Destinations: Angkor Borei, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh

Start your tour from the charming capital of Phnom Penh by visiting the Wat Phnom, The Royal Palace, the National Museum and the Silver Pagoda. You also visit Tuol Sleng and the Killing Field of Choeung Ek where you find Cambodia's horrible story in just recent past. Continue to visit Siem Reap and explore Angkor Wat. One of the world's wonders that will amaze you with hundreds sculptures, buildings and temples. This Cambodia Overland we customize for visitors who have time and want to experience the country through road. A private car & guide will enrich your knowledge about the history, people as well as culture of Cambodia. Let discover it by yourself with us.

Full Itinerary cambodia-traveling

DAY 1 Arrival Phnom Penh And City Tour Meals: Breakfast

Arrival Phnom Penh around noon – Visa processing – you meet with your guide for transfer to hotel.

Afternoon start a half day city tour including the Victory Monument, and the National Museum (called as Musee des Beaux-Arts). You’ll visit a French archaeologist and painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in 1917. The museum contains a collection of Khmer art - notably sculptures – from throughout the ages. Next, you’ll also discover 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. The treasures found inside includes a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90 kilograms and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha. End of day stop at the Central market and on time to views over the tree-lined avenues of the city during sunset.

DAY 2 Phnom Penh – Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum - Killing Field Meals: Breakfast

Morning we continue to visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S 21), followed the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek it is approximately 15Km from the city. You’ll witness Cambodias horrible recent past.

Afternoon, continue to visit Phnom Penh Municipality Hall, National Library, National Bank and you can spend the rest of time shopping at the Russian or Central markets.

DAY 3 Phnom Penh – Kampong Cham – Kampong Thom By Overland Meals:Breakfast

Morning transfer by land with your private car & guide to Kampong Cham, visit Kuhear Moha Nokor Temple (Wat Nokor) and Phnom Pros (Men-Hill) & Phnom Srey (Women- Hill) and on the way you'll also experience the way of stone carving before heading to Kompong Thom for overnight

DAY 4 Sambo Prei Kuk – Siem Reap Meals: Breakfast

Morning transfer to visit amazing untouched Sambor Prei Kuk complex temples (615-650AD), those temples which consists of about 200 temples of the pre-Angkorian City located 30km from Kampong Thom provincial town and have lunch at local restaurant before move to Siem Reap and stop at Kampong kday to see the "Angkorean" bridge and afterwards process to Siem Reap.

DAY 5 Siem Reap - Temples With Ta Prohm – Preah Khan Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, your guide will pick you up and transfer to visit the unique brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Ta Prohm. One of the area’s most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been left relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking like very much the ways most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them. A visit will also be made to Takeo, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevoda afterwards.

Afternoon, continue to visit Preah Khan temple. It was built by the King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder-hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. Continue your visit to Neak Pean, a fountain (built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Ta Som, Eastern Mebon, guarded at its corner by stone figures of harnessed elephants, some of which are still in a reasonable state of preservation, and Pre Rup, the mountain-temple until sunset. Then, back to the hotel.

DAY 6 Angkor Thom & Angkor Wat Tours Meals: Breakfast

Today, visit to the antique capital of Angkor Thom, built in the 12th century: 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.

After a short your rest, you will visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. 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. This masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize Meru’s five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond. End of day take a relaxing stopover at Prasat Chrung visiting Tadev Hole and temple with the best Sunset. Return to your hotel and end of the tour

DAY 7 Siem Reap – The Tonle Sap Lake And Departure Meals:

Morning, explore the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a traditional wooden boat for a ride on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. During your boat ride through Chong Khneas, you will see ordinary Cambodians going about their daily life in the floating village. Your boat will briefly enter the edge of the Great Lake before docking with the Tara – the biggest boat on the Tonle Sap Lake. We will see a fishermen's "floating village" with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the "village" move from place to place following water levels and current.

Afternoon, until transfer for flight departure

Information

Respontravel provides this private tour with a flexible schedule, There is no other travelers on the tour. There will be a private tour guide and a private air-conditioned vehicle in each destination. This is sample tour and can always be personalized to meet your personal needs and travel budget.
Planning the tour:
There will be one private travel consultant supports you with Unlimited changes, no charge
Our guarantee:
Quality service and best price with added value Use of excellent local guides Use of well-selected hotels Use of comfortable vehicles Worry-free & one-stop service Excellent customer care
Methods of payment:
You only deposit 30% in advance after the tour is confirmed The balance paid on arrival in cash, credit cards, traveler's cheque Online and secure payment by bank transfer or credit cards.