Explore Siem Reap 2 Days Private Tours

Explore Siem Reap 2 Days Private Tours

Explore Tonle Sap 2 Days Private Tours is the best choice for your holiday in Siem Reap,  Cambodia to visit the world heritage site of UNESCO and the natural biosphere of the largest lake in south east Asia and it known as Tonle Sap and we selected the most highlighted to add in the tours itinerary as Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom , Bayon, Elephants Terrace, Ta Promh and watch sunset at the ancient temple of Angkor park at Pre Rup temple and another unique of the tours activities is to visit the floating village on the Tonle Sap Lake and go by cruise around the floating village.

Itinerary

Day 1: Angkor Archaeological Park Tours

Pass By: About Cambodia Travel & Tours, Streung Thmei, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
Tours Itinerary
Day 1 : Angkor Archaeological Park Tours
On the morning after breakfast in the hotel at 08 : 00 AM our tour guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel and transfer to visit the world heritage site of the UNESCO with the wonder of the world temple , the tours start from the south gate of Angkor Thom that it was the last capital city of the Khmer empire and it was also the largest capital city in the world with about 1 million the population in 12th century and then continue to visit Bayon temple , that is the very famous with the fours smiling faces on each towers , Baphoun, Phimeanakas, Terrace of the Elephant and the terrace of the Leper king and then continue to visit the jungle temple Ta Prohm that this temple is covering by the trees and you feel like the rediscover of Angkor temple Henri Mohout in 1860 AD that he met the temples in the jungle by accident. Lunch in the local restaurant to test the real local Cambodian food or Khmer food.
After lunch continue to visit the largest temple in the world Angkor Wat and it is also the one of the world wonder, Angkor Wat is the national symbol of the Cambodia that you will see the towers appear on the national flag of Cambodia and spent time in the temple to explore around with the very good preserved of the carving on the sand stone wall of the temple and continue to visit sunset at Pre Rup temple and after that transfer back to hotel.
Day 2 : Siem Reap - Tonle Sap - Cruise to Floating village Tours
On the morning after breakfast in the hotel at 08 : 00 AM transfer to visit the largest lake in South East Asia Tonle Sap and floating village the most beautiful floating village on the Tonle Sap lake, go by boat to visit the real daily life of the people that they live on the water and they are fisherman , most of the houses they build on the boats or bamboo raft , Tole Sap it is the unique place in the world the water in the lake feed by the Mekong and it is only one way of the water flow in and out , in the wet season the water from Mekong flow into the lake and in the dry season the water in the lake flow back to Mekong and after visit the floating village at Tonle Sap continue to visit Artisans Angkor , Silk Farm , West Baray and Wat Svay Lmeat Monastery then transfer to Hotel.

Stop At: Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Siem Reap 17259 Cambodia
Angkor Thom is undeniably an expression of the highest genius. It is, in three dimensions and on a scale worthy of an entire nation, the materialization of Buddhist cosmology, representing ideas that only great painters would dare to portray.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Angkor Thom South Gate, Siem Reap Cambodia
The south gate of Angkor Thom is most popular with visitors, as it has been fully restored and many of the heads remain in place. The gate is on the main road into Angkor Thom from Angkor Wat.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia
The Bayon temple was built nearly 100 years after Angkor Wat. The basic structure and earliest part of the temple ate not known. Since it was located at the Centre of a royal city it seems possible that the Bayon would have originally been a temple-mountain conforming to the symbolism of a microcosm of Mount Meru. The middle part of the temple was extended during the second phase of building. The Bayon of today belong to the third and last phase of the art style. The Smiling Face at Bayon, the architectural scale and composition of the Bayon exude grandness in every aspects. Its elements juxtapose each other to create balance and harmony and there are more then 200 large faces carved on the 54 tower give this temple its majestic character. The faces with slightly curving lips, eyes placed in shadow by the lowered lids utter not a word and yet force you to guess much, wrote P Jennerat de Beerski in the 1920s. It is generally accepted that four faces on each of the tower are images of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and that they signify the omnipresence of the king. The characteristics of this faces a broad forehead, downcast eyes, wild nostrils, thick lips that curl upwards slightly at the ends combine to reflect the famous Smile of Angkor.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

