Best of Siem Reap 5 Days Private Tours
Best of Siem Reap 5 Days Private Tours
Best of Siem Reap 5 Days Private Tours is the most interesting tours for popular attractions in Siem Rap and Angkor temples complex in this itinerary for the well-known Angkor temples and floating village at Tonle Sap Lake. - Learn about the history and culture of Khmer civilization from a professional tour guide- Informative commentary of Cambodia’s past from an insightful personal guide- Tour in private comfortable a luxury air-conditioned vehicle- Stay at luxury comfortable 5 star Hotel with daily breakfast- Snap photos of the famous destination of Angkor temple and floating village at Tonle Sap and around Cambodia
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Siem Reap International Airport
Day 2: Angkor Wat sunrise & Angkor Temples complex Tours
2 hoursAngkor Wat
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.
2 hoursAngkor Thom South Gate
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
30 minutesBayon Temple
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.
1 hour 30 minutesAngkor Thom
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.
40 minutesBaphuon Temple
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.
45 minutesPhimeanakas
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.
50 minutesTerrace of the Elephants
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.
40 minutesTerrace of the Leper King
The terrace of the Leper King carries on the theme of grandeur that characteristics the building during Jayavarman VII's reign. It is faced with dramatic bas-reliefs, both on the interior and exterior. During clearing, the EFEO found a second wall with bas-relief similar in composition to those of the outer wall and some archaeologists believe that this second wall is evidence of a late rites, two meters wide of laterite faced with sandstone. It collapsed and a second wall of the materials, two meters wide, was built right in front of it without any of the rubble being cleared. Recently, the EFEO has created a false corridor which allows visitor to inspect the relief on the first wall
35 minutesTa Nei Temple
Archeologists have left Ta Nei as it originally was, for the most part. Tree roots split open the temple stone, and jungle flora sprawls out across the temple grounds. Ta Nei has been the object of minimal reconstruction and clearing efforts. As a result, Ta Nei is a truly “ruined” ruin.
45 minutesTa Prohm
Day 3: Discover Angkor Grand Circle and watch sunset at Phnom Bakeng temple
1 hour 30 minutesBanteay Srei
Most visitors asked which was the most beautiful temple they saw in Cambodia, will answer: Angkor Wat was great, but we love Banteay Srei most. And Cambodians will tell you: As long as you have not seen Banteay Srei you have not seen Cambodia. Indeed, Banteay Srei is a top candidate for a competition: Which is the nicest temple in the world?
2 hoursBanteay Samre
Banteay Samre was obviously dedicated to Vishnu, though no inscription was has yet been found to confirm this. It is a matter of debate whether Banteay Samray was built by Angkor Wat founder Suryavarman II or by one of his high-ranking court officials or by Suyavarman's less significant immidiate successor Yashovarman II.
1 hourPreah Khan
In 1191 Preah Khan was dedicated to Jayavarman VII's father, the central statue was called "Jayavarmeshvara", meaning "Jayavarman, Lord of the world". Jayavarman's father was worshipped as a personification of the universal Bodhisattva of compassion and loving care, Avalokiteshvara, while the five years older temple Ta Prohm was dedicated to his mother as Prajnaparamita, female embodiment of perfect wisdom.
1 hourNeak Pean
Neak Pean, originally known as Rajyasri, "kingdom's brightness" or "rule's bless", is located about 2.5 km east of Preah Khan, on the same east-west axis. It was in the centre of a Baray built by Jayavarman VII in the end of the 12th century. The historcal reservoir dried up. Today it is a swamp called "Veal Reach Dak" by locals, meaning "plain of the royal reservoir". But more common names are "Northern Baray" or "Baray of Preah Khan". It was originally called Jayatataka, "Jaya(varman)'s reservoir". The Baray measured 3500 m by 900 m.
1 hourTa Som
Ta Sohm is one of those monuments with face towers, but the colossal faces are of a smaller scale than at Angkor Thom. Ta Som's Buddha faces are on the Gopurams at the two entrances from the west and east. They mark the outer (third) enclosure, measuring 240 m by 200 m. This exterior enclosure may have been a later addition from the reign of Indravarman II in the first half of 13th century.
1 hourPre Rup
Pre Rup, founded in 961, is the most significant legacy of Rajendravarman II (941-968), who is one of the "big names" among Angkor kings. After empire-founder Jayavarman II, Roluos-founder Indravarman I and Angkor-founder Yashovarman I, King Rajandravarman II can be regarded as the "Angkor-restorer", as he was the one who decided that the capital was returned to Angkor, after a period of political turmoil and of dominance of Koh Ker, where Jayavarman IV had resided.
