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Welcome to Cambodia, Kingdom Of Wonders is a South-East Asian Nation bordered by Vietname to the east, Laos to the north, Thailand to northwest, and gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

Angkor Archaeological Park, located in northern Cambodia is one of the most important archaeological sites is the world, stretching over some 400 square kilometres, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of several capitals of the Khmer Empire of the 9th to the 15th centuries, including the largest pre-industrial city in the world. The most famous are the Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon temple with its countless sculptural decorations of Buddha faces, Ta Prohm

Angkor Archaeological Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. At the same time, it was also placed on the List of World Heritage in Danger due to looting, a declining water table, and unsustainable tourism. UNESCO has now set up a wide-ranging programme to safeguard this symbolic site and its surroundings.

Angkor itself has no accommodations and few facilities; the nearby town of Siem Reap, just 7km to south, is the tourist hub for the area.

In order to facilitate all visitors needs such as private guided tours to ancient Angkor temples, outskirt remote temples or around Cambodia included accomodateions on the spot as pagkage customized tours.

Siem Reap Guide Services, we are leading local owned tour guide team based in Siem Reap Angkor Wat, provide wonderful fully private guided tours, customized tours and adventure tours for a memorable, joyous, fruitiful trip and photographic opportunities to viisitors that have chance to experience to our country.

Tours are provided with professional tour guide services into temples with comfortable vehicles eqquiped with air-conditioning, cold chilled waters and wipes.

Please select your prfereence and optional vehicles such as SUV, Van, Seden, 4WD, Tuk Tuk and mountain bike ( for short trip or closer temples ) with our flexible guides plus schedules and hassle free.

4 Days - Explore Temple Tour

    

Day 1
Your first day will be an introduction to the temples by visiting the Roulos group and an active Buddhist monastery close to one of these temples. After lunch in a local restaurant you continue your tour and follow the small circuit to see unique brick sculptures, Srah Srang (“The Royal Baths”), Banteay Kdei and Ta Prohm, the temple with the gigantic tree roots on the structure. Dinner will be at a local restaurant in Siem Reap and accommodation at your hotel.

Day 2
Start the day early to watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat. After breakfast back at your hotel experience the beauty of the ancient 12th century capital Angkor Thom, which includes the Bayon Temple (Temple of Smiles), The Elephants Terrace and the Royal Enclosure. In the afternoon we return to the magical temple city of Angor Wat and see the sunset at Phnom Bakheng. Dinner at a local restaurant and accommodation at your hotel.

Day 3
This day will take you into the typical Khmer countryside to visit the Banteay Srei temple as well as Pre Rup, East Mebon and the well preserved Preah Khan temple complex. After lunch in a local restaurant take a boat cruise on the Tonle Sap lake and visit a floating village followed by sunset at Phnom Krom and dinner with a Khmer Traditional Puppet Show and overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 4
Enjoy Siem Reap, have a nice Khmer meal in a local restaurant and visit some of the great local artisans to buy beautiful souvenirs before you transfer to your next destination or fly back home. End of Services.

Rates range from $291 to $464 per person, depending on your choice of accommodation (minimum 2 people). We can recommend excellent 3, 4 and 5 star options for you. If you are planning to come with a larger group, we would love to talk to you about the group discounts we offer.

Package Price Inclusion:

• Meet & Greet services upon arrival at the airport
• Private driver and guide.
• Car / Van / Bus with air conditioning
• Airport pick up and drop off
• Pure drinking water during tour
• Accommodation in Twin/Double room with daily breakfast
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner as mentioned in the itinerary
• Buffet Dinner with Apsara Dancing Show
• Buffet Dinner with Puppet Show
• Entrance fee to visit Angkor Archeological Part for 3 days
• Private boat cruise to visit floating village
• Every 16 paying pax 1 tour leader will be FOC on tour
• Children under 12 years old will be charge 70% of the package cost
• Government tax

Package Price Exclusion:

• Airport Tax and Airfares
• Travel insurance, optional tours and visa fee
• Personal expenses such as tips, drinks, laundry, shopping etc.

3 Days - Angkor Wat Tour

  

Day 1
After pick up from the airport and transfer to your hotel make your way to Angkor Thom to experience the beauty of the ancient 12th century capital which includes the Bayon Temple (Temple of Smiles), The Elephants Terrace and the Royal Enclosure. Also visit Ta Prohm, the temple with the gigantic tree roots on the structure.

