Angkor Temples & Monk Blessing

Day 01: Siem Reap arrival (-/-/-)

(Flight to be advised/ Own tickets)

Arrive in Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) with greetings from your guide and driver. Be transferred to your hotel for check in or to store your luggage.

Around 14:00, meet with your guide and take a tuktuk to Wat Damnak. Here you meet with a local monk and receive a traditional monk blessing. The blessing is a traditional local ritual that is specially adjusted to bless your travels through Cambodia. A small token is handed to you by the monk after the ritual. Walk around the compound of the pagoda and learn more about the architecture and Buddhism. Continue to Satcha center where you observe different artisans working on different elements of Cambodian arts. Throughout your travels in Cambodia, you will pick up on aspects of what you see the people doing at Satcha. Visit to old market and follow by the foot massage for 1hour and enjoy a drink along the riverside, taking up the local atmosphere of the town.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

Day 02: Siem Reap (B/ L/ -)

In the morning board a charming gondola boat riding along the serenity moat surrounding the Angkor Thom wall. The boat sails along the water way where history, nature and culture are created into ones. Overview of the scenic past and photograph along the great all of Angkor Thom, Royal Secret Path and City Guard Post.

Start from here visit to the former capital of the Angkor Kingdom, Angkor Thom, which translates to“Great City”.The city covers an area of 9km² in which numerous breath-taking monuments were built. The centrepiece of the city is the Bayon. Its most distinctive features are the 216 serene stone faces that seemingly face all directions. The Baphuon and Phimeanakas are structures built in the 11^th and 10^th century respectively and both were built in the pyramid style. The Terrace of the Elephantsis a 300 meters long terrace that has three main platforms and two subsidiary ones. The south stairway is framed with three-head elephants gathering lotus flowers with their trunks. The central stairway is decorated by lions and garudas in bas-reliefs in a stance of support for the stairways. One of the main attractions of this terrace is the facade decorated with elephants and their riders depicted in profile. Likewise, the Terrace of Leper Kingwas constructed in the 12^th century.The curious name of this terrace refers to a statue of the Leper King that is on the platform of the terrace.

Continue to visitAngkor Watdates back to the first half of the 12^th century. King Suryavarman II constructed this magnificent masterpiece and built it to become the largest religious monument in the world. Its perfection in composition, balance, proportions, reliefs and sculptures make it one of the finest in the world. This temple is an expression of Khmer art at its highest point of development. It took in its entirety roughly 30 years to construct Angkor Wat.

Lunch is served at restaurant. After lunch, visit to Ta Prohm, which is considered to be the most photographed temple within the Angkor complex. Constructed in the Bayon style between the late 12^th and early 13^th century, Ta Prohm was left pretty much untouched by archaeologists. The trees that grow out of the ruins allow for a mysterious feeling filled with photogenic opportunities. King Jayavarman VII constructed the temple as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university, and it is estimated that close to 80.000 people resided at the temple.

Note: The price based on the standard boat, no drink included and no set up for Gondola boat. Maximum 4person/boat.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

Day 03: Siem Reap departure (B/ -/ -)+

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred by the guide and driver to the floating village. On arrival board cruises, slowly through the canal of Kampong Phluk, you will be thrilled at scenic of unique and authentic Cambodia village on the lake. On the way, you will see admin offices, school, houses on stilts rise up 7 meters lining the way, a Buddhist pagoda at edge of the village.  Drive downstream onto the great lake of Tonle Sap where it offers you a close look at the submerged forest and take a breathtaking view of the seemingly endless water surface.  Your excursion at the village is certainly a unique experience and enables you to expose the hardships and tribulations facing the locals on daily basis. It is a window into the realities of Cambodian life that help you get just a little bit closer to understanding the complexities of life on the lake. Back to the port and you will be heading to Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (SAI) for your flight home.

(Flight to be advised/ Own tickets)

Note: Kampong Phluk is recommended to visit from August to January as the rainy season in Cambodia and boat can access through the village. If the travel from February to July will be moved to Chong Kneas floating village for the alternative visit.

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Remarks:

-The reference prices are based on a double/ twin-occupancy basis, with local 4- star superior accommodation.

-Above costs are net, non-commissionable and subject to reconfirmation when the booking is made. The above costs are valid until 18 December 2026.

-The prices are not valid during the National holidays, Christmas and New Year period. Please feel free to contact us to ask the detailed prices based on your traveling dates and group size.

– Accommodation is subject to availability and reservations have not been made unless otherwise stated