Special Cambodia

Arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, your local guide will welcome you and welcome you to the country, then will accompany you to your hotel for check-in.

Overnight at Siem Reap.

After breakfast in the hotel you will visit the group of Rolus, the first town of Angkor, called Hariharalaya.

It will be discovered the temple of Bakong, the great and interesting of the group, the temple Preah Koh and that of Lolei, built on an island in the center of the large water reserve (now rice fields) of King Yasovarman I, founder of the first Angkor.

In the afternoon we visit the temples Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang, Banteay Kdei, Eastern Mebon and Pre Rup Temple, and we will enjoy the sunset from above.

Overnight at Siem Reap.

The morning is the ideal time to visit the capital of King Jayavarman VII, called Angkor Thom, built in the 12th century.

We will see the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple complex, unique with its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Elephant Terrace, the Lebbroso King Terrace, and Baphuon, the former Royal Palace.

The afternoon is the best time to visit the Angkor Wat, one of the wonders of the mountains, with its 5 towers and the thousands of Apsara dancers carved on its walls.

It is considered the masterpiece of all Khmer art, the most famous and imposing temple, considered one of the wonders of the world. It is a dazzling structure in its spectacularness, an example of extraordinary architectural wisdom, decorated with sculptures and extremely refined bas-reliefs, through which the main scenes of the Indian epic poems are described in a masterly manner.

We stay until we enjoy the sunset in front of the Angkor Wat.

Overnight at Siem Reap.

After breakfast in the hotel we transfer to the temple Bantey Srey, that is “the citadel of women”, famous for the splendid bas-reliefs carved almost all in pink sandstone and according to many, superior for delicacy and precision also to those present within Angkor Wat.

It is located about 40 km from Siem Reap and is reachable among enchanting landscapes characterized by rice and villages.

In the afternoon we continue our visit with the Preah Khan temple, built by King Jayavarman VII.

We continue with the Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a swimming pool (which represents the paradise mountain-lake Himalayana), then the Ta Som temple and the Per Rup temple until sunset.

Overnight at Siem Reap.

After breakfast in the hotel we go to Battambong.

Indicatively from mid-July to mid-January the water height allows to make the boat transfer: if possible we take a private wooden boat that will take us to the province of Battambong, on Lake Tonle Sap.

We will pass through the floating village Chhong Kneas and sail along the picturesque river Sangker. This journey will allow us to enjoy uncontaminated landscapes and observe the daily life of local people. We will stop at the Cheur Khmao pagoda, called the black wooden pagoda and the floating village Bak Prier.

In the periods when it is not possible to transfer by boat, it will be done by car (180 Km, about 2-3 hours), and along the way we will visit the village of the silks Phnom Srok, and then we will continue passing through the reserve Trapang Thmor, built by the Cambodian people during the period of the Khmer Rossi.

In the afternoon, we continue to Battambong.

Overnight in Battambong.

After breakfast in the hotel we will visit the Wat Damreisor (the Pagoda of the White Elephant), an ancient pagoda more than 400 years.

We drive along the picturesque Sangker River to visit the Pagoda Wat Slaket, residence of the Buddhist provincial patriarch.

We will continue following the Wat Ek Phnom temple, built in sandstone.

We then visit a market where the Prahoc, Cambodian fish cream is produced. Let's go back through the village.

We can then try the “ bamboo train”, one of the most appreciated activities by tourists: from O Dambong, about 4 kilometers from Battambang, the train runs south-east to O Sra Lav, in about half an hour of snaps and cygolii along deformed and unlined tracks and through vertiginous bridges left by the French.

In the afternoon we visit the Provincial Museum (closed on Saturday and Sunday) and the local market called Phsar Nat.

Then we drive to Phnom Banon, with its 5 sandstone towers placed on top of a hill, from which you enjoy a magnificent view.

Return to Battambong and overnight stay.

After breakfast in the hotel we head to Phnom Penhtragitto of 290 kilometers that lasts 4-5 hours.

Along the way we stop in the province of Pursat to visit the carving of the blue rock (called Thmor Keo). If desired, you can also stop in a local village specialized in ceramic processing.

Upon arrival at Phnom Pehn we go to the hotel for check-in.

Overnight at Phnom Pehn.

After breakfast at the hotel, we visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866, and its Silver Pagoda, which takes its name due to its floor, consisting of over 5,000 silver tiles.

Among the other treasures that we can find within it are a gold Buddha of 90 kilograms to a small image, always of the Buddha, in emerald of the seventeenth century.

We then visit the Toul Sleng Museum (S-21), a school transformed into prison by Pol Pot's security forces and which became the largest detention and torture centre of the Khmer Rouge.

In the afternoon we visit the Cheung Ek Killing extermination camp.

To follow free time at the Russian Market (Psah Tuol Thom Pong) for purchases.

Transfer to the airport for return flight.