CAMBODIA HERITAGE PACKAGE – Phnom Penh – Siem Reap – Angkor Wat – 6D5N

Day 1: Phnom Penh – ½ Day City Tour

Depending on your flight details and arrival time you will be picked up from the airport and transferred to the hotel to check in and freshen up. Later in the afternoon we visit the Royal Palace, which is a royal residence now where his Majesty, the King of Cambodia, and the royal families live. It is like a small town of royal dynasties. We continue to the Silver Pagoda, which serves less as a functioning temple but more as a repository for cultural treasures such as a 90 kg golden Buddha encrusted with 2086 diamonds. Finally visit Wat Phnom Temple, one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh. Built in 1373 on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Daun Chi Penh.

Your tour guide will bring you back to the hotel where you can enjoy a welcome dinner later. The further evening will be at your own interpretation.

Transportation: Private airport pick up and transportation during tour

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: 3* hotel

Guide: English speaking tour guide

Day 2: Phnom Penh – Killing Fields & City Tour

After breakfast at the hotel we’ll visit the Tuol Sleng Museum (also known as S- 21 prison). This former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces. More than 17,000 people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeng Ek to be executed. We then drive to visit the “Killing Fields” of Choeng Ek (15 km south of Phnom Penh). Between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants (including nine westerners) were detained and tortured at the S-21 prison and transported to extermination camp of Choeng Ek. We then head to the Russian Market (Toul Tumpong Market), the Market has gained reputation for cheap clothing, a large selection of Buddha images and woodcarvings, betel-nut boxes, silk, silver jewelry, and classic music instrument. To ends this impressive day, which probably made a big impact you can enjoy a lovely Sunset Cruise on the Tonle Sap and Mekong Rivers in Phnom Penh, it bursts into 4 branches. Your tour guide then will bring you back to your hotel.

Your further evening is at your own interpretation.

Transportation: Private transportation during tour

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodation: 3* hotel

Guide: English speaking tour guide

Day 3: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap

After breakfast at the hotel we will transfer you to Siem Reap for which we offer 2 options:

1. By flight, which takes 45 minutes
2. By local bus, which takes 6 hours

Upon arrival, pick up and transfer to the hotel check in. Later in the afternoon we visit Wat Thmey or Killing Field, which contains a unique glass-walled stupa, containing the bones of victims of the Khmer Rouge. After that we visit the Wat Memorial Mountain before your tour guide will bring you back to the hotel. The further evening will be at your own interpretation.

Transportation: Private transportation during tour

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: 3* hotel

Guide: English speaking tour guide

Day 4: Full Day Angkor Wat – Buddhist Blessing Ceremony

After breakfast at your hotel we visit Angkor Thom, the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple (built from the late 12^th century to the early 13^th century by King Jayavarman VII and consists of 54 towers), the Royal Enclosure, the Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. We then visit Ta Prohm, which is surrounded by jungle.

Most likely the highlight of your trip, we then visit Angkor Wat, the largest temples in world, which covers an area of 200 hectares. A moat and an exterior wall that measures 1300 x 1500 meters surround the complex. Early this evening, we will take a Tuk Tuk (the most common taxi in Cambodia) to cruise around Siem Reap to attend a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for happiness, prosperity and safety for your journey. Your tour guide will bring you back to your hotel. Your further evening is at your own interpretation.

Transportation: Private transportation during tour

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodation: 3* hotel

Guide: English speaking tour guide

Day 5: Full Day Angkor Wat Temple Complex

After breakfast at the hotel we visit Banteay Srei, constructed at the late 10^th century by a Brahmin counselor under the power king Rajendarvarman. It was loosely translated to citadel of the woman, but it is a modern appellation that probably refers to the delicate beauty of the carvings. Along the way we make a stopover at Preah Dark village and we follow our journey with a visit at Banteay Samre Temple, adorned with impressive relief’s depicting scenes of Vishunu as well as Krishna legends.

We enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before visiting Preah Khan temple, built by King Jayavarman VII and dedicated to his father. It is a huge, highly exportable monastic complex and served as a Buddhist monastery and school, engaging over 1000 monks. We continue on to Neak Pean, a small island temple located in the middle of the last Baray, constructed by a Khmer king in the Angkor area. Your tour guide will bring you back to your hotel. Your further evening is at your own interpretation.

Transportation: Private transportation during tour

Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Accommodation: 3* hotel

Guide: English speaking tour guide

Day 6: Siem Reap – Chong Kneas Floating Fishing Village – Tonle Sap Lake

After breakfast at hotel we drive to Chong Kneas to visit the fishing village using a private boat. We cruise through the fishing villages of the Great Tonle Sap Lake to discover the natural splendor and old lifestyle of the country. If time permits, we will also visit the local market and artisan dangkor workshop.

You’ll have some free time before your private transportation will bring you to Siem Reap International airport for your flight to the next destination.

Transportation: Private transportation during tour

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: N/A

Guide: English speaking tour guide