The Lac, Banteay Srei “citadel of the women”, Prasat Kravan,
Kbal Spean, Battambang, Phnom Penh
(Ref KC08SRBATPP-uk)
Some options that you can include in the program.
You can give instructions to the driver or guide
A complete file will be provided on arrival in
Cambodia for complete information on typical restaurants and some practical
info & off-the-beaten-track tours in order to preserve the originality of
our tours.
Day 1: SIEM REAP
Arrive at Siem Reap before 10h00
.
Excursion
with English speaking guide and a private boat on the Tonle Sap Lake to Kompong
Phluk flooded forest through the fishing village of Chong Khneas, about 1h30 by boat between these two villages.
Visit
the village of Kampong Pluk fishermen, fantastic and unique in its kind.
A village on the water, cut off from the world... accessible only by boat.
During
the dry season, you walk around in this village
built around a pagoda. You can observe the constructions and renovations of
houses and boats, the way of life of the people , the
means of transport of villagers who live 6 months on the water. Visit inside
some houses and small factories of fish, small market etc...
During
the wet season, you will embark on a private boat
to stroll from one house to the other. Later you will change to a small boat to
explore the flooded forest.
Our
vehicle is waiting for you at Kompong Phluk, 45 km of road we will lead
you to the forgotten temple of Beng Mealea (Flower on the pond).
The
quality of the architecture and decoration of this temple will amaze you despite the fact that nature and humans have left it in
ruins.
Note:
trip can be done in reverse.
Optional
in the day: unlike other agencies that arrange your visit the
'Crocodile Farm' we will bring you in a local family-owned farm. The more
adventurous can tighten (crocodiles!) babies in their arms. It is at downtown;
it takes at least 30 minutes. If you do not want to visit, you can tell your
guide.
Later...
You will go to the discovery of Siem Reap: field school (Artisan D'Angkor) www.artisansdangkor.com
Next
"Psa Chas", the old market, recognition of the lively zone lying
behind Ta Prohm hotel where you can hang out at evening (restaurants, massages,
shops, crafts... night market).
Note: Depending on your arrival time, some visits may
be transferred to the following day.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 2: SIEM REAP (B - D)
Kravan,
Ta Noreay, Bat Chum, SrasSrong.
Ta
Prohm, BanteayKdai, Prè Roup, Tasom, Neak Pean, Krol Kor,
Prasat Pithu, Preah Khan, Preah Palilay and Bakheng for the sunset.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Photo : Ta Prohm temple
In Siem Reap, there is a quality show performed by Battambang
Circus School. (Highly recommended but with additional charge, ask your guide
to book at your convenient date. Tel. 015 499 480).
Day 3: SIEM REAP(B)
This
day is reserved for the visit the ancient capital of Angkor Thom and the famous temple of Angkor Wat
Photo : temples Bayon
Afternoon: visit the famous Angkor Wat temple in detail
Option
without extra charge: at 18 Km from Siem Reap farm in the centre of the silk, from the breeding of silkworms to
the traditional weaving, craftsmen deal with the entire process and make
beautiful pieces of ancient motifs.
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 4: SIEM REAP(B)
Continuation visiting to Kbal Spean,
"River of thousand Lingas" (40 min.
walk by trail in the jungle). This program will also allow us to furrow the
authentic countryside in the vicinity of Siem Reap and observing rural life.
Option
and if you are passionate, in the direction of
Banteay Srei possibility to visit:
-
A butterfly farm (without surcharge). http://www.angkorbutterfly.com/
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The Museum of mines (With extra charge, you pay at the entrance). http://www.cambodialandminemuseum.org
On
the way back, visit small temples (Banteay Samre, PrasatPrei, Prasat Tor...).
A little rest at your hotel and 6: 30 P.m. Dinner
offered with "Apsara"
show at Amazon: huge buffet with all kinds of Cambodian specialties with
Apsara dance (20 dancers).
Overnight in Siem Reap.
