Siem Reap - Phnom Penh (Land Route) 5 Days / 4 Nights

Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport, meets our driver and guide, then, transfer to hotel for check in.

(Early check-in before 14h00 is not included)

Rest at your own leisure!

Dinner not included

Overnight at your selected hotel in Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel

This morning, visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Then, visit Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery.

Lunch not included

This afternoon, visit to the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture.

Enjoy wonderful sunset from the top of Bakheng Hill.

Dinner not included

Overnight at your selected hotel in Siem Reap

Breakfast at hotel

After the breakfast, you will enjoy a boat ride on the Tonle Sap Lake at KAMPONG PHLUK VILLAGE. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen’s “floating village” with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the “village” move from place-to-place following water levels and current.

Lunch not included

Then, with your private car and guide, road to Phnom Penh.

The trip will take 6 hours on the good condition road.

On the way, visit Kampong Kdei Bridge (Spean Praptos), dating from the Khmer period and built directly at the request of King Jayavarman VII.

Before arriving at Phnom Penh. we will visit Skun Market where you can see local people selling fried grasshoppers, snack, big black spiders, and seasonal fruit.

Arrival at Phnom Penh at the end of this afternoon, transfer to your hotel for check-in.

Dinner not included

Overnight at your selected hotel in Phnom Penh

Breakfast at hotel

This morning, visit the Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles.

Then, continue your visit at visit to the National Museum, This is one of Phnom Penh’s true architectural gems. The Museum is instantly recognizable with its warm red terracotta and its gracefully cured roof topped by dozens of guardian nagas. It was designed in Khmer style in 1917 by famed French architect Georges Groslier & Ecole Des Arts Cambodgiens.

Lunch not included

This afternoon, visit Wat Phnom is the most significant of all the temples in Phnom Penh. Wat Phnom, a peaceful temple situated on a hill for which the city is named. According to legend, a 14th-century woman named Penh found sacred Buddhist objects in the nearby river and placed them here on the small hill.

After your visit, take a breather at the Russian Market. You’ll have time to spend here browsing the maze of alleys and street stalls teeming with all manner of souvenirs, trinkets, fabrics, statuary, and more. Your guide can help you to purchase snacks, such as sticky rice with banana, outside the domed market.

End of this afternoon, enjoy 1 hour sunset cruise on Mekong River.

Dinner not included

Overnight at your selected hotel in Phnom Penh

Breakfast at hotel

After the breakfast, head out to the Choeung Ek Memorial, where a stupa made up of some 8,000 human skulls marks the site of the infamous Killing Fields. This was the execution ground for the torture victims of TuolSleng and standing in this peaceful setting it’s almost unthinkable to imagine that to date nearly 9000 corpses have been exhumed from the area. Then, continue your visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21 prison). This prison was a high school, and used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces and became the largest center for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge.

Lunch not included

Then, transfer to Phnom Penh Airport for your departure flight.