Krong Siem Reap Trip Overview
Discover the best of Siem Reap Temples on a compact time frame. Exploring with our expert local guide all uncover the majestic temples of Angkor including soak up the atmosphere of dawn at Angkor and intricately carved and well-preserved Banteay Srei Temple.
Additional Info
* Duration: 2 days
* Starts: Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Holiday & Seasonal Tours >> National Holidays
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What to Expect When Visiting Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Discover the best of Siem Reap Temples on a compact time frame. Exploring with our expert local guide all uncover the majestic temples of Angkor including soak up the atmosphere of dawn at Angkor and intricately carved and well-preserved Banteay Srei Temple.
Itinerary
Day 1: Angkor Wat Sunrise Tour
Stop At: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia
We begin with a pre-dawn departure (4.00 to 4.30.00 am depending on the time of year) from your hotel for sunrise outside Angkor Wat. Enter the great temple in darkness from the little-visited eastern side, and creep along hoary cloistered corridors past the longest stretch of bas-relief carvings in the world.
We end our touring at Angkor with breakfast outside the temple (take away, from your hotel), and a short rest. Continue the morning by visit the southern Gate of Angkor Thom, flanked by a row of 54 stone figures on each side – gods to the left and demons to the right – and the fortified city of Angkor Thom. At ‘The Bayon’
Enjoy lunch at your own expense, and a rest break before move on to the jungle-enveloped Ta Prohm – one of the most atmospheric of all temples in Angkor.
Duration: 8 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Banteay Srei Temples and Grand Circuit Tour
Stop At: Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap 17259 Cambodia
Today we visit the most interesting temples outside Angkor Thom city. Departing your hotel around 8.00 am, you begin with first stop at Pre Rup Hindu temple built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Banteay Srei, Banteay Srei, Siem Reap Province
Continue a drive for the intricately carved and well-preserved Banteay Srei. The detailed reliefs on this smaller sandstone structure are regarded as the finest, most skillfully crafted in Cambodia. Banteay Srei has only been accessible since the late 1990s, when the Khmer Rouge left the area.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Neak Pean, Angkor Wat Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
Return your journey back and visit Neak Pean temples, an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Jayatataka Baray and continue your afternoon to Preah Khan temple, a ruined but highly atmospheric mixture of tree roots and crumbling stone structures. Construction of this site was commissioned by the great ‘temple builder’ Jayavaraman VII (in honor of his father) and a visit to this smaller site makes for an interesting contrast with the more imposing Angkor Wat. Preah Khan is currently being restored by the World Monument Fund and in places is in remarkably good condition. Late afternoon return to town after a memorable day exploration
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
