Cambodia Luxury Tour 11 Days: A Perfect Honeymoon
Overview
With tropical islands, its breathtaking scenery, breathtaking nature and affordable luxury, Cambodia is an ideal destination for honeymoon couples. Cambodia Luxury Tour 11 Days: A Perfect Honeymoon offers you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend your honeymoon time with all the highlights of Cambodia in 11 days, from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh and Kep. Your honeymoon holidays begin first with some soft adventures like exploring mighty Angkor Temples. Aside from numerous remarkable and interesting places, culturally and historically, there are miles of untouched beaches in the south that newlyweds can add to their tour itinerary. Whatever you want, exciting or peaceful, adventurous or relaxing, is possible in our Cambodian honeymoon tour.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Discover the ancient history of Cambodia by visiting Angkor Highlighted Temples in Siem Reap
- Get a deep understand of the Cambodia’s culture with the excursion to Tonle Sap Lake and the Apsara dance performance
- Pay a visit to a significantly religious mountain of Hindus - Phnom Kulen
- Visit Phnom Penh was known as the pearl of Asia with its museums, its markets and its historical districts where the French colonial architecture brings us back to a bygone era where.
- Explore amazing Cambodia cuisine with our street food tour
- Be seduced by Kep with its turquoise waters, the fine white sand, the surrounding mountains, the pretty bungalows by the sea.
- Discover Kampot, the home of Cambodia’s most famous ingredient specially pepper
Itinerary
Warmly welcome you on arrival in Siem Reap International Airport. Our guide will pick up to your hotel to check-in, and you will have time to take a rest after a long flight. And then the rest of day is on your own, you can make an impression on the city by night by exploring yourself.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Siem Reap
Meal: None
Today, we will take a visit to explore Angkor Highlighted Temples Complex.
Recognized as World’s Heritage Site, Angkor Complex was the largest and most important archaeologist sites in Southeast Asia. It contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire. The Complex comprises numerous monuments in Khmer architecture which is naturalistic and complicated.
The first destination is Ta Prohm. It was a monastery and a Mahayanist Buddhism School, constructed by the king Khmer Jayavarman VII in late 12th century and early 13th century in Bayon architecture style.
We continue to visit Angkor Wat, the largest religious heritage site all over the world. The King Khmer Jayavarman II constructed Angkor Wat in early 12th century as his own mausoleum. It is a mixture in 2 basic Khmer architectures: mountainous – temple architecture.
In the afternoon, we will continue to explore the mysterious Angkor Thom – the longest and the last capital of the Khmer Empire. Lying beside Tonle Sap Lake, it was constructed by the king Khmer Jayavarman VII in late 12th century in Bayon architecture.
Then, we visit 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 those which was constructed under the reign of King Jayavarman VII.
You will be free until we pick you up to have a dinner with Apsara dance performance. Apsara is the Khmer traditionally cultural dance, created by the Royal Ballet of Cambodia in the 12th century. The Apsara was played by women wearing a tight-fitting traditional dress. Nowadays, the Apsara is played by both men and women.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Siem reap
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
In the morning, you will have a breakfast at the hotel and then be picked up to Phnom Kulen. This mountain range is considered as a significantly religious mountain of Hindus and Buddhists. The main attraction is the waterfall on the top of Kulen Mountain, which provides water for Seam Reap and dominates the skyline of all flat plains surrounds.
Nearby Phnom Kulen is The river of 1000 Lingas. It is very spiritually, historically, and culturally important in terms of agriculture since it flows down to Angkor Wat and into the Siem Reap River - which turns flows into Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Cambodia.
Enroute coming to Beng Melea to explore it, we will have lunch at local’s home. Constructed in a distinctly Angkor Wat style by King Suyavarman II in the early 12th century, Beng Mealea might be considered as a prototype for Angkor Wat. This also is the burial ground of King Suryavarman II.
After a day of exploring, the rest time of the day is on your own.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Siem Reap
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
In the morning, after having breakfast, we will drive to southern of Siem Reap to embark on a short cruise to Tonle Sap Lake.
