13 Days Trekking Tour
Tour Code : AT-008
Duration : 13 days / 12 nights
Destination: Banteay Ampil temple, Beang mealea, Prasat KOK CHEN, SRASH TA EY SEY and PRSAT DAMREY KRAL, ANGKOR COMPLEX
Highlight: Trekking and camping
Detailed Itinerary:
Day 01: SIEM REAP-ARRIVAL ( D )
On arrival, you will be welcomed and greeted by our local guide and then, transferred to hotel for check in. Free your own time by a swimming pool at hotel or take a small city tour around the old quarter area of Old Market. Overnight at Hotel and Welcome dinner
Day 02: SIEM REAP-CHAOSREY VIBOL (17km Trek, camping) ( B/L/D )
After breakfast at hotel, you will be with your local guide and take a short transfer out of town for your trek. Heading to northeast of siem reap across dazzling green rice paddy and farmland, you will trek through the small remote village along the quite natural way. Enjoy the beautiful stunning scenic countryside with the warmly welcome by the hand waves from the local kids who have been playing on the ground. Then, we continue our trek through the former royal road to Chao SreyVibol monastery temple for the night camp. Overnight in tent nearby the monastery. Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast included
Day 03: CHAOSREY VIBOL-BANTEAY AMPIL-BEANGMEALEA (18km Trek, Homestay) ( B/L/D )
After breakfast at the camping site and enjoy your first camping fresh coffee, you are ready for a short transfer to avoid from the dusty road. And then, you will turn to the east direction and face straight to the rainforest, some isolated villages with beautiful view over the countryside route and the rice paddy field. we eill start trekking to the rainforest to reach the first hidden temple named BanteayAmpil temple which is being invaded by the young forest. This temple is almost 100% lost to the rainforest and not many tourists to visit. BanteayAmpil Temple which is the single with unique temple a lone in the rainforest has been struggling against the nature for survival. With this rainforest route to BanteayAmpil, you can also see some animal lives and the forest birds. After spending a nice fresh air time to explore BanteayAmpil temple, you will be ready for another getaway out of the rainforest forwarding to Beangmealea but enjoy the picnic lunch at the sacred monastery on the way. After that, you are transferred to Beangmealea camp site to avoid from the busy road. Overnight at homestay as the camp site community. Fresh and Healthy Picnic dinner.
After breakfast at the camping site and enjoy your first camping fresh coffee, you are ready for a short transfer to avoid from the dusty road. And then, you will turn to the east direction and face straight to the rainforest, some isolated villages with beautiful view over the countryside route and the rice paddy field. we eill start trekking to the rainforest to reach the first hidden temple named BanteayAmpil temple which is being invaded by the young forest. This temple is almost 100% lost to the rainforest and not many tourists to visit. BanteayAmpil Temple which is the single with unique temple a lone in the rainforest has been struggling against the nature for survival. With this rainforest route to BanteayAmpil, you can also see some animal lives and the forest birds. After spending a nice fresh air time to explore BanteayAmpil temple, you will be ready for another getaway out of the rainforest forwarding to Beangmealea but enjoy the picnic lunch at the sacred monastery on the way. After that, you are transferred to Beangmealea camp site to avoid from the busy road. Overnight at homestay as the camp site community. Fresh and Healthy Picnic dinner.
Day 04: BEANGMEAL-KOULEN-ANLONG THOM VILLAGE (18km Mountain trek, homestay ) B/L/D
After breakfast at the community camp site, we will take a short transfer to the koulen mountain and start trekking through the small village houses with the versatile rice paddy field to the terrain mountain range. you can hike uphill to Koulen mountain known as the sacred mountain of the former khmer people who believe in the religion. Koulen mountain is well known as the first royal capital city during the Khmer Empire in 802AD. After 4km hiking uphill with the rocky and big limestone, you will climb up together with the vine of tree and cross some banana trees along the way. Chill out and enjoy lunch with the natural cold fresh water from the small pond in the jungle nearby the first hidden temple. After having a delicious picnic lunch, you can spend another short time on visitting the single tower of hidden temple called O Thmor Dab built with the brick stone. After that, continue your adventure trek through the jungle isolated village named Anlong Thom, where we will share with the jungle villagers with their cozy house. Overnight at Anlong Thom village by sharing house. Fresh and Healthy Dinner.
Day 05: ANLONG THOM-SRASH DOMREY (16km Jungle Trek, Jungle Camping) B/L/.D
After breakfast at our homestay, we are ready for another challenging of the day by trekking to the archeological site, which is the residence of the ancient Khmer and the formerly largest capital of King Jayavarman II for his Kingdom. Then, visit the hidden temples such as Prasat KOK CHEN, SRASH TA EY SEY and PRSAT DAMREY KRAL and enjoy the jungle picnic lunch nearby the river. After lunch, continue our trek to SRASH DAMREY ( Elephant Pond) where we will camp. Then we cross the rice paddy fields, passing through an organic farm of the isolated mountain village and community forest. Enjoy the stunning scenic view of the panoramic mountain. Jungle night in tents and dinner, overnight camping in tent.
After breakfast at our homestay, we are ready for another challenging of the day by trekking to the archeological site, which is the residence of the ancient Khmer and the formerly largest capital of King Jayavarman II for his Kingdom. Then, visit the hidden temples such as Prasat KOK CHEN, SRASH TA EY SEY and PRSAT DAMREY KRAL and enjoy the jungle picnic lunch nearby the river. After lunch, continue our trek to SRASH DAMREY ( Elephant Pond) where we will camp. Then we cross the rice paddy fields, passing through an organic farm of the isolated mountain village and community forest. Enjoy the stunning scenic view of the panoramic mountain. Jungle night in tents and dinner, overnight camping in tent.
