Siem Reap: 5 Days/4 Nights
Ref: REP-54
Day 1: Visit Small - Big Circuit (L, D)
- You
will be met at airport by professional tour guide and transferred from airport to the hotel.
- Visit
Prasat Kravan, a brick temple built in 10th century,
Srah Srang (royal bath), Banteay Kdei, and a Buddhist monastic
complex built in 12th century. Then visit an amazing view of Ta prohm Temple which has been deliberately left
as it was discovered. In Ta Prohm kapok trees clasp the sanctuaries in their
mighty roots; and Ta Keo - an unfinished state temple for
unknown reason. Ta Keo temple was built in early 11th century by King
Jayavarman V and dedicated to god Shiva.
- Lunch
at local restaurant.
- Afternoon, visit Pre Rup temple,
a classic example of temple-mountain, and the last without continuous galleries;
Eastern Mebon, Ta som, Neak Pean, a unique ancient hospital built
in the reign of king Jayavarman VI (1181-1220) which has been seen as a
representation of Anavatapta, a miraculous lake in Himalayas that cures all
illnesses; and Preah Khan, a large temple built on the site of battle
that ended in Ankor’s downfall at the land of the Cham. Preah Khan was also
really a kind of university, housing a number of masters and students.
- Dinner with traditional show at local restaurant
- Accommodation in the hotel.
Day 2: Visit Angkor Wat - Angkor Thom (B, L, D)
- Breakfast
in the hotel
- Visit Angkor Wat, the most
balanced, the most harmonious, and the most perfect Khmer temple. It shows Khmer
art, which reached the height of it glory in the 12th century. The
temple is a temple-mountain and was built by king Suryavrman II and dedicated to
god Vishnu.
- Lunch at local restaurant.
- Afternoon, visit south gate of Angkor
Thom with two rows of its huge statues of demons and gods depicting the
churning of the ocean of milk arranged on both sides of stone bridge and
Bayon temple, a forest of heads, built in late of12th century by king Jayavarman
VI as a Buddhist state temple. Then, visit terrace of elephant, which
used to be a base for the king’s grand audience hall; Terrace of Leper
king supposed that it was a terrace housed the royal crematory.
- Climb Bakheng hill to have
bird’s-eye view of sunset, Angkor Wat and western Baray.
- Dinner
in local restaurant.
- Accommodation
in the hotel.
Day 3: Kbal Spean / Banteay Srei (B, L, D)
- Breakfast
at the hotel
- Visit Kbal Spean, about 50 km
northeast of Siem Reap. Walking up the Kbal Spean hill about 1800 m along a
passage through the jungle you will get a river and see many lingas elaborately
caved on the riverbed. So the river is also known as a “River of a Thousand
Lingas”. Following the river down, there are some carvings of Vishnu and Shiva
with his wife Uma and five-meter high Waterfall.
- Lunch
Picnic at Kbal Spean.
- On the way back from Kbal Spean, visit
Banteay Srei temple, a tiny temple complex consider by many visitors to be
the highest achievement in art and architecture of the Classic Angkor civilization. The glory of Banteay Srei is the beauty
of its sculpture and decoration. The pink sandstone used in its buildings makes
this temple more beautiful.
- Dinner at local restaurant.
- Accommodation in the hotel.
Day 4: Visit Floating Village - Les Artisans d’Angkor (B, L, D)
- Breakfast in the hotel
- Visit floating village on Tonle Sap Lake, a biggest fresh water lake in south-east Asia. Most people
(90%) are fishermen living in their wooden houses built on small boats and
rafts. Because of flood during rainy season they move their houses many times a
year depending on water level.
- Lunch in local restaurant.
- Visit Les Artisans d’Angkor,
created to help young people to find work in their home villages, allowing them
to practice their craft and providing them with a vocation and a role in
society. You will visit the artisans and their craft, the training and
professional workshops, and their collection from traditional lines to very
latest designs connecting Khmer traditions to innovation.- Dinner
at Local restaurant.
- Accommodation in the hotel.
Day 5: Free - Departure (B)
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Free at own leisure till Departure time
- Transfer to the airport for departure.