Angkor Tour 5 Days: Authentic Angkor
Overview
Welcome to our Angkor Tour 5 Days: Authentic Angkor!
Angkor Tour 5 Days: Authentic Angkor is a perfect introduction to Cambodia's rich culture and history. Starting with an afternoon in Siem Reap, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the city's bustling markets and enjoy a street food tour, before embarking on a journey to explore some of the most beautiful temples in the region.
Highlights of the tour include visits to the ancient capital city of Angkor Thom, the stunning Banteay Srei temple, and the ruined temple of Beng Mealea, which lies deep in the jungle. Guests will also have the chance to escape the city and explore the countryside, taking an old ox-cart ride through the rice paddies and participating in a family lunch to learn more about village life. From October to February, visitors can also kayak through the houses, schools, and shops of the Mechrey village.
The tour concludes with a relaxing village walk and a final breakfast before departure. With its diverse itinerary and unique activities, the Authentic Angkor 5-Day Tour is a fantastic way to experience the best of Cambodia.
Highlights
- Gain an afternoon to explore Siem Reap city with a lots of fun, visit the museum, especially the market by night by Tuk Tuk
- Get to know Siem Reap by our special street food tour.
- Join the trip to Banteay Srei temple (10th c), the jewel in the crown of Classical Khmer Art.
- Discover the ruined temple of Beng Mealea in the jungle.
- Explore Siem Reap & World Heritage Site Angkor Wat. Visit the ancient capital city Angkor Thom and many attractions inside its walls
- Enjoy the dinner in Crystal restaurant with Apsara Performance.
- Escape from the bustling city, take 30-minute old mean vehicle ox-cart ride through the rice paddies to see the local family’s activities & take part in family lunch to know more about the village life
- From Oct to Feb, get to know the Mechrey village by our special activity – Kayaking through houses, schools and even shops all sit bobbing on the water
Itinerary
Upon arrival, meet and transfer to hotel for check in (Early check-in is NOT included and subject to hotel’s availability). Siem Reap Orientation visit local main shrine of Preah Ang Chheck/Chhom temple, and visit to Angkor National Museum which we can see the artifacts from the every part of Cambodia in the ancient time.
In early evening, explore Siem Reap night by tuk tuk to experience Cambodia's nightlife in full, from the local people's customs to the activities geared to tourists. Walking through the food markets, enjoy dinner with local beer/soft drink in local beer garden, insect salad with cocktail (if you are brave enough to try), visit night markets and or, you may want to try food massage by fish. At the end of the trip, take the short tuk tuk ride back to your hotel. Note* Set menu dinner (meal only without drink) at Chanrey Tree will be replaced if you are not familiar with local beer garden.
7am, drive to the rural outskirt 35km from Angkor area to visit the smallest, but magnificent, Banteay Srei built in the 10th Century and dedicated to Shiva. The temple was the birthplace of Khmer classical style architecture and the pink sandstone structure bears a series of striking and beautiful sculptures, lintels, pediments and friezes.
Drive on to Chau Srei Vibol which is a small charming temple on top of a hill which hardly sees any visitors - very few non-locals have heard of it, and it is set just far enough away from the main tourist routes.
Lunch will be provided at a local restaurant (Own account)
Continue to the ancient Khmer civilization site of Hariharalaya which flourished in the late 9th and earlier 10th centuries. These are the earliest temples in the Angkor area and are referred to the Rolous group we visit the main one called Bakhong temple.
Optional for sunset champagne (USD30/pax):
Enjoy sunset with a bottle of champagne in the rice paddies (Place to set up the table is flexible depend on season and suggestion from guide).
Beat the crowd early morning by 7am, visit the picturesque Ta Prohm. The magnificent roots of a tree, pushing between the huge stone blocks of the temple in a sort of embrace, evoke feelings that you may remember forever. And continue to visit the intricately carved Khmer ruins at Angkor Wat - one of the world’s most impressive ruins. The temple still owns fine Apsara carvings in Angkorian era art. Lunch is own account.
Afternoon, explore the mysterious Royal city Angkor Thom. City & Bayon Its 54-tower temple is an awesome sight. At first glance it seems a shapeless mass of stone, but further scrutiny reveals a face, and then another and another until suddenly you are engulfed by the silent, heavy, enigmatic and silent gaze through half-closed eyes, staring out from a primitive and remote time. Further, visit to the surroundings of the complex including the Baphou, Elephant Terraces, Lepper King Terrace and Royal Place area and visit one more ruin in Angkor Area of Preah Khan temple, built in 12th century by King Jayavarman VII and it is the same style to Ta Prohm Temple.
Heading out of the town, we drive on a newly paved road to the most remote and ruin temples of Beng Mealea built during the reign of King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. Its primary material is sandstone and it is surrounded by moats. The basic layout is three enclosing galleries around a central sanctuary. Causeways have long balustrades formed by bodies of the seven-headed Naga serpent. Smaller in size than Angkor Wat, the king’s main monument, Boeng Mealea nonetheless ranks among the Khmer empire’s larger temples. Return to hotel and free at leisure.
Morning transfer out of the Siem Reap town to a beautiful village in the countryside, you will start to walk through the village houses, witness with very nice and different activities from the locals for their daily life. Just as some examples: how the locals wash vehicles, selling gasoline in whiskey bottles or the small shops where the locals sell food on the side of small streets.
On the way, you can take some fruits from the plants, enjoy a view of this wonderful area and interact with very kindly people in the village, a 30-minute old mean vehicle ox-cart ride through the rice paddies to reach at one big local house to see how this family doing daily work such as making rice wine and handicraft works meanwhile the member of the family will offer you of fresh coconut and some manmade rice wine to taste. Lunch is served at this clean and basic hygiene village house while chatting with the family to get in-depth understanding of the village life. Hop in your van for driving onward to the next destination, a floating community, Mechrey village where you take Kayak through houses, schools and even shops all sit bobbing on the water — though not in the dry season — as locals paddle around in traditional wooden boats. (Recommended from October – February).
This tour is expected to finish around 5:30pm
Transfer to the airport for your departure.
Trip notes
Tour includes:
- Accommodation in a double or twin share room with daily breakfast
- Private air-conditioned vehicle during all tours and transfers.
- Entrance fees for all visits as mentioned in the itinerary
- Experienced English speaking guide during all tours and transfers
- Meals as specified in the itinerary
- Ox-Cart ride
- Local private boat, Kayak
- Water & cool towels
- Government taxes & service charge
Tour excludes:
- Cambodia Visa stamp fee: USD 30/ person
- International airfare and departure taxes
- Meals, if not specified in the itinerary
- Early check in/ late check out
- Domestic flights and domestic airport taxes
- Gala dinner on 24th and 31st December if any
- Surcharged for Peak season: USD80 per room per night from 27 Dec 2018 – 04 Jan 2019 & 04 – 09 Feb 2019
- Drinks and meal not mentioned
- Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone, drinks … etc.
- Personal travel insurance (we highly recommend that you purchase adequate insurance).
- Gratuities/ Tipping
- All other services not specified in the itinerary
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