Siem Reap Suggested Activities
A Pleasurable Day in the Angkor Countryside (Half Day)
Travel deep into the Cambodian countryside and experience a monk’s blessing, a cruise across an ancient lake and dinner at a private residence.
Highlights:
- Explore the highlights and must-see landmarks of the capital by walking
- Visit a non-profit school and observe the art performances by the local talent
Tour Overview:
Travel deep into the Cambodian countryside and experience a monk’s blessing, a cruise across an ancient lake and dinner at a private residence.
In the afternoon leave Siem Reap behind as you drive out to a village near the impressive Western Baray. This vast and imposing man-made lake is the largest structure made by the ancient Khmers and covers an astonishing 16 square kilometres. Here you will be met by a local monk who will perform a traditional Buddhist blessing.
Then board a private boat for a relaxing cruise across the serene
lake. Sit back and enjoy the stillness of the water and the sounds
of the birds. You will arrive at a small village where you can
enjoy a welcome drink and then trek into the Cambodian
countryside.
At the end of a long, unpaved track that cuts through the rice
fields is a beautiful private residence – your restaurant for the
evening. As the chef prepares your dinner, sip glasses of
Prosecco, watch the sunset or wander across the rice paddies to see the fish traps and the views. A dinner of delicious Cambodian dishes, is served to the background sounds of local musicians playing traditional Khmer music.
Flight of the Gibbon
Soar through the treetops and traverse suspended bridges on this eco-adventure canopy experience within the Angkor site.
Khmer for a Day (Full Day)
Gain rich insight into the daily lives of the Khmer on this excursion to a nearby village where you’ll meet local families and join them in their daily activities.
Highlights:
- Spend a day with your local host in a typical Khmer village – a real authentic experience
- Purchase the ingredients for your lunch from the local community in the village and enjoy a meal with your host family
- Go for walk through the village, take an ox-cart ride and plant a tree to build a sustainable future for the community
Tour Overview
Travel to Kompheim village, and when you arrive you will take
an ox cart ride through the village and even learn how to drive!
You will then meet the host family with whom you will be
working today and you will take part in whatever seasonal
activity is happening at the time.
Meet another family to prepare a delicious Khmer lunch from
fresh ingredients which will be purchased from the local families
in the neighborhood. After lunch take a short walk to see the rest of the village including the HUSK community school and workshop and learn about our bottle building projects. Transfer back to town by mid-afternoon.
Cycle to Banteay Srei
Pedal through Khmer villages to the remote temple of Banteay Srei, visiting Ta Prohm temple – engulfed in old growth forest – along the way.
Start your visit to Ta Prohm temple, built in the mid-12th to early
13th centuries, intentionally left with impressive old-growth forest.
This gives the temple a mystical air and around every corner there
are seemingly endless photo opportunties. From here, cycle to the
“gem” of the Angkor area, the intricate temple of Banteay Srei.
Banteay Srei, also known as the Ladies’ Temple, has some of the
finest displays of carvings in all of Cambodia. The carvings here
are said to be so delicate that only a lady could have carved them. The cycling route to the temple takes guests past beautifully lush scenery of rice fields and sugar palms and through small Khmer villages and is often the highlight for many cyclists.