Day 5: SIEM REAP – PrekToal – BATTAMBANG (B)
2
options for this day:
Option 1: Transfer by private boat to Battambang with hammocks for your
comfort. You cross the Tonle Sap Lake and continue by Sangker
River along PrekToal, bird sanctuary, and through the
flooded forest (6-8 hours by motorboat according to the season). Once in
Battambang, case by case, you will be transferred from port to the hotel by tuk
tuk or vehicle
This crossing is normally navigable throughout the year.
If the waters are too shallow, our boat will land you before
arriving Battambang and you will continue with 4x4 vehicle. When the water is shallow
it is best to embark early, around 7:00.
Throughout this journey you will see the small
villages on the banks, fish farms, local residents who
is bathing, herds in water, fisher with Chinese square nets and agricultural
scenes on 2 sides.
For the Groups, you can divide your group, a part can
choose option 1, other group option 2 ... consult us about it when you wish.
The important stops but optional:
At Prek Toal :
- water hyacinth workshop:
In a large floating home, the women of the community produce general merchandise product
from a species of water hyacinth's
call "long hand". Water hyacinth is an
invasive species. Osmose, a project who is trying to fight it by having local
people make baskets from dried hyacinth
- A floating
crocodile farm.
-
Wat Choeu Khmao or
"black wood" Pagoda ruined
in flooded area built
by fishermen in the 19th century during the Siamese occupation.
- Floating village Bak Prea:
A restaurant on the water is available but, however we recommend taking a
picnic lunch (Check with your
guide, we provide the water).
Note :
Most agencies use a collective
fast boat that makes the trip by
following a main water way without a guide, you embark
with suitcases, and another guide
awaits you on the other side in Battambang.
The lake surfaces can vary from 2500-120000 Km² (4 to 5 times).
In general from
February to May the crossing is
not possible for collective boats.
In Battambang we have the opportunity
to see many French colonial houses.
Overnight in Battambang.
Warning: This trip will cross the borders of ornithological reserve PrekToal but this is not a visit.
To visit it is
necessary to devote a day and spend a night there in order
to surprise the birds early moring ... Contact us.
Option 2 : If it is impossible or if you do
not want too much on boat:
at 9h00: Excursion with guide and private boat on
the Tonle Sap Lake, visit floating
village of Chong Khneas,
about 1h30 on boat. Then drive to Battambang and early
visits scheduled for the next day
and that will help to ease the next
day's program.
Overnight
in
Battambang.
Option
for
tonight or the next day: Pass by the circus school "Phare
Ponleu Selpak" associative school where many young people come to learn various circus
disciplines but also the
illustration and theater, Depend
on the schedule, there is the shows with
little extra cost (usually it is closed
on Sundays and other days depend on the seasons Ask your guide
to call: 016,899,809). The
circus is also every
evening in Siem Reap Tel: 015499480. These
shows are highly recommended (quality
show ...)
Day 6: BATTAMBANG (B)
The program of this day is a little loaded but
feasible as indicated. Feel reassured, the guide will adapt this day according
to your tastes and your rhythm.
Early in the morning: visit the central market
before taking TukTuk along the bank of Sangke river
by crossing Cham and Khmer communities until the Ek Phnom temple.
On the way, stop at Prohoc market to check your tolerance with the odor
of fermented fish. Continue the rural visit to the old pagoda, Wat Samoung Knong
sadly known by its prison activity during the Khmer Rouge regime. On the road,
we will stop several times to observe the preparation of Krolann (pastry cake
with glutinous rice, bean and coconut), rice pancakes, incense sticks, fish
Nems.
Afternoon:
excursion by car until Prasat Banon or the hill Banon which is an attractive temple perched at the top
of a hill, 368 step to climb for the bravest.
Then we will continue the road until Phnom Sampeou , 12Km
of Battambang. At the top of a calcareous outcrop of Phnom Sampeou raises
itself a set of temples, where the monkeys took up residence, with a
magnificent view on the surrounding plains (A good physical condition is required).
You will discover a profound canyon of
"ghosts" and caves having served as mass graves in the time of the
Khmer Rouges. The corpses of the tortured prisoners were thrown to it. At the
foot of hill, before slept sun, you can attend a magnificent show where
millions of bats go out of the cave.
