Itinerary

1. Day 01: Visit Temples on Cycle

   • Your tour guide and driver will meet you at the hotel lobby at 5 am and then take you to Angkor Wat. A stunning sunrise at the wast wing moat of the temple will bring you the most beautiful photo of sunrise with fewer tourists around and full of nature and five sense of the early golden sun rising over the temple, to watch nature and temple reflect in the water, to hear the bird singing along the sunrise, to touch the first piece of stone on the moat steps because they start building from the moat to the main temple, to hear the history of the base of the temple which it is 17 m deep and artificial sun to light up at night to work and why do they build this temple. It is the most significant religious temple in the world AD ever built.
   • After sunrise, they cycle to Ta Prom temple, where they shot the film Tomb Raider. It is recognised as a jungle temple. Our tour guide will take you through the village so that you can see the lives of local people and their habitats as you loop to the temple.
   • Take a break for breakfast, which has been packed from the hotel. 
   • Keep cycling on the wall to see the hidden ancient entrance to the city of the famous four faces of Buddha.
   • Head towards the Terrace of Elephants, Royal Plaza of Phimean Akas, and Baphoun temple, which has a Pyramid layout. Keep climbing up to the top of the temple to view the beautiful landscape and the main one of Bayon temple, which has two hundred sixteen faces of Buddha. 
   • Take a break for lunch with a set menu of traditional Khmer dishes, and then come back to explore the biggest religious site temple ever built, Angkor Wat. 

   Included: Temple pass, AC transportation, Cool water, Lunch, English or French-speaking tour guide.

2. Day 02: Visit various locations of National park of Kolen mountain

   • Get picked up by the guide from the hotel at 8.00 am and then drive to the mountains.
   • Stop midway to see beautiful paddy rice fields, keep walking a bit to see the local countryside market, and taste the Khmer Noodles of the most famous village in Siem Reap.
   • Reach the mountain and start walking to see all the sites by walking and talking.
   • Once there, you will see around 1,000 Hindu Lingams on the water floor, which date back to 802 AD. 
   • Keep walking along the riverbank to see the sacred holy well and the biggest Reclining Buddha from the 16th century AD.
   • After this, walk a bit more through the local villages where you will see the daily life of people who live on the top of the mountain.
   • When you reach the waterfall, feel free to dip and swim. A changing room is available, and you can take your spare clothes. Local people do not wear swimming suits to swim there because they prefer not to show their bodies.
   • Lunch at the local restaurant near the waterfall site and return to the hotel.

   Included: Temple pass, AC transportation, Cool water, Lunch, English or French-speaking tour guide.

3. Day 03: Spiritual ceremony of water blessing from Buddhist monk

   • The guide and driver will meet you at 9 am at the hotel and bring you straight to the Buddhist Monastery in the countryside.
   • Meet the monk and donate him the offerings.
   • You will exchange our traditional Sarong and sit to receive the full water. The monk will recite and pour water on you. It will be one of the most beautiful photos of your trip with this cultural ceremony. It is not against any religion because Cambodia's water blessing ceremony is a cultural ceremony. 
   • Attend the ceremony. The monk will give you water, flowers, and a lucky sacred thread to tie to your wrist.
   • After the water blessing ceremony,  return to the city and do the city tour. 
   • Visit Wat Prah Promroath Buddha hall, where you can learn the history of Buddha and visit the most famous fine art school in Cambodia. There, you can see stone and wood carving, silk weaving, lacquerware, painting and silver making.
   • Return to the hotel and relax.
   • Pick up again at 7.30 pm for the beautiful event at night in the Cambodia Phar Circus. This is unmissable - young Cambodian youths flawlessly perform jogging, jumbo, stretches, and dance with classical music and story. Return to the hotel after the performance. 

   Included : Monk offerings, lunch, cool water, AC transportation, an English or French-speaking tour guide, and a Circus ticket.

4. Day 04: Meet a local family of Great Lake of Tonle Sap

   • Today, the tour will introduce you to the local life of the people in the community settled on the banks of the Great Lake of Tole Sap, which is the source of the Mekong River. Cambodia is listed as the 152nd poorest country of 172 countries in the world. Eighty percent of people are still living in poverty, and they live on two meals a day. The biggest freshwater lake in Cambodia is Tonle Sap. It gets its water from the Mekong River. Fishing is the source of income for the people who depend on the lake. They net about 10 tonnes of fish per day.
   • Leave the hotel at 8 am and drive to the community at the shore of Tonle Sap Lake. 
   • Stop at the village where the people cook bamboo cakes. See how the people cook the cake inside a bamboo hole.
   • Stop at the small local market, the most interesting market where you can see people trading their products, such as fish, crab, snakes, snails, vegetables, and more.
   • Keep walking and get on the big private boat provided. The boat will take us through the community to see the floating village, where the houses are floating on the water. 
   • See the huge lake's surface. Meet the local host and learn to cook fish, a traditional dish called Tek Krerng, and fish sour soup of morning glory.
   • Having lunch with the family on the veranda on stilts 14 m high with a view of the canal. All this being said, the people are amicable and happy. You can become friends with them immediately. 
   • After this, return to the hotel.

   Included: Lunch, AC transportation, cool water, boat ticket, tax, and an English or French-speaking tour guide.

5. Day 05: Hidden temples of Koh Ker group

   • Leave the hotel at 8 am and drive to the north of Cambodia. Arrive at the Phrah Vihar province and explore the hidden jungle temples away from the bubble of tourists. Koh Ker was the ancient capital city of King Jayavarman 2 in 928 AD. The king built the richest city in about 29 years over an area of 80 sq. km, and UNESCO has enlisted it as one of the world's cultural heritage sites.
   • Apart from temples, you will also see a huge pyramid temple with many small temples surrounding the sites.
   • Continue driving until you arrive at the national park site, where you can explore Brasat Bram temple, Brasat Chen temple, Brasat Neang Kmoa and the pyramid-like main temple of Brasat Thom.  
   • Take a break for lunch in front of the temple. 
   • After lunch, explore more temples in the Lingam temple, like the Teak Tree Temple, and then drive back to the city.

   Included: Lunch, cool water, AC transportation, temple pass, and English or French-speaking tour guide.