Day 1: Arrive at Siem Reap.
After welcoming you at the Siem Reap Airport, a Cambodian Pride Tours representative will transfer you to a comfortable hotel in the city center for overnight.
Meals Included: -
Accommodations: Hotel in Siem Reap
Day 2: Siem Reap – Temples of Angkor by bike (Small Circuit
We spent our day cycling through small trail rain forests visit Temple of Angkor and along with the gate of Angkor Thom and explore them on foot. This is a very interesting way to discover the small circuit. From the eastern side of Angkor along with the north mod and through remote villages dotted with palm trees and rice paddies. Your visit includes the South Gate, Bayon, Ta Keo temple, Chao Say Tevoda, Tommanon, Terrace of Leper King, Terrace of Elephant, Baphoun, Phimean Akas.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Siem Reap
Day 3: Sunrise at Angkor Wat, Ta Promh and Big Circuit. Lifestyle visit to Tonle Sap Lake with Sunset.
Rise early for sunrise over the Mother of all temples. You will be picked up at 4:40 am from your hotel and travel straight to Angkor Wat which is believed to be the world’s largest religious building. After the sunrise, we will take you for a breakfast break. Your today’s visit includes the beautiful Ta Prohm (Tomb Raider) temple and followed by the grand circuit temples such as Banteay Samre, Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Tasom, and East Mebon. Regain your energy by enjoying a sumptuous Khmer food in a local restaurant. Finish your day with a visit to the brick pyramid-shaped temple of Pre Rup and the peaceful Royal swimming pool of Sras Srang. Back to the hotel for a short break before visiting Tonle Sap Lake to get refreshment with a private boat cruise to experience the local lifestyles at Kampong Phluk Village and enjoying a stunning sunset over this biggest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Siem Reap
Optional Activities
(Recommended) Evening with Cambodia’s traditional shows with buffet dinner at the Kulen II restaurant. Please inform us if you are interested. We can help you to make advance booking. - USD12
(Recommended) watch the Cambodia’s best circus “Phare Poleu Selpak” which is Siem Reap's most unique, authentic top rated (TripAdvisor & Lonely Planet) evening entertainment. 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Seat A: Adult (age 12+) : US$38 / Children (age 5 – 11) : $18 / Infants (age 4 and younger) no charge with no allocated seat.
Seat B: Adult (age 12+) : US$28 / Children (age 5 – 11) : US$15 /Infants (age 4 and younger) no charge with no allocated seat.
Seat C: Adult (age 12+) : US$18 / Children (age 5 – 11) : US$10 / Infants (age 4 and younger) no charge with no allocated seat. Please inform us if you are interested. We can help you to make advance booking.
Day 4: Siem Reap to Banteay Chmar.
9:00 AM. We leave Siem Reap and head to the incredible jungle temple of Banteay Chhmar, famous for its signature faces of Jayavarman VII. En route, we can visit Banteay Top (Fortress of the Army) temple which a small but impressively tall with damaged towers. Nearby, there is a big lake that has a lot of lotus and some time there a number of water buffalos playing in the water. It’s highly photogenic. We spent the afternoon visiting the magnificent carvings of Lokesvara with 32 arms, nicknamed lok sam-pee (Mr 32) by Khmers, as well as the beautiful Hall of Dancers, similar to the famous Preah Khan. After clambering about among this sleeping giant, we continue to explore the outer complex, including the outer gate of Ta Prohm, like a smaller cousin of the impressive Angkor Thom gates and protected by a moat and the jungle-clad face-tower of Samnang Tasok. We also visit Banteay Torp, the temple is a fascinating and interesting site built as a tribute to the Khmer army for their defeat of the Cham army leading to Khmer control of the region. We spend the night in a homestay.
Meals Included: Breakfast and dinner
Accommodations: Homestay at Banteay Chhmar Community
Day 5: Morning walks around Banteay Chhmar Village. Afternoon Travel to Sra Em.
Wake up early in the morning for a walk in the village of Banteay Chhmar to observe the daily lifestyle of the local people. It could be very interesting as everyone in the village start their day so early. There are opportunities to see small size production of charcoal ovens, Buddhist monks walking with monk bowl to collect food, students walk and bike to school. We might also visit Prasat Ta Promh which is a small ruined temple and topped by a well-preserved example of a Bayon-style four-faced Avalokiteshvara. Breakfast at the community restaurant then we say good bye the family that accompanied us and continue our journey east towards to the mountainous border region and the last outpost of the Khmer Rouge at Anlong Veng, where we visit the house of the former military strongman Ta Mok. Anlong Veng was the last Khmer Rouge stronghold to surrender to government forces in the late 1990s. We then head east to Sra Em where we check into a comfortable hotel for the night.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Sra Em
Day 6: Morning Preah Vihear Temple. Travel to the remote community of Preah Rumkel.
