Essential Cambodia
4 days - 3 nights
- Soak up the city by night, with a happy hour cocktail, a fine meal and crawl through the city’s bars
- See magnificent ancient temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat, great city of Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm and more
- Enjoy dinner with Traditional Apsara Dance performance
- Step back in time at the National Museum, home to the world’s finest collection of Angkorian sculpture
- Tread lightly upon the 5000 silver floor tiles at the Silver Pagoda, in the Royal Palace
- DAY 1: SIEM REAP ARRIVAL
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DAY 2: SIEM REAP: DISCOVER ANGKOR TEMPLES
Breakfast at hotel, first visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Also, visit to Ta Prohm Temple, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. The temple of Ta Prohm was once used as a location in the famous Hollywood film Tomb Raider.
Afternoon, continue to seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. Dinner and enjoy Khmer Apsara Dance Show at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.
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DAY 3: SIEM REAP TO PHNOMPENH BY FLIGHT
Wake up to a fresh coffee and wholesome breakfast, we drive to visit the famous Banteay Srei Temple (Citadel of Women), 35 km from town. On the way back stop at Pradark Village, where you will see the villagers making palm sugar, handicraft for selling to tourist. It’s a nice chance for you to see the local people living at the country side with their struggling for daily life. Continue to visit Banteay Samre Temple and the small circuit, visit the unique brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, as well Takeo, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda.
Evening, transfer to Siem Reap Airport for a short flight to Phnom Penh. Upon arrival Phnom Penh Airport, meet with local guide and driver and transfer to check in your hotel. Overnight in Phnom Penh.
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DAY 4: PHNOMPENH DEPARTURE
After breakfast at hotel, visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace. The Royal Palace of Cambodia is a complex of buildings although it is generally understood to be the royal abode of the King of Cambodia. Then continue to visit the National Museum. This is one of Phnom Penh's true architectural gems. It house more than 14,000 items; the World’s largest collection of Khmer Art, including sculptures, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects dating from prehistoric times to periods before, during and after the Khmer Empire.
Afternoon visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21 prison). This prison was a high school, and used as a prison by Pol Pot's security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. Then visit the notorious Killing Fields "Choeung Ek" 15km southwest of Phnom Penh. This one is the site of brutal executions of more than 17,000 individuals, most of who first suffered through interrogations, torture and deprivation in Toul Sleng Prison during Pol Pot regime (From 1975–1979). Transfer to Phnom Penh airport for flight to next destination.