Cambodia Discovery 4 Days Private – Touring Only

Day 1 ARRIVAL – PHNOM PENH – CITY TOUR

Arrive at Phnom Penh airport in the morning, meet our representative & transfer to your hotel. 

In the afternoon, a local guide will meet you at your hotel for a half day tour to the most remarkable sites of Phnom Penh, including the Independence Monument, the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda, and Wat Phnom Temple. The rest of the day will be free at your leisure to explore the surroundings of Phnom Penh.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.
Meals included: None

Day 2 PHNOM PENH – SIEM REAP BY FLIGHT – ANGKOR WAT (B)

Meet your driver for a transfer to Phnom Penh airport for a short flight to Siem Reap (not included). On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

In the afternoon, you will be met by your guide to visit Angkor Wat. The temple dates back to the first half of the 12th 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 as well. This temple is an expression of Khmer art at its highest point of development. The temple was initially built as a Hindu structure and converted in the late 13^th century to Theravada Hindu use. The temple’s bas-relief is considered to be the greatest known linear arrangement of stone carving and describes beautiful scenes of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata epics. It took in its entirety roughly 30 years to construct Angkor Wat.

Your local guide will explain to you as you walk through the corridors and the champers and untold stories of this sacred temple will be shared to you.

Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Breakfast

Day 3 ANGKOR ADVENTURE BY TUK TUK (B/L)

Your Go Experience representative will pick you up from your hotel for an early morning tuk tuk ride to Ta Prohm that not many tourists do. The jungle-enveloped Ta Prohm is one of the most atmospheric of all temples in Angkor. Once home to 2,740 monks, Ta Prohm was ‘re-discovered’ in the 1850s by French explorer Henri Mouhot and is a photographer’s delight, still partly covered by encroaching trees reclaiming this ancient site. Enjoy a short hike to the back entrance of Banteay Kdei, which is known also as the “Citadel of Monks”. Move on to Sras Srang and to Batchum temple. Pass through a typical Khmer village with wooden houses on stilts and observe the daily activities of the local Khmer people. Your tuk tuk will pick you up for a local lunch nearby.

Continue by tuk tuk through the little-visited eastern side of Angkor. Around this time of the day, most people head back for lunch in town, leaving the masterpiece relatively quiet for exploration. King Suryavarman II constructed this magnificent temple and built it to become the largest religious monument in the world. 

Leave Angkor Wat through the West Gate and continue by tuk tuk to the South Gate of Angkor Thom. Take the opportunity to photograph the impressive entrance to Angkor Thom, or “Great City”. 

The tuk tuk will drop you at a small temple, beautifully overgrown with trees called Palilay. From here walk through the forest to the Phimeanakas and the Baphuon, and to the Bayon which served as a Mahayana shrine dedicated to Buddha. Its most distinctive features are the 216 serene stone faces that seemingly face all directions. Visit the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of Leper King. 

Enjoy a drink at the East Gate before returning to your hotel in the late afternoon. 

Overnight in Siem Reap.
Meals included: Lunch.

Day 4 SIEM REAP – DEPARTURE (B)

Free at leisure until transfer to the airport for onward travels.

Meals included: Breakfast