Cambodia inside tour

Brief Information

Tour type: Private, classic tour

Hotel options: Variety

Duration: 5 days

Departure/end: Phnom Penh/ Siem Reap, Cambodia

Highlights: Royal Palace, Genocide Museum, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Bayon Temple, Phnom Bakheng Hills, Tonle Sap, Apsara Dance Show.

Price: From US$346 p.p.

Brief itinerary and service:

Itinerary

Day 1: Phnom Penh Arrival
On arrival at Airport, you will be met and transferred to hotel (room may ready at noon). This afternoon, discover the Phnom Penh City, visit Wat Phnom, an ancient pagoda stand up on the hill, Independence Monument commemorates the end of Cambodia's ruled by France in 1953, Wat Unalom, the oldest Buddhist foundation in the city, probably predating the abandonment of the capital at Angkor in the 15th century. Continue your visit to the National Museum built in 1917-18 is exclusively dedicated to Khmer arts. Royal Palace built in 1866 and Silver Pagoda located within the Royal Palace compound. Dinner at local restaurant, overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh.

Day 2: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap
After breakfast – Visit the famous Tuol Sleng Museum and Cheung Ek, better known as the Killing Fields, where large numbers of people were killed and buried in mass graves. We back to city and if time permit we will visit to Russian market before go for lunch and then transfer to Mekong Bus station for departure to Siem Reap (12.30pm – 18.30pm). On arrival your will be met our guide, then transfer direct to hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 3: Siem Reap – Temples
Breakfast at hotel then visit the Rolous group, the monuments of Rolous which served as the capital of Indravarman I (reigned 877-89), are among the earliest large, permanent temples built by the Khmers and mark the beginning of Khmer classical art, Preah Ko erected by Indravarman I in the late 9th century dedicated by the King to his ancestors in 880. Bakong the largest and most interesting of the Roluos group temples, with his active Buddhist monastery just to the north of the east entrance. Lolei built on an islet in the center of a large reservoir (now rice fields) by Yasovarman I, the founder to the first city at Angkor. Continue your visit to the jungle covered temple of Ta Prohm is an incredible sight. There are enormous fig trees and gigantic creepers which embrace themselves in the stone foundations of the structure giving the impression of man's creation being reclaimed by the powerful forces of nature. We explore this masterpiece as well as some of the surrounding temples including Banteay Kdei, Sra Srong, Ta Keo, Thommanon and Chau Say Tevado. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

Day 4: Siem Reap – Temples
Breakfast at hotel - Visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century); See the South Gate (with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk), Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. In the afternoon, visit the most famous of all the temples on the Angkor plain: Angkor Wat. The temple complex, cover 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century 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 symbolizes the ocean beyond Sunset from Phnom Bakheng, one of two hills dominating the plain of Angkor, from where you will have a spectacular view of the Western Baray and Angkor Wat. Overnight at hotel  in Siem Reap.

Day 5: Siem Reap – Bantey Srei – Tonle Sap Lake
An early morning - we drive to visit the famous Banteay Srei (Citadel of Women) about 35 km from Siem Reap town, Visit to Banteay Srei temple (10th century), regarded as the jewel in the crown of classical Khmer Art. Then continue your visit to Banteay Samre, build in the third quarter of the 12th century. It consists of a central temple with four wings preceded by a hall and accompany by two libraries, the southern example remarkably well preserved. We go back to Siem Reap and continue your visit the floating village of Chong Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Visit the village and take an excursion in a traditional wooden boat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the "Great Lake" of Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia, and Les Artisan D' Angkor. Free until transfer to Siem Reap Int’s Airport for departure. End of our services.

Quotation and Services

Hotel categories	Net rate in US$/person in group of						Single supplement
	1 prs	2-3 prs	4-5 prs	6-7 prs	8-9 prs	10 prs up
Tourist	828	497	446	379	346	On request	79
Superior	899	533	481	415	381	On request	110
First Class	1028	598	546	479	446	On request	168

Note: The price is not applicable on National Holidays, Christmas, New Year.

Includes:
Accommodation:
- 4 night twin/double sharing at hotels with daily breakfast.
Transportation:
- Land transfer by private vehicle for the whole trip.
- Bus transfer from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
- Boat trip in Tonle Sap Lake
Others:
- Meals as mentioned. B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: dinner
- English speaking guides on tour.
- Admission fees for the sightseeing spots.
- 1 bottle of mineral water and wet tissue per person on touring day.
- Service charge and Government taxes
Excludes:
- International air tickets.
- Visa stamping fee.
- Personal expenses.
- Drinks.
- Tips and gratuities.
- Services not clearly mentioned above.

List of hotels on tour