5D4N Civilization of Cambodia (Land Only)

Upon arrival in Siem Reap, meet up with guide and driver. Transfer to hotel. Free at own leisure.

Visit the ancient fortified city of Angkor Thom (Great Angkor or Great City), was built by Angkor’s greatest king, Jayavarman VII (1181 – 1219). Proceed to the The Elephants Terrace, Terrace of the Leper King and the Phimeanakas. Next visit Ta Prohm, a temple in its ‘natural state’ surround by jungle. In the afternoon, visit the World Heritage – Angkor Wat, the largest temple in the world with a volume of stones equalizing that of the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt. Angkor Wat, surrounded by a moat with an exterior wall with distinctively rendered Apsara carvings adorn the wall throughout the temple. The exterior walls of the lower level that display the most extraordinary bas-reliefs, depicting stories and characters from Hindu mythology and the historical wars of Suryarvarman II. In the evening, proceed to watch sunset at Phnom Bakheng. Enjoy dinner while watching traditional Apsara Dance Show.

This morning, transfer to cruise the Tonle Sap Lake which is a combined lake and river system of major importance to Cambodia. After lunch, transfer by public coach (Giant Ibis) to Phnom Penh (approximately 6 hours). Upon arrival, proceed for dinner and then check-in to hotel.

After breakfast, transfer for the Royal Palace (proper attire) and Silver Pagoda. The Royal Palace is the official residence of King Norodom Sihamony. Visit the Tuol Sleng Museum, known as the Museum of Genocidal Crimes. In 1975, Tuol Svay Prey High School was taken over by Pol Pot’s security forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It was used by the Khmer Rouge as a detention and torture center in the late 1970. Today the building houses exhibits, paintings and photographs of many of the victims. Visitors can see the crude cells built in the classrooms and the torture devices used to extract confessions. After lunch, transfer to visit the Killing Field of Choeung Ek - a soccer-field-sized area surrounded by farmland, the killing fields contain mass graves, slightly sunken, for perhaps 20,000 Cambodians, many of whom were tortured before being killed. A memorial building stands in the center of the killing fields. Many of the skulls inside were pulled from the mass graves. After tour, transfer to Central Market for your shopping spree.

After breakfast, free at own leisure until transfer to airport for your departure flight.