Itinerary Details
Spend a 7-day tour package discovering the highlights of captivating Cambodia as well as its untouched charm and warming hospitality. Visit Phnom Penh city of long-established tradition and magnificent constructions, then move to Battambang to learn more about the daily life of the locals. Travel to Siem Reap to visit the poetic Tonle Sap Lake and experience the floating life on the floating village. Discover the Angkor National Museum and the spectacular temples of Siem Reap.
Sua s'dei (Hello in Cambodia)! Welcome to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. You will receive the warm welcome from your tour guide. Take a good rest in hotel. If you have free time, perhaps stroll the streets of Phnom Penh and explore the city, taking in the interesting French colonial architecture.
Accommodation option:
- The Plantation Urban Resort and Spa
- (4 Ratings)
Phnom Penh
breakfast and lunch
Start the day from the National Museum. The place houses an impressive collection of numerous statues, sculptures, bas-reliefs and so on. It is the perfect place to learn about Cambodian history and art.
We then head to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, the iconic historical sites in Phnom Penh. With unique Cambodian style and ornate structure, the buildings inside the palace are adorned with diamonds, jewels, gold, and silver.
Have lunch at local restaurant before a visit to Tuol Sleng Prison Museum - a former school that served as a Khmer Rouge torture center, and it's estimated that more than 20,000 people were held and tortured here. The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek which tells the story of the tragic legacy of the Khmer Rouge.
Accommodation option:
- The Plantation Urban Resort and Spa
- (4 Ratings)
Royal Palace
breakfast and lunch
After breakfast, we will head to Battambang to experience the daily life of local people and learn how to make some of the traditional products firsthand. Drive about 5 hrs along the poetic river will take us to Battambang province.
Once arrived, we will spend the whole afternoon socializing with locals and witness their brilliant craftsmanship. After that, head to the bamboo train to enjoy some fresh air and cool breeze of Cambodian countryside. Overnight in Battambang.
Accommodation option:
- Battambang Resort
- (4 Ratings)
Bamboo Train
breakfast and lunch
Today you will transfer from Battambang to Siem Reap (about 3-4 hrs). You will visit a Khmer village and enjoy view of the rice field and a lots of palm trees with great fresh air. You will also board on boat in Tonle Sap Lake, the biggest fresh-water lake in Southeast Asia.
After check in at hotel, enjoy your free time at leisure.
Accommodation option:
- Golden Temple Hotel
- (4 Ratings)
Tonle Sap Lake
breakfast and lunch
Spend a full day visiting the amazing temples of Angkor on a guided exploration. Angkor Wat is the largest and most complete structure, and the only one of Angkor's temples that has its entrance facing west – the others face east. Then there is Angkor Thom, the 'Great Royal City', a temple famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone. Of all the temples visited today, Bayon temple is the centerpiece, with over 200 smiling carved faces and more than 50 gothic towers. After lunch it's off to the Ta Prohm Temple, which has large trees embedded in the stone foundations of the structure - powerful symbols of nature.
Accommodation option:
- Golden Temple Hotel
- (4 Ratings)
Angkor Wat
breakfast and lunch
Embrace a very early start today if you wish to experience a sunrise visit to the Angkor complex (this is optional). From here, continue onto Banteay Srei. You'll see it's not a huge temple, but thanks to its intricate stone carvings it is sometimes referred to as 'the jewel in the crown of Angkorian art'. You can carry on exploring more temples, such as Preah Khan. This temple contains a maze of vaulted corridors and is another complex that has been largely reclaimed by the jungle.
Accommodation option:
- Golden Temple Hotel
- (4 Ratings)
Banteay Srei Temples
breakfast
Transfer back to airport for your flight home or to your next destination.