We explore an imposing mountain-top temple guards the border between Cambodia and Thailand, Preah Vihear temple which was registered to be the world heritage 2008, perched on a pinnacle overlooking Cambodia and the object of recent battles with Thailand. The views from this most mountainous of temple mountains are breathtaking.Then, we journey to Cambodia-Lao border of Preah Rumkel Community; survey Sopheakmet Waterfall; that thwarted the grand designs of French imperialists (and which now mark the Lao border). If time is available we will take the boat across the river to visit Hang Khone, which is the southernmost tip of Laos. The French used this as a ferry port where goods were then transferred back to the ferry by train before they continued their travel by river. Sunset here is some of the most beautiful sunsets across the Mekong River.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Homestay/Guesthouse at Preah Rumkel
Day 7: Stung Treng – Kayaking Through Mekong Flooded Forests.
We enjoy a short boat trip down to O’Svay where we will start our paddling tours to explore the Ramsar Wetlands area. It stretches south along the Mekong River from the border with Laos to Stung Treng. Only accessible by boat, it is a haven for critically endangered mammals, birds, and fish and a unique riverine flooded forest system that is a photographer’s dream. With only birdcalls announcing our presence, we maneuvered our way leisurely downstream for a couple of hours before we return back to O’Svay by boat before we travel by road to the provincial capital of Stung Treng. We check in to a comfortable local hotel for the night.
Meals Included: Breakfast and lunch
Accommodations: Hotel in Stung Treng
Day 8: Stung Treng to Ratanakiri. Cha Ung waterfall and Yeak Loam Crater Lake.
Before leaving Stung Treng, We MIGHT visit Stung Treng Women’s Development Center (open Monday to Friday). STWC or Mekong Blue is where the project focuses on developing life skills that assist in breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy for vulnerable people, especially women in their region. You will learn about Cambodian silk weaving and their production, which allows not only preservation but the cultivation of the hundred-year-old tradition of silk-weaving. At the end, you can shop for souvenirs. Then, we travel to Ratanakiri. Explore a 25m high Cha Ung waterfall which surrounded by various creepers and by climbing plants. The scene is very picturesque- the water spray generated by the water cascading off the vegetation creates its own rainbows in the sunlight. Check into your hotel and enjoy your lunch.Later in the afternoon, we visit Yeak Laom crater lake. It is time to enjoy the refreshing waters of the beautiful crater lake of Yeak Loam, set amid a pocket of lush jungle.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Ratanakiri
Day 9: The Indigenous Lifestyle.
We start our day at 6:30 am before breakfast to explore the origin of Ratanakiri and learn about the indigenous people's life who form up the region for thousands of years. Our visit includes Banlung market. It’s most colorful in the early morning, when local indigenous women (Chunchiet) set up around outside of the market, puffing on bamboo pipes of large cigars made from tobacco rolled up in leaves.Return to your hotel for breakfast, then we travel to Kachon where we’ll take a scenic boat ride for about on Sesan river to a remote village of Kaoh Piek. It is home to a traditional Kachoch burial ground complete with carved effigies of the deceased. Return to Ban Lung and we will visit the local gem mining somewhere around town.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Ratanakiri
Day 10: Ratanakiri to Kratie. Dolphin Watching.
We leave behind Banlung and travel southwest towards O’Pongmon before veering south towards to the charming town of Kratie and check into your comfortable hotel.In the afternoon we travel to Kampi, one of the many deep pools where the rare river dolphins gather to feed. We board a local boat and cruise out into the mighty Mekong for a chance encounter with these gentle mammals. Viewing is guaranteed. After enjoying an hour or more of dolphin viewing, we travel back to Kratie.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Accommodations: Hotel in Kratie
Day 11: Market of Kratie, Rice Whisky Production. Travel to Phnom Penh.
After breakfast, we visit the Central Market of Kratie where you will see the local trades. Afterward, we experience the traditional rice whiskey production at Crazy Cow Village before we, we travel to Cambodia capital city of Phnom Penh. We pass through Kampong Cham where we visit the bamboo bridge built across the mighty Mekong River connecting the mainland to Koh Pen Island. Before reaching Phnom Penh, there is the chance to pause at Skuon, affectionately known as ‘Spiderville’, where it is possible to sample the local delicacy of deep-fried tarantula. Have lunch on the road, returning to your Phnom Penh hotel between 3 and 5 pm, depending on weather and traffic.
Meals Included: Breakfast
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