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Day 1 : ARRIVAL IN PHNOM PENH (L/D)
Welcomed by Global Travel tour guide upon
arrival at Phnom Penh Airport. Check-in hotel. City tour to
the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda and The National
fine-arts Museum. Have lunch with Cambodian foods before
visiting Wat Phnom, the oldest monument in the city, from
which Phnom Penh derived its name. Hanging around the
Central Market and Russian Market to discover daily life of
Cambodian people. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2 : PHNOM PENH / KAMPONG CHAM (B/L/D)
After breakfast in Phnom Penh depart for Kampong
Cham, also called "The Garden City" and the main town in the
province of that name. After check-in at your hotel we will
take a ferry boat ride across the Mekong River to visit a
rubber plantation and a rubber factory. Return to Kampong
Cham for lunch. Visit Phnom Pros (the hill of
men) and Phnom Srei (the hill of women) from which you can
admire the surrounding panorama. Sights seeing interesting
temples in the area which dated back to 12th and 13th
centuries. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 3 : KAMPONG CHAM – KAMPONG THOM ( B/L/D )
After breakfast depart for Kampong Thom. Upon arrival
in Kampong Thom check-in hotel before leaving for Sambor
Prei Kuk, the capital of the once powerful Empire of Chenla
which predates the Khmer Angkor period. Stop en route for
sightseeing and intermingle with the local people. Picnic
Lunch. Visit Sambor Prei Kuk. According to inscriptions
found in the area, Sambor Prei Kuk was the capital of
Icanavarman (616AD - 635 AD) and residence of the King who
had conquered the Empire of Funan. Return to Kampong Thom
and have some free time to explore the city. Dinner and
overnight at the hotel.
Day 4 : KAMPONG THOM / SIEM REAP (B/L/D)
After Breakfast continue to Siem Reap (
Land of Temples and Cultural ) with visit en route a
monastery where you will learn some of the important aspects
of the current religious practices in Cambodia and short
stop at the ancient Naga Bridge . Welcome and transfer to
Siem Reap for check-in hotel and having lunch. In the
afternoon visit the ancient city of Angkor Thom: the Bayon
temple, the Baphuan, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of
the Leper King. View the sunset at Angkor Wat from the top
of
Phnom Bakheng Mountain . Enjoy a traditional Apsara dance
performance and overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 5 : SIEM REAP (B/L/D)
After breakfast visit the Ta Prohm temple which is a
wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty.
Giant trees have grown here for centuries. Turn to visit Ta
keo, the "Jewel of Crystal" dedicated to the Hindu God
Shiva that was built at the end of the 10th century.
Continue to visit the Thommanon, the Chau Say temples and
the natural lake of Sras Srang. Lunch at local in Siem Reap.
Afternoon visit Angkor Wat. The founder of the temple was
Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and
built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the
Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of
the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an
ancient masterpiece of architectural design and
construction. Dinner and over night at hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 6 : SIEM REAP / BANTEAY SREY / SIEM REAP (B/L/D)
After breakfast spend the entire morning in one of
the jewels of Angkor, the Banteay Srey Temple which means
"Citadel of Women". This temple is built of pink sandstone
and presents the most graceful carvings in stone you might
ever seen in your life. The temple is dedicated to the god
Shiva. After a picnic lunch near the site, go on to Kbal
Spean, the river of thousand Lingas, the phallic symbol of
the God Shiva. Arrival near the site, walk for an hour
through the forest to arrive at Kbal Spean. Return to Siem
Reap for dinner over night at hotel in Siem Reap .
Day 7 : SIEM REAP (B/L/D)
After breakfast at the Hotel have a boat excursion to
view wonderful landscape of Tonle Sap Great Lake and explore
local fishermen’s floating villages. Return to the town for
lunch
After lunch visit “Les Artisans D’Angkor – Chantiers
Ecoles “( Handicraft Center supported by European Union.)
And leisure in the afternoon for shopping , Dinner and over
night at hotel in Siem Reap .
Day 8 : SIEM REAP / PREAK TOAL / SIEM REAP (B/L/D)
After breakfast enjoy an excursion by a boat, an
outboard motor powered sampan, to Preak Toal. There we will
explore a wild bird sanctuary, the flooded forest and
floating villages. During the boat trip we have chances to
observe different fishing methods on the river and see how
local people live and earn their livelihood on the river.
Picnic lunch. Return to Siem Reap for dinner and overnight
at the hotel for the last night in Cambodia
Day 9 : SIEM REAP / DEPARTURE (B)
After breakfast free at your leisure until transfer
to Siem Reap International airport for departure flight to
the next destination .
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