5 Days Temple Tour
Angkor 5 Days with English Guide (code: angkor5day)
“An Excursion around the Ancient Temples”
What To Expect
• Day 1 = Visit the main temples such as Ta Prohm, Bayon, and Angkor Wat
• Day 2 = Travel to a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake and visit the temples in Rolous Group
• Day 3 = Visit Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, Pre Rup, and Mebon Temple and finally coming back to the city to visit the Artisan D’Angkor workshop
• Day 4 = Visit the Kbal Spean, Banteay srei and Banteay samre temple
• Day 5= Visit Phnom Kulen (waterfall) park (by car)
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Day 1:Visit the main temples such as Ta Prohm, Bayon, and Angkor Wat
You will start off your journey by visiting Ta Prohm temple, most well-known for huge trees growing on top of the temple. Those trees include the fig, banyan, and kapok trees which spread their enormous roots over the stones, while their leaves and branches intertwine together forming a roof over the temple. This temple was built as a dedication to Jayavarman VII ‘s mother according to Buddhist religion. In 2001, this temple was used as the site for Angelina Jolie’s famous movie called Tomb Raider. After this movie was aired, many movie scouts became interested in the site and the temple also attracted a huge number of tourists to visit the place every single year.
Your next stop is at the Bayon temple, the symbolic center of Khmer Empire. The tranquil stone faces carved on the temple makes it very fascinating to view the temple. Many people have disagreed over whether the faces represent the “200 faces of Lokesvara” or whether it is the portraits of King Jayavarman VII. These two theories are both possible due to the fact that ancient Khmer rulers refer themselves as the “god-kings’’. Last but not least, you’ll visit the Angkor wat temple, the largest religious structure in the world according to World Guinness record. It took approximately 28 years (1122 to 1150 CE) to build this temple during the reign of King Suryavarman II(1115- 1150CE). Angkor Wat has five stone towers which was supposedly built to represent Mt. Meru five mountain ranges , which was the home of gods, in both Buddhism and Hinduism religion. You’ll finish off the tour by watching the sunset which is best at around 5:00 - 6:00 PM. It’s a graceful sight watching the sun goes and covering the surrounding temples with its wide view. 
DAY 2: Travel to a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake and visit the temples in Rolous Group
You’ll embark on your journey by traveling approximately 28 kilometers away from Siem Reap city to Kompong Pluk. You will be able see over thousands of households that are built from wood and bamboo on stilts of about 6m to 7m high. People there based their survival on fishing so it’s very common for you to witness smelly fish paste, fermented fish, smoked fish, dried fish, dried prawn etc. These are the main food that they eat there. Although it’s a floating village, churches, schools, medical center, and mini-shops are available there as well since those are the daily necessities. You will also have a boat ride through the flooded mangrove forests which surround the area and makes it possible to support the lives of many wildlife including crabs, snakes, rats, crocodiles, birds, fish etc. After this floating village tour, you will travel to the Rolous Group, which refers to four Angkor- era temples, such as Bakong, Preah Ko, Lolei, and Prei Monti. These temples are very significant because they were the second capital of the Angkor-era Khmer Empire, built by King Jayavarman II. Each temple at the Roluos group has unique characteristics.
DAY 3:Visit Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, Pre Rup, and Mebon Temple
On our final day of tour, we would bring you to visit Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, Pre Rup, and Mebon Temple. Preah Khan temple used to serve as a city and a Buddhist university. It has inscriptions carved on four sides of the walls which listed its population, its praise to King Jayavarman VII, and the respect to the tree Jewels of Buddhism, known as the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha. Next stop is at Neak Poan, known for its man-made island which is located at the center of a baray(lake). It was built by King Jayavarman VII who thought of using it as a hospital to cure diseases by letting people jump into the pool of water. He thought that the water contains sacred healing power. The water is divided into four pools representing fire, water, earth, and air. We will continue to Ta Som temple, its uniqueness coming from the carved pictures of many standing ladies, known as apsaras. They all feature different attributions such as performing sacred duties. Ta Som temple also has huge fig trees growing on the faces of the temple which made most people confused and call it as the Ta Prohm temple, but it’s not the same temple. Our fourth destination is at Pre Rup temple, which most people thought that they used it for a crematorium. Another main belief was that King Rajendra Varman II built this temple to dedicate to the Hindu God, Shiva. Our final temple is the Mebon temple, also known as the East Baray today. Most people refer to it as an island since it was built in the center of a huge lake, purposely serving as water reservoir at that time. After you finish touring these temples, we will bring you back to the city center and visit the Artisan D’Angkor workshop. This place displays all sorts of stone and wood reproductions of Angkorian-era statues to household furnishings. You can purchase them in memories of the real temples. They also have silk production such as scarfs as well.
Day 4:Visit the Kbal Spean, Banteay srei and Banteay samre temple
In the morning after your breakfast at 8am, The English Speaking Guide and Driver come to pick you up from your hotel. We continue to exploring kbal spean and we spend 1hour from siemreap city and we will trekking about 1h 30minute to see the main religion and thousand lika with water fall.
On the way back, you will continue the visit to the Banteay Srei temple. This temple is also called 'the citadel of women', this temple is located around 30 km from the city of Siem Reap. Banteay Srei, dating from the 10th century, is a little marvel of pink sandstone, very well preserved, dating from the 10th century. Of rare finesse, richly and finely decorated with graceful motifs and scenes from Hindu mythology. It is a small and the most beautiful temple in Angkor. Then you will visit the temple of Banteay Samré. It is a temple dated from the beginning of the 12th century which was built by King Suryavarman II.
Return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon
Day 5:Visit Phnom Kulen (waterfall) park (by car)
In the morning, your day is dedicated to Phnom Kulen National Park. Phnom Kulen was the ancient capital of the Khmer Empire in 800, about 69km northeast of downtown Siem Reap, is one of the most sacred mountains in the country for hiking on the pilgrim path. Phnom Kulen was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992
You will stroll through the forest to discover a river with
a Thousand Lingas: lingas (phallic symbols) line the bed of the
river. Further on, you can see beautiful waterfalls where it is possible
to swim. It's a popular picnic spot for families (it's also accessible by
car).
Preah Ang Thom
This is the main temple site at Kulen Mountain. Once inside, you can make your way up to the gigantic reclining Buddha statue, reported to be the largest in Cambodia. Offering boxes line the length of the Buddha statue and numerous flowers and other tributes are placed all around.
Return to the hotel at the end of the afternoon
Price in Dollar
visit Angkor 5 days tour with English tour guide
the total price for 4 days tour
| Transport | No of pax | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Car | 1-3 people | $515 |
| Minivan | 4-7 people | $550 |
Tour Inclusion
• Professional English- Speaking Guide providing you all the detailed information about each temple
• Cool bottles of water provided
• If you are traveling by car or by minivan, there is air-condition in the vehicles
• Pickup at 8: 00 AM from your accommodation and drop-off services
Tour Exclusion
• You must purchase the 3 days Angkor Ticket pass which will cost you $62 per person
• Entrance fees
• Food & Drinks and any other personal expense
