Essential Cambodia Group 5 Days/ 4 Nights

Itinerary

Day 1: Phnom Penh arrival

Stop At: Phnom Penh International Airport, 12000 មហាវិថី​ សហព័ន្ធរុស្ស៊ី, រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ, Cambodia
Fly into Phnom Penh, the city that retains its traditional Khmer and colonial charm. French villas along treelined boulevards remind the visitor that the city was once considered the ‘pearl’ of Southeast Asia. Recent
political changes have triggered an economic boom, with new hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs
springing up across the city.
Overnight in Phnom Penh
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Hotel in Phnom Penh

Day 2: Phnom Penh’s Past & Present

Stop At: Wat Ounalom, Sothearos Boulevard Sisowath Quay, Near the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Pick up at 07:30am: We will explores the pagoda Wat Ounalom, the place originally built to medium confidence you from the 15thcentury, is the most important of Buddhist Khmer in Phnom Penh. Unfortunately recently rebuilt as a "copy", the Khmer Rouge had almost destroyed the Wat when they took the city in 1975.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Royal Palace, Sothearos between Street 240 & 184, Phnom Penh Cambodia
We continue to visit the impressive colorful Khmer-style Royal Palace complex build in 1866 by the Predecessors of King Norodom.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh Cambodia
Nearby is Silver pagoda (the emerald Buddha temple), where contain plenty of Buddha Statues decorated and made by gold, diamond, gemstone and silver
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Central Market, Calmette St. 53, Phnom Penh 55555 Cambodia
Walk up to sacred hill Phnom Daun Penh – also the name of a pagoda and name of the capital nowadays. We will stop at Central Market is located in the heart of the Phnom Penh. The Khmer name of the market is Phsar Thmei, which translates to “new market”. The Central Market was built in 1937 during the French colonial period, in Art Deco style, and is painted bright ochre.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Corner of Street 113 & St 350 History Museum, Phnom Penh 12304 Cambodia
We visit Tuol Sleng prison now is Genocide Museum, the most secret part of the Khmer Rouge regime. It’s also called S-21 (abbreviated for Security Office 21), a Khmer Rouge's premier security camp, specifically designed for the interrogation and extermination of anti-Angkor elements.
We visit Choeung Ek Museum,
where between 1975 and 1978 about 17,000 men, women, children and infants detained and tortured at S-21
were transported for the extermination.
Overnight in Phnom Penh
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel in Phnom Penh

Day 3: Phnom Penh – Siem Reap

Pass By: Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh
Option: Go to Siem Reap by bus
After breakfast, pick up by bus company (around 08:00am) and take shuttle bus to Siem Reap.
Option: Go to Siem Reap by flight
Have breakfast at the hotel. Free time till driver picks you up to the airport for flight to Siem Reap. (pick-up time is 2 hours before the time of flight)

Pass By: Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province
Option: go by bus
Upon arrival in Siem Reap bus station, meet our driver (without guide) and transfer to hotel for check-in.
Overnight in Siem Reap

Option: go by flight
Upon arrival Siem Reap airport, driver takes you from the airport to the hotel. Checkin and overnight in Siem Reap.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Hotel in Siem Reap

Day 4: Angkor Thom & Ta Prohm & Angkor Wat

Stop At: Angkor Thom, Angkor Archaeological Park ក្រុងសៀមរាប, Krong Siem Reap 17000, Cambodia
08:00am After meeting our tour guide, then we drive to Angkor Thom that was the masterpiece of King Jayavarman VII. Following the occupation of Angkor by the Chams from 1177 to 1181, the new king decided to build an impregnable fortress at the heart of his empire.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia
We begin to visit Bayon Temple. At the exact center of Angkor Thom, this is an eccentric expression of the creative genius and inflated ego of Cambodia’s most celebrated king. Its 54 towers are each topped off with the four faces of Avalokiteshvara (Buddha of Compassion), which bear more than a passing resemblance to the
king himself.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ta Prohm, National Road #6 Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
We continue to visit Ta Prohm "Tomb Raider" fame. Ta Prohm has been abandoned to the elements, a reminder that while empires rise and fall, the riotous power of nature marches on, oblivious to the dramas of human history.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Angkor Wat, Sangkat Nokor Thum, Siem Reap Cambodia
We journey out to the Mother of all temples, Angkor Wat. Believed to be the world's largest religious building, this temple is the perfect fusion of symbolism and symmetry and a source of pride and strength to all Khmers.
Dinner with Apsara Dance show at local restaurant.
For those travelers thirsting for cultural highlights of Cambodia, No visit to Cambodia is complete without attending at
least one traditional Khmer dance performance, often referred to as 'Apsara Dance' after one of the most popular Classical
dance pieces. Traditional Khmer dance better described as 'dance-drama' in that the dances are not merely dance but also
meant to convey a story or message.
Back to hotel, overnight in Siem Reap.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Hotel in Siem Reap

Day 5: Siem Reap departure

Stop At: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia
08:00: 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. Return to city and stop visit to "Les Artisans D`Angkor – Chantiers Ecoles", this center works with young artisans; the team creates, produce and market a unique collection of ornamental sculpture, lacquer, silk weaving and silk painting. The company promotes fair and sustainable development in order to provide benefits to rural communities
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Siem Reap International Airport, NR6, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
Pick up by driver (without guide) and transfer to Siem Reap airport for departure to next destination. It’s time to say goodbye, we thank you for traveling with us and warmly welcome you to come again
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.