1 Day Trip to Siem Reap's Beng Mealea Buddhist Temple

Buddhist monks

Highlights

Learn the unique technique used to prepare rice cakes

Explore the Beng Mealea Temple

Visit the Buddhist Monastery at Preah Khan

Siem Reap

archaeological, cultural, historical

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

English, French

Description

Set out on this daylong trip to the Beng Mealea Temple: the pride of an ancient city that is now submerged in a lush jungle. Thought to be the city of Lord Vishnu, this was the supreme temple od the Kmer Empire, who waged their wars form this centre. As you visit this historic cenotaph, you will also learn how to prepare the traditional rice cake using bamboo holes and see a tranquil Buddhist Monastery that runs even today.

Itinerary

Beng Mealea Temple Tour
- Meet your tour guide at your hotel in Siem Reap at 8:00 AM and get a brief about the tour plan for the day. Leave for the Beng Mealea Temple; it takes about an hour and a half to drive there.
- On the way to the temple, see a famous village which makes a traditional cake by sticking rice in a bamboo hole. Learn the history of this practice from your guide and the technique by which it is prepared.
- Next, reach the Beng Mealea Temple, which was also the settlement of the Khmer. Explore the area with your expert Siem Reap tour guide.
- Proceed to a quiet and beautiful Buddhist Monastery and witness an ancient, lone tower temple the king had built and dedicated to his General.
- Walk through the Buddhist Monastery and learn about the life of Buddhist locals who reside here today.
- Visit the Buddha Hall and see the lives of people around it and learn about their beliefs. Meet monks and gain a deeper insight into Buddha's teachings from them.
- Enjoy the landscape of the countryside and stop at a beautiful place to take pictures of water buffalos, oxen cart, lotus flowers and a water lily pond.
- Then, head back to Siem Reap, where you will be dropped off at your accommodation.