visit angkor in 3 days

Angkor Circuit in 3 Days
 Cambodia Travel Angkor Adventure
 Discover the Angkor site

Program in pref:
Day 1: Discover distant temple Beng Melea - Banteay Srei and Banteay Samre
Day 2: Visit the temples in the site of Angkor "small circuit"
Day 3: Excursion on the big Tonle Sap Lake and visit the temples of the big circuit

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1: Beng Mealea Temple Tour - Banteay Srei and Banteay Samre

Stop At: Beng Mealea, 40 km east of Angkor Wat Cambodia
Breakfast, departure from the hotel at 8am. You will leave by private car with French-speaking guide, to discover the remote temple Beng Melea which is located 60 km north of Siem Reap, on the road to discover this ancient temple, You contemplate an authentic Cambodian countryside lined with kms of rice fields crossing a multitude typical village. This abandoned temple in the forests of northern Cambodia, it was never restored.
In the afternoon, have lunch in a local Cambodian restaurant.

On the way back, you will visit the temple 1 hour drive from the Temples of Angkor, Banteay Srei date of 10th century, also called "the citadel of women", it is a small marvel of pink sandstone, very well preserved, of a rare delicacy, richly and finely decorated with graceful motives and scenes of the Hindu mythology, On the return, stop in a village for a demonstration of the harvest of the palm juice for the making of the sugar of palm. visit a temple since 12th century dedicated to Vishnu and Civa, called Banteay Samrè.
Return to Siem Reap and overnight at your hotel
Duration: 7 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Day 2: Discover the temples of the Angkor site 'Petit Circuit'

Stop At: Ta Prohm, National Road #6 Angkor Archaeological Park, Siem Reap 17252 Cambodia
Breakfast at the hotel. Early morning, guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel at 8am (you can tell us the time that suits you well).

You will visit the temples in the small circuit. Your starting point is Ta Prohm Temple, a temple where tree roots have taken over the roofs, doors and walls of the temple. Ta Prohm is one of the most atmospheric temples in Angkor. There was a very famous American film called Tomb Raider was shot in this temple with an actress Angelina Jolie.
Then you will continue the visit to the great ancient city of Angkor Thom, the last capital of the Khmer Empire under the reign of King Jayavarman VII, it is a city that is surrounded by a wall of 8 meters high and 3km on each side, drawing a perfect square. After you visit the Terrace of the Leper King, the former Royal Palace with the small temple of Phimeanakas, the Terrace of Elephants, Baphoun (a large reclining Buddha) and you will finish the morning by the temple-mountain of Bayon (state temple: 1181-1215) which is located in the center of the enclosure of Angkor Thom. Temple Bayon (twelfth century), you will admire its beautifully carved central towers that cover 200 huge faces.

In the afternoon, after the meal and a moment of rest, you will visit the largest and most impressive temple of all the sites of Angkor is the temple mountain of Angkor Wat, This temple is the largest monument sacred building of the world in Cambodia, this large temple was built by King Suryavarman II at the beginning of the twelfth century took 37 years of construction, it is the symbol of the apogee of the Khmer civilization. The complex covers nearly 210 hectares, and unveils to visitors the majesty and beauty of its impressive architecture. You will visit the epic scenes on the walls around the temple with our French guide. The 5 towers of Angkor Wat are featured on the flag of Cambodia today.

Return to the hotel in the late afternoon
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Day 3: Visit the Tonle Sap Lake (floating village) - the temples of the grand circuit

Stop At: Kampong Phluk Floating Village, Siem Reap Cambodia
Breakfast. In the morning, a French speaking guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel at 8am. You will visit the largest freshwater reserve in Southeast Asia, the picturesque lakeside villages of Tonle Sap, is located 30 km south of Siem Reap. You will take a private boat to visit the Cambodian life on the water, the fishermen and the mangrove landscapes. The inhabitants move by boat on the lake during the rainy season, the children go to school by boat, the women sell the cake and the vegetables on their small boats. Walk through the footbridges of the fishing village perched on huge piles. Houses on huge piles of 6 to 7 meters high. Houses are surrounded by the flooded forest that can be visited by boat in the rainy season and on foot during the dry season.

The Tonle Sap, designated a biosphere reserve by Unesco in 1997 for its ecological, economic, social and cultural value, is the largest freshwater reserve in Southeast Asia. It is also the nourishing lake of more than half of the Cambodian population.

Cambodian families live around the lake and most of them make their living from fishing and also farming, floating houses, and all activities revolve around fishing, there are plenty of huge fishponds in floating cages. More than 300 000 tonnes of fish are fished each year.

After the meal and a moment of rest, you will continue the visit to the temples of the great circuit beginning with the temple Preah Khan 'sacred sword', a large monastic complex, was built by King Jayavarman in 12th century - continuation to a shrine placed in the middle of an artificial basin named Neak Pean, Ta Som reigning temple of King Jayavarman VII, the Eastern Mebon and the temple of Pre Rup.
Return to Siem Reap late afternoon
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.