Day 06: SRASH DOMREY-WATERFALL (16km Jungle trek, Camping) B/L/D
Breakfast at the jungle tents, you will keep trekking to explore another adventure jungle trails and visit the bat cave where millions of fruit bats have been handing from the ceiling above our heads. No need to be afraid though because these little creatures will not hurt us. And then continue our trek to the great waterfall through lush green forest and taking the atmosphere and allow it to relax and refresh the senses as the music of nature playing around us. It is also the time for you to have a lovely picnic lunch. After lunch, you continue trekking to Wat Preash Kral and pass through a small jungle village of former Khmer Rough people. And then keep straight to Preah Angthom ( The Grand Buddha reclining) and head to the great waterfall of Koulen mountain. That’s time to swim and cool up. Refresh by the holy water from the Riverbed of Thousand Linga carved under the river. That is the sacred and holy play of the god Hindu ( SHIVA). Camping night with tents along the river near the waterfall. Fresh and Healthy dinner.
Day 07: WATERFALL-TBENG VILLAGE (20km Trek, Homestay ) B/L/D
After breakfast at the campsite, we begin exploring another archeological wonder of the river bed, named 1000 LINGAS carved under the riverbed of Koulen. These carvings are considered sacred by many Cambodian people. They believe that drinking water from the holy river will bring them good luck and prosperity. From here, we set off along an old trail, now little-used since the recent construction of a road. We may meet a few local people who still use the path for hunting, cutting lianas and getting to work in the farms. Our trek continues to south-east on a small jungle trail down the mountain. Back on the flat plains, then, we continue our trek on sandy, sometimes muddy tracks. There is little shade as we pass a few villages, local schools and an abundance of pagodas. We will be hot and tired when we reach our evening’s accommodation, Overnight at Homestay. Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast included
Day 08: TBENG VILLAGE-BANTEAY SREY(20km Trek, homestay) B/L/D
After breakfast from the local house, we are ready for another adventure trekking to the Angkor complex, passing through the beautiful green forest of Angkor Park and across the local villages along the way of the trek. We will enjoy the life living of the khmer people who are living in a remote area from the down town. We will see cows, water buffalo, rice paddy fields, and the local khmer traditional houses. We also visit an original of Preah Dak Village, which is the first and original ancient khmer’ s houses surrounding by the green of organic farm. Lunch around the village, and then continue to visit few temples along the way of trek, and then head to Banteay Srey Bong Thom homestay for overnight Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast included.
Day 09: BANTEAY SREY-SIEM REAP (18km Trek) B/L/D
After breakfast from Bong thom homestay, we will have an Angkor National park exploring on foot along the Angkor river forwarding to SiemRep down town. We will be excited trek through the villages along the rice paddy fields and the Angkor countryside. Moreover; we can visit few temples along the way. Break for lunch. After that, we keep having a short trekking through Angkor rainforest to catch up the vehicle to transfer to siem Reap downtown for hotel check in. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, and Breakfast included
Day 10: SIEM REAP-ANGKOR THOM GREAT WALL (17km trek ) B/L/D
After breakfast at hotel, you will be transferred to the check point to get the ticket for exploring the world heritage site of Angkor complex. First, we will trek through another rainforest by different route direction, with the atmosphere view over from the great wall of Angkor Thom city, which is the former royal capital city of the Khmer Empire during the great former khmer king JAYAVARMAN 7. The great wall is 12 square km, with 6metre high. Today after the trek throughout from the Angkor rainforest, we will continue walking on the great wall Angkor Thom city, where you can get a best view of the great moat surrounding the Angkor Thom capital city. Picnic lunch along the great wall. And then, keep walking down forwarding to the ghost gate and victory gate. We also visit the terrace of elephant and the former royal palace and the royal enclosure .Back to hotel in hotel in late afternoon, enjoy the hotel swimming pool.
Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, and Breakfast included
Day 11: EXPLORING ANGKOR COMPLEX ( 18km trek ) B/L/D
After breakfast from hotel. We are ready for amazing discovering day of Angkor Heritage by walk after a short transfer out of town and drop off by the Ankgor forest. We are going to start exploring the famous temple, Angkor Wat. This is the one of the world largest religious temples built during the 12 CE by the King Soryavarman II ( 1113-1150AD). After Angkor exploring on foot, we continue our trail going back to Angkot Thom city once again and visit the great State temple of Bayon where you could see the most smiling face towers that always smile at you at all time when you are there. Break for lunch nearby the temple. After that, we trek for another different direction to visit the east gate going, the Ghost gate. Then, we visit another world famous temple of Ta Phrom, known as the Jungle temple. This temple becomes famous day by day after the Hollywood film named “Tomb Rider”. Kee going to visit the small hidden forest temple of Ta Ney. Back to hotel and enjoy the swimming pool time. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, and Breakfast included
Day 12: SIEM REAP-FLOATING VILAGE-FREE DAY ( TREK DAY OFF ) B/L/D
After breakfast at hotel, we are ready for Tonle Sap, the great fresh water lake. This lake is the one the largest fresh water one in Asia. We will explore the floating village and boat tour for few hours. Back to hotel and enjoy your free and leisure time at the hotel swimming pool. Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap Fresh and Healthy Picnic Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast included
Day 13: SIEM REAP-DEPARTURE ( B )
After breakfast from hotel, take Airport transfer for your home departure. TOUR END
After breakfast from hotel, take Airport transfer for your home departure. TOUR END
