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Departure time: Early morning
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Return: Evening
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Sites you will visit: Beng
Mealea, Kompong Khleang
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Highlights: architecture,
history, countryside, floating village, life on water, people
You will travel
through picturesque countryside and rural villages approximately 60km in the
north-east direction to the jungle clad temple of Beng Mealea. Once in a
complete state of disrepair resembling a giant jigsaw puzzle, Beng Mealea has
recently been made more accessible with the addition of a wooden walkway
throughout the structure assuring safe access and slight elevation, thus a
better view. This mid 12th century temple features mixture of
Buddhism and Hinduism attributes and is particularly mesmerising in the wet
season.
You will have a
lunch break locally and rest during the hottest part of the day.
Your afternoon
destination, the stilted community of Kompong Khleang is located on the
northern edge of the Tonle Sap lake approximately 55km east of Siem Reap town.
Accessible in both dry and wet season, visitors to Kompong Khleang during the
dry season are universally awestruck by the forest of stilted houses rising up
to 10 meters in the air. When the monsoon comes the waters rise up to one or
two meters of the buildings. This is a permanent community with subsistence
fishing as the main source of livelihood. This is also one of the largest
communities on the Tonle Sap lake.
Price: USD 58
per person
Minimum: 2
pax with Remork
Price included:
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English Speaking Tour Guide
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Transportation
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dinner
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Drinking Water
Price excluded:
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Temple Pass
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Boat fee
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Accommodation
