{"id":531,"date":"2016-08-17T10:24:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T10:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/?product=cambodia"},"modified":"2025-11-20T19:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:19:02","slug":"cambodia","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/?product=cambodia","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"1026\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-787x384.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-600x292.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5-1-616x300.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3DAYS 2NIGHTS \u2013 AMAZING SEAM REAP<\/b><br \/>\n<b>DAY 01: Tonle Sap &#038; City Tour<\/b><br \/>\nArrival by Noon. Check-in at the Hotel. Lunch on your own.<\/p>\n<p>At 3:00 pm, Drive 13kms from town to visit Tonle Sap Great Lake at Chong Khneas, the biggest fresh water lake in South East Asia. On Boat cruise, visit floating villages and local lives. Followed by Le Artisan D\u00e1ngkor<br \/>\nCenter, Angkor Handicraft center, the workshops of wood and stone carving, polychrome lacquering,<br \/>\ngilding, silver plating and silk painting, and then discover the fascinating boutique display.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer back to Hotel. Overnight at the Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 02-: Angkor Thom \u2013 Explore The World\u2019s Heritage and Archeological Park Breakfast at the hotel.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>9:00 AM: Start your tour to discover the world\u2019s heritage. Un-crowded Angkor Wat, the largest<br \/>\ntemple in the world with a volume of stones equalizing that of the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt. Visit Angkor<br \/>\nThom Complex (Great Angkor or Great City), built by Angkor\u2019s greatest king, Jayavarman VII (1181 \u2013<br \/>\n1219), including South Gate of Angkor Thom, often the first stop on the tour to Great City. Next is the Bayon Temple.<\/p>\n<p>(Giant smiling faces Temple),  a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King<br \/>\nJayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman\u2019s capital, Angkor Thom. Visit to Baphoun<br \/>\nTemple, located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Built in the mid-11th century, it is a three tiered<br \/>\ntemple mountain dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Nearby, visit The Terrace of Elephant, part of the<br \/>\nwalled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by Angkor\u2019s king<br \/>\nJayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army. The Terrace of Leper King, It<br \/>\nwas built in the Bayon style under Jayavarman VII, though its modern name derives from a 15th-century<br \/>\nsculpture discovered at the site. The statue depicts the Hindu god Yama, the god of death. Visit Taprohm temple-a temple in its \u2018natural state\u2019. Surrounded by jungle, its labyrinth of stone hallways is overgrown with the roots and limbs of the massive Banyan trees which envelope the stones like tentacles. This Taprohm temple is very famous as the Hollywood Movie Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie was shot there.<\/p>\n<p>Return to hotel, free at your own leisure. Overnight at the Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 03: Departure<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1026\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-787x384.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-600x292.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2-1-616x300.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBreakfast at the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>8:30 AM: Transfer from Hotel to the airport<\/p>\n<p><b>5DAYS 4NIGHTS \u2013 ULTIMATE SEAM REAP<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 01- Siem Reap- Arrival \/ Sightseeing<\/b><br \/>\nUpon arrival at Siem Reap International Airport, you will be welcomed by your tour guide and transferred to West Baray, the largest Baray at Angkor Thom. Early French experts believed the West Baray to have functioned as a vast<br \/>\nholding tank for water that fed irrigation canals in dry times, allowing multiple crops of rice each year. Wat<br \/>\nThmei, known as Killing Field in Siem Reap is a glass stupa containing bones of Victims\u2019 who were killed in Khmer<br \/>\nRouge Regime. Your tour guide will tell your more about this nightmare. Nearby is the War memorial monument, built and dedicated to those who sacrificed their lives in the civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel check-in &#038; overnight in Siem Reap<\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 02 \u2013 Explore The World\u2019s Heritage and Archeological Park (Breakfast)<\/b><br \/>\nStart your tour to discover Cambodia\u2019s heritage. Un-crowded Angkor Wat, the largest temple in the world with a volume of stones equalizing that of the Cheops Pyramid in Egypt. Visit Angkor Thom Complex (Great Angkor or Great City), built by Angkor\u2019s greatest king, Jayavarman VII (1181 \u2013 1219), including South Gate of Angkor Thom, often the first stop on the tour to Great City. Next is the Bayon Temple (Giant smiling faces Temple),  a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King<br \/>\nJayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman\u2019s capital, Angkor Thom. Visit to Baphoun<br \/>\nTemple, located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Built in the mid-11th century, it is a three tiered<br \/>\ntemple mountain dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. Nearby, visit The Terrace of Elephant, part of the<br \/>\nwalled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by Angkor\u2019s king<br \/>\nJayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army. The Terrace of Leper King, It<br \/>\nwas built in the Bayon style under Jayavarman VII, though its modern name derives from a 15th-century<br \/>\nsculpture discovered at the site. The statue depicts the Hindu god Yama, the god of death. Trekking in<br \/>\njungle to visit Taprohm temple-a temple in its \u2018natural state\u2019. Surrounded by jungle, its labyrinth of stone<br \/>\nhallways is overgrown with the roots and limbs of the massive Banyan trees which envelope the stones like<br \/>\ntentacles. This Taprohm temple is very famous as the Hollywood Movie Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie was shot there.<\/p>\n<p>Return to hotel, free at your own leisure.  <\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 03 \u2013 Kulen Mountain \u2013 Naitonal Park(Breakfast)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"1026\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-787x384.jpg 787w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-1024x499.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-600x292.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.monsoonwhispers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/9-1-616x300.jpg 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, full day 60km tour road drive through the typical Khmer countryside to the holy Phnom Kulen meaning Mountain of Lychees. Kulen mountain located on the mountain range about 30kms from Angkor Wat Area. Kulen mountain was not only the first place where our  King Jayavaraman VII did a holy ceremony to start the great Angkor empire era, but also the only place that provided stones to build Angkor Wat and other temples. There are sacred places on the hilltop. You will see river of thousands of lingas, Biggest Reclining Buddha Statue on the top, Waterfall. Do soft trekking to see some ruin temples. Local lunch will be served in local restaurant before you return to Siem Reap town in the afternoon. Along the way to town, we drive past Banteay Srey Village to see local made Palm Sugar and handmade products which are also on sale. Return to hotel, free at your own leisure.<\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 04 \u2013 Tonle Sap &#038; City Tour(Breakfast)<\/b><br \/>\nHave breakfast in hotel. Drive 13kms from town to visit Tonle Sap Great Lake at Chong Khneas, the biggest<br \/>\nfresh water lake in South East Asia. On Boat cruise, visit floating villages and local lives. Followed by Le<br \/>\nArtisan D\u00e1ngkor Center (Angkor Handicraft center, the workshops of wood and stone carving, polychrome<br \/>\nlacquering , gilding, silver plating and silk painting, and then discover the fascinating boutique display.<br \/>\nAfternoon, free for shopping on your own at the local market.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight at Hotel.<\/p>\n<p><b>DAY 05 \u2013 Siem Reap \u2013 Departure (Breakfast)<\/b><br \/>\nHave breakfast in hotel. Free at your own leisure till transfer to airport for flight back home or your next destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3DAYS 2NIGHTS \u2013 AMAZING SEAM REAP DAY 01: Tonle Sap &#038; City Tour Arrival by Noon. Check-in at the Hotel. Lunch on your own. At 3:00 pm, Drive 13kms from town to visit Tonle Sap Great Lake at Chong Khneas, the biggest fresh water lake in South East Asia. 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