Day 1: Phnompenh Arrival

Welcomed by TRANSINDOCHINA tour guide upon arrival at Pochentong Airport. Check-in hotel. City tour to the Royal Palace, the Silver Pagoda and The National fine-arts Museum. Have lunch. Visiting Wat Phnom from which Phnom Penh derived its name. Go to Central Market and Russian Market. Overnight at the hotel.   

Day 2: Phnompenh - Kampong Cham

After breakfast in Phnom Penh depart for Kampong Cham, also called "The Garden City" and the main town in the province of that name. After check-in at your hotel we will take a ferry boat ride across the Mekong River to visit a rubber plantation and a rubber factory. Return to Kampong Cham for lunch. Visit Phnom Pros (the hill  of men) and Phnom Srei (the hill of women) from which you can admire the surrounding panorama. Sightsee interesting temples in the area which dated back to 12th and 13th centuries. Return to the hotel for overnight.

Day 3: Kampong Cham - Kampong Thom

After breakfast depart for Kampong Thom. Check-in hotel then leaving for Sambor Prei Kuk, the capital of the once powerful Empire of Chenla which predates the Khmer Angkor period. Stop en route for sightseeing and intermingle with the local people. Lunch. Visit Sambor Prei Kuk. According to inscriptions found in the area, Sambor Prei Kuk was the capital of Icanavarman (616AD - 635 AD) and residence of the King who had conquered the Empire of Funan. Return to Kampong Thom for overnight.  

Day 4: Kampong Thom - Phnompenh

Return to Phnom Penh, with visit en route a monastery where you will learn some of the important aspects of the current religious practices in Cambodia. At your leisure in the afternoon to explore the capital city.

Day 5: Phnompenh - Siemreap

After early breakfast transfer to the boat harbor to take an express motor craft from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap on Tonle Sap River and across the Tonle Sap Lake.  Passing by a floating village where the people move their houses depending on the water level of the dry or rainy season, low or high flood. Welcome and transfer to Siem Reap for check-in hotel and having lunch. In the afternoon visit the ancient city of Angkor Thom: the Bayon temple, the Baphuan, the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. View the sunset at Angkor Wat from the top of Phnom Bakheng Mt. Enjoy a traditional Apsara dance performance and overnight Siemreap. 

Day 6: Siemreap

After breakfast visit the Ta Prohm temple which is a wonderful combination of human genius and natural beauty. Giant trees have grown here for centuries. Turn to visit Ta keo, the  "Jewel of Crystal" dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva that was built at the end of the 10th century. Continue to visit the Thommanon, the Chau Say temples and the natural lake of Sras Srang. Lunch in Siemreap. Afternoon visit Angkor Wat. The founder of the temple was Suryavarman II who reigned Cambodia from 1113 to 1152 and built the five towers in the 12th century to dedicate to the Hindu God Vishnu. The plan of the pyramidal conception of the temple combined with spaces, alleys, ditches is an ancient masterpiece of architectural design and construction. Overnight at hotel in Siemreap.

Day 7: Siemreap - Preak Toal

After breakfast enjoy an excursion by a boat, an outboard motor powered sampan, to Preak Toal. There we will explore a wild bird sanctuary, the flooded forest and floating villages. During the boat trip we have chances to observe different fishing methods on the river and see how local people live and earn their livelihood on the river. Picnic lunch. Return to Siem Reap for overnight.  

Day 8: Siemreap - Banteay Srey

After breakfast spend the entire morning in one of the jewels of Angkor, the Banteay Srey Temple which means "Citadel of Women". This temple is built of pink sandstone and presents the most graceful carvings in stone you might ever seen in your life. The temple is dedicated to the god Shiva. After a picnic lunch near the site, go on to Kbal Spean, the river of thousand Lingas, the phallic symbol of the God Shiva. Arrival near the site, walk for an hour through the forest to arrive at Kbal Spean. Return to Siem Reap for your last night in Cambodia.

Day 9: Siemreap Departure

At your leisure until transfer to the airport for your flight back home. End of the tour.