6D5N CAMBODIA WONDERS
(SIEM REAP-PHNOM PENH)
(SIEM REAP-PHNOM PENH)
Day 01 : ARRIVAL – SIEM REAP
On arrival at Siem Reap Airport, meet and transfer to your hotel for the night. This day is free at your own leisure, take some time to enjoy this mystical place.
Day 02 : SIEM REAP (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, proceed to Angkor Thom Area (Angkor Thom Temple South Gate, Bayon Temple, Baphuon Temple, Phimean Akas Temple, Elephants Terrace & Leper King Terrace, Royal Palace, Woman and Man Pond). Proceed to visit Ta-Prom Temple. After lunch, continue our journey to Angkor Wat Temple – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th – 13th century. Before we end our tour today, make a visit to Bakheng Hill for its beautiful sunset.
Day 03 : SIEM REAP (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, proceed to the Tonlesap Boat Trip (Floating Village) and Les Artisan D’ Angkor (Art School), a full-service crafts organization with an ambitious program which includes Les Chantiers Ecoles, an educational center that trains rural young people in the traditional skills of stone carving, woodcarving, lacquer and silk weaving. After lunch, proceed to Angkor Silk Farm. Enjoy a traditional Khmer massage for 1hour and proceed for a tour of their Local Market. Tonight, we will have dinner with Aspara Dancing Performance.
Day 04 : SIEM REAP – PHNOM PENH (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, we will board a public bus down to Phnom Penh (4-6hours). Upon arrival, our representative will pick you up and transfer to have your lunch before checking into your hotel. After lunch, proceed to visit Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, National Museum, Independent Monument and Sisowath Quay. After dinner, proceed to Naga Casino and try your luck.
On arrival at Siem Reap Airport, meet and transfer to your hotel for the night. This day is free at your own leisure, take some time to enjoy this mystical place.
Day 02 : SIEM REAP (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, proceed to Angkor Thom Area (Angkor Thom Temple South Gate, Bayon Temple, Baphuon Temple, Phimean Akas Temple, Elephants Terrace & Leper King Terrace, Royal Palace, Woman and Man Pond). Proceed to visit Ta-Prom Temple. After lunch, continue our journey to Angkor Wat Temple – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th – 13th century. Before we end our tour today, make a visit to Bakheng Hill for its beautiful sunset.
Day 03 : SIEM REAP (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, proceed to the Tonlesap Boat Trip (Floating Village) and Les Artisan D’ Angkor (Art School), a full-service crafts organization with an ambitious program which includes Les Chantiers Ecoles, an educational center that trains rural young people in the traditional skills of stone carving, woodcarving, lacquer and silk weaving. After lunch, proceed to Angkor Silk Farm. Enjoy a traditional Khmer massage for 1hour and proceed for a tour of their Local Market. Tonight, we will have dinner with Aspara Dancing Performance.
Day 04 : SIEM REAP – PHNOM PENH (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, we will board a public bus down to Phnom Penh (4-6hours). Upon arrival, our representative will pick you up and transfer to have your lunch before checking into your hotel. After lunch, proceed to visit Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, National Museum, Independent Monument and Sisowath Quay. After dinner, proceed to Naga Casino and try your luck.
Day 05 : PHNOM PENH (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, proceed to visit Wat Phnom and Toul Sleng Museum, In 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot's security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). After lunch, proceed to Russian 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 and Killing of Cheung Ek, just outside Phnom Penh about a 20-40 minute was an orchard and a Chinese cemetery prior to 1975. During the Khmer Rouge regime it became one of the killing fields.
Day 06 : PHNOM PENH – DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
After breakfast, free at leisure till time to be transferred to airport for your flight back home.