Option without supplement price during the day: Take ' Bamboo Train ' or train bamboo, visit a
brickyard craft. Watch out! It moves terribly...
- Pagoda Wat Damrei Sor, Wat Kandal,
- Small museum,
- Notables' Old house in the village Wat Kor saved by the Khmer Rouges.
- The Old house of the governor, the station, the colonial
houses.
Overnight
in Battambang.
Day 7: BATTAMBANG – Pursat – Kampong Chnang
– PHNOM PENH (B)
Departure
from Battambang to Pursat town, located halfway from Phnom
Penh, we will adjust the departure time according to what you wish to do during
this day.
Visit
Kampong Luong by boat, rustic, private.
A surprising floating city of about 12000 inhabitants, dividing into two communities.
The one assures the collection and the distribution of fishes
and the other one sells the fishing tools and the different household products.
These villages move according to the water level and are very well equipped:
doctors, restaurants, schools … (It is most off-the-beaten-track)
Back to Phnom Penh via the Kampong Chnang Province famous for its floating village and
its potteries.
At
36 km before arriving in Phnom Penh, visit Oudong, former
Khmer capital. The palace was transformed into one of the most beautiful pagoda of this province situated at the foot of the Phnom
Preah Jartroip hill (Mount Royal Treasury).
Visit
the silversmiths village situated in
Kampong Luong village, Pongnea Loeu district.
Overnight
in Phnom Penh.
Day 8: PHNOM PENH (B)
In the morning: visit the Royal Palace moved from
the former capital Oudong in 1863; visit the Silver Pagoda (more than 5000 silver
tiles decorate the ground where is the golden statue of Buddha Maitreya of 90
kg. Visit the central market
renovated by a France donation.
Photos: The Silver Pagoda
One or several representatives of the agency will
lunch with you. They will share with you their loves of the
Cambodia.
Around
you the Khmers sell: crickets, fruits of the village (longane,
jack fruit , apple milk, and mango). Here few
tourists, but, the Khmer life in nature.
In
the afternoon, visit the National Museum formerly called the Albert Sarraut museum where the
objects, statues and arts piece, come from all the Cambodian provinces. You
will continue by the visit the Pagoda Ounalom built in 1443, it is the most important pagoda in Phnom Penh.
Colonial
district (Option, if time permits and if you wish): the Grand
Hotel, the Post office, the Bank of Indochina, the Police station, the Superior
Residence, the Treasury Bridge, the Chamber of Commerce, the Library and the
Railway Station.
Visit
the Wat Phnom (Pagoda on the hill) renovated in
1926. At the foot of the hill is a bas-relief sculptured by Théodore Rivière to
honor the Siam-French treaty.
In
the evening, take small cruise along the river bank
towards the Chroy Changvar peninsula (according to weather and time, sunset on
the Royal Palace).
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Ideas for tours
for your car rental. Some options that you can include in the program. You can give
instructions to the driver or guide |
Phnom
Penh
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Detail |
Price in $us/pers |
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Cooking class in Maisons
d’Amis click here ( if you sleep
) |
Free |
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Genocide
Museum Toul Sleng (S21) |
5 |
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Ride in cyclo 2 hours |
15 |
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Ride in
Tuk-tuk in city 3 hours |
10 |
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Bike ride in
Koh Dach |
15 |
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Ride in
Tuk-tuk in Koh Dach 2 hour s |
20 |
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Mini sunset cruise on the Mekong 1 hour |
15 |
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Sunset + Diner in boat on the Mekong: Cambocruise click
here |
28 |
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Sunset + Diner in boat on the Mekong : Phocea (min 2 pax) click
here |
32 |
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Mekong River Cruise, meal... in Phocéa 1day
or + click
here (min 6 pax) |
55 |
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Cruise on
Mekong, Phnom-Penh, Siem-Reap, Saigon ... |
On request |
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Aperitif / sunset boat in front of the Royal Palace |
20 |
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Diner on boat on the Mekong with Kanika boat (min 2 pax) click
here |
30 |
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Dinner at a restaurant of insects |
16 |
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Dancing on Sisowath Quay in the evening |
2 |
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Shadows Theatre Show à Sovann Phum
(weekend) click
here |
10 |
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PLEA PKAA
Spectacle click
here |
15 |
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Phnom Penh FishingT our click
here |
On request |
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Golf 18 holes |
On request |
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Home stay in Koh Dach |
On request |
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Battambang |
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Detail |
Price in $us/pers |
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Bike ride: half day |
12 |
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Ride in Tuk-tuk : half day |
