7 DAYS MOCBAI -PHNOMPENH - SIEMREAP -POIPET
Private tour
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Private tour: Daily departure from Moc Bai (border to Vietnam) with
English or French speaking guide
ITINERARY:
Day 1: Moc Bai-Phnom Penh (Arrival) by overland (D)
Meet upon arrival at Moc Bai border and overland transfer from Moc Bai
border (Cambodia side 174 km; 3 ½ hours) to Phnom Penh. Dinner and
accommodation at hotel.
Day 2: Phnom Penh (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel.
Phnom Penh city tour: Visit the Victory Monument, and the National
Museum, also called Musee des Beaux-Arts. A French archaeologist and
painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in 1917. The
museum contains a collection of Khmer art - notably sculptures - from
throughout the ages. Visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in
1866 on the site of the old town and the Silver Pagoda. Located within
the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because
of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles. The treasures found
inside include a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90kilograms
and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha.
Visit the Notorious Tuol Sleng Museum. In 1975 Tuol Svay Prey High
School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a
prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It soon became the largest
such center of detention and torture in the country. More than 17,000
people held at S-21 were taken to the extermination camp at Choeung Ek
to be executed; detainees who died during torture were buried in mass
graves in the prison ground. The museum displays include room after room
of these photographs of men, women and children covering the walls from
floor to ceiling; virtually all the people pictured were later killed.
Visit the Russian Market (Psah Tuol Thom Pong), a lively outdoor market
where you will find antiquities, silver and gold jewelry, gems, silk,
kramas, stone and wood carvings, as well as T-Shirts, CDs and other
souvenirs. End your afternoon with the visit of the Wat Phnom Temple,
Phnom Penh’s namesake. Dinner at local restaurant and accommodation at
hotel.
Day 3: Phnom Penh - Kompong ThoM - SIEM REAPB(B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel.
Depart to Kompong Thom to visit Sambor Prei Kuk, located 35km northeast
of Kompong Thom
Visit the ancient capital of Chenla with its 100 temples dating from the
Pre-Angkorian period. Return to Kompong Thom.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Continue to Siem Reap. En route, visit traditional villages and stop at
the ancient Naga Bridge (Spean Pratpo), located 40 Km from Siem Reap.
Arrive in Siem Reap and transfer to the hotel
Sunset at Angkor Wat after 17:00 hrs. Dinner and accommodation at hotel.
Day 4: Siem Reap (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel.
In the morning, visit Prasat Kravan with its unique brick sculptures and
Ta Prohm. One of the area’s most beautiful temples, Ta Prohm has been
relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its
mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of
Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much
the ways most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers
first stumbled upon them. Visit as well Takeo, Chau Say Tevoda and
Thommanon.
Visit Preah Khan temple. Built by the King Jayavarman VII, Preah Khan
is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulders-hanging
corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, Preah Khan is in a reasonable state
of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even
improve this situation. Continue your visits to Neak Pean, a fountain
built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal
Himalayan mountain-lake and visit the temple of Ta Som as well as Srah
Srang (“The Royal Baths”), undoubtedly used in the past for ritual
bathing. Dinner at local restaurant and accommodation at hotel.
Day 5: Siem Reap (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel.
In the morning, visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of
Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is
comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive
five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century
masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of
classical Khmer art and architecture. Angkor Wat’s five towers symbolize
Meru’s five peaks - the enclosed wall represents the mountains at the
edge of the world and the surrounding moat, the ocean beyond.
Visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom (12th century). See the South
Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk,
the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephants Terrace, the Terrace of
the Leper King and Bayon Temple (unique for its 54 towers decorated with
over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara), until sunset. Dinner at local
restaurant and accommodation at hotel.
Day 6: Siem Reap(B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel.
Morning, transfer to Banteay Srei temple (10th c), regarded as the jewel
in the crown of Classical Khmer Art. Visit the floating village of Chong
Khneas, located 10 kilometers south of Siem Reap. Take a traditional
wooden boat for a ride on the Tonle Sap Lake, the “Great Lake” of
Cambodia, one of the largest in Asia.
Visit “Les Artisans d’Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles” of Siem Reap and time
at leisure at the local market, Dinner at local restaurant and
accommodation at hotel.
Visit Banteay Srei temple (10th century), regarded as the jewel in the
crown of Classical Khmer Art. Continue to visit Banteay Samre, one of
the most complete complexes at Angkor due to restoration using the
method of “anastylosis”. The name Samre refers to an ethnic group of
mountain people, who inhabited the region at the base of Phnom Kulen and
were probably related to the Khmers. No inscriptions have been found for
this temple, but the style of most of the architecture is of the classic
art of the middle period similar to Angkor Wat. The proportions of
Banteay Samre are splendid. A unique feature is an interior moat with
laterite paving, which when filled with water must have given an
ethereal atmosphere to the temple.
Day 7 : Siem Reap-Poipet – Departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel.
Overland transfer from Siem Reap to Poipet border (155 km, 3 ½ hours).
Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch cross the border to Thailand (end
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Trip includes
Our tour prices are
inclusive of transfers and tours with local English or French speaking
guides. (Guides in other languages are on request and may be subject to
supplements). 1 FOC in single room based on minimum 15 paying pax.
Accommodation in shared twin rooms at indicated hotels or similar, meals
as specified in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner), entrance
fees, service charges, room tax and baggage handling.
Trip excludes:
International airfare; airport taxes, Visa, meals not indicated,
personal expenses Christmas and New Year's Eve Dinners.
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