5 Days –Phnom Penh & Siem Reap Tours

Notes

Itinerary

DAY 1: Phnom Penh Tours (B/L/D)

AM: Arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport, welcome by our English-speaking tour guide and driver, and begin your city tour. Visit the Royal Palace complex and the stunning Silver Pagoda. Continue to Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple, visit Independence Monument, King Norodom Statue, and  Chaktomuk Riverside.
PM: Lunch at a local restaurant and check into your hotel.
Afternoon, enjoy a sunset boat cruise on the Mekong River. Dinner at a local Indian restaurant and overnight at the hotel. 

DAY 2: Phnom Penh Tours (B/L/D)

Breakfast at the hotel & check out

AM: Visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, which chronicles the Cambodian genocide. The museum is located in a former secondary school that the Khmer Rouge regime used as Security Prison 21 from 1975 until its fall in 1979.

PM: Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon, visit the National Museum of Cambodia is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.
Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at the hotel

DAY 3: Phnom Penh departure to Siem Reap (B/L/D)

AM: Breakfast at the hotel and check out for transfer to Siem Reap by private taxi. The drive takes 6 to 7 hours on the way, making a stop at Skun to see the Spider Market is famous for fried tarantulas and other insects. Lunch in Kampong Thom province

PM: On the way, stop for a visit to Kampong Kdei Bridge, also known as the Dragon Bridge or Spean Praptos, located in Siem Reap province, and has a life expectancy of over 1000 years. It is said to be the oldest laterite bridge in Southeast Asia and the oldest bridge in Cambodia, and is worth a visit during your tour
Arrive in Siem Reap, check into your hotel for refreshment, and transfer to dinner. Overnight at the hotel

Option: if you want a cheaper price, you can travel by public bus, but on the way, they do not stop for the visit

DAY 4: Siem Reap Temple Tour (B/L/ D) 

AM: Early sunrise at Angkor Wat temple and then transfer to the hotel for breakfast.  Visit Ta Prohm temple, famously featured in the film Tomb Raider, visit the Terrace of the Elephants, and the Terrace of the Leper King. Visit Angkor Thom – a former royal city home to impressive sites like the Bayon Temple. Lunch at an Indian restaurant  

PM: Afternoon visit Angkor Wat temple – the crown jewel of Khmer architecture and the largest religious monument in the world.
Dinner with an Apsara dance show and free time at the Pub Street night market. Overnight at the hotel

DAY 5: Siem Reap - Visit Kampong Phluk & Departure (B/-/-) 
Breakfast at your hotel and check out
AM: Take a boat ride to explore the floating villages of Kampong Phluk on Tonle Sap Lake – the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia 

Transfer to Siem Reap Angkor International airport for your onward journey, marking the end of a memorable trip through Cambodia.