CIRCLE OF SIEM REAP DISCOVERY TOUR
Best places to visit: SIEM REAP - BANTEY SREI - PHNOM KULEN - SRAH DUMREI - BENG MEALE VILLAGE
7 days
Daily Tour
20 people
English & Czech
Our “Circle of Siem Reap Discovery” are designed to make you experience unique aspects of different regions and customs. Some of our routes follow seldom used country lanes and side roads, allowing you to take in the beautiful scenery and some historic sites. We take paths leading us to remote villages of the ethnical minorities, to some lost temples in the jungle or to make you have a unique experience of life in a floating village.
Itinerary :
Day 1 : Arrival – Siem Reap Package Tours
Day 2 : Siem Reap – Bantey Srei – Phnom Kulen The Pagoda
Day 3 : Srah Dumrei – Homestay Tours At Beng Meale Village
Day 4 : Visit Tonle Sap Floating House
Day 5 : Siem Reap – Angkor Watt Package Tours
Day 6 : Angkor Tours
Day 7 : Siem Reap – Departure
Day 1 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Arrival – Siem Reap Package Tours (-/L/D)
Morning arrival at the airport in Siem Reap. Welcoming and transfer to your hotel. Visit Siem Reap’s town and also some stone carving from Les Artisans’ Angkor and Les Senteurs’ Angkor, the market Psaar Leu and Wat Bo pagoda.
Siem Reap has been a popular tourist destination since its days as a 19th-century French colony. As a result, the city has no shortage of resorts, hotels and hostels, each catering to different group sizes and income levels.
Hotel Siem Reap.
Day 2 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Siem Reap – Bantey Srei – Phnom Kulen The Pagoda (B/L/D)
Departure to the countryside to visit Bantey Srei, the Citadel of the women, beautiful Khmer edifice of the Xth century, we continue to reach the mountain of Phnom Kulen. By the pilgrims way we trek to the top of Phnom Kulen. Lunch and swimming at the waterfall. In the afternoon, walking through the forest and villages. Overnight in a traditional house or at the pagoda on top of the mountain (350 m). (3h walk, climb +350 m).
Day 3 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Srah Dumrei – Homestay Tours At Beng Meale Village (B/L/D)
At early morning we plunge into a colorful surrounding such as high grass meadow, limestone clearing and deep jungle, to discover the exceptional site of Srah Dumrei, immense monolith sandstone of the Xth century representing elephants and lions, lost in the deep jungle.
We leave the summit of the mountain with a vehicle for the temple of Beng Mealea, lost temple in the jungle. 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. Explore this temple, walk around the trenches of the site to discover the village of Beng Mealea. Night spent in the village with the natives. (3h walk, climb -50m)
Day 4 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Visit Tonle Sap Floating House (B/L/D)
Departure to the lake and walk. We explore on a wooden boat the Tonle Sap, the Great Lake of Cambodia and its floating villages.
Every year, the water level of the great lake changes from 4 to 8 m, overflowing land and forest. Cruising on the great lake and discovering the floating village and fishing’s techniques. Cruise back to Siem Reap and overnight in a hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 5 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Siem Reap – Angkor Watt Package Tours (B/L/D)
Start the visit of the main temples of Angkor Wat on the small and great circuit by tuktuk. Dinner show with Apsara dance at Angkor Village Theater.
Apsara Dance draws its inspiration from the mythological court of the gods and from its celestial dancers, the Apsaras. The dance took on its own unique form adding movements and meaning, during the reigns of Jayavarman II and Jayavarman VII as well as in the Angkor era.
Night in hotel. (3h walk in the temples)
Day 6 – Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Angkor Tours (B/L/D)
We continue the visit of the main temples of Angkor Wat. Little stroll on the bicycle across the forest of Angkor, avoiding the main road on unpaved roads to join the temples (easy biking ride). Relax at the end of the day with 1 hour of aromatherapy massage at Frangipani SPA. Hotel in Siem Reap.
Day 7: Circle Of Siem Reap Discovery Tour: Siem Reap – Departure (B/-/-)
Free time and transfer to the airport
End of service!!
Include :
- Full board except meal on Day 7: B = Breakfast, L = Lunch & D = Dinner
- Nights spent in the villages (mattresses, cushions and mosquito-nets are supplied, bed sheet not provided)
- Transportation
- Local English/French speaking guide
- Donation for NGO
Exclude :
- Meal on Day 7
- Tour guide on Day 7
- Entrance fees at the sites
- Drinks
- International flight
- Airport taxes
- Personal expenses
- Personal insurances
- Tips
- Banking fees for money transfer
* Note: TO PREVENT PLASTIC WATER BOTTLE WASTE, BRING ONE FLASK PER PAX.
FITTED-SHEETS FOR OUTDOOR NIGHTS ARE COMPULSORY AND MUST BE BROUGHT BY THE CUSTOMERS.
* EQUIPMENT AND HEALTH NOTICE
Please bring: clothes you can be active in (trainers, long-sleeve shirt, swimmers, hat, sunglasses), sunscreen, mosquito repellant, head torch, towel, personal toiletries including towel.
Please note that some destinations are some areas where malaria is present. Please consult your GP should you require information on malaria risk avoidance and treatment.