PHNOM PENH
Day 1: Arrival-Phnom Penh (-/-/-)
Arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport. On arrival your local English speaking guide will meet you for the transfer to check in your hotel. Today is free on your own leisure and overnight in Phnom Penh.
Day 2: Phnom Penh (Breakfast/-/-)
After having breakfast at hotel, we visit to the Notorious Tuol 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) and the Central Market (Phsar Thmei) in Phnom Penh is one of those busy bazaars that are always filled with effervescent crowd from one end to the other. The Central Market (Phsar Thmei) of Phnom Penh stocks everything right from food items to clothes, silverworks and jewelries. Next, we 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 Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles and the Wat Phnom Temple which is on the only ‘hill’ in town. According to legend, the first pagoda on this site was erected in 1373 to house four statues of Buddha deposited here by the waters of the Mekong River and discovered by Penh, the Independence Monument or Vimean Ekareach – as it is referred to in Khmer, is a majestic structure that dominates Phnom Penh city centre. Independence Monument was primarily erected to mark the liberation of the country from the French who ruled Cambodia for almost a century from 1863 to 1953 and the former King Norodom Sihanouk statue till drop you off at your hotel and overnight in Phnom Penh.
Day 3: Phnom Penh-Siem Reap (Breakfast/-/-) Private transfer with driver only.
After having breakfast at hotel, our driver will pick you up from your hotel for departure to Siem Reap (Approximately 5-6hours including 02 stops). First, we’ll make a stop to visit Spider Market in Skoun, where is a world famous tourist attraction, due to the fried spider snacks that are so popular there. Among all the fruit and vegetable stands, you'll see women carrying large trays, full of fried and spiced spiders, some the size of a grown man's palm. Second, we’ll stop to visit the ancient of Kampong Kdei Bridge. This Bridge is about 1000 years old, almost the same period of Angkor Wat. It’s a grand ancient laterite bridge measuring 86m long and 14m wide with 21 arches and topped by a sandstone balustrade with stunning ornamental Naga and it’s believed to have been built in the 12th century during the reign of King Jayavarman VII until we drop you off at your hotel and overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 4: Siem Reap (Breakfast/-/-)
After having breakfast at hotel, we proceed to Angkor Thom Area to visit the Angkor Thom Temple South Gate and the Bayon Temple, these structures were built of wood and have perished but the remaining stone monuments testify that Angkor Thom was indeed a "Great City" as its name implies. Next, we’ll visit Ta-Prom Temple, built from 1186 and originally known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), Ta Prohm was a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of Jayavarman VII. It is one of the few temples in the Angkor region where an inscription provides information about the temple's dependents and inhabitants and visit to Banteay Srei Temple. This is the fabled pink temple of women, so called because it is made of pink sandstone and considered a tribute to the beauty of women. Its small size, delicate carvings and remarkable state of preservation make Banteay Srei one of everyone’s favorite temples. It’s Apsara and male and female divinities represent the most skilled crafts-manship of sand stone carvings. We continue our journey to Angkor Wat Temple – one of the seven greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in between the 9th – 13th century. Angkor provides wonderful photographic opportunities. The monuments and the surrounding jungle afford unlimited textural and lighting opportunities for composing a picture until drop off back at your hotel and overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 5: Siem Reap-Departure (Breakfast/-/-)
After having breakfast at hotel, it’s free on your own leisure until transfer to Siem Reap International Airport for your departure (driver only). End of services.