After lunch explore the Seventh Wonder of the world Angkor Wat and see the sun set over this beautiful ancient monument followed by dinner with a traditional dancing show at a local restaurant.

Day 2
This day will take you into the typical Khmer countryside to visit the Banteay Srei temple, the landmine museum and the East Mebon temple.

Lunch will be at a local restaurant and in the afternoon you can explore the well preserved Preah Khan temple complex. You will finish the day on top of Phnom Bakheng to view the sunset and have dinner at a local restaurant & overnight stay at your hotel.

Day 3
Today is an adventurous day, with a visit to the remote Beng Mealea Temple which is dominated by jungle, with trees, vines and roots all over the structure. Reaching the centre requires some climbing over collapsed lintels and walls. After a picnic lunch jump on a boat for a cruise on the Tonle Sap lake and visit remote floating villages to experience local village life. After this it is time for your transfer to the airport for your departure flight to your next destination or back home.

Rates range from USD248 to USD363 per person, depending on your choice of accommodation (minimum 2 people). We can recommend excellent 3, 4 and 5 star options for you. If you are planning to come with a larger group, we would love to talk to you about the group discounts we offer.

Package Price Inclusion:

• Price quote in US dollar per person.
• Meet & Greet services upon arrival at the airport
• Accommodation in Twin/Double room with daily breakfast
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner as mentioned in the itinerary
• One buffet dinner with Apsara dancing show.
• English speaking tour guide as mentioned per itinerary
• Car / Van / Bus with Air-cond with driver as mentioned per itinerary
• Pick up & drop off at the airport / hotel
• Entrance fee to visit Angkor Archeological park for a 3 day visit pass.
• Entrance fee to visit Beng Mealea Temple
• Private boat cruise to visit floating village on Tonle Sape lake.
• Every 16 paying pax 1 tour leader will be FOC on tour
• Children under 12 years old will be charge 70% of the package cost.
• Pure drinking water during the tour
• Government tax.

Package Price Exclusion:

• Airport Tax & Air Tickets (Domestic 6$/pax, International 25$/pax)
• Travel Insurance, Optional Tours & Visa Fee
• Personal expenses such as: Tips, Drink, Laundry, Shopping, .etc

Siem Reap: Angkor Complex Full-Day Adventure with Lunch

What You'll Do

Marvel at Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world
Visit the Bayon Temple, uniquely decorated with over 2,000 smiling faces
Explore the haunting Ta Prohm Temple

Overview

Spend a day discovering the wonders of the spectacular Angkor complex, including the magnificent remains of several Khmer Empire capitals. Highlights include Angkor Wat, the Bayon Temple, and the Ta Prohm Temple, seen in the Tomb Raider movie.

What to Expect

Your guide will meet you at your Siem Reap hotel and you’ll head out on a full day of exploration beginning with a visit to Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious monument.

Continue on to Angkor Thom to see the Bayon Temple, uniquely decorated with over 2,000 smiling faces. Discover other sites in the complex such as Phimeanakas, Baphoun, the Elephant Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King.

Stop to admire the south gate of Angkor Thom city, with its renowned 4 faces of Avalokiteshvara.

Take a break for lunch and enjoy a sumptuous Khmer meal at a local restaurant overlooking Sras Srang, the royal bathing pool. Afterwards you can relax in a hammock or have a chat with the locals to learn about local culture.

Next you’ll visit the haunting Ta Prohm Temple made famous in the Tomb Raider movie, starring Angelina Jolie.

End the trip with delighting in sunset at Phnom Bakheng, the romantic masterpiece, before returning to your hotel.

What's Included

• English-speaking tour guide
• Transportation with air-conditioning
• Lunch, water, and refreshing towel
• Entrance fees for sites mentioned in the description

What's Not Included

• Meals other than those mentioned
• Personal expenses and other drinks
• Tips and donations
• Other visits not mentioned in the description

History of Angkor Wat Tample

Angkor Wat, built during the early years of the 12th century by Suryavaram II, honors the Hindu god Vishnu and is a symbolic representation of Hindu cosmology. Consisting of an enormous temple symbolizing the mythic Mt. Meru, its five inter-nested rectangular walls and moats represent chains of mountains and the cosmic ocean. The short dimensions of the vast compound are precisely aligned along a north-south axis, while the east-west axis has been deliberately diverted 0.75 degrees south of east and north of west, seemingly in order to give observers a three day anticipation of the spring equinox.

