Full-Day Tour to Koh Ker & Beng Mealea Temples
Highlights
Siem Reap
architectural, archaeological, historical
Private Tour
1 Day
Easy
English
Description
Drive 120 km northeast of the Angkor complex to discover the "Lost City" at Koh Ker, once the capital of King Jayavarman IV. The architecture here is impressive in its scale and conveys a sense of power and grandeur. Also, explore the vast "jungle temple" of Beng Mealea and uncover its secrets.
Itinerary
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Lost City of Koh Ker & Beng Mealea
- Drive to the lost city of Koh Ker, a journey which takes just over 2 hours, and passes through pleasant countryside to Beng Mealea village, where you will make a brief stop before continuing to the first temple complex.
Arrive at the Koh Ker Temple Complex and drive on a clockwise circuit around the temples to take advantage of the morning light.
Visit the Prasat Pram Temple with its 5 towers, some of which are draped in tree roots. Also, see the Prasat Chin, or the Chinese temple, which lies in a state of ruin and its blackened laterite tower is open to the sky.
Travel to the small reservoir of Andong Preng or the sacred well of oil before finishing the morning part of the tour at Prasat Thom. See the large moat, the 37-meter-high Prasat Thom pyramid, and numerous thousand-year-old brick temples and shrines.
Take a break for lunch in the temple area before heading out on the eastern part of the circuit, which features some of the largest temple lingas of the Khmer Empire. Prasat Krachap and Banteay Pichean are surrounded by forest, and you may see birds of prey, including eagles, circling overhead.
Move south to visit the jungle temple of Beng Mealea, situated behind huge walls and dripping with vegetation. Marvel at the huge trees growing out of the ruins. This temple was built 30 years before Angkor Wat, in a similar style and with a similar layout.
What's Included
What's Excluded
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.