Friday, October 2, 2009

DIAMOND OF KHMER ( 6Days/5 Nights )
Tour Code: CBD -06A

Day 1 : Phnom Penh Arrival

Meet guide upon the arrival at Phnom Penh international airport transfer to the Hotel for checking in and afternoon start a tour to:

  • National Museum, also called the (Musee des Beaux-Art).A French archeologist and painter, Georges Groslier, designed the khmer style building in 1917. It contains a large collection of Arts notably sculptures representing in each period of khmer history.
  • Royal palace, Built by French in 1866 on the site of the 15th centuries Palace and silver pagoda also named because of the floor which is made up of 5329 silver tiles. With 90 kg of gold Buddha and 2086 diamonds.
  • Wat Phnom. Wat Phnom was built by Madam Penh in 1372 when she found a Buddha inside a Koki tree on the site. It is still an important historical side with great religious significance for Cambodians today.
Day 2 : Phnom Penh - Sihanoukville (B)

Breakfast at Hotel, Transfer to Sihanouk ville. Afternoon free on the beach. Overnight in Hotel.

Day 3 : Sihanoukville - Phnom Penh (B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Visit Fishing village, International port and market. In the afternoon return to Phnom Penh via Kbal Chay Waterfall. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 4 : Phnom Penh - Siem Reap (B)

Breakfast at Hotel. Fly to Siem Reap. Check in. See the ancient capital of Angkor Thom(12centuries) see the South Gate( with it huge statues depicting of the ocean of milk), Bayon Temple, Elephant Terrace and the terrace of the leper King.

In the afternoon visit the most famous of all the temples, Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares with five towers and was built in the 12th century. It is the largest religious monument in the world. It symbolizes the five peaks of Meru's mountains; the enclosed wall represents the mountain at the edge of the world and the surrounding moat symbolizes the ocean beyond. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Day 5 : Siem Reap (B)

Breakfast at Hotel, visit Tomamnon, chau say Teveda, Takeo, and prasat kravan (with its unique brick sculptures), the mountain temple of Pre Rup, Eastern Mebon,( guarded at it corner by stone figures of harnessed elephants), Ta Som, Neak Pean( built in the middle of a pool and representing the paradisiacal Himalyan mountain lake and the temple of Preah Khan, built by Jayavarman VII.

In the afternoon see the sunset from Phnom Bakheng, one of two hills dominating the plain of Angkor.

Day 6 : Siem Reap - Departure

Breakfast at Hotel, free time until airport transfer.