See Angkor & Food Tour, 5 days – 4 nights
Siem Reap – Food Tour – Angkor Wat – Siem Reap Temple – Phare Cambodia Circus
Siem Reap – Food Tour – Angkor Wat – Siem Reap Temple – Phare Cambodia Circus
Upon arrival at the arrival halls you will be met by your local guide and driven to your hotel for check in (official checks in at 14:00, early check in depend on the availability).
Your guide is flexible for you to have an orientation tour or relax.
04:30 meeting up at your hotel lobby to start the food tour. This is your chance to taste many different kinds of food with us. This is a combination of Tuk – Tuk and walking food tours in Siem Reap, which take you to the very heart of Khmer culture. Our 4 and 5 hour tours are filled with exceptional Khmer cuisines, taking you to places beyond any guidebook on a journey of exploration and adventure.
Most people don’t know much at all about Khmer cooking, but this course will show how nice it really is. In recent years Khmer cuisine has really begun to shine. For too long it’s played second cousin to Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, but no longer. See exactly why Khmer cuisine is now booming, and why it’s every food gourmand’s dream (Tour last between four and five hours).
Enjoy the lovely breakfast at your hotel, then in the morning we will exploration of the temples. Enter this last capital of the Khmer empire through the Southern Gate where giant carvings of gods and demons flank each side of the entrance. Inside this great city, explore the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, Elephant Terrace and Terrace of Leper King. Feel the serenity that exudes from the stone face carvings of the Bayon and temple walls covered in emerald-green moss intertwined with roots which many deem the most charming of all, Ta Prohm.
Lunch is Khmer style in a local restaurant. Regain your energy enjoying a sumptuous Khmer feast near Sras Srang, the Royal Pool of Ablutions, originally reserved for the King and his consorts. Enjoy a spread of great local food followed by a nap lazing in a hammock, or explore to see the traditional way of life and say hello to the Cambodians near here.
Afternoon take your time for the exploration to Angkor Wat, an architectural and artistic masterpiece of the mighty Khmer Empire. Sunset at Phnom Bakheng or Pre Rup paints the temple in an orange hue. Tonight you will enjoy dinner with Apsara show at local restaurant.
We would recommend having an early start for having breakfast.
Hop on your vehicle then driving approximately two hours to north-east of Angkor, your first stop is the 10th century capital of Koh Ker. Whilst there are known to be over 200 temples within the boundaries of this ancient city, only 96 have been discovered thus far and in fact most of your morning is likely to be spent at just one; Prasat Thom, much of which is partially buried. Whilst the visitor numbers vary from one day to another they are always low, and it is not uncommon for you to have the site to yourself. At the far end of Prasat Thom there is towering pyramid, somewhat reminiscent of the Mayan or Inca architecture. Then enjoy picnic lunch box at temple
Having seen more of the surrounding temples, return in the direction of Siem Reap, stopping to explore another of the lesser visited temples – Beng Mealea, similar in size to the better known Angkor Wat (both were built by Suryavarman II). Utterly swallowed by jungle, and with minimal restoration work, it is easy to imagine what it must have been like for early explorers discovering these temples for the first time. Return to Siem Reap in the late afternoon.
No needs to rush any more, this morning enjoy your breakfast at hotel.
Begin your lovely by countryside fun cycling with Phsa Kroum market (With follow up vehicle). Mainly local farmers and fishmonger brought their vegetable or fish for selling with their busy hand. Continue cycle through the village that you will pass the school, Buddhist monastery, in the meantime you may see duck, chicken, geese farm as well cattle. As soon as you reach Chreav Green Community where every family grows different vegetable, you will enjoy playing with mini-golf at Angkor Wat Putt.
Enjoy a cooked lunch by local family in the community.
Return to hotel and relax.
Tonight the tour guide will see you again and transfer you to see the remarkable Phare troupe perform a lively show that blends circus arts with riveting theater, dance and music to tell uniquely Cambodian stories — historical, folk and modern.
Today is on your own leisure until transfer to the airport for your flight to the next destination. End of base tour service.