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Departure time: Early morning
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Return: Evening
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Sites you will visit: Sambor
Prei Kuk, Kampong Kdei Bridge, Kompong Khleang
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Highlights: Early capital,
architecture, history, nature, countryside, life on water, people, floating
villages
This tour is
ideal for those not bothered by longer drives in order to gain another
perspective on temple touring. It's essential to leave Siem Reap early in the
morning as getting to Sambor Prei Kuk takes approximately two and half
hours. Consisting of dozens of impressive brick prasats in semi-cleared jungle,
many ruins display excellent examples of early Khmer art. This pre-Angkorian
complex is an important destination for the serious temple visitor. After local
lunch you will pause briefly at the Kampong Kdei Bridge, nowadays
serving only light local traffic, nonetheless a surviving reminder of the glory
of the past.
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 110
per person
Minimum: 2
pax
Price included:
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English Speaking Tour Guide
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Transportation
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Lunch
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Drinking Water
Price excluded:
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Pass ticket
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Accommodation
