5 DAYS/4 NIGHTS – CAMBODIAN RICH CULTURAL TOURS

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. Preah Ang Check Preah Angkor Chorm Shrine, the religious shrine that worships the sacred statutes of two Angkorian princesses. This is also the place where local people come to pray for good luck.

Overnight at Siem Reap.
Meal: None

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, transfer and visit to the temple of Pre Rup is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction. Continue the visit at East Mebon, 500metre (1,640feet) north of Pre Rup. It was built in the second half of the tenth century (952) by king Rajendravarman II, dedicated to Siva (Hindu), an ancestor temple in memory of the parents of the king with following the Pre Rup style art. Then continue to Ta Som, built in late 12th century C.E. the most distant temple on the grand circuit, small but classic.

Afternoon, visit Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake). Continue the 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. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. At last, you will visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy a spectacular sunset view from Bakheng hill.

After tours, return to hotel and drop off.

Meal: Breakfast
Overnight in Siem Reap

After breakfast, visit the temple of Banteay Srei temple (women’s castle), it is considered a classic pearl in the crown of Khmer art. Then continue to visit Banteay Samre, established in the third quarter of the 12th century. It consists of a central temple consists of two four-winged libraries a hall before and after example of very good southern accompany reservations.

In the afternoon, continue to visit Kampong Phluk, about 16km southeast of Siem Reap. Here is a much better option for you to visit a village on the lake. Kompong Phluk is accessible by boat only. It is relatively small village that provides very good insight into the village lifestyle of the Tonle Sap. This village exists almost exclusively on fishing and related activities. Houses are built on stilts up to 10 m high, and the village is surrounded by flooded forest.

Meal: Breakfast
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

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