of its walls. The jungle temple also featured in the adventure movie “The tomb raider”; several shots were filmed in the Ta Prohm.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
3
One of the tallest monuments of Angkor, the Ta Keo is a mountain temple build by Jayavarman V, found a little East of Angkor Thom. Its five sanctuaries are placed on top of a 22 meter high five stepped pyramid, from where there are good views of the surrounding area. The pyramid shaped Ta Keo was build to represent Mount Meru, the mountain that is the center of the world in Hindu mythology.
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
4
Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom is an ancient city of the Khmer empire was built around the year 1181AD under the reign of the great Khmer king Jayavarman VII. It is almost square city surrounded by 8 meter high walls a little over 12 kilometers long with five impressive gopura gates providing access to the city. The city’s name translates to “large city” or “great city”.
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
5
The Terrace of the Elephants is part of the walled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army. It was attached to the palace of Phimeanakas, of which only a few ruins remain
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
6
Bayon Temple
The Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia (Famous Known as four stone smiling faces or four faces of Buddha). Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
Day 2
Beng Melea Remote Temple, Kompong Phluk Floating and Fishing Village and Tonle Sap Great Lake
3 stops
7
Prasat Beng Mealea
Beng Melea Temple ( Lotus Pond). It was built as Hinduist temple, but there are some carvings depicting Buddhist motifs. Its primary material is sandstone and it is largely unrestored, with trees and thick brush thriving amidst its towers and courtyards and many of its stones lying in great heaps. Beng Melea temple is about 65km from Siem Reap by road.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
8
Kompong Phluk
Kampong Phluk is a commune and village in Siem Reap Province in northern-central Cambodia. It is a village built on stilts on the Tonle Sap. The name means "Harbor of the Tusks". The community largely depends on fishing for survival, spending Cambodia's wet season fishing.
2 hours • Admission ticket not included
9
Tonle Sap Lake
The Great Lake Tonle Sap which is the biggest fresh water lake in South-east Asia. Tonle Sap is a seasonally inundated freshwater lake, the Tonle Sap Lake and an attached river, the 120 km long Tonle Sap River, that connects the lake to the Mekong River.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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