SAMEERA TRAVELS & TOURS PVT. LTD. | |
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Cambodia | |||
8 Nights / 9 Days | Cambodia |
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DAY WISE ITINERARY | ||
Day 1: Arrive Siem Reap (D) Warmly welcome at Siem Reap International airport, you are met and transfer direct to hotel for check in. |
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Day 2: Siem Reap – Angkor temple tours (B) Visit to Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake), Ta Som, built in late 12th century C.E. the most distant temple on the grand circuit, small but classic. Preah Khan temple, Built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. |
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Day 3: Siem Reap – Angkor Wat tours (B) We drive to Visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. |
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Day 4: Siem Reap – Phnom Penh by flight (B) This morning we will enjoy a boat ride 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 floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the "village" move from place to place following water levels and current.Free at the leisure until transfer to Siem Reap airport for a domestic flight to Phnom Penh. Welcome at the airport then transfer to the hotel for check in. |
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Day 5: Phnom Penh (B) Today we continue seeing Phnom Penh with the Royal University of Fine Arts, where the young Cambodians learn the ancient arts of their ancestors. A view of numerous children practicing the graceful movements of the beautiful national dances is impressive. The next stop of our trip is the National Museum, exclusively dedicated to Khmer art and sculpture. The majority of the exhibits are from the Angkor period from 9th to 15th centuries, but some date from as early as the 4th century. Heading out of town we visit the Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the notorious ‘Killing Fields’ of Choeung Ek, which will give us a deep insight into the painful bloody rule of the Khmer Rouge. We have time for an exploration of Psar Toul Tom Pong, also called the “Russian Market”, where anything and everything is for sales.. |
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Day 6: Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville (B) We drive about 3 ½ hours by car to one of the best beach in Cambodia - Sihanouk Ville. |
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Day 7: Sihanoukville (B) Full day is free time at the leisure to relax on the beautiful beach. No services provided, only breakfast and accommodation has been booked in advance. |
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Day 8: Sihanoukville (B) Another full day is free time at the leisure to relax on the beautiful beach. |
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Day 9: Sihanoukville – Phnom Penh departure (B) Free at the leisure until transfer Phnom Penh international airport for departure flight. |