Krong Siem Reap Trip Overview
Viewing best sunrise at Angkor Wat, and excision the largest Hindu temple in the world with our experienced driver and professional tour guide. Learn more about local culture while traveling from Angkor Wat to Beng Mealea, viewing a lot of local activities along the way, and have some rest after getting up early for sunrise.
After we get to Beng Mealea we will explore the great jungle temple with our experienced tour guide.
Additional Info
* Duration: 8 hours
* Starts: Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Krong Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Viewing best sunrise at Angkor Wat, and excision the largest Hindu temple in the world with our experienced driver and professional tour guide. Learn more about local culture while traveling from Angkor Wat to Beng Mealea, viewing a lot of local activities along the way, and have some rest after getting up early for sunrise.
After we get to Beng Mealea we will explore the great jungle temple with our experienced tour guide.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Angkor Wat, Sangkat Nokor Thum, Siem Reap Cambodia
After we meet you at Hotel we will proceed to Angkor Wat but if you have no ticket we will stop by the ticket booths so we can get one there after we will drive to Angkor Wat for viewing a wonderful sunrise behind Angkor Wat.
Angkor Wat mean ( City/Capital of Temples ) is a Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia and is the largest religious monument in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2; 402 acres). Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century. It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yaśodharapura (Khmer: យសោធរបុរៈ, present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual mausoleum. Breaking from the Shaiva tradition of previous kings, Angkor Wat was instead dedicated to Vishnu.
Duration: 3 minutes
Stop At: Beng Mealea, 40 km east of Angkor Wat Cambodia
Beng Mealea was built as a Hindu temple, but some carvings depict Buddhist motifs. Its primary material is sandstone and it is largely unrestored, with trees and thick brush thriving amidst its towers and courtyards and many of its stones lying in great heaps. For years it was difficult to reach, but a road recently built to the temple complex of Koh Ker passes Beng Mealea and more visitors are coming to the site, as it is 77 km from Siem Reap by road.
The corridor in the temple.
The history of the temple is unknown and it can be dated only by its architectural style, identical to Angkor Wat, so scholars assumed it was built during the reign of King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. Smaller in size than Angkor Wat, the king’s main monument, Beng Mealea nonetheless ranks among the Khmer empire’s larger temples: the gallery which forms the outer enclosure of the temple is 181 m by 152 m. It was the center of a town, surrounded by a moat 1025 m by 875 m large and 45 m wide.
Duration: 2 minutes
