Day Trip to Beng Mealea Temple and Kampong Khleang from Siem Reap

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Enjoy this adventure that will take you off-the-beaten-track to both the remote Beng Mealea Temple (“Jungle Temple”) as well as the village of Kompong Khleang. Beng Mealea is a less-visited, but nonetheless historically important, and represents a fascinating example of the Suryavarman architecture, dating back to the 12th century. As this temple is much further away from Siem Reap very few visitors venture out here,our guide for this unique tour,was born in a village very close to here and as a younger person played here after school and on weekends,so certainly knows the complex very well, there are many hidden places to visit and explore,we will also make many stops along the way, also see how they make bricks,local kilns,rural life and local markets,entering the stilted villages of Kompong Khleang and also we travel up the river and onto the Great Tonle Sap lake,stopping a a local floating villages and lunch and drinks at a local eatery,all in all an awesome insightful day awaits

Additional Info

* Duration: 9 hours
* Starts: Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips



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Enjoy this adventure that will take you off-the-beaten-track to both the remote Beng Mealea Temple (“Jungle Temple”) as well as the village of Kompong Khleang. Beng Mealea is a less-visited, but nonetheless historically important, and represents a fascinating example of the Suryavarman architecture, dating back to the 12th century. As this temple is much further away from Siem Reap very few visitors venture out here,our guide for this unique tour,was born in a village very close to here and as a younger person played here after school and on weekends,so certainly knows the complex very well, there are many hidden places to visit and explore,we will also make many stops along the way, also see how they make bricks,local kilns,rural life and local markets,entering the stilted villages of Kompong Khleang and also we travel up the river and onto the Great Tonle Sap lake,stopping a a local floating villages and lunch and drinks at a local eatery,all in all an awesome insightful day awaits

Itinerary
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Stop At: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia

enter the great tonle sap lake by boat, we also visit the floating villages and forest when water level permit,

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Beng Mealea, 40 km east of Angkor Wat Cambodia

enter the hidden jungle temples of Beng Mealea with our expert guide, who was born very close to this beautiful but rarely visited Jungle Temple

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Khmer Detours Day Tours, Siem Reap 0800 Cambodia

explore the stilted villages of Kompong Khleang, this is a rarely visited village and quite unique as its one of the largest on the lake itself,

Duration: 5 hours



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