Thursday, 16 December 2010

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Siem Reap - Angkor Watt with sightseeing activities at relics & temples - Extension trip to Mechrey Natural Bird-Watching Preservation Centre - Siem Reap

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 15, 2010 – DAY 01: ARRIVAL - SIEM REAP (-/-/-)
Upon arrival at Siem Reap Airport, meet and welcome with your tour guide then transfer to hotel for check–in. After check–in, proceed to start your trip to visit Artisans D’Angkor to discover the traditional Khmer techniques used for stone and wood carving, we continue visiting the Silk farm at Pouk commune, , enjoy sunset on Bangkeng Hill.
Overnight at hotel in Siem Reap

DAY 02: SIEM REAP (B/-/-)
This morning, visit the South Gate of Angkor Thom (Great Angkor or Great City). Angkor Thom is a l 3km walled and moated royal city and was the last capital of the Angkorian Empire. The ancient walled city of Angkor Thom contains the famous Bayon Temple with its more than 200 enormous, mysterious smiling faces. Next, visit to the Terrace of the Elephants. Impressive, two and half–meter tall wall spanning the heart of Angkor Thom in the front of Baphoun and Phimeanakas, Carved elephants and giant guards adorn the wall. Terrace of the Leper King – a double terrace at the north end of the Terrace of the Elephants with deeply carved nagas, demons and other mythological beings. Continue to Ta Prohm – a temple in its “natural state”. Surround by jungle, its labyrinth of stone hallways is overgrown with the roots and limbs of the massive Banyan trees which envelope the stones like tentacles. After lunch, visit ANGKOR WAT – on e of the Seven Wonders of the World. Angkor Wat, the largest temples in the world, with a volume of stone equalling that of the Cheops pyramid in Egypt/ The temples of Angkor, built from 879–1191AD, when the Khmer civilization was at the height of its development. Tonight, enjoy your dinner with Khmer traditional Dance show (meal is separately quoted).
O/N, Siem Reap (B)

DAY 03: SIEM REAP - MECHREY NATURAL BIRD WATCHING (B/L/-)
This morning after breakfast at hotel go shopping at Old Market and drive to Western Barray, after lunch time start the journey to Mechrey Natural is located in Peam Ta Our village, Keo Por Commune, Puok District, Siem Reap; 15 km on the south west of Siem reap. Just only 25 minutes drive, arrival village you will enjoy Ox-cart riding around 2-Km then continue to an ancient-built port waiting to board the tourists on the boat to discover the attractive nature along the waterway, at first you will see a floating village where hundreds of families earn their living depending entirely by fishing in a traditional way. an old pagoda constructed in 1964 on 2700 m2 island engulfed with water and a stopover to take photos of surrounding natural beauty such as floating houses, traditional fishing, people living, and children rowing boat to school. To travel further, you will go through an impressive flooded forests stretching over 24 km2. The forest is a habitat of hundreds types of fish and waterbirds and from November to May, hundreds of waterbirds will come to this area to look for foods as it is a safe and full of proteins for those birds, especially this area is only 6 km from Conservation of Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary, Return to Siem Reap
O/N at hotel in Siem Reap

DAY 04: SIEM REAP-DEPARTURE (B/-/-)
After breakfast at hotel free at your own leisure then transfer to airport for flight departure

* Inclusive prices:
+ Transportation in private air-conditioned
+ Accommodation in twin/triple shared
+ Local English speaking guide
+ Admission fee to indicated sights
+ Boat trip as mention in the program (if any),
+ Meals: Daily breakfast, L & D at local restaurant
+ Drinking water & cold tissue on vehicle
+ Gov’t tax and service charge
+ Luggage handling, Car park and Toll fees
+ 1FOC on Half Twin for group 15paying pax,
+ DNQ Travel’s gift on arrival
+ Complimentary Cambodia map

* Exclusive prices:
+ Visa on arrival US$20/pax
+ Int’l air tickets to / from Cambodia
+ Int’l airport tax from Cambodia,US$25/pax
+ Travel Insurance in all kinds
+ Single room (quoted separately)
+ Tip, drinks, personal expenses
+ Others services aren’t mentioned,
+ New Year Eve, Christmas Eve,
+ Odyssey rates from 29 December to 06 January.

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