The Tonle Sap is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. Most of population inhabited around the bank of the Lake earn a living by catching fish and making agricultures. This lake offers a great biodiversity, over 300 species of freshwater fish, as well as snakes, crocodiles, turtles, otters and water birds.
Return to hotel and the rest time of the day is on your own.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Siem Reap
Meal: Breakfast
The time will be on your own until you transfer to the airport, taking a flight to Phnom Penh.
In the early evening, we will take you to have a street food tour. You will have a chance to explore Seam Reap by night by tuktuk, from the customs of local people to the activities for tourists. You can enjoy dinner with beer or soft drink in local beer garden, visiting night markets, or you might want to experience foot massage by fish. And then, we will take you back to your hotel by tuk tuk.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Siem Reap
Meal: Breakfast, Dinner
Today, we will take a visit to several magnificent sites in Phnompenh city.
Located in the confluence of Mekong river, Tonle Sap and Basaac, Phnompenh was considered as Paris of the East. The tough past of Kingdom of Cambodia, including the period of being French’s colony, has been sharply affecting Phnompenh nowadays.
The first destination of city tour is the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. It shows us the genocidal crimes of Khmer Rouge in the ruling period from 1975 to 1979. In the four-year ruling of Khmer Rouge, Tuol Sleng detained about 17.000 people, most of them were soldiers under ruling, who was blamed for betraying.
Next, we visit National Museum, built by French colonial government with the mixture in architecture: French and Khmer. Known as the top of the museums of archaeology and literature in Cambodia, it has the biggest Khmer artistic and religious collections in the world.
We continue to visit Royal Palace, a complex of buildings built in 1866 where the Kings of Kingdom of Cambodia lived, except for the period that Cambodia was under of Khmer Rouge ruling. The architecture complex of Royal Palace has been a symbol of Kingdom of Cambodia.
We will finish the city tour by visiting Silver Pagoda. Being an important and famous pagoda in Cambodia, Silver Pagoda has more than 5000 handmade pieces of silver paved on the floor. There is a place of cultural and religious precious objects storing, more than its worshipping function.
You will be on your own in the evening, or you might want to enjoy aleisure cruise on Mekong river (optional) with a private catered dinner by well-known chef. The dishes are mainly done with grill and BBQ along with drinks like local beers while you are enjoying the sunset and taking sights along the river bank. You’ll earn a rare, but great opportunity to see the floating villagers and fishermen’s activities.
Cruise back to the port and transfer back to your hotel.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Phnompenh
Meal: Breakfast
You will be free until transfer to Kep within about 3-hour driving. All the rest of time is on your own. There are many scenic attractions such as mountains, beaches with white sand, sea grass coral reefs, mangroves, … in Kep that you can enjoy.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Kep
Meal: Breakfast
The day will be on your own, or you might enjoy swimming.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Kep
Meal: Breakfast
We continue to visit pepper plantations, durian plantations and rice fields, which is famous in Kampot, and then have lunch in a restaurant or local’s home in Kampot.
In the afternoon, en route return to Kep, we come to Bokor Hill. There is a cool climate, cloudy all over the year. It is 1080m higher than sea level, where we can have a great sight to Kep beach, Kampot and Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam. It is such a must-visit place when you come to Kampot.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Kep
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After having breakfast, you will be picked up to go to Koh Tonsay by boat. There is the place that you can swim in a crystal water, walking along or even sunbathing on the beach with white sand. What a romantic scenery! You can take your time to relax, having lunch with grilled seafood and then back to Kep.
Accommodation: At the hotel in Kep
Meal: Breakfast
The time will be on your own until you transfer back to Phnompenh International Airport, taking a flight return your hometown.
Accommodation: None
Meal: Breakfast
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
- Lunch or dinner as specified in the itinerary
- Water & cool towels
- Government taxes & service charge
Tour excludes:
- Cambodia Visa stamp fee
- International airfare and departure taxes
- Meals, if not specified in the itinerary
- Early check in/ late check out
- Domestic flights and domestic airport taxes
- Compulsory Gala dinner on 24th and 31st December
- Surcharged for Public holidays
- 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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