Itinerary

1. Day 1 - Banteay Srei & Grand Circuit Tour

   • Meet your Siem Reap tour guide at an agreed-upon location. 

   • Drive to Banteay Srei in the morning, which is a beautiful temple located about 35 km outside of Siem Reap town and stop at a local community en route to taste some palm wine and palm sugar, depending on the season, along with other local products.

   • Visit the Cambodian Landmine Museum and Relief Facility, located just about 10 km south of the temple, to learn all about Aki Ra who pioneered landmine clearance in Cambodia followed by a delicious lunch at a local restaurant.

   • Head to Pre Rup mountain temple, which was built in 962 by King Rajendravarman entirely made of brick, laterite, and sandstone. 

   • Proceed to East Mebon temple, which is another ancient temple built in the 10th century and now sits on a dry reservoir, along with visiting Ta Som temple, built in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII and is located just northeast of Angkor Thom. Also see the small Neak Pean temple, built on an artificial island.

   Return to your hotel for an overnight stay.

2. Day 2 - Angkor Wat & Small Circuit Tour

   • Visit Angkor Thom and the site of the ancient Royal Palace, along with the Terrace of the Leper King, The Elephant Terrace, Baphuon Temple, and the popular Bayon temple. 

   • Stop to click photos of the Angkor Thom South Gate with its stunning gate and causeway followed by visiting Ta Prohm, which is one of the most famous temples in the park.

   • Head to the extraordinary Angkor Wat post-lunch, which is a huge temple and has three levels with 5 main towers with its inside walls made of bas-reliefs depicting ancient Hindu mythology.

3. Day 3 - Visit Temples of Roluos Group & Bakheng Mountain

   • Leave the hotel after breakfast and head out east to see the three Roluos temples namely Lolei, Preah Ko, and Bakong, which were Buddhist temples.

   • See the 3 towers with stone lions and intricate carvings in Preah Ko along with seeing the first temple-mountain of Bakong made out of sandstone during the Khmer empire.

   • Visit the Genocide Museum en route and marvel at a local Buddhist Pagoda before heading for lunch at a local restaurant followed by visiting a village and market to see locals go about their everyday business. Also buy cheap gifts and souvenirs.

   • Proceed to Bakheng Mountain which was established in the early 10th-century, to see the wonderful view over Angkor Wat.