Highlight of Siem Reap Small Group Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Temples of Angkor with Sunrise
9 stops
1
Angkor Wat
We begin with a pre-dawn departure (4.00 to 4.30 am depending on the time of year) from your hotel for sunrise outside Angkor Wat. Enter the great temple in darkness from the little-visited eastern side, and creep along hoary cloistered corridors past the longest stretch of bas-relief carvings in the world. Soak up the atmosphere of dawn at Angkor Wat, from the edge of one of the ancient library pools. We then explore the interior of the great temple, spending a thorough two hours discovering the corridors, central chambers and upper terraces of this truly great temple. Your expert local guide will decipher the myriad of stories behind the bas-relief carvings, and give you an insight into life during the height of the Khmer empire. We end our tour at Angkor with breakfast outside the temple (take away, from your hotel), and a short rest.
3 hours • Admission ticket not included
2
Angkor Thom South Gate
This majestic site once served as the Khmer Empire's glistening capital city. Take a moment to consider its grandiosity before venturing inside the city.
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
3
Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom is the majestic site once served as the Khmer Empire's glistening capital city. Take a moment to consider its grandiosity before venturing inside the city. Arriving at the temple at Bayon, appreciate its beautifully crafted central towers covered in more than 200 enormous faces.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
4
Terrace of the Elephants
Pass by the famous Terrace of the Leper King, and the Terrace of Elephant.
Admission ticket free
5
Ta Prohm Temple
One of the most atmospheric of all temples in Angkor. Once home to 2,740 monks, Ta Prohm today looks much as it did in the early 1850s, when French explorer Henri Mouhot ‘rediscovered’ this crumbling site. After exploring the maze-like interior of Ta Prohm, return to your hotel after a long but fulfilling day, which will leave you with a lifetime of memories of one of the wonders of the world.
1 hour • Admission ticket not included
6
Pass by
Admission ticket free
7
Banteay Kdei
Pass by
Admission ticket free
8
Srah Srang
Pass by
Admission ticket free
9
Pass by No meals included on this day. No accommodation included on this day.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Tonle Sap Fishing Village & Flooded Forest or The Phare Circus
1 stop
10
Kampong Phluk Floating Village
This morning at 7.30am depart your hotel for the journey through the countryside to the world’s second largest freshwater Tonle Sap Lake. The Tonle Sap Lake swells to 12,000 km². During the dry half of the year, the lake shrinks to as small as 2,500 km², draining into the Tonle Sap River. Each year, millions of fish come to spawn in the seasonally flooded forest surrounding the lake, attracting a myriad of water birds as well as people, who have settled in villages along the shores and who live with the rhythm of the water. This ecosystem was classified as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1997. Take a boat trip to ‘Kampong Phluk’ a collection of three small fishing villages in an atmospheric flooded forest setting. Cruise through the village and see unique houses on stilts, and Cambodians at work in the floating forest. Our boat will meander slowly through forest canals, allowing you to catch glimpses of flora and fauna, and see a truly beautiful eco-system. Note: Alternative from the Tonle Sap Lake during the dry season from 01 Mar – 31 August the group will visit Phare The Cambodia Circus (seat C) instead.
3 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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