5 DAYS/4 NIGHTS – CAMBODIAN CULTURAL TOURS + BIRD WATCHING

Upon arrival at Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, greeting by our driver, transferred directly to hotel (Check in time is 14:00). Early check in subjected to availability and surcharge will be applied.

Afternoon, visit Satcha Handicraft Center is the first Cambodian handicraft center that incubates local artisans, mixing traditional knowledge with contemporary design to showcase Cambodian’ talents to local and international visitors and to transmit these know-how over time while having a sustainable social, economic, and environmental impact. Then drive around the city or stop by at Old Market, 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 continue to Wat Bo, a highly respected pagoda founded in the 18th century, containing very unique wall paintings of the Reamker (Ramayana) that are said to be from the late 19th century.

Meal: None
Overnight at Siem Reap.

Get up in the early dawn. At 04:30am, our driver and guide will pick up for the Sunrise moment at Angkor Wat. You may request restaurant to pack breakfast box for you so can have picnic breakfast by the temple after sunrise. Then we continue to visit Angkor Wat in more detail. Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site since 1992, famous for its beauty and splendor. Angkor Wat features the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls and narrates stories from Hindu mythology. Continue our visit the famous Bayon temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara. Continue visit to the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Afternoon, visit Ta Prohm, with enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers embracing themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man’s creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature is an incredible sight.  

Meal: Breakfast
Overnight in Siem Reap

Morning, we will drive off the city toward Koh Ker Temple. (North-east of Siem Reap, 130KM) Koh Ker is a 10th-century temple complex in the north Cambodian jungle. A former capital of the Khmer Empire, the site is now remote and heavily forested. The main structure, Koh Ker Temple, is a stepped 7-tiered pyramid. The large rectangular tank, Rahal Baray, supplied water to the complex. The temple was officially listed as 45th World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 26th of September, 2023.

Afternoon, visit the largest complex of Beng Melea, a temple with an adjoining monastery nestled in the jungle, which covers an area of over one square km. Built in the same style and by the same king who built Angkor Wat, Beng Melea is considered by many may actually also to have been a prototype of the great temple. Being devoid of carvings, it is thought to have been completed painted to be “internal to” outside. Most of the monastic complex has not been restored and the atmosphere is fantastic. With the exception of the Ta Phrom, this complex offers the best shots of vegetation and large trees integrated into the temple. After tour, return back to Siem Reap and drop of at your hotel.

Meal: Breakfast
Overnight in Siem Reap

(This tour only available from Sep to May, best period to observe bird life is from December to March)

Early morning, pack your breakfast from hotel then drive to a fishing village of Mey Chrey for boarding a private boat and cruise through the fishing villages of the Tonle Sap to the Biosphere Reserve of Prek Toal.

After 30mn cruise, we will stop our boat on the middle of Tonle Sap River for our picnic breakfast on the boat, while enjoy your true nature surrounding with fresh air and beautiful sunrise view over the lake and floating villages.

After breakfast, continue the boat along the floating houses, discover the natural splendor of the country as well as the centuries-old lifestyle of the inhabitants of the lake. Visit Prek Toal floating village and enjoy bird watching in the Bird Sanctuary. Discover the incredible variety of water birds, including endangered species such as storks, pelicans and ibises.

After bird watching, take a paddy wooden boat to visit local families along the floating village to observe more closely about the local community lives on the river. Picnic lunch provided on floating restaurant prepared local community.

On the way back, observe the live of local floating village. Stop by at Crocodile Farm at Mey Chrey Village before returning to Siem Reap port and drive back to hotel.

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Overnight in Siem Reap

JOIN COOKING CLASS OR MINIMUM 2 PAX

8:00 AM, pick up and transfer you to join the Our Cookery Class. Classes run from 8:30am to 12:00 noon. Learn how to prepare traditional and tasty Khmer dishes under the guidance of the chef. Start the day by going to the market with the chef who will explain about Cambodian vegetables, herbs, spices and other ingredients and teach the art of Khmer cuisine. During the course learn how to cut vegetables and make decorative presentations of the dishes. Each person will have their own cooking station and prepare the food for lunch. (Complementary: Box of spices, recipe book, and certificate.)

After class and lunch, transfer back to your hotel for some rest.

Afternoon, transfer to Siem Reap International Airport for departure.  

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch

——————————-

INCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE