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Day 1: Pakse –
Champasak – Wat Phou – Don Khong (L)
On
arrival to Pakse, our guide will meet you at theairport.Our
breakfast is followed by a brief of our itinerary. We then
embark on a motor boat for one and half hour ride to Champasak.
From here, we take a tuktuk to Wat Phou. Wat Phou is a pre –
angkorian temple complex occupying a dramatic mountainside site
over looking the Mekong valley. The wat is divided into lower
and upper parts and is joined by a steepstairway. We return to
Champasak and continue our boat cruise Khong Island for
overnight.
Khong
Island is the largest island of 4000 Island (Si Phan
Don), one of nature’s marvels. Here the Mekong suddenly fans
out, forming an intricate, beautiful network of channels, rocks
and sandbars and island of 14km wide.
Day 2: Don
Khong - Don Khone - Khone Phapheng - Boat to see dolphin – Veun
Kham (B, L)
We
are excited about islands discover by boat today. We take a boat
cruise to Done Khone for 3 hours. A lunch stop is made in this
island. We’ll visit the old railway and Sompamit Waterfall.
Afterward we cruise to Don Det and continue to Ban Nakasang.
Here, we take a short tuk tuk drive to Veunkham. We stop at
Khone Phapheng Waterfall for a drink before continuing on boat
cruise to see dolphin. Si Phan Don is home to the rare Irrawady
dolphins, which can often be spotted at the southern tip of Don
Khon, along with tow impressive waterfalls. We spend the night
at Khone Phapheng Resort.
Day 3: Vern
Kham-Stung Treng-Kompong Cham (B/L)
After a short transfer, we arrive at the border. You will meet
our guide from Cambodia Pick up clients at Dong Kalor (land
border between Lao & Cambodia) at early morning around 8.00am,
take boat to Stung Treng. Continue on boat to Kompong Cham
province. Overnight stay at Kompong Cham province. We will see
the daily people life along the Mekong River, from Vern Kham –
Laos border to Phnom Penh need to go through three provinces.
Stung Treng province, Kratie provice, and Kompong Cham province
where we will spend one night stay overnight at hotel.
Stung
Treng province, a real out post town on the bank of
the San and Mekong River, is the first province that meets
Mekong River in Cambodia. Kratie province is a charming town
taking off as a strategic stop on the over land route to Laos.
Kompong Cham province is set on the banks of the Mekong River
and within easy reach of both Phnom Penh and Vietnam.
Day 4: Kompong
Cham-Phnom Penh (B/L)
Breakfast at hotel, early morning leave Kompong Cham banks to
Phnom Penh we will spend about 5 hours. Up on arrival we will
have lunch at local restaurant then check in hotel. In noon we
will visit Royal Palace; Silver Pagoda named because of its
floor, which is made up of 5000 silver tiles, the treasures are
a solid gold Buddha encrusted and weighing 90 kilos and a small
17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha; and National
Museum also called Musee des Beaux-Arts. A French archaeologist
and painter, Georges Groslier, designed it in Khmer style in
1920. The museum contains a collection of Khmer art – notably
sculptures, most of the exhibits dating from Angkor period and
pre-Angkor era. Overnight stay in Phnom Penh.
Day 5: Phnom
Penh-Siem Reap (B/L)
Breakfast at
hotel, early morning take public boat from Phnom Penh to Siem
Reap. Along the way we will cross Kompong Chhnang Province,
Kompong Thom, Pursat, and Battambang. After few hours we will
arrive at Siem Reap. Lunch at local restaurant and check in
hotel. Noon visit floating village and les artisan D’Angkor.
Kompong Chhnang situate along Tonle Sap lake which is fish
resource both domestic and international supply. This province
very famed for it skilled potters. Kompong Thom often called the
centre of Cambodia. Pursat is located in western Cambodia, sites
astride the Pursat River in the shadow of Phnom Kravanh mountain
and near Tonle Sap lake. Battambang known as the rice bowl of
Cambodia, is located in the northwest, bordering Thailand. Siem
Reap is the gateway to the temples of Angkor, Cambodia’s
spiritual and cultural heartland. Overnight in Siem Reap
Day 6: Siem
Reap-Angkor (B/L)
Today, we spend the whole day to visit the antique capital of
Angkor Thom (12th century); the South Gate; the Bayon Temple,
unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces
of Avolokitesvara; the Elephant Terrace and the Terrace of the
Leper King; Phimeanakas, the king’s temple during Angkorian
times and once crowned with a golden tower or spire. The lack of
surviving carvings leaves it artistically uninteresting, but it
is the tallest scalable temple in Angkor Thom, providing a niece
view from the top. The western staircase (at the back) is the
most easily ascended. This temple is also connected with the
related legend that the tower was inhabited by a serpent which
would transform into a woman. The kings of Angkor had to make
love with the serpent every night, lest disaster befall him or
the kingdom; and Ta Prohm Temple one of the most beautiful
temples in the area, as it has been relatively untouched since
it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. After a
lunch break at local restaurant, we’ll continue to visit Angkor
Wat Temple and experience sunset from Bakheng Hill. We return to
Siem Reap for staying another night.
Day 7: Siem Reap-Departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel, free and own leisure till time transfer
to airport
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