Gem of Angkor: Immersive Temple & Cultural Photography Tour

Pick up from SAI, Driving 1 hours and 20 minutes to Koemle HomeStay, Welcome drink, Relax and welcome dinner.

5.45am

Leave home at 5.45am and riding a tuk tuk to the temples of the forest. Stop at Ta Prohm temple with the sprawling trees, we walk from the east gate and continue to the main temple complex to explore and photograph this spectacular structure with the ruined gallery over taken by the big tree routes.

We will guide you to the best photogenic points and continue photographing with his story of  this magnificent temple at its quietest before the big crowd arrive. Then, walk through the forest to the north gate with four smiling stone faces and continue along the wall to catch up our driver to Tanei, a small beautiful and tranquil Buddhist temple located in the forest without big tour group as the tour buses cannot get in.

Before returning back to the hotel to escape the hottest time during the day, we will stop at Takeo temple, a mountain temple and considered to have five bronze towers on top as the inscription said.

Lunch break at home or town area.

2.30pm

Travel to Angkor Thom, the largest city in the world during 12th century, our first stop will be at the death gate, the quietest gate with four gigantic smiling stone faces. Then, we will walk 500 meters along the city wall to the victory gate with the trees surrounding.

Meet our driver and continue to Preah Phalilay the unknown temple covered with the beautiful trees, following by Elephant Terrace and Terrace of the Lepper King and a buddhist monastery with opportunity to see holly monks and to photograph some of them, nuns and local people having water blessing ceremony as it is very special in Cambodia society.

Then, walk along the shade across the ancient royal palace and Baphoun temple and finish our shooting tour at Bayon temple at its quietest in late afternoon, it is a phenomenal and well photographed temple of the 4 faces carved on top of every single tower with its complexity followed by sunset along the ancient waterway on the south gate causeway.

4.30am

This morning we start early at 4:30 am to experiences the iconic Angkor Wat in order to get the best location to photograph sunrise over the five towers structure reflexed under the water, here you can create your own postcard from Angkor Wat. After the sunrise, we will guide you around the best point of this spectacular temple with less visitors and back home for breakfast  and relax.

3.00pm

This afternoon, we’ll go to Preah Khan temple located north of Angkor Thom. We will wander with history and photograph around this beautiful complex temple walk through the forest from the south gate, continue along the maze of vaulted corridors with fine carvings through the crumbling pavilion to the central temple area and enjoy viewing and shooting other beautiful ankles of this ruined monument.

5:45am

This morning, we start our tour at 5:45 and drive out of Angkor complex to see the only one pink temple in Cambodia called Banteay Srei, a small temple structure but very beautiful in early morning when the sunlight touch the stone with its intricated carving depicting about Hindu mythology and it is also considered as the jewel of Khmer art.

From Banteay Srey temple  continue to see Chau Srei Vibol, a small charming temple on the hilltop surrounding by the vegetations and which is hardly to see any visitors and then lunch break.

Lunch break at home or town area.

2.40pm

This afternoon, we drive out to the countryside on our way to Kampong Phluk,Kampong Khleang village or Mechrey Floating, (depend on water level) the fascinating stilted fishing villages on the shore of the Tonle Sap lake, the richest fishing ground in South-East Asia where you will experience and photograph the modern Cambodian life living on the water. Here, we will step on the wooden boat and cruise along the river to get to the village. It is very different from the other villages in the country where children go to school by boat as same as the whole villager using boat as their main transportation especially boat market selling its products from house to houses. All this activity deliver you the best scene for photography following by sunset over the lake before returning back to the hotel.

Today is your last day in SR but we wish you’ll come back. Today, you have time to visit Cambodian Local Market and Siem Reap Town before we drive you to SAI and say good bye.