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Day 1. Siem Reap – Arrival – Welcome dinner (D)
Welcome to Cambodia !
Upon arrival, you will be welcomed by Asian Moonlight Travel's and we transfer to the hotel for check in. Free time to relax, then your guide will see you again for a dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals Included: Dinner with Apsara dance show
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap (check in time at hotel is before 14.00; early check in is subjected to the hotel’s policy)
Flight information: ? (Self arranged by clients)
Day 2. Siem Reap – Angkor Wat tour (B/L)
Wake up early in the morning for sunrise at Angkor Wat (optional). Return to your hotel for breakfast.
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, meet Asian Moonlight Travel- top travel agent's tour guide and we discover the highlights of Siem Reap. Fristly, we visit Angkor Thom, the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Bayon Temple, built from the late 12th century to the early 13th 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.
Then, we visit Ta Prohm, surrounded by jungle.
Afternoon, continue to visit Angkor Wat, the largest temples in world and covers an area of 200 hectares and surrounded by moat and an exterior wall measuring 1300 meters x 1500 meters.
Early evening, you will be taken by Tuk Tuk, a small open-sided taxi common in Cambodia, to go around the suburb of Siem Reap town and for a blessing ceremony by Buddhist monks for happiness, prosperity and safety for your journey.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
Day 3. Siem Reap – Preah Dark village – Tonle Sap lake tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, we are heading out of town we make our way by traveling on a newly paved road to the intricately carved and well preserved temple of Banteay Srei.
Along the way we make stopover at the Preah Dark village and we follow these with a visit the Banteay Samre Temple adorned with impressive relief’s depicting scenes of Vishunu as well as Krishna legends.
Afternoon, Drive 18km toward Tonle sap where we will enjoy a boat ride (private boat and guide) on the Tonle Sap lake. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen's "floating village" with floatting schools, floatting police station, etc. It is same as a big village floatting on the lake, and the "village" move from place to place following water levels and currant.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
Day 4. Siem Reap – Sightseeing day tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
Morning, we drive to the remote Beng Mealea temple through the typical Khmer countryside (60Kms from Siem Reap). There is a lot to see in the approximately 2 hours drive as it takes you through many lively villages and along kilometers of rice paddies. Explore the long abandoned temple (11th century), strangled by the jungle.
A further 1 hr drive brings you to Koh Ker, situated in the northeast of Siem Reap. Discover the long abandoned temples in the forests of northern Cambodia. Also known as Chok Gargyar, it served as the capital of Jayavarman IV (reigned 928-42). His son and successor Harshavarman I moved the capital back to Angkor in 944. There are a remarkable number of religious buildings in the Koh Ker region, considering the short space of time that it was the capital of the empire. There are more than 30 major structures and experts believe there may have been as many as 100 minor sacred buildings in the region. It was also a prolific period for gigantic sculpture and several of the most impressive pieces in the National Museum in Phnom Penh come from Koh Ker, including a huge garuda (half-man, half-bird creature).
Return to Siem Reap.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Siem Reap
Day 5. Siem Reap – Battambang (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, meet Asian Moonlight Travel's tour guide and we drive to Battambang.
Upon arrival, check in the hotel.
Afternooon, drive along the picturesque Sangker River to Wat Slaket Pagoda, the residence of the provincial Buddhist patriarch.
Continue to visit Wat Ek Phnom.
Visit a market where Prahoc, the Cambodian fish paste, is made.
Return to Battambang town, then to Oudombong village, where you will enjoy the funny sliding bamboo train for the rest of the day.
Back to your hotel and relax.
Overnight in Battambang.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Battambang
Day 6. Battambang – sightseeing day tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, we drive to Phnom Banon, with its five sandstone towers on top of a hill and enjoy a magnificent view of the surrounding plains.
Afternoon, continue to visit Phnom Sampeou Mountain, steeped in legend, and topped by Wat Sampeou and a group of caves used as ‘killing caves’ by the Khmer Rouge, containing the skeletal remains of their victims. We will also visit natural caves including spectacular.
You might want to stay until later afternoon at the site waiting to see the bats flying out from the cave before returning the town.
Overnight in Battambang.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Battambang
Day 7. Battambang – Phnom Penh (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfast, we drive to Phnom Penh.
En route, you might want to stop to visit the Silversmith village, see the pottery manufactories in Kompong Chhnang and visit also a fish market, then proceed your way to the final destination.
Check in the hotel upon arrival. Free at your own leisure for the rest of the day.
Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh
Day 8. Phnom Penh – Sightseeing day tour (B/L)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
After breakfasst, meet the top travel agent's tour guide at your hotel lobby (Asian Moonlight Travel) and we visit Royal Palace 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. Continue to Silver Pagoda, serves less as a functioning temple than a repository for cultural treasures such as 90 kg golden Buddha encrusted with 2086 diamonds and followed by Wat Phnom Temple is one of the most important pagodas in Phnom Penh. Built in 1373 on an artificial hill by the wealthy widow Daun Chi Penh. Afternoon, 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 and followed by visit Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21 prison), a 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.
If time permits, we’ll also visit 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.
Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel in Phnom Penh
Day 9. Phnom Penh - Departure (B)
Breakfast is served at your hotel.
Today you are free until time until time to transfer to the international airport for a departure flight without a local expert guide. End of services!
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodation: Check out time is before 12.00PM
Flight information: ? (Self arranged by clients)
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Tour Inclusion:
- Private tours with Local English speaking guide
- A/C transport throughout the tours and all Transfers
- Entrance fee to any applicable tourist sites
- Meals as indicated (B=breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
- Cold water and towel during the trip
- Government tax & Service charge
- Other tours related service stated in the itinerary
- Hotel accommodation (Twin/Double Sharing Room)
Tour Exclusion:
- Personal expenses, tips and gratuities (suggest 3-5 USD/pax/day for tour guide and driver)
- Travel insurance (highly recommend), personal insurance
- Beverage
- Cambodia visa stamp fee (30 USD/pax/entry; if any)
- Domestic and international flight tickets (on request)
- Other services not mentioned above
- International flights & departure taxes (if any)
- Peak season or public holidays surcharge (if any)
