Krong Siem Reap Trip Overview
Starting ideally at 7:30 am from your Hotel, we get a head start on the crowds so we can arrive 120km away at Koh Ker before the hottest time of the day. Take your time and feel at home amongst the ruins without a swarm of tourists negating the experience. If you feel up to it, climb to the top of the Pyramid temple and survey the jungle surrounded by rice fields, or just wander around the base. Then pop over to Prasad Thneng, and/or Prasad Leung to see some of the best endowed Shiva Linga in Cambodia.
The next stop is Prasad Bram where the Strangler Figs are reclaiming the temples for the Jungle, being a lot quieter than Angkor Area you can hear birds singing in the Jungle. Grab some local lunch when the sun is high in the sky and then we make our way to the Jungle Temple of Beng Mealea. End your day around 6:30 pm back at your hotel or a Siem Reap restaurant.
Save money with a flat rate sedan for groups of up to 4 people, or upgrade to a van of size to suit your group ~8 people.
Additional Info
* Duration: 8 hours
* Starts: Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Starting ideally at 7:30 am from your Hotel, we get a head start on the crowds so we can arrive 120km away at Koh Ker before the hottest time of the day. Take your time and feel at home amongst the ruins without a swarm of tourists negating the experience. If you feel up to it, climb to the top of the Pyramid temple and survey the jungle surrounded by rice fields, or just wander around the base. Then pop over to Prasad Thneng, and/or Prasad Leung to see some of the best endowed Shiva Linga in Cambodia.
The next stop is Prasad Bram where the Strangler Figs are reclaiming the temples for the Jungle, being a lot quieter than Angkor Area you can hear birds singing in the Jungle. Grab some local lunch when the sun is high in the sky and then we make our way to the Jungle Temple of Beng Mealea. End your day around 6:30 pm back at your hotel or a Siem Reap restaurant.
Save money with a flat rate sedan for groups of up to 4 people, or upgrade to a van of size to suit your group ~8 people.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Koh Ker Temple, RN64 – 2km south KOH KER site entrance and Srayang 100 Km North of Siem Reap Cambodia
We drive around 2 and half hours to get to Koh Ker, along the way we can see many types of local plantations such as tapiocas, mangos, pepper, bananas…etc.
Koh Ker is an old ancient Khmer Capital city from 921 – 944 by King Jayavarman IV from 921-942 and his son Harshavarman II role from 942-944. Koh Ker is known as the Cambodian Pyramid temple, 36 meters high and on top, there is an impressive shrine with two meters high Lingas. Our guide will explain more about these temples while the tour is there. You could get to the top of the temple to get a nice view with amazing fresh air. After we finish Koh Ker we will head to Prasad Pram five towers temples, the amazing of this temple is there are trees growing up on top of the temple. The best tip was seeing temples in Koh Ker are very quiet, Off beaten track trip.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Beng Mealea, 40 km east of Angkor Wat Cambodia
Beng Mealea means ( lotus pond ) built-in the early 12th century by Hindu King Suryavarman II, Beng Mealea is known as the great jungles temple, very unique because this temple mostly collapses but there are full of trees growth inside the temple and especially it overgrowth by the jungle. you will feel very peaceful when you walk around these temples especially when it fewer tourists around you. you will know details with our professional tour guide.
Duration: 1 hour