Stop At: Baphuon, Angkor Archaelogical Park, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia
Baphoun is the temple stands on a rectangular sandstone base with five levels that are approximately the same size, rather than the more common form of successively smaller levels. The first, second and third levels are surrounded by sandstone galleries. Baphuon is the first structure in which stone galleries with a central tower appear. Two libraries in the shape of a cross with four porches stand in the courtyard. They were originally connected by an elevated walkway supported by columns.
Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Phimeanakas, Angkor, Cambodia
Phimeanakas temple is situated near the center of the area enclosed by the walls of the Royal Palace. It must originally have been crowned with a golden pinnacle, as Zhou Daguan described it as the Tower of Gold The temple is built of roughly hewn sandstone blocks and has little decoration.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap Cambodia
The elephants are ridden by servants and princes, and tread as quietly as if they were on an excursive promenade. The steps of even length have no respect for any obstacle. The forest in which they travel in impenetrable to all but tiny creatures, able to squeeze their smallness between the fissures of the undergrowth and to the biggest animals, which crush chasms for their passage in the virgin vegetation.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ta Prohm, National Road #6 Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
Ta Prohm is the undisputed capital of the kingdom of the Trees. It has been left untouched by archaeologists except for the clearing of a path for visitors and structural strengthening to stave of further deterioration. Because of its natural state, it is possible to experience at this temple the wonder of the early explorers when they came upon these monuments in the middle of the nineteenth century. Shrouded in dense jungle the temple of Ta Prohm is ethereal in aspect and conjures up a romantic aura. Fig, banyan and kapok trees spread their gigantic roots over stones, probing walls and terraces apart, as their branches and leaves intertwine to form a roof over the structures. Trunks of trees twist amongst stone pillars. The strange, haunted charm of the place entwines itself about you as you go, as inescapably as the roots have wound themselves about the walls and towers.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Angkor Wat, Sangkat Nokor Thum, Siem Reap Cambodia
Angkor Wat, the largest monument of the Angkor group and the best preserved, is an architectural masterpiece. Its perfection in composition, balance, proportions, relief's and sculpture make it one of the finest monuments in the world. It is generally accepted that Angkor Wat was a funerary temple for King Suryavarman II and oriented to the west to conform to the symbolism between the setting sun and death. The bas-reliefs, designed for viewing from left to right in the order of Hindu funereal ritual, support this function.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Pre Rup, Siem Reap Cambodia
Pre Rup is superb of boldness of the architectural design and give the temple fine balance, scale and proportion. The temple is almost identical in style to the East Mebon, although it was built several yeas later. It is the last real temple mountain. Pre Rup was called the 'City of the East ' by Philippe Stern, a Frenchman who worked on the site but the Cambodians have always regarded this temple as having funerary associations but reason is unknown. The name Pre Rup recalls one of the rituals of cremation in which the silhouette of the body of the deceased, outlined with its ashes, is successively represented according to different orientations, Some archaeologists believe that the large vat located at the base of the east stairway to the central area was used at cremations.
Duration: 1 hour

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

Day 2: Siem Reap - Tonle Sap - Cruise to Floating village Tours

Stop At: Tonle Sap Lake, Lower Mekong Basin Cambodia
The Tonle Sap Lake is the largest fresh water in South East Asia. Its dimension changes depending on the monsoon and dry season and five provinces circled the area of Tonle Sap Lake and there are more than three million of population inhabited around the bank of the Lake and 90% of them earn a living by catching fish and making agricultures. As you can see on the map of Cambodia It stretches across the northwest section of the country. The Lake is also an important commercial resource, providing more than half of the fish consumed in Cambodia. In harmony with the specialized ecosystems, the human occupations at the edges of the lake is similarly distinctive floating villages, towering stilted houses, huge fish traps, and an economy and way of life deeply intertwined with the lake, the fish, the wildlife and the cycles of rising and falling waters.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia
Kampong Pluk is about 30 Km locates on the Southeast of Siem Reap Town and there are more then 3000 inhabitants are real Khmers, their households made of wood and bamboo built on stilts of about 6m to 7m high. During dry season when the lake is low and lack of water those buildings look like the skyscrapers. At this time of the year many of villagers move out onto the lake and build a provisional stilted houses. In wet season while the water level rises up again, the dwellers move back to their permanent houses on the flood plain, the stilts now hidden under the water. People made a living by catching fishes produce as well as smelly fish paste, fermented fish, smoked fish, dried fish, dried prawn etc.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Wat Bo Sang, Bo Sang Rd., San Kamphaeng 50130 Thailand
Wat Bo Pagoda is one of the oldest pagodas in Siem Reap, Cambodia and has a number of well-preserved wall paintings from the 19th century. Although it is a Buddhist temple some of the wall paintings describe the famous ancient love story of Rama and Shita, the strongest man and the most beautiful women of all times. Still today the royal families of the Southeast Asian countries claim to be descendants of Rama. Anyhow, these wall paintings describe a Hindu story that is most remarkable in a Buddhist temple. Wat Bo temple also contains a large collection of Buddha statues that you will find behind the main Buddha.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Artisans Angkor, Stung Thmey Street, Siem Reap 17259 Cambodia
Artisans Angkor is a Cambodian social business creating job opportunities for young people in rural areas, while reviving traditional Khmer craftsmanship. The organisation, founded in 1992, is located on Stung Thmey Street, 2 minutes walk from the Old Market in Siem Reap Centre, Cambodia
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Angkor Silk Farm, Airport Road Puok District, Siem Reap 17259 Cambodia
The Angkor Silk Farm is home to millions of worms at various stages of their 42-day lifecycle. When the hungry larvae are mature enough to spin their cocoons, they start to change color from white to gold. Only then are they transferred from the bed of mulberry leaves onto woven mats and after 10-12 days, the cocoons are ready to collect. Sometimes the moths hatch early, breaking the threads and destroying the cocoon on their way out. Unlike in Eri ‘Peace’ Silk sericulture where the moth lives through the process of silk extraction, this is the end of the line for most Golden Silk moths.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: West Baray, Siem Reap Cambodia
The West Baray is a vast man-made lake, surrounded by an earthen levee which forms a dyke. According to legend, the young daughter of a ruler of Angkor was grabbled by an enormous crocodile, which made a large opening in the south dyke of the West Baray that can still be seen today. The crocodile was capture and killed. The princess, still living in its stomach, was rescued.
Duration: 30 minutes

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