6D5N ACCOMMODATION
PNH= Pnom Penh, REP= Siem Reap
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Hotel Category
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Hotel (or similar)
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3* Hotel
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Class A
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PNH: Salita Hotel / Pacific Hotel / Rain Rock Hotel /Mango Hotel
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REP: Prum Bayon / Sour Kear Hotel / Tanei Boutique Villa / Amra Angkor
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Class B
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PNH: Cardamom Hotel & Apartment / Rose Emerald Hotel
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REP: Claremont Angkor Boutique Hotel / Monoreach Angkor Hotel
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Class C
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PNH: Mito Hotel / Asia Tune Hotel/ Le President Hotel
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REP: City Angkor / Royal Empire Hotel / City River Hotel / Smiling Hotel
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4* Hotel
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Class A
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PNH: Green Palace Hotel
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REP: Starry Angkor/ Sokha Roth/ Angkor Holiday/ Somadevi Angkor/ REE Hotel
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Class B
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PNH: Green Palace Hotel / Lux Riverside Hotel
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REP: Steung Siem Reap/ La Tradition D’Angkor/ Angkor Paradise/ Tara Angkor / Treasure Oasis
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Class C
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PNH: Ohana Hotel/ Double Leaf Boutique/ River Palace / The Litz Hotel & Suites
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REP: Empress Angkor /Angkor Sayana Hotel / Royal Angkor Resort
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Class D
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PNH: Almond Hotel / Anik Boutique Hotel / Queen Grand Boutique Hotel
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REP: Angkor Miracle Resort
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Class E
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PNH: Almond Hotel Bassac River / Harmony Phnom Penh Hotel
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REP: Empress Residence
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Class F
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PNH: Sun & Moon Urban Hotel / Patio Hotel & Urban Resort
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REP: Angkor Century / Prince D’Angkor / Angkor ERA Hotel/Angkor Palace Resort
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5* Hotel
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Class A
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PNH: Phnom Penh Hotel
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REP: Sokha Angkor Resort (except: Japan market)
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Class B
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PNH: Hotel Cambodiana/ Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel & Residence (except: Japan market)
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REP: Borei Angkor Resort
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Class C
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PNH: Intercontinental Phnom Penh
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REP: Park Hyatt Hotel
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SIEM REAP
In the vast rain forests, brown fields and rice paddies, lies Siem Reap, a province in Northwestern Cambodia where visitors will find the most significant archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. Here, history and nature come alive to sweep visitors away to a mesmerizing and ancient world.
Most of the lost civilization’s temples and ancient archaeological sites can be found in the Angkor Complex. The West Baray is an interesting Angkorian megastructure which can be viewed from the plane. Even before landing, visitors can take a glimpse of this enormous reservoir, which is still hard to believe that this entire expanse of water is man-made. It was constructed for irrigation and flood management.
Angkor Wat is just one of more than a hundred structures in a complex twice the size of Manhattan. It was originally built according to the orders of King Suryavarman II as an offering for the Hindu God, Vishnu. It has since transformed into a Buddhist structure, making it the world’s largest religious monument and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992. The intricate stone carvings on the walls seem like the whole history of ancient Khmer was displayed right in front of you.
Ta Prohm is one of the major temples in Eastern Angkor and is very famous because of its romantic appeal. Unlike the other structures in Angkor, Ta Prohm was maintained in this condition of collapsed ‘natural’ state, with trees interlaced among the ruins so that visitors would see how most of Angkor looked when it was discovered in the 19th century.
For visitors who wish to see the other side of Siem Reap, then there is Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Not only it serves as a major source of fish products in Cambodia, Tonle Sap is also home to an enormous community that take residence in floating villages and stilted homes. Here, boats serve not only as vehicles, but also homes. Touring the Tonle Sap is probably the best way to interact with Khmer people.
Unravel the wonders of Siem Reap as you explore Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, Angkor Thom, Tonle Sap lake and many more – complemented by a delightful melange of things to experience!
PHNOM PENH
Phnom Penh may not be as famous as Siem Reap, but it is a destination for visitors who wish to understand how Khmer culture was nearly wiped out by the terrors brought by Maoist-inspired guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge.Despite its painful past, there are still touches of that beauty in the Cambodian capital – the gentle and friendly Khmer people, the legacy of the French colonialists, monks parading the streets, fishing boats in the Mekong river.
Phnom Penh may not be as famous as Siem Reap, but it is a destination for visitors who wish to understand how Khmer culture was nearly wiped out by the terrors brought by Maoist-inspired guerrillas of the Khmer Rouge.Despite its painful past, there are still touches of that beauty in the Cambodian capital – the gentle and friendly Khmer people, the legacy of the French colonialists, monks parading the streets, fishing boats in the Mekong river.
Most tours in Phnom Penh begins in the vicinity of the city’s most beautiful monument, the Royal Palace, which is situated just beside the Tonle Sap. Gleaming in gold, the palace was constructed a century ago to serve as a royal residence for the King, his family and foreign dignitaries. On the other side of the palace compound, the Silver Pagoda is open to public. Inside the pagoda stands a life-size golden Buddha made up of emerald and sparkling with thousand diamonds.
Located right at the corner of Sihanouk Blvd and Monireth Blvd, The Olympic Stadium of Phnom Penh is not your usual tourist destination but more of a place for locals. Although a bit old and run down and no Olympic games was ever held here, it is a great place to observe how Cambodians use their leisure hours for exercise, dancing and sports.
During the Khmer Rouge, several buildings were converted into torture centres one of which was Tuol Sleng, a former high school in the souther part of the capital. When the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and ended the Khmer Rouge, Tuol Sleng was converted into a museum. A tour not recommended for faint-hearted, but worth a visit if you could bear to see the victims of the slaughter.
Another notorious site is the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, a soccer-field-sized area surrounded by farmland used as killing fields. It is where the Khmer Rouge practiced genocide where almost 2 million Cambodians lost their lives, many of whom were tortured before finally being killed. Horrifying and fascinating at the same time, this area has become as tourist attraction. Today, visitors can see up close a glass shrine full of over 8,000 human skulls.
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