Number of days: 11Ds/10Ns
Key locations: Siem Reap – Phnom Penh – Kampong Khleang – Shinta Mani Wild
Summary
Experience Cambodia in luxury and wellness with an 11-day tour. Start in Phnom Penh, exploring its key sites like the Royal Palace and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, and enjoy a Mekong River sunset cruise. Travel to Battambang to see French colonial architecture, ancient temples, and take a bamboo train ride. In Siem Reap, marvel at Angkor’s wonders, including Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm, and visit Banteay Srey and the Apopo visitor center. Enjoy a village tour with traditional crafts, a monk blessing, and a visit to Kampong Khleang. Conclude with a farewell dinner at Chanrey Tree restaurant. This tour offers a blend of cultural immersion, luxury, and wellness.
Highlights
- Siem Reap:
- Arrival and luxury hotel stay
- Explore Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, Bayon Temple, and Angkor Thom
- Farm-to-Table cooking class
- Village tour and Kampong Khleang visit
- Spa experience at Sokkhak Spa
- Transfer to Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh:
- City tour including the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda, the National Museum, and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
- Boat trip on the Mekong and visit to Koh Oknha Tey and Silk Island
- Gin Distillery experience
- Transfer to Shinta Mani Wild luxury resort
- Kampong Khleang (village on Tonle Sap Lake):
- Visit to a village built on stilts, including a traditional cultural experience
- Shinta Mani Wild (luxury resort):
- Stay at Shinta Mani Wild with various nature-based and adventure activities
Arrival at Siem Reap international airport, express Fastrack of immigration, get through quickly, and you’ll meet with your guide and driver, then transfer to a luxury hotel, check in, followed by free time.
In the morning, embark on your exploration at the majestic Angkor Wat temple—the best-preserved of all the Angkor temples. Take your time to marvel at this immense architectural wonder. Next, continue your visit to the famous tree-covered Ta Prohm temple. Ta Prohm, also known as the “Tomb Raider Temple,” gained fame from its appearance in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, where Angelina Jolie’s character picked a jasmine flower before seemingly falling through the earth into… Pinewood Studios. Originally built in 1186, Ta Prohm was initially known as Rajavihara (Monastery of the King), a Buddhist temple dedicated to the mother of King Jayavarman VII. After your temple exploration, return to Siem Reap for lunch.
After breakfast, you’ll begin a half-day morning experience of Farm-to-Table cooking at Lumorng organic farm, learn the secrets of Cambodian cooking, local ingredients, traditional cooking styles, and how to create a sumptuous feast. At the end of the lesson, sit down, enjoy the delicious food you have prepared.
After breakfast, set off from your hotel and transfer to approximately 35km outside of Siem Reap. Embark on a beautiful village tour with the journey passing through villages, serene rice paddies, a colorful pagoda, a vegetable garden, and a fish farm. On arrival begins with a visit to a family that makes bamboo sticky rice called “Kralan,” a delicious Cambodian delicacy. Whilst at the village, we will witness many activities such as blacksmithing, which helps the community create and maintain tools for farming, as well as other traditional practices, such as craft weaving.
In the morning, reward yourself after a busy day at a top-quality Sokkhak Spa riverside with a 90-minute massage. Sokkhak means “tranquil” in Khmer, and after long days spent traipsing through the ancient jungle-covered ruins, what could be better than retreating to a calm, serene space to have tired muscles and joints kneaded and massaged out and the soul and mind completely relaxed.
In the morning, begins city tour of highlights lead by expert guided through this bustling, vibrant city and see main sights including the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, the National Museum as well as visit to the sobering and poignant Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum documents past struggles of the Khmer people, As the day waned, we indulged in a leisurely afternoon at the Elephant Bar, savoring a laid-back tea service amidst the enchanting surroundings.
After breakfast, begin short transfer to pier embark on a private boat across the Mighty Mekong and tuk tuk ride on the Mekong island to visit the rural community of Koh Oknha Tey and Silk Island passing through a greenery landscape, farmlands, and stop by local family for silk weaving demonstration and along the way offers a picturesque as well as the great opportunity to discover the way of life for local people before heading back to the ferry return to Phnom Penh. Afternoon hop on a tuk tuk Gin Distillery experience at Seekers Spirit.
Today, after breakfast, you’ll be picked up from the hotel by a team from Shinta Mani Wild, then transferred to Shinta Mani Wild CAMP TENTS. On arrival at this luxury resort, enjoy your time relaxing and connecting with nature, with a pick and choose of activities.<br>
Free time relaxing and connecting with nature, with adventure experience, pick and choose activities.
Free time relaxing and connecting with nature, with adventure experienc,e pick and choose activities.
In the morning, depart by private transfer to Phnom Penh for departure flight home.