Cambodia's Treasures: Phnom Penh to Siem Reap in 5 Days

Upon arrival at Phnom Penh Int Airport, meet our representative and you’ll be accompanied to the vehicle and drive directly to the hotel at the city center for around 45 mins. Check-in and remaining of the day is free.

Overnight in Phnom Penh

Breakfast at the hotel

08:30 am our guide & driver will meet and bring you to visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (from S21 prison). This prison was a secondary school and was used as a prison by Pol Pot's security forces and became the largest detention and torture center under the Khmer Rouge regime. Followed by one of Phnom Penh’s most iconic landmarks, The Royal Palace, a complex of buildings that serves as the royal residence of the King of Cambodia. continue to The National Museum, one of the world's greatest collections of Khmer cultural material including sculpture, ceramics, pottery, bronzes, and ethnographic objects from the prehistoric, pre-Angkorian, Angkorian, and post-Angkorian periods as well as more recent works, such as a beautiful wooden royal barge.

This afternoon, visit Phsar Thmey (Central Market), a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. The four wings of this gigantic yellow dome are teeming with stalls that sell goods ranging from gold and silver, antique coins, money exchange, books, flowers, food, fabrics, shoes, souvenirs, seafood, and countless other products. Continue to visit Wat Phnom “Mountain Pagoda” is a Buddhist temple that symbolizes the name of Phnom Penh, located on the hill. According to legend, the first pagoda on this site was erected in 1372 to house four statues of Buddha deposited here by the waters of the Mekong River and discovered by Lady Penh. Wat Phnom is the most popular place for local people to come to play healthy spots or pray for their good luck as well as admire the sundown. Transfer back to your hotel.

Overnight in Phnom Penh

Breakfast at hotel

08:15 am Our driver will drop you off at the bus station for your taking a shuttle bus to Siem Reap (314 KM / 6hrs drive). Upon arrival, meet our driver and you’ll be transferred to check-in at the hotel.

Remain of the day is free or explore at your own.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel

08:30 am, meet our guide & driver at the hotel’s lobby and head out to visit Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples which has been left relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Its appeal lies in the fact that, unlike the other monuments of Angkor, it was abandoned and swallowed by the jungle, looking very much the way most of the Angkor temples appeared when European explorers first stumbled upon them, it was used as a location in the film Tomb Raider. Then head to see the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire, Angkor Thom, the Great Angkor City, established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. We also visit the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace, the Terrace of the Leper King & Baphoun temple before continuing to visit Angkor Wat, the most popular tourist attraction in Cambodia-it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Angkor Wat, also known as the “City of Temples” a temple complex in Cambodia and one of the largest religious monuments in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares. 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. Seeing the architectural masterpiece of Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards, and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple. Back to hotel

Overnight in Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel

After breakfast, continue your trip to Kampong Phluk Floating Village, located 33 km north-south of Siem Reap. The villages are primarily Khmer and have about 3000 inhabitants between them. Flooded mangrove forest surrounds the area and is home to a variety of wildlife including crab-eating macaques. During the dry season when the lake is low (March – July), the buildings in the villages seem to soar atop their 6- 6-meter stilts exposed by the lack of water. At this time of year, many of the villagers move out onto the lake and build temporary houses. In the wet season when the water level rises (Aug – February), the villagers move back to their permanent houses on the floodplain, the stilts now hidden under the water. Kampong Phluk's economy is, as one might expect, based on fishing, primarily in shrimp harvesting.

Free untill the driver will transfer you to the airport for your departure flight.