4-Day Angkor Kulen Tonle Sap Banteay Srei and Beng Mealea Tour

4-Day Angkor Kulen Tonle Sap Banteay Srei and Beng Mealea Tour

This tour covers all the main attractions of Siem Reap, avoiding very long journeys.

We provide a professional tour. We only use high quality transport. All our drivers are experienced and qualified. Likewise our guides are qualified, mature and experienced. We avoid external services, e.g. restaurants that do not provide a similar high quality service.

Please note: references to 'Central Market, Siem Reap, Cambodia' in the tour details means your Siem Reap hotel.

Itinerary

Day 1: All about Angkor

Stop At: Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap 17259 Cambodia
After organising tickets for Angkor Park, we visit Angkor Thom first and head for Bayon temple with its many stone faces.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia
Bayon temple is the one with numerous impressive faces carved into the stone. This is worth an hours visit. Nearby is Baphoun temple, so we have a quick stop there and have a look too.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Terrace of the Leper King, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia
Moving on a little further, we stop to see the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King, both also within the Angkor Thom area.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Angkor Wat, Sangkat Nokor Thum, Siem Reap Cambodia
After a break for lunch at a nearby restaurant, we continue to the main attraction, Angkor Wat. This is a large complex and you may want to climb to the top. So this is a long stop.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Phnom Bakheng, Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17000 Cambodia
Finally, we head off to Phnom Bakheng where we probably mix with a large crowd at the top of this ancient temple. We have to go there a bit early and wait due to a restriction on numbers at the summit.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Cool Kulen Waterfall and the Giant Buddha

Stop At: Central Market Street, Siem Reap Cambodia
After our usual 8:30am start to leave Siem Reap and proceed on the long drive to Kulen Mountain. It's about 45km , so bring a book or something to amuse you.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: 1000 Lingas, Siem Reap Cambodia
On the way to Kulen, we stop at the river of 1000 lingas. If the river is not too strong, you can see numerous lingas carved on the stone bed of the river.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia
Upon reaching Phnom Kulen (means mountain of lychees), we proceed to the two waterfalls where guests can take a swim. Try not to be too alarmed by the small fish that may nibble at your dead skin, similar to what they do in the fish baths in town. There is no charge for this at the waterfall.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia
From the waterfall, we trek a little way up to the Preah Ang Thom pagoda where you can view the giant reclining Buddha. And while you're there maybe get a blessing of holy water.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Phnom Kulen National Park, Cambodia
After a lunch on the mountain, we travel down and head for Banteay Srei. We stop on the way to see Sugar Palm manufacture (or alternatively the landmine museum).
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Banteay Srei, Siem Reap Cambodia
Banteay Srei goes by several names, “Lady temple”, “Tiny temple”, “Pink temple”. It is quite different. Originally called Tribhuvanamahesvara, the name Banteay Srei is a modern one, meaning "citadel of the women".
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Banteay Samre, Banteay Srei Angkor, Siem Reap Cambodia
From there we visit Banteay Samre and Pre Rup temples before returning to the hotel at about 6:30pm.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Angkor Sunrise and Grand Tour

Stop At: Angkor Wat, Sangkat Nokor Thum, Siem Reap Cambodia
We start early and leave town no later than 5:00am. We drive to Angkor Wat and choose a good spot for photos and hopefully catch a beautiful and spiritual sunrise.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Central Market Street, Siem Reap Cambodia
After sunrise, we drive back into town so guests can get their inclusive breakfast at their hotel.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Preah Khan, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia
We drive back to Angkor and stop at Preah Khan (meaning "The sacred sword"). The temple complex is quite large and was built to commemorate the Kings victory of the Chams (the people of what is now Vietnam) in 1191.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Neak Pean, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap Cambodia
From there, we drop by a series of temples; Neak Pean, Ta Som and East Mebon temples as they are roughly next to each other along the road. Neak Pean is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Jayatataka Baray. After so many temples, we need to stop for a local lunch.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Ta Prohm, National Road #6 Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
After lunch we proceed to Ta Nei, Ta Phrom and Banteay Kdei temples. Ta Phrom gained some popularity because of the old trees that have intertwined their roots into the masonry of the temple. The temple was consequently used in the filming of the Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie. We return to town about 3pm.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Beng Mealea and Tonle Sap

Stop At: Central Market Street, Siem Reap Cambodia
A regular 8:30am start from town and we go directly to Kpg Pluk and stop at the boat port; a journey of about 30km.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia
We board a motorized boat and chug along the river to the three Kompong Pluk villages at the edge of Tonle Sap lake. The population of around 3000 live in houses raised above the water level by 6 metre stilts and make their living from the fishing in the Tonle Sap and surrounding mangrove forests.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Beng Mealea, 40 km east of Angkor Wat Cambodia
We grab a bite to eat, usually at one of the novel floating cafes. Upon leaving the floating villages, we continue to the ruins of Beng Mealea temple; a Hindu temple. Beng Mealea is largely unrestored, with trees and thick brush thriving amidst its towers and courtyards and many of its stones lying in great heaps. For many years it was unpopular due being difficult to reach (poor road) and also being 77 km from Siem Reap. After seeing Beng Mealea, settle back for a long drive back to town.
Duration: 5 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.