Breakfast is at the hotel. Today our guide and driver will pick you up at 8.00am then go to Independent Monument where we stop to capture some beautiful photos before continue to witness the tragic site of Choeung Ek – the killing field that proceeded more than 20 thousands of civilians and the site is connecting with Tuol Sleng Museum – was the former school that was transformed to Tortured Prison S21.

Stroll around Russian market for shopping.

Enjoy Khmer set lunch at Bopha Titanic Phnom Penh restaurant by the riverside.

Afternoon, visit The Royal Palace – a complex of buildings which are served as the royal residence for the King of Cambodia, admired by impressive Silver Pagoda with over 5000 solid silver tiles and other Royal Stupas, shrines, monuments etc.

Continue for a guided tour at Wat Phnom with interesting legendary of founding place of Phnom Penh Capital.

*Note: Central market is available for visit if you want. So please speak about this with our tour guide about this.

Central market is a dome shape mixing of French art decoration and was built in 1937, the dome of Central Market or Phar Thmei consists four long wings that gather hundreds of stalls displaying and selling many kinds of goods, local vegetables, meats, groceries, seafood, flowers, jewellery, clothes, brand/fake watches and many more.

Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Breakfast is at the hotel. Check out and goodbye to Phnom Penh. Our guide and driver meet you at 8.30am then we drive approx. 5 hours overland to Battambang Province, the journey passes beautiful rice paddies dotting with palm trees.

On the way, we make a visit at Silver Smith Making Village where we observe the locals making silver handicrafts then we stop at Kampong Chhnang’s local village where we learn from people producing pottery and ceramic items to generate their daily income. We will arrive at a booked hotel in Battambang around evening, check in and have your own free time.

Evening, our team takes you to have Khmer set dinner at a selected local restaurant and drop off at the hotel after dinner.

Overnight in Battambang.

Breakfast is at the hotel. We set off at 8.00am to experience some fun on the famous bamboo train in Battambang, cruising on the track of the train rail while enjoying the highlight of rural landscape. Continue to wander around the infamous Prohoc market “Fermented Fish Market”, observe rice paper making, have chances to try the taste of Cambodian rice wine and learn how it is made before drive to visit ancient temple of Wat Ek Phnom – an Angkorain temple built in the 11th century.

Enjoy lunch at a selected local restaurant.

Afternoon, we leave to visit traditional wooden house which was built a century ago during French Era and have

a short tour that reveals a very interesting background regarding to its history before heading to Phnom Sampov where you enjoy the active walking at the top of the mountain to witness the killing caves and visit hidden caves of Battambang. Next, we wait at hillside to watch thousands of bats flying back to their caves in the red sky while the sun is setting down.

Overnight in Battambang.

Breakfast is at hotel. This morning, we will have to explore Battambang City tour, start with Central Market (Phsar Nath) to see daily life of local traders, and visit Wat Damrei Sor or White Elephant pagoda along with its unique, stunning art designs which enhances Khmer architectures. Followed the colonial-era bridge of Battambang, we will spend the rest of the morning to explore the town of French colonial buildings from the provincial museum, Governor’s residences to the store buildings etc.

Continue to visit the most popular Ta Dumbong Statue with an interesting legendary and now become the religious site for praying to have happiness and good luck in life.

Return to the hotel for refreshment and check out. We drive approx. 3 hours to Siem Reap Province, we stop at a roadside for chances to dare of sampling deep-fried crispy insects including crickets, grasshoppers etc.

Check in at a booked hotel in Siem Reap and have your own free time.

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*Note: Angkor Silk farm is available for a visit on the way. Please talk to our tour guide if you want to observe the silk processing as well as browser unique silk products at Angkor Silk Farm. This depends on your time you have when you’re on the way from Battambang.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast is at the hotel. We leave for the tour at 8.30am to witness the marvelous Angkor Wat – the world’s heritage listed by UNESCO in 1992 and the largest unrivaled monument in the world. Built by Suryavarman II in 12th Century, Angkor Wat is considered as one of the top destinations in Asia and is a must-see in your lifetime.

Learning from your tour guide the amazing history, its ancestral incredible, architectural masterpieces and the finest carvings dates back to the Khmer Empire when it dominated the largest parts of Southeast Asia.

Continue to visit Ta Prohm temple adorned with the stunning, amazing tree roots where Lara Croft Tomb Raider was filmed.

Enjoy tasty Khmer set lunch at The Palmboo restaurant near temples.

Afternoon, we resume our discovery day for guided tour around Bayon temple consisting of more than 200 smiling faces in stone, admired by interesting temples including Baphuon, Phimeanakas, terrace of leper king and terrace of elephant.

Finally, we stop at the South Gate of Angkor Thom atop 4 giant faces that religiously represent compassion, sympathy, equanimity and charity, and take as many photos as you want before heading back to the hotel

Note: Visiting beautiful sunset (free of charge) is available at Phnom Bakheng, please speak to our tour guide to manage this for you. This is a hiking up (Approx. 20 minutes/way) to the hill and it’s always touristy or skip it if you feel tired.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast is at the hotel. We head out of hotel at 8.30am then we’re going to visit Chong Kneas floating village of Tonle Sap Lake.

The journey passes interesting city highlight and rice paddies overlooking Phnom Krom before we arrive at the boat pier. Embark a sheltered boat for the excursion to see The Great

Lake of Tonle Sap which the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is also an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO biosphere in 1997.

The boat trip slowly cruises passing floating school, floating houses which animated by some fishing activities. Our tour guide will explain you about Tonle Sap ecosystem and witness how life works in the floating community relying on aquatic resources, and we stop to see floating crocodile farm, souvenirs shop if it interests you.

Return to Siem Reap city for Khmer set lunch at a selected local restaurant.

Afternoon, we will explore city at the finest Artisan Angkor wood/stone carving center which displays various defined handicrafts and silk products, continue to stroll around old market to see interesting daily trade as well as bargaining for local handmade products, paintings, lacquers, carvings, clothes, traditional crafts and so on, and you can also go to Royal Residence Garden where we enjoy the walking for breathtaking and take nice photos as well as observing the sacred shrine of Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chorm where you will probably also see hundreds of bats flying around.

Evening, our team transfers you to enjoy buffet dinner followed by traditional Apsara dance performance at Amazon Angkor restaurant and drop off at hotel or at pub street after dinner.

Overnight in Siem Reap.

Breakfast is at the hotel. Simply enjoy the rest of your free time in Siem Reap before our driver (no guide) picks you up from the hotel and transfers to Siem Reap Angkor International Airport for your flight to the next destination.