3 Day Angkor Wat Kulen Mountain Beng Mealea and Floating village

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Angkor Wat with sunrise, Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm Temple⌄

   You'll be picked up from your hotel lobby before sunrise at 4:40 AM and continue to watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat temple.

   Witness the magnificent sunrise at Angkor Wat, the world's largest cultural heritage site. Explore the temple with an experienced guide, capturing stunning photos before the crowds arrive. After the sunrise, we will spend approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes exploring the entire Angkor Wat temple complex before the crowds arrive, giving you the opportunity to capture some amazing photographs.

   Enjoy a delightful breakfast at our local family restaurant in the Siem Reap's countryside before your next adventure. Fuel up and experience the support we provide through tourism in the area.

   Trek through a jungle-enveloped temple of Ta Prohm, which has been left in its original state and is partly overgrown with trees and huge roots. It was also used as a backdrop for the film Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie.

   Then finally, go to the South Gate of Angkor Thom to marvel at the Bayon and Baphoun temples with their 54 towers and 216 faces of Buddhisatva Avalokesvara, and visit the Terrace of the Elephant and the Terrace of the Leper King known as the royal viewing platform and the stage of the king’s great audience hall.

   Transfer you back to the Siem Reap downtown and it is possible to drop you off, either at your hotel or Old market area. You are supposed to be back to your hotel by 13:00.

   Meals: Breakfast: Enjoy breakfast and support at a local family restaurant in Siem Reap.

2. 2Kulen Mountain, Beng Mealea and Tonle Sap tour⌄

   You will be picked up from your hotel at 8:00 AM.

   Stop and visit the Poeng Ta Kho Cliff, where the viewpoint is exactly what it sounds like. The panoramic views stretch across canyons and forests as far as your eyes can see. It's just a short walk from the parking area, but the payoff is incredible.

   Picture an 8-meter reclining Buddha carved right into the mountainside – we're talking 1,000 years of pilgrims making this exact climb you're about to take. Local families light incense, monks offer quiet prayers, and somehow that ancient stone face seems to shift expression with the changing light. Spiritual or not, standing here just hits different.

   Witness the thousands of sacred fertility symbols carved into the actual riverbed by 9th-century priests – turning flowing water into holy water for the entire Angkor kingdom.

   Crystal-clear pools fed by limestone-filtered mountain water, picnic spread on smooth rocks with waterfalls as your soundtrack. Then comes that swim – cold water (the wake-you-up-instantly kind) in pools so pure you see every pebble.

   After lunch, we're off to something truly special. Beng Mealea Temple is what Angkor Wat might look like if nature had been left to reclaim it ultimately. Built in the 12th century, this temple is absolutely wrapped in jungle vines and massive tree roots. It's raw, authentic, and feels like you're the first person to find it.

   Our final stop takes us to one of Cambodia's most fascinating floating villages. These families live their entire lives on the water, surrounded by towering stilt houses and thick mangrove forests. We'll visit a Buddhist monastery built on an artificial island – it's unlike anything you've seen before.

   We'll have you back in town by 6:00 pm. Want to head straight to your hotel to rest those tired feet? Or would you prefer we drop you at the Old Market for some evening shopping and dinner.

   Meals: Lunch: Picnic lunch with local food (Grilled chicken with rice)

3. 3Explore All Temples in Grand Circuit with Banteay Srei and Sunset⌄

   Depart from your hotel at 8:00 AM.

   Visit Banteay Kdei temple

   Visit Pre Rup temple

   Visit Banteay Srei temple

   Visit East Mebon

   Visit Ta Som temple

   Enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant cooked by local chief and then visit the most authentic village of Phum Preah Dak community where you can learn how the local people make palm cake and palm sugar.

   Visit Neak Pean temple

   Visit Preah Khan temple

   Climb up mountain of the Phnom Bakheng for sunset and then transfer you back to your hotel.

   Meals: Lunch