Best of Cambodia

Phnom Penh, Siem Reap

Best of Cambodia

7 days / 6 nights

This incredible 7 day tour commences from the capital Phnom Penh and ends at Siem Reap. Visit all the major attractions such as... Read more
This incredible 7 day tour commences from the capital Phnom Penh and ends at Siem Reap. Visit all the major attractions such as the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, the National Museum of Khmer Arts, Wat Phnom. You will also go to Choeung Ek Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes and witness the Reign of Terror during the former Khmer Rouge Regime. A road/river trip to Siem Reap and visit the most famous historical Angkor Wat and the South Gate of Angkor Thom including Bayon, Baphu Less
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  • Trip highlights

    This incredible 7 day tour commences from the capital Phnom Penh and ends at Siem Reap. Visit all the major attractions such as the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, the National Museum of Khmer Arts, Wat Phnom. You will also go to Choeung Ek Killing Fields and Toul Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes and witness the Reign of Terror during the former Khmer Rouge Regime. A road/river trip to Siem Reap and visit the most famous historical Angkor Wat and the South Gate of Angkor Thom including Bayon, Baphuon, Terrace of Elephants and Leper King. And all the attractions that the Roluos Group and the Grand and Private circuits have to offer. Witness incredible Sunrises and Sunsets and learn about the way of life on a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake.

    Brief itinerary

    day 1: Arrival Phnom Penh day 2: Phnom Penh Tours (Breakfast, Lunch) day 3: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap – Visit Ta Prohm (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) day 4: Siem Reap – Visit the best of Angkor (Breakfast, Lunch) day 5: Siem Reap – Banteay Srei & Banteay Samre (Breakfast, Lunch) day 6: Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake (Breakfast, Lunch) day 7: SIEM REAP DEPARTURE (Breakfast)

    Trip Inclusions

    • Accommodation mentioned
    • Meals mentioned (B,L,D)
    • Transfers airport-hotel-airport
    • Boat trip from Phnom Penh-Siem Reap
    • English speaking guide
    • Entrance fees

    Trip Exclusions

    • Drinks
    • Personal expenses
  • day 1: Arrival Phnom Penh

    Upon your arrival in Phnom Penh international airport, meet with your tour guide and driver to transfer to hotel for check in.

    After your rest, visit to the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town. Visit the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles.

    Continue your visit at the National Museum. This is one of Phnom Penh’s true architectural gems. The Museum is instantly recognizable with its warm red terracotta and its gracefully cured roof topped by dozens of guardian nagas. It was designed in Khmer style in 1917 by famed French architect Georges Groslier & Ecole Des Arts Cambodgiens.

    Overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh.

    day 2: Phnom Penh Tours

    Morning, visit the notorious Choeung Ek Killing Fields 15km southwest of Phnom Penh. This one is the site of brutal executions of more than 17,000 individuals, most of whom first suffered through interrogations, torture and deprivation in Toul Sleng Prison during Pol Pot regime (From 1975–1979). Continue your 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.

    Afternoon, visit Wat Phnom – the most famous buddhist temple in Phnom Penh. It was built in 1373, and stands 27 metres above the ground. It is the tallest religious structure in the city. The pagoda was given the name of Wat Preah Chedey Borapaut.

    Continue your visit to Russian Market (Psah Toul Tom Poung), a lively outdoor market where you will find antiquities, silver and gold jewelry, gems, silk, kramas, stone and wood carvings, as well as T-Shirts, CDs and other souvenirs. Then, we end our tour at the Victory Monument. This Vann Molyvann-designed reddish-brown coloured edifice was built in 1958 to celebrate independence from the French and as a memorial to Cambodia’s war dead. Back to your hotel.

    Overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh.

    Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

    day 3: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap – Visit Ta Prohm

    After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Siem Reap. Upon Arrival in Siem Reap, check-in hotel.

    After your rest, visit Ta Prohm, one of the most beautiful temples in Angkor. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Ta Som, built in late 12th century C.E. the most distant temple on the grand circuit, small but classic.

    Continue your visit to Preah Khan temple, built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. However, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation.

    Buffet Dinner and enjoy Khmer Traditional Dance Show at local restauran. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

    Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

    day 4: Siem Reap – Visit the best of Angkor

    Morning, visit Angkor Wat the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Continue to view a wonderful sunset from the Top of Phnom Bakhen Hill.

    Afternoon, visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom (literally: “Great City”), located in present day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. Continue your visit at the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

    Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

    Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

    day 5: Siem Reap – Banteay Srei & Banteay Samre

    Morning, drive to the typical Khmer countryside and visit Banteay Srei temple (10th century), regarded as the jewel in the crown of classical Khmer Art. Continue to visit Banteay Samre, one of the most complete complexes at Angkor due to restoration using the method of “anastylosis”.

    Aftenoon, visit to the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat KravanSrah Srang, Banteay Kdei and Ta Keo. See the overview:

    • Prasat Kravan, “The Royal Baths” was once used for ritual bathing, is a small 10th-century temple consisting of five reddish brick towers on a common terrace, located at Angkor, Cambodia, south of the artificial lake.
    • Srah Srang is a baray at Angkor, Cambodia, located south of the East Baray and east of Banteay Kdei.
    • Banteay Kdei, surrounded by 4 concentric walls, meaning “A Citadel of Chambers”, also known as “Citadel of Monks’ cells”, is a Buddhist temple in Angkor, Cambodia.
    • Ta Keo – constructed in late 10th early 11th century C.E, the first temple to be constructed wholly of sandstone. Ta Keo is a temple-mountain, in Angkor, possibly the first to be built entirely of sandstone by Khmers.

    Back to hotel. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

    Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

    day 6: Siem Reap – Tonle Sap Lake

    Morning, Visit to Angkor Silk Farm in Puok district, about 20-minute drive from the center of Siem Reap. After then, visit Les Artisans d’Angkor, home of handicraft center and the Old Market ” Phsa Chas”, a lively outdoor market where you will find antiquities, silver and gold jewelry, gems, silk, kramas, stone and wood carvings, as well as T-Shirts, CDs and other souvenirs.

    Afternoon, take a boat trip for sight-seeing on Tonle Sap Lake, the Great Lake of Cambodia. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, and hospitals.

    Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

    Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

    day 7: SIEM REAP DEPARTURE

    After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy your leisure time to do whatever you wish until we transfer you to the airport for your departure flight.

    Meal: Breakfast

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