Siem Reap Trip Overview
The Roluos Group is located just outside of Siem Reap and is home to four temples – Bakong, Preah Ko, Lolei, and Prasat Prei Monti.
The Roluos Group is also historically significant and most of the temples here are in excellent condition. Not as crowded as the other temples near Angkor Wat.
Additional Info
* Duration: 7 to 8 hours
* Starts: Siem Reap, Cambodia
* Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Siem Reap, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
The Roluos Group is located just outside of Siem Reap and is home to four temples – Bakong, Preah Ko, Lolei, and Prasat Prei Monti.
The Roluos Group is also historically significant and most of the temples here are in excellent condition. Not as crowded as the other temples near Angkor Wat.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Siem Reap Province, Siem Reap Province
Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Roluos Group. The monuments of Roluos, which served as the capital of Indravarman I (reigned 877-89), are among the earliest large, permanent temples built by the Khmers and mark the beginning of Khmer classical art. Preah Ko erected by Indravarman I in the late
9th century dedicated by the King to his ancestors in 880.
Bakong the largest and most interesting of the Roluos group temples, with his active Buddhist monastery just to the north of the east entrance. Lolei built on an islet in the center of a large reservoir (now rice fields) by Yasovarman I, the founder to the first city at Angkor.
After that, take a boat trip for sight-seeing on Tonle Sap Lake, the Great Lake of Cambodia. It is one of the
largest lakes in Asia. Here, enjoy a brief cruise past floating villages complete with schools, restaurants, and
hospitals.
Leave the lake and head to downtown to visit Artisan’s D’angkor, the caving art school.
