7 DAYS MOCBAI -PHNOMPENH -
SIEMREAP -POIPET
Trip code:
CXMPP7
Private tour: Daily departure from Moc Bai (border to Vietnam) with
English 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:
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Accommodation
in shared twin rooms with air-condition and private
bath room
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All transportation and transfers
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Meals
as stated in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch,
D=Dinner)
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Tours
with English speaking guide
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Entrance
fees
TRIP EXCLUDES:
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International
airfare&
airport taxes
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Travel insurance
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Visa and visa arrangement
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Surcharges for
compulsory gala dinners during festive seasons and
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Peak season
surcharges (which will be advised at time of
booking) ,
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Personal expenses
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Tips & gratuities
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