4-Day Cambodia: Angkor Wat and Siem Reap

Upon arrival in Siem Reap, obtain your Cambodia visa, clear Immigration and customs and proceed into the arrival area. You will be met your driver who will transfer you to your hotel for check-in. Enjoy the rest of the evening free at your leisure.

Meals included: n/a
Mid-Range Accommodations: Shinta Mani, Poolside room

You will be picked up at the hotel at 07:15am and transferred to the start of the bike trip by Tuk Tuk. Today you will cycle about 30km on flat tracks and small roads. Anyone who can ride a bike can do this ride. Bring your camera, sunglasses, sunscreen and comfortable cycling clothes. You will start with a ride out towards the main temple area on a small road following the river, you will pay a visit to Angkor Wat, then cycle the main circuit road and just as we enter Angkor Thom, we leave the road and spend the rest of the day on charming, quiet trails through these majestic structures. We visit The Bayon, famous for its serene faces and The Elephant Terrace while our lunch is prepared. Lunch will be at a local restaurant in front of Angkor Wat. After lunch we visit Ta Phrom, known commonly as the jungle temple, with tree roots attempting to reclaim the ruins. From here we ride a red dirt road and then some great small tracks back to town. We will arrive back in the early afternoon.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Mid-Range Accommodations: Shinta Mani, Poolside room

Today you will explore an area in the remote Cambodian countryside seen by few travelers. Experience a special day of interaction with local children who participate in projects sponsored by the Cambodian-Dutch Organization, a non-profit that works on community development projects. You will visit a primary school built by the foundation, as well as a health centre. The instructor, Mr. Lous, will introduce you to the class, and you will have an opportunity to do a 'show and tell' about your life back home. You can talk about your life, your work, your family and your hobbies.Then it is time for a lunch break. Enjoy a Cambodian lunch with staff of the CDO. From here continue on to Beng Mealea, another seldom-visited ruin and a spectacular jungle temple. Almost no restoration of the area has been undertaken so the jungle is becoming one with the carved sandstone. Roots of kapok trees twist and wind their way around the carvings and gray galleries. Intricately carved depictions have been well preserved, including scenes from the sacred Hindu Vedas, such the bird-god Garuda giving birth to Vishnu. Return to Siem Reap around 04:30PM.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Mid-Range Accommodations: Shinta Mani, Poolside room

After breakfast you will drive to Kampong Kleang village. Imagine wooden houses on 10 meter tall stilts, surrounded by water in the wet season and on the flood plains of the lake in the dry season. You will drive on the dirt road to the village along the way you will see many wooden houses and traditional fishing equipment as well as small children wave their hands and say hello to you. Upon arrival at the stilt house the family welcomes you with some tea and coffee before you start walking around the village. This community of Kampong Kleang knows many inventive ways to catch fish. We learn about the village life while visiting a local school, see the smoking of catfish, and speaking to a fisherman while he is making reparations on his net. We take a boat trip to see the live on the Tonle Sap Lake. . Later in the day, you will be transferred to the airport in time for your international flight.

Meals included: Breakfast