Splendor Of Cambodia

Upon arrival, Dandelion Ad’s guide will escort and transfer you to your hotel for check-in. The rest of the day is free for leisure.
Overnight in Phnom Penh

08:00    Have breakfast at Hotel. then will travel overland to Battambang for about 5 hours through the countryside towards northwest Phnom Penh.
Along the way you will have the opportunity to stop for photos at the local markets along the way or visit the silver craft workshops at Kampom Cham before arriving.

12:00     Lunch at a local restaurant on the way with local dishes.

16:00    In the late afternoon, you will take a walk to visit the central area with streets bearing colonial cultural architecture from the French period in Indochina.

Stay overnight in Battambang.

08:00    After breakfast at the hotel, the journey will begin moving along the picturesque Sangker River to Wat Slaket, the residence of the province's Buddhist master, then continue to visit Wat Ek Phnom. Visit a market where locals process fish into a special sauce called Prahoc, a kind of saurce indispensable in traditional Cambodian dishes.

12:00    Lunch at a local restaurant.

13:00    Then continue the trip by visiting the Provincial Museum (closed on Saturdays and Sundays) and the local market. Then move on to Phnom Banon, with its five hilltop sandstone towers, and enjoy stunning views of the surrounding plains until the sun goes down.

In the late afternoon, you will enjoy traveling on a fun bamboo train, a type of transport used here like a train.

    Overnight in Battambang.

08:00    After breakfast at the hotel, you will travel by speedboat to Siem Reap along the Sangkar River. Enjoy the unspoiled landscape and traditional scenes of everyday life. Pass by Cheur Khmao Pagoda, the “Black Wood Temple”, in the floating village of Bak Prier and past the Biosphere Reserve and the floating villages of Prek Tuol.

12:00    Lunch at a local restaurant.

Continue boating across Tonle Sap Lake to the floating village of Chong Khneas. Arrive at Siem Reap port and move to Siem Reap town.
In the afternoon, we used Tuk Tuk to take us to visit Les Artisans d'Angkor - Chantiers Ecoles" of Siem Reap.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

06:00    Early in the morning we will take a sunrise tour at the Angkor Area - the idea is to see the reflection of the amazing Angkor temples in the morning. Return to hotel for breakfast.
After that, we will spend a full day exploring the magical ancient ruins with the South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous for its series of giant faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Area Royal preserve,

12:00    Lunch at a local restaurant.

Next is Phimeanakas, Elephant Ground, Terrace of the Leper King and the largest and most complete temple of Angkor Wat. This architectural masterpiece was built in the 12th century and covers an area of about 210 hectares. We strolled around this massive edifice, seeing numerous galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and water-filled ponds that reflected the towering temple.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

08:00    After breakfast at the hotel, we will head out of town, we will take the newly paved road to Banteay Srei temple, the temple is a symbol of clever use of stone materials and Sculpture art of Khmer artisans, the temple is very well preserved & still retaining a lot of intact artworks.
On the way you can visit Banteay Samre temple, built according to Krishna legend to worship the god Vishnu.

12:00    Lunch at a local restaurant.

13:00    In the afternoon, visit Ta Prohm temple nestled in the middle of a dense forest covered with huge fig trees, vines and figs that cover the entire temple and deform the temple with its bizarre shape. If time allows you can visit the surrounding temples.

Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

08:00    Starting the journey you will visit a temple complex called Roluos. Built and served as the capital of Indravarman I (reigned 877-889). including the temple of Preah Ko built by Indravarman I in the late 9th century, dedicated to his ancestors in 880. Bakong is the largest and most interesting of the Roluos group of temples, being a monastery. The Buddhist design is located just north of the entrance to the East Gate.
 Temple was built on a small island in the center of a large reservoir (now rice paddies) by Yasovarman I, the founder of the first city at Angkor.

12:00    Lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon continue to visit Beng Mealea Temple. The small secluded temple is located in a large and dense tropical area, but it is the heart of the entire angkor wat heritage site in the past. This is the reason that very few tourists visit this ruins temple, which is also the reason for the name Jungle temple with the movie of the same name. Often tourists will combine visiting Koh Ker temple on the way here.
Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap.

08:00     After breakfast, Free and easy on your own in Siem Reap or shopping at the local market.
In the afternoon, we will drive to Kampong Thom province - Kampong Thom is a province located at the central point of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The province has a total land area of 15,061 km2 divided into 8 districts, 81 communes, and 737 villages. The total population is 576,805 people (110,334 families, women approximately 51%). The province has a road network that links from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap on National Road 6 and separates to Preah Vihear province National Road 64 at a distance of 126 km.

        Overnight at a hotel in Kampong Thom.

08:00    After breakfast at the hotel. You will move to the temple of Sambor Prei Kuk, which means in Khmer "Temple in the rich forest", identified as Ishanapura, the capital of the Chenla Empire that flourished at the end of the 6th century and early 7th century AD. The property includes more than a hundred temples, and the decorated sandstone plaques in this area are very characteristic and represented in the Angkorian currency, known as the Sambor Prei Kuk Style. The art and architecture that developed here became a model for other areas of the region and laid the foundation for the unique Khmer style of the Angkor period.

12:00    Lunch at Kampong Thom.

13:00    Then continue on the way back to Phnom Penh.

Overnight at hotel in Phnom Penh

08;00    This morning, you'll explore the National Museum's collection of Khmer art, which displays more than 5,000 objects including statues and other artifacts from Angkor Wat and the Choeung Ek Killing Fields - both reminiscent of Cambodia's bloody past under Pol Pot. It is almost inconceivable to confront the nature of true evil in this benign land, but the Buddhist memorial in Choeung Ek commemorates the 1.7 million victims of the 1975-1979 Pol Pot regime.
This excursion may worry some. However, it is an important piece of the country's historical and cultural puzzle.
Transfer to the airport for flight departure. End of service!