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Koh Ker, Beng Mealea and Kompong Kleang

August 12, 2018

Preah Vihear

August 11, 2018

Explore the exquisite Preah Vihear area on this full-day tour from Siem Reap, where you will not only see the ” Paradise temple ” as Preah Vihear is known, but stop at a country market and even see the tomb of the infamous Pol Pot. This private, customizable tour begins in the morning at 7:00am in front of your hotel where you’ll meet your local English speaking driver with experience Preah Vihear adventure by air-conditioned and comfortable minivan, sedan or minibus.

Preah Vihear is 240km & very far from the crowds of Angkor Wat, so you can enjoy the calm of the countryside & scenes of rural Cambodian life, stopping at Anlong Veng market, and/or Pol Pot cemetery. At Preah Viher we climb to the top by pickup truck where you have a couple of hours to take in the scenic views and magnificence of the temple. Enjoy a local lunch on the mountain top or below near the car park.

Finish your day either at your hotel, night spot or thailand border crossing.

Beng Mealea

August 11, 2018

Explore the exquisite Jungle Temple – Beng Mealea and surrounding area on this full-day tour from Siem Reap.

Built on a similar floor plan as Angkor Wat, Beng Mealea is a genuine ruin, and with far fewer tourists you can very well imagine you are on the set of Tomb Raider or even The Temple of Doom, while exploring this mysterious Temple, which is mostly reclaimed by the Jungle.

After a traditional lunch with sticky rice we go to your next destination

Prasad Pram ( Koh Ker Group )

March 26, 2017

Prasad Pram mean ( five temples ) located in Preah Vihear province around 120km from Siem Reap city and about 3 km from Prasad Thom ( Koh Ker ). It take around 2 hours drive from Siem Reap city and it is a lovely drive with hundreds of plantation along the way such as tapioca,…

West gate of Angkor Thom

March 21, 2017

West gate located around 1.5 km from central Bayon. Cambodian people called it ( Ta Kau gate ). You can reach to west gate by car , Motobike or Tuk Tuk but only Motobike and Tuk Tuk can leave the gate and car is impossible to leave angkor thom since police has closed the road. …

East gate of Angkor Thom ( death gate )

March 18, 2017

Covering 9 km² Angkor Thom is large enough to spend a lot of time and even avoid some crowds. We like the East & West gates which get less crowds than the North, South and Victory gates even though the east gate was a scene in the 2001 Tomb Raider movie. Built in the late 12…

Cambodian rural village

March 15, 2017

Cambodia located in Southeast Asia bordered to Thailand, Loa and Vietnam covered the area of 181 035 square kilometers divided to 25 provinces and 5 cities populated 15 million people.  Cambodia one of the poor country in Asia with 80 percent of the population live by agriculture rice, corn , potatoes, tapioca… etc. there are…

History of Siem Reap province

December 12, 2016

Siem Reap is one the province of the 25 provinces of Cambodia. Siem Reap mean defeats of Siam ( Thailand had lose their war in Siem Reap ) by the king Ang Chan in 1516-1566. Siem Reap covered the area of 10,299 square kilometers divided to 12 districts, 100 communes and 907 villages with 1…

Floating Village, Siem Reap

Kompong Phluk កំពង់ភ្លុក

November 20, 2016

Kampong Phluk is a flooded village of perhaps 700 stilted houses located around 30km from Siem Reap city, which about an hour by car to get there. During there dry season from January to March egrets (herons) migrate from Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, 50km south west and come to Kampong Phluk to feed on the…

Kampong Kleang កំពង់ឃ្លាំង

November 12, 2016

Getting to Kompong Kleang which is 45km from Siem Reap is a little more expensive than the nearby circus otherwise known as Chong Khneas, but in contrast to that grubby hassle, Kampong Kleang is a very nice village full of local village houses and a school which I think you will enjoy. In fact it is rating…