Indochina countries & Singapore stopover 25 Days
PRIVATE TOUR - CODE: VIM12 Many European tourists choose Singapore Changi airport as a transit before coming to Indochina region. Some can't find an early transit flight hence should choose...
PRIVATE TOUR – TOUR CODE: VIC07
When you’re new to Cambodia, this tour helps you orientate yourself towards the normal travel route and popular sightseeings in the country. The tour transfers you from the modern chapter of Phnom Penh to the radiant past of Khmer empire in Angkor temples. The tour uses local VIP bus along the bone Road No.5 crossing 5 provinces of Cambodia. It’s a good way to save your tour cost instead of flight tickets. 2 option day-tours in Phnom Penh are available.
TRAVEL ROUTE: Phnom Penh – Public tourist bus to Siem Reap – Angkor temples – Departure
TOUR ITINERARY
DAY 1 PHNOM PENH ARRIVAL
Private airport pick-up from Pochentong international airport to your hotel with our driver. He will be welcoming you at the airport exit gate with a placard writing your flight number and your names.
Check in the hotel and free leisure. Overnight in Phnom Penh.
<strong>OPTION 1</strong> <strong>AFTERNOON PHNOM PENH CITY TOUR</strong> - Group tour – 14:00 – 17:00 – <strong>Price = $ 35 / person</strong>
At 14:00, pick up at your hotel, then proceed to visit Afternoon visit ROYAL PALACE AND SILVER PAGODA located in together in the Palace separated by a walled walkway, but within the same larger walled compound. Next visit WAT PHNOM, a small hill, is the symbol of the Phnom Penh Capital built in 1434, from where you can enjoy views over the Tree-lined avenues of Phnom Penh. Visit Russian Market. Sightseeing a long CHAKTOUMUK RIVER front on SISOWAT QUAY. Transfer back to your hotel.
Inclusion: English Speaking tour guide, Entrance Fees, Transportation (sharing with other tourists)
Inclusion: English Speaking tour guide, Entrance Fees, Transportation (sharing with other tourists)
DAY 2 PHNOM PENH – PUBLIC TOURIST BUS TO SIEM REAP (B,D)
Breakfast in the hotel & free morning at leisure.
<strong>OPTION 2 - MORNING PHNOM PENH CITY TOUR </strong>- Group tour – 08:00 – 11:00 – <strong>Price = $ 30 / person</strong>
Pick up at your hotel, then proceed to visit TOUL SLENG THE GENOCIDE MUSEUM. Then continue to CHOEUNG EK: The Killing Field, this particular killing field is the site of the brutal executions of more than 17,000 men, women and children, most of whom first suffered through interrogation, torture and deprivation in the S-21 Prison (Toul Sleng) in Phnom Penh. Choeung Ek is now a group of mass graves and a memorial stupa containing thousands of skulls. Visit Russian Transfer back to your hotel. Tour ends here.
Inclusion: English Speaking tour guide, Entrance Fees, Transportation (sharing with other tourists)
Inclusion: English Speaking tour guide, Entrance Fees, Transportation (sharing with other tourists)
At 12:00 noon, you check out your hotel then lunch by yourselves. You’re picked up by our driver from the hotel to the bus station. Join the VIP bus Mekong Express (http://catmekongexpress.com from PNH 14:25) or Giant Ibis bus (http://www.giantibis.com/ from PNH 12:30) to Siem Reap, the ancient capital after 6-hour-driving. There’s free Wifi Internet, cold mineral water and cold towels on bus.
Private pick-up at Siem Reap bus station upon arrival by our tour guide, then transfer to your hotel to check-in. Dinner is pre-arranged at a local restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 3 SIEM REAP – ANGKOR THOM – ANGKOR WAT (B,L) Group tour
At 08:00am, you will be picked up at your hotel. Transfer to visit The South Gate of Angkor Thom including: BAYON Temple unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara. Baphoun Temple, The Roayl Enclosure Phimenakas, The Elephant Terrace and The Terrace of Leper King. Next visit: Thomnaman, Chaosay Tevoda, Ta Keo, which are small, attractive temples in very good condition, built at the same time as Angkor Wat. We continue fabulous TA PROHM. Lunch at local restaurant.
Afternoon visit: ANGKOR WAT: The “7th Wonders’ of the World”. Sunset viewing on top of BAKHENG HILL. Drive back to your hotel. Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 4 SIEM REAP – TONLE SAP LAKE (B,L) Group tour
Pick up from hotel. Excursion to visit Floating Village, take a ride by traditional wooden boat on Tonle Sap Lake to experience 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. In the wet season, the Tonle Sap Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. Transfer back to your hotel after lunch.
Free leisure in the afternoon. Overnight in Siem Reap.
DAY 5 SIEM REAP – DEPARTURE (B) Private transfer
After breakfast, free leisure in the morning. 3 hours before your flight departure time, our private driver will pick you up from your hotel to Siem Reap airport. See you off at the airport. End of services.
GiantIbis local bus is the best available for travelers in Cambodia. It provides free Wifi, complimentary water, soft clining seats with air-condition on all buses. Especially, there’s always 1 English speaking staff on a bus to help you during the 5-hour bus journey.
INCLUSION
- 3-star hotels in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap
- English-speaking tour guides on Day 2, 3, 4
- Private airport transfer & bus station transfer
- VIP bus tickets from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap (1-way)
- Meals as indicated: B = Breakfast; L = Lunch; D = Dinner
- Entrance fee, motorized boating
- Free luggage handling in hotels
EXCLUSION
- Visa arrangements to Cambodia
- Option tours 1 & 2 as above – Please book at least 48 hours in advance.
- International and domestic air tickets with airport tax
- Meals: lunch or dinner where not stated
- Gratuities, drinks, personal expenses and others
HOTEL LIST
Centrally located hotels, or other similar hotels
BEFORE TOUR
If you want to travel Cambodia within a limited time, this tour is for you. Most foreigners choose Cambodia as an extension from Thailand, or Vietnam, and as per our transaction record, they usually spend 5 days in Cambodia, so the tour duration is reasonable. Within the first 2 days, you can visit nearly all sites of inner Phnom Penh. Within the last 3 days, you can visit all temples inside Angkor hub and Tonle Sap lake. Only by VIP bus, you’re still comfortable to drive through 5 provinces of the country. Shortly, all are inclusive in a package.
DURING TOUR
Local VIP bus is a good suggestion. Bus trip is only 6-hour-drive inclusive of 1 reststop. Giant Ibis, or Mekong Express bus, or Sapaco bus targets in tourism market. On bus, there are free Wifi Internet, free mineral waters, cold towels. Reclining seats and air-condition make your trip comfortable as a flight while you only pay the bus ticket as one tenth of PNH-REP airfare. Above of all, there’s always 1 receptionist onboard who helps you once you require.
