Signature of Cambodia 5 days

Upon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, you will be greeted by our lovely staff with fresh jasmine flower, and then embark on luxurious vehicle to your hotel for check in (Room may not ready until noon).

After a short rest, we will begin our journey in the Kingdom of Wonder with one hour authentic traditional Khmer Body Massage at your hotel to get over your jetlag and simply to prepare yourself for city tours of Siem Reap and get a feeling for the Cambodian way of life.

In the evening, you will have a chance to enjoy dinner with Khmer Apsara Dance show at Angkor Village Theater, then return to hotel to relax. 

Have breakfast at hotel. After that, tour guide and driver pick up you at lobby then driving to visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom which is famous for its series of colossal human faces carved in stone, the impressive Bayon Temple, the Royal Enclosure, Phimeanakas, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Continue to visit Ta Prohm, one of the area’s most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Lunch at local restaurant and return to hotel for refreshment and short break.

In the afternoon, you will visit the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor, Angkor Wat. We stroll around this massive monument, exploring the many galleries with columns, libraries, pavilions, courtyards and ponds full of water reflecting the towering temple.

You then enjoy a scenic flight around Angkor Wat for about 8 minutes in a state-of-the-art Luxury air-conditioned helicopter. This scenic flight will show you the enormous scale of this world-famous heritage site. (This 08 minutes of Helicopter tours, required min of 3 pax or to private the helicopter 4 paid seat is required.)

Finally, you will enjoy a high-end dining experience at Chanrey Treey restaurant. Return to hotel for restful day and overnight.

After breakfast, we will drive 35km from town to visit the famous Banteay Srei Temple (10^th century), regarded as the jewel in the crown of Classical Khmer Art. On the way back stop at Pradark village, where you will see the villagers making sugar palm, handicraft for selling to tourist. It’s a nice chance for you to see the local people living at the country side with their struggling for daily life. Continue to Banteay Samre, the Angkor Wat style and was constructed around the same time as Angkor Wat, while many of the carving are in excellent condition. Return to Siem Reap and enjoy your lunch at Champagne Restaurant, then return to hotel for short break and refresh.

At 2:00pm, you will meet new guide and we departure for Kompong Phluk 2 Villages and Sunset Tour.

This unique tour is only available through Tara tours and is the best way to experience 2 very different types of villages whilst also enjoying a full buffet dinner and all-inclusive drinks on board our famous Queen Tara, (Queen Tara is the largest by far riverboat on the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest fresh water lake in S.E Asia).

We depart your hotel just before 2:00 pm and head to the docking station of Kompong Phluk where our long tail traditional boat will be waiting to cruise you through the floating village and onto the township of Kompong Phluk, We visit the actual town and also the pergola and monks training school. We then will head onto either our Lady Tara or the Princess Tara and onto the flooded forest, depending on the time of year we will either row in small boats through the flooded forest or if there is no water we can walk into the forest. We then re-board our mini Tara's for the lake crossing and onto our famous Queen Tara for a full buffet dinner and all drinks included whilst you watch the best sunsets on the great lake, you can chill in our plentiful hammocks or watch the sunset from our top deck, the best views on the lake. We will also cruise through the floating villages before heading back to Siem Reap and back to your hotel by 7:30pm. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast at hotel. We then transfer to airport for departure flight to Phnom Penh.

Upon arrival Phnom Penh Airport, you will be greeted by our local tour guide and transfer directly to tour sights. After a short rest, we will start our first visit to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, the site of brutal executions of more than 17,000 individuals, most of whom first suffered through interrogations, torture and deprivation in Toul Sleng Prison during Pol Pot regime (From 1975–1979). Then continue with the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21), this former school was used as a prison by Pol Pot’s security forces. It became the largest centre for detention and torture during the rule of the Khmer Rouge. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch transfer to hotel for check in and take some short break and refresh at hotel.

In the late afternoon, we start our visit at Royal Palace, built by King Norodom in 1866 on the site of the old town, and the Silver Pagoda, located within the grounds of the Royal Palace. The Silver Pagoda is so named because of its floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles.   After visiting both structures, we continue to the legendary temple of Wat Phnom which recites the history of Phnom Penh’s name. This evening we will end our tours in Cambodia by enjoying Dinner Cruise along Mekong River on Kanika Boat to explore a beautiful night light of Phnom Penh city along river while devouring another Khmer Authentic food. After dinner transfer back to hotel.

Have breakfast at hotel. Free time until driver picks up you at lobby then take you to airport for your next flight. 

Please kindly note that the check out time at hotel is 12:00 noon. The late check-out could be guaranteed with a surcharge. 

End of services. Thanks for joining us and we hope to see you in the future.