1 hourPhnom Bakheng
Day 4: Tonle Sap lake, Kampong Pluk Floating Village, Rolous Group, City Tours
2 hoursTonle Sap Lake
On the morning after breakfast at hotel transfer to visit 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.
2 hoursKampong Phluk Floating Village
Take the traditional wooden boat to visit Kampong Pluk is about 35 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.
2 hoursBakong Temples
The Bakong temple was built at the behest of Indravarman I and consecrated in 881. Bakong is historically remarkable as it became a kind of prototype of the typical Khmer temple pyramid, also called temple-mountain or step-pyramid. Bakong was the state- or imperial temple of its time, dedicated to the king's Shiva-Lingam. Jayavarman II in the early 9th century is considered to be the founder of the dawning Angkor empire, now called "Kambuja-Desa", "Kambu's descendants' Land", but Indravarman I (877-889) is the first Khmer king of the now beginning Angkor era whose achievements are documented beyond doubt, namely by his own inscriptions and by clearly attributed architectural masterpieces such as Bakong
1 hourPreah Ko
Preah Ko has entrance gates called Gopurams at the east and west side, the main entrance is from the east. In between the outer and the inner enclosure walls of the temple area there were rectangular buildings called galleries, and in the south-east corner an extraordinary and well-preserved square building of unknown function, maybe a predecessor of those later Angkor edifices called libraries. It has windows with brick grills, which supposedly were ventilation holes, and rows of figures of ascetics in niches above them.
1 hourLolei
But Yashovarman also completed the 3.8 km long and 800 m wide Baray of his father's capital Roluos. This tank once called Indratataka, "sea of Indra", like the East Baray, is dry now. The Lolei was built on an artificial island slightly north to the centre of this reservoir, which therefore is also called the Baray of Lolei. As the Bakong in Rolous was a kind of model for Angkor's Khmer temple-pyramids, so the Lolei became the prototype for the Khmer's lake-temples, particularly the East- and West-Mebon in the East- and West-Barays of Angkor.
1 hourWat Bo Temple
Wat Bo Pagoda is one of the biggest and oldest pagodas in Siem Reap town. It's not often visited by tourists.
30 minutesRoyal Residence
The official royal residence for King Sihamoni and family when they travel to Siem Reap is an austere building that has long since been overshadowed
30 minutesPreah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chom Temple
Day 5: Departure from Siem Reap International Airport
30 minutesAirport Power Station
No accommodation included on this day.
1 hourIncluded
- Stay at 5 star Hotel with daily breakfast based on Double or Twin or triple sharing
- All entrance fees for tours sites as mentioned in itinerary
- Tours with Tour Guide Language as in the tours package price option
- All transfer by private comfortable vehicle as mentioned in itinerary
- Private boat tours to Tonle Sap and floating village
- Drinks water and fresh tissue for the whole trips
- 4x Breakfast
- Accommodation included: 4 nights
- Entry/Admission - Royal Residence
- Entry/Admission - Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chom Temple
- Entry/Admission - Tonle Sap Lake
- Entry/Admission - Terrace of the Elephants
- Entry/Admission - Preah Khan
- Entry/Admission - Angkor Thom
- Entry/Admission - Neak Pean
- Entry/Admission - Ta Som
- Entry/Admission - Banteay Srei
- Entry/Admission - Phnom Bakheng
- Entry/Admission - Preah Ko
- Entry/Admission - Angkor Thom South Gate
- Entry/Admission - Kampong Phluk Floating Village
- Entry/Admission - Bakong Temples
- Entry/Admission - Wat Bo Temple
- Entry/Admission - Terrace of the Leper King
- Entry/Admission - Angkor Wat
- Entry/Admission - Phimeanakas
- Entry/Admission - Siem Reap International Airport
- Entry/Admission - Ta Prohm
- Entry/Admission - Bayon Temple
- Entry/Admission - Baphuon Temple
- Entry/Admission - Pre Rup
- Entry/Admission - Banteay Samre
- Entry/Admission - Lolei
- Entry/Admission - Ta Nei Temple
Not Included
- All another account are not mentioned in itinerary
- Tips for tour guide and Driver
Good to Know
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tickets & Cancellation
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.