Krong Siem Reap Trip Overview
Visit Kampong Pluk Village (Tonle Sap Lake) or alternative of Phare Circus in the dry season from March – June
– 3 days Visit best temples including Sunrise Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm, Banteay Srei and other popular temples
– Interact and learn about local life
– Escape the crowd as possible
– Enjoy the great experience with safe and fun days
– Value of money with friendly personal service
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Visit Kampong Pluk Village (Tonle Sap Lake) or alternative of Phare Circus in the dry season from March – June
– 3 days Visit best temples including Sunrise Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm, Banteay Srei and other popular temples
– Interact and learn about local life
– Escape the crowd as possible
– Enjoy the great experience with safe and fun days
– Value of money with friendly personal service
Itinerary
Day 1: Fishing Village (Tonle Sap Lake) and Roulous Temples Group
Stop At: Ta Prohm Temple, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 21000 Cambodia
Start your journey morning at 7.30 am depart your hotel for the journey through the countryside to the world’s second largest freshwater Tonle Sap Lake. Cruise through the village and see unique houses on stilts, and Cambodians at work in the floating forest.
This afternoon start your fist temple Roulous temple group, Hindu structures that remain at Roulous; Lolei, Bakong and Preah Ko, which were all part of the ancient city of Hariharalaya. You will peacefully explore the temples and soak up the local atmosphere away from the crowds.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Temples of Angkor with Sunrise
Stop At: Banteay Srei, Siem Reap Cambodia
We begin with a pre-dawn departure from your hotel for sunrise outside Angkor Wat. Enter the great temple in darkness (please bring a torch) from the little-visited eastern side, and creep.
We end our touring at Angkor with breakfast outside the temple (breakfast is not included), and a short rest. Continue the morning visit the southern Gate of Angkor Thom, flanked by a row of 54 stone figures on each side – gods to the left and demons to the right – and the fortified city of Angkor Thom. At ‘The Bayon’ (12th century) we see its beautifully crafted central towers, covered in more than 200 enormous faces, then explore the famous Terrace of the Leper King, and the Terrace of Elephants. After lunch and a rest break we set out for the jungle-enveloped Ta Prohm – one of the most atmospheric of all temples in Angkor. Once home to 2,740 monks, Ta Prohm today looks much as it did in the early 1850s, when French explorer Henri Mouhot ‘rediscovered’ this crumbling site.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Bantreay Srei Temple and Grand Circuit Tour
Stop At: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia
Today we visit the most interesting temples outside Angkor Thom city. Departing your hotel around 8.00 am, you begin with first stop at Pre Rup Hindu temple built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962.
Continue a drive for the intricately carved and well-preserved Banteay Srei. The detailed reliefs on this smaller sandstone structure are regarded as the finest, most skillfully crafted in Cambodia. Banteay Srei has only been accessible since the late 1990s, when the Khmer Rouge left the area.
Return your journey back and visit Neak Pean temples, an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Jayatataka Baray and continue your afternoon to Preah Khan temple, a ruined but highly atmospheric mixture of tree roots and crumbling stone structures. Construction of this site was commissioned by the great ‘temple builder’ Jayavaraman VII (in honor of his father).
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
