ITINERARY
DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN PHNOM PENH
Arrival at Phnom Penh airport, transfer to your hotel and free time to rest.
DAY 2: PHNOM PENH
Arrival at Phnom Penh airport, transfer to your hotel and free time to rest.
DAY 2: PHNOM PENH
After breakfast, you will take tuk tuk with your
guide to the National Museum of Fine Arts, an exposed admirable
collections (bronze, bas-reliefs from the temples of Angkor, jewelry, weapons,
Palanquins, various ceramics and coins). In continuation, visit the Royal
Palace and Silver Pagoda. Lunch at local restaurant In the afternoon, visit
the Independence Monument and the Central Market. This market is
of great architectural originality, built by French architects in an art deco-colonialist.
Next, you will see Wat Phnom, the oldest sanctuary on the only hill in
town. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
DAY 3: PHNOM PENH / KAMPONG THOM / SIEM REAP
After breakfast at
hotel, depart for the town of Kampong Thom in private vehicle with your guide.
On the way you will stop at Skuon to see and taste if you like roasted
tarantulas. Arriving in the town of Kampong Thom, take lunch and depart to visit the temples of Sambor Preikuk.
Back in Kampong Thom and drive to Siem Reap. Arrive at Siem Reap, check in and
dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel
DAY 4: SIEM REAP /
ANGKOR TEMPLES
After breakfast, depart
by tuktuk with your English speaking guide for the site of Angkor. You will
start the tour with a ride on an elephant from the south gate of Angkor Thom
to Bayon temple. Then, you discover with its gigantic 200 faces with mysterious
eyes looking at all directions, enigmatic smiles in their smiling serenity. In
continuation you will visit Baphuon, Phimeanakas, the Terrace of
Elephants and the Leper King. Lunch on site, the afternoon you will
go for the big circuit: Preah Khan, Neak Pean and Pre Rup,
and will explore the magnificent temple of Ta Prohm gripped by tree
roots. In continuation you will appreciate the beauty of Banteay Kdei
and Srah Srang. Back at the hotel, dinner and overnight at hotel
DAY 5: SIEM REAP /
ANGKOR TEMPLES
Breakfast at the hotel
and departure by private vehicle with your guide with 40 Km from Siem Reap to
visit the temple of Banteay Srei, a jewel of pink sandstone carved
entirely dedicated to Shiva and built in the 10th century by King Jayavarman V.
It is a small temple considered one of the most beautiful temples of Cambodia.
Then, you will visit the Banteay Samre, elegant temple built in the XII
century. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the magnificent Angkor
Wat, and admire its unique architecture and its splendid reliefs. You will
end the day by the Phnom Bakeng with sunset.
DAY 6: SIEM REAP /
ANGKOR TEMPLES / TONLE SAP
After breakfast, start
with your English speaking guide in tuktuk to discover the picturesque floating
village of Kampong Pluk. Most
houses along the road are built on stilts 6 to 7m height, and enjoy a hiking
boat navigating through the flooded forest. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the
afternoon, visit the pre-Angkorian temples (9th century) the Roluos Group:
Bakong, Prah Ko and Lolei. Return to your hotel, dinner and
overnight at hotel.
DAY 7: SIEM REAP /
BATTAMBANG
After breakfast depart
by private car to the city of Battambang. On the way you will stop at the village of Puok to
visit the silk farm and discover the different stages of the complex process of
silk production in hand. At Preah Net Preah you will make a short stop in the
workshops of sandstone carvings. Arrival in Battambang, check in the hotel and
departure by Bamboo train, Norry. This train is a small motorized platform that
runs for a few kilometers amidst lush countryside on narrow railway that
connects Battambang to Phnom Penh. Lunch at a local restaurant. In the
afternoon you will visit the San Pao Phnom pagoda with its top of the
hill where you can enjoy a panoramic view. You will leave for the continuation to
visit Kamping Puoy, huge water reserve between two hills (Phnom Kol and Kamping
Puoy). The site is one of the most important achievements of the Khmer Rouge
regime, namely a dam 3km hand built between the hills of Phnom Kul and Phnom
Kam Pinh Pouy. During the reign of Pol Poth, the construction of this work has
caused the death of tens of thousands of people, due to malnutrition, disease,
overwork and abuse. Today is a lake of 1 900 meters wide and 19 kilometers
long, holding some 110 million cubic meters of water. You will go for a boat
ride of one hour, and will observe the quantities of lotus and birds returning
to the lake at sunset.
DAY 8: BATTAMBANG /
PURSAT / KAMPONG CHHNANG / PHNOM PENH
After breakfast, start
with your English speaking guide by private car to Phnom Penh. You will stop to
visit by boat (private boat) the large floating village Kompong Luong (12,000
inhabitants) on the Tonle Sap in Pursat town. This floating city has doctors,
bars, karaoke. Back on the road to Phnom Penh and lunch at a local restaurant.
After lunch, visit a village potter in Kampong Chhnang . Many families of this
village make pottery for sales in all Cambodia. Arrive late afternoon in Phnom
Penh and transfer to hotel. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at the hotel.
DAY 9: PHNOM PENH / KAMPOT
After breakfast, depart
for the town of Kampot by private vehicle. Arrival and check in hotel.
Afternoon, you will go for a ride of one hour by boat on the river and see
beautiful landscapes in mountains. In continuation, take a tour of the village
and authentic central market. Return to your hotel, free dinner and overnight
at the hotel.
DAY 10: KAMPOT / KEP
After breakfast,
departure by private car to the town of Kep and visit a pepper plantation farm.
Next, visit Phnom Chonork with its pre-Angkorian temple inside a cave, visiting
a fishing village. Overnight stay at hotel.
DAY 11: KEP
After breakfast you
will depart by private boat to spend the free day in the island of rabbits.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel
DAY 12: KAMPOT / PHNOM
PENH
Breakfast at the hotel
and free time until your departure to Phnom Penh airport for your return flight.
