6-day Highlights of Phnom Penh Siem Reap Floating village

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Phnom Penh arrival
7 stops
1
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh – the city retains its traditional Khmer and colonial styles with French villas and large tree-line sidewalk
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Royal Palace
Visit the impressive colorful Khmer-style royal palace complex build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
3
Silver Pagoda
Silver pagoda (the emerald Buddha temple), where contain plenty of Buddha Statues decorated and made by gold, diamond, gemstone and silver
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Independence Monument
Independence Monument, or Vimean Ekareach as it is referred to in Khmer, is a majestic structure that dominates Phnom Penh city centre. Independence Monument was primarily erected to mark the liberation of the country from the French, who ruled Cambodia for almost a century from 1863 to 1953.
Admission ticket free
5
National Museum
the National museum; a beautiful Khmer architecture building contains more than 5000 art antiques made by bronze, wood, gold, silver, copper, sandstone and others
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
Wat Phnom
Walk up to sacred hill Phnom Daun Penh – also the name of a pagoda and name of the capital nowadays
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
7
Central Market
Central Market, a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. Initial design and layouts are from French architect Louis Chauchon
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Phnom Penh Full day city tour
3 stops
8
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center
Choeung Ek museum, where between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants detained and tortured at S-21 were transported for the extermination
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
to Tuol Sleng prison now is Genocide Museum, the most secret part of the Khmer Rouge regime. It’s also called S-21 (abbreviated for Security Office 21), a Khmer Rouge's premier security camp, specifically designed for the interrogation and extermination of anti-Angkor elements
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
10
Russian Market
Going shopping around Russian market, enjoy the bustling daily activities of the locals
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Phnom Penh - Siemreap
2 stops
11
Siem Reap
Siem Reap is widely famed for its spectacular Angkor Wat temple, well recognized as World's Heritage & UNESCO site. It amazingly attracts more than two millions of international tourists to visit its incredible Angkor complex annually. Besides, Siem Reap still offers much more to be explored including charming rural villages, the natural wonder of the great lake "Tonle Sap", floating communities, the national park of Phnom Kulen waterfalls, national museum, crafted workshops, bird sanctuary, local life and its friendly people. Bike ride & walking tour activities would be an ideal to discover the authentic Siem Reap, get inspired and meaningfully leave Cambodia.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
12
West Baray
Visit West Baray Big Pond, a “baray” is a water reservoir built by the ancient Khmer people.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Angkor Full day tour
6 stops
13
Angkor Thom South Gate
Explore South Gate of Angkor Thom known as Big Angkor, 3km2 walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
14
Bayon Temple
The famous Bayon Temple was an architectural muddle, in part because it was constructed in a somewhat piecemeal fashion for over a century
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
15
Terrace of the Elephants
Terrace of the Elephants is an impressive, two and a half meter tall, 300 meter long terrace wall adorned with carved elephants and gradual that spans the heart of Angkor Thom in front of Baphuon - huge temple mountain in the heart of Angkor Thom, Royal Palace Area and Phimeanakas - impressive rite and sandstone pyramid
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Terrace of the Leper King
Terrace of the Leper King is at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants, a double terrace wall with deeply carved nag as, demons and other mythological beings
15 minutes • Admission ticket included
17
Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat temple, the founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction
2 hours • Admission ticket included
18
Ta Prohm
Ta Prohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty! Giant trees have grown here for centuries
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Siemreap - Tonle Sap Floating Market
6 stops
19
Tonle Sap Lake
Floating Villages, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap! Take a ride in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia and the largest in Asia. Here you’ll see plenty of examples of the Khmer way of life on the Tonle Sap
2 hours • Admission ticket included
20
Wat Bo Temple
Wat Bo founded in the 18th century, a highly respected pagoda contains very unique wall paintings of the Reamker (Ramayana) that are said to be late 19th century
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
21
Wat Bo Temple
Wat Bo founded in the 18th century, a highly respected pagoda contains very unique wall paintings of the Reamker (Ramayana) that are said to be late 19th century
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
22
Psar Chaa - Old Market
Psar Chars, also called the “Old Market”, where anything and everything is for sale
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
23
Wat Thmey (Killing Fields)
Wat Thmei (Killing Field) contains a unique glass-walled stupa containing the bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. Some of the bones were recovered from a nearby well while others are the remains of soldiers who died on a nearby battlefield
1 hour • Admission ticket included
24
Artisans D'angkor
the "Les Artisans d'Angkor – Chantiers Ecole" the Finest Authentic Khmer Arts and Crafts
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Siemreap departure
1 stop
25
Siem Reap
free leisure on own arrangement until time transfer to airport for flight onwards
30 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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