Unlike other temples at Angkor, Ta Prohm has been left as it was found, preserved as an example of what a tropical forest will do to an architectural monument when the protective hands of humans are withdrawn. Ta Prohm's walls, roofs, chambers and courtyards have been sufficiently repaired to stop further deterioration, and the inner sanctuary has been cleared of bushes and thick undergrowth, but the temple has been left in the stranglehold of trees. Having planted themselves centuries ago, the tree's serpentine roots pry apart the ancient stones and their immense trunks straddle the once bustling Buddhist temple. Built in the later part of the 12th century by Jayavarman VII, Ta Prohm is the terrestrial counterpart of the star Eta Draconis the Draco constellation.

During half-millennia of Khmer occupation, the city of Angkor became a pilgrimage destination of importance throughout Southeastern Asia. Sacked by the Thais in 1431 and abandoned in 1432, Angkor was forgotten for a few centuries. Wandering Buddhist monks, passing through the dense jungles, occasionally came upon the awesome ruins. Recognizing the sacred nature of the temples but ignorant of their origins, they invented fables about the mysterious sanctuaries, saying they had been built by the gods in a far ancient time. Centuries passed, these fables became legends, and pilgrims from the distant reaches of Asia sought out the mystic city of the gods. A few adventurous European travelers knew of the ruins and stories circulated in antiquarian circles of a strange city lost in the jungles. Most people believed the stories to be nothing more than legend, however, until the French explorer Henri Mouhot brought Angkor to the world's attention in 1860. The French people were enchanted with the ancient city and beginning in 1908 funded and superbly managed an extensive restoration project. The restoration has continued to the present day, excepting periods in the 70's and 80's when military fighting prevented archaeologists from living near the ruins.

Orthodox archaeologists sometimes interpret the temples of the Angkor complex as tombs of megalomaniacal kings yet in reality those kings designed and constructed the temples as a form of service to both god and their own subjects. The temples were places not for the worship of the kings but rather for the worship of god. Precisely aligned with the stars, constructed as vast three dimensional yantras and adorned with stunningly beautiful religious art, the Angkor temples were instruments for assisting humans in their realization of the divine.

Angkor Wat Tample

There are two great complexes of ancient temples in Southeast Asia, one at Bagan in Burma, the other at Angkor in Cambodia. The temples of Angkor, built by the Khmer civilization between 802 and 1220 AD, represent one of humankind's most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements. From Angkor the Khmer kings ruled over a vast domain that reached from Vietnam to China to the Bay of Bengal. The structures one sees at Angkor today, more than 100 stone temples in all, are the surviving remains of a grand religious, social and administrative metropolis whose other buildings - palaces, public buildings, and houses - were built of wood and have long since decayed and disappeared.

Conventional theories presume the lands where Angkor stands were chosen as a settlement site because of their strategic military position and agricultural potential. Alternative scholars, however, believe the geographical location of the Angkor complex and the arrangement of its temples was based on a planet-spanning sacred geography from archaic times. Using computer simulations, it has been shown that the ground plan of the Angkor complex – the terrestrial placement of its principal temples - mirrors the stars in the constellation of Draco at the time of spring equinox in 10,500 BC. While the date of this astronomical alignment is far earlier than any known construction at Angkor, it appears that its purpose was to architecturally mirror the heavens in order to assist in the harmonization of the earth and the stars. Both the layout of the Angkor temples and the iconographic nature of much its sculpture, particularly the asuras(‘demons’) and devas (‘deities’) are also intended to indicate the celestial phenomenon of the precession of the equinoxes and the slow transition from one astrological age to another.

At the temple of Phnom Bakheng there are 108 surrounding towers. The number 108, considered sacred in both Hindu and Buddhist cosmologies, is the sum of 72 plus 36 (36 being ½ of 72). The number 72 is a primary number in the sequence of numbers linked to the earth’s axial precession, which causes the apparent alteration in the position of the constellations over the period of 25,920 years, or one degree every 72 years. Another mysterious fact about the Angkor complex is its location 72 degrees of longitude east of the Pyramids of Giza. The temples of Bakong, Prah Ko and Prei Monli at Roluos, south of the main Angkor complex, are situated in relation to each other in such a way that they mirror the three stars in the Corona Borealis as they appeared at dawn on the spring equinox in 10,500 BC. It is interesting to note that the Corona Borealis would not have been visible from these temples during the 10th and 11th centuries when they were constructed.