12 |
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Cooking Class cambodgienne + déjeuner à Smoking pot |
20 |
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Circus Spectacle : Phare Ponleu Selpak |
12 |
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Crocodiles farm |
2 |
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Kayak11km downstream click here |
16 |
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Transfert by collective boat from
Battambang-Siem Reap |
30 |
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Transfert by private boat from Battambang-Siem Reap |
170-250 |
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Siem Reap |
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Detail |
Price in $us/pers |
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Visite lotus farm |
Free |
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Visit workshops of a lacquer master, discovery of his works |
Free |
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Rosana
Broadway Cabaret Show Web Site |
40 |
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Cambodian
Cultural Village (advisable for 1 day)Web Site |
15 |
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KompongPluk Village on stilts house in the lake 10 Km from Siem Reap |
25 |
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Elephant ride in Angkor zone
20 minutes |
25 |
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Angkor
National MuseumWeb
Site |
15 |
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Circus Spectacle : Phare Ponleu Selpak Web Site |
23 |
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Dinner with Apsara dance at THE KHMER BARBE Q : instead of AMAZON |
10 |
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Dinner with Apsara danceat
à Angkor Village (VIP) instead of AMAZON |
23 |
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Dinner show with shadow theater |
28 |
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VIP tour of the temples with archaeologist expert per day |
350 |
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Pottery class (1h30) |
15 |
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Painting lessons
on ceramics (1h30) |
15 |
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Balloon ride (attached by a cable overlooking the temples) |
25 |
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Overview of Angkor Wat with hot balloon Web Site (déconseillé) |
130 |
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Spectacle of Khmer Boxing Fighting |
15 |
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Bokator Demonstration |
10 |
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Cooking Class:
PAUL DUBRULE school Web
Site |
From 40 |
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Dinner at a restaurant of insects |
15 |
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Show of the transformists (Rosannah Brodway) |
20 |
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Horse
ride www.thehappyranch.com 1 hour |
30 |
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Ride the
Quad www.quad-adventure-cambodia.com 1 hour |
35 |
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Flight of the
Gibbon www.treetopasia.com |
On request |
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Moto Aventure in Siem Reap www.khmerways.com |
On request |
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Golf 18 holes |
On request |
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Retreat Meditation / Yoga |
On request
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Home stay |
On request
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Watercolor Courses taught by a Cambodian watercolors
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On request
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Introduction to food street (Cambodian specialties) |
On request |
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Cruise on Mekong,
Siem-Reap, Phnom-Penh, Saigon |
On request |
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Visit to a factory-based aperitifs rice wine tasting |
On request |
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Helicopter http://helistarcambodia.com/our-fleet/ 2 helicos : Eurocopter AS350B3+ modele 2009 and Eurocopter
AS350B2 VEMD Squirrel 2008 6 seat
and 2 rangs.
in the middle, view less… |
14mn: 150 USD/pers 30mn: 300 USD/pers (min 4 pax) |
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Kep, Kampot,
Sihanoukville… |
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Detail |
Price in $us/pers |
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Bike ride (rent for a
day) |
12 |
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Ride in Tuk-tuk (a
morning in and outskirts of the city) |
15 |
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Kep rabbit island click here (code oc12345 2 times) |
8 $us/pers or 30/boat |
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Kep Eric private boat full day (other island, diving, meal) click here |
Tel: 09 64 38 64 37 |
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Sihanoukville Koh
Rong island click here (code oc12345 2 times) |
20 |
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Excursion to the Ream park by car or by boat |
On request |
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Kampot : Kayaking on the river
'Prek Kampot' |
Between 5 and 20/pers |
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