Birding and Cultural Tour of Cambodia

Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Sonalong Boutique Hotel

Welcome to Siem Reap the center of Angkor!

Upon arrival, You will be picked up from Siem Reap airport by the representative and transferred to Siem Reap hotel. 

City tour will start with visiting Artisan Angkor (Stone workshop) and then enjoying shopping at Old Market. It will make you enjoy with city tours walking around to see and buy some Khmer souvenirs to bring back home for family gifts or friend gifts. Dinner at a local restaurant. 

Overnight stay in Siem Reap.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Sonalong Boutique Hotel

Early in the morning, the group will go and see the sunrise at Angkor Wat.

Return to the hotel for breakfast and take some rest. Later, we will start the tour again to see the most famous temples. 

First visit Angkor Thom, then to Bayon, Baphoun, Terrace of the elephant & leper King then Tapromh temple. 

Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and back to the hotel to rest. 

In the afternoon the tour will start again by visiting Angkor Wat and enjoying the sunset there. 

Return to the town and have dinner at a local restaurant. 

Overnight stay in Siem Reap.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Sonalong Boutique Resort

Early in the morning at 5:30 am, the group will go by car to Meichrey where you will take a boat down to Prek Toal village. 

At 6:30 am the group will be in the boat traveling through the flooded forest and passing the floating village where you will see how the local people living in the floating house. 

At 8:30 am the group will arrive PrekToal village then stop at the station to get into another boat then head to the core reserve to see the various key birds, especially the Spot-billed Pelican, Milky Stork, Painted Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Greater Adjutant, Black-headed Ibis, Oriental Darter, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, as well as three kinds of Cormorant. Over 150 bird species have been recorded in this protected reserve. 

At 10 am head back to the village for lunch. After lunch, the group will visit the water hyacinth workshop next to the restaurant. 

At 1:30 pm the group will head back to Siem Reap and get back to the hotel at 4 pm. The group will take rest until 6 pm and go out for dinner. 

Overnight in Siem Reap

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Sonalong Boutique Resort

Phnom Kulen is a gorgeous day out. The main attraction is the waterfalls at the top of Kulen Mountain. The birthplace of the ancient Khmer empire, it is said that it was at Phnom Kulen that King Jayavarman II proclaimed Cambodia’s independence from Java. Additionally, it’s a very sacred site with multiple temples easily accessible. The site most noted is the Thousand Linga River within the Kulen National Park site and the Preah Ang Thom pagoda with its giant reclining Buddha. 

Early in the morning at 5:30 am, the group will go birding near Phnom Krom for Stroking & Egreting until 7:00 am the group will go back to the hotel for breakfast. 

At 8 am the group started the tour to Kulen Mountain and spend the whole morning there. 

After lunch, the group will descend down the mountain and continue the trip to Banteay Srey temple. 

In the evening, the group gets to Siem Reap and has dinner at the local restaurant. 

Overnight stay in Siem Reap.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Srayong town – TBC

Early in the morning at 5:30 am, the group will go birding near Phnom Krom for Stroking & Egreting until 7:00 am the group will go back to the hotel for breakfast. 

After breakfast, the group will check out of the hotel and load up the luggage into the car. At 8:30 am the group will travel further north. Lunch stops in a local town. 

After lunch, the group will continue to Preah Vihear temple and spend 3 hours visiting Preah Vihear Temple. 

It is an ancient Khmer temple built during the period of the Khmer Empire, that is situated on the top of a 525-meter cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. Affording a view for many kilometers across a plain, Prasat Preah Vihear has the most spectacular setting of all the temples built during the six-century-long Khmer Empire. As a key edifice of the empire's spiritual life, it was supported and modified by successive kings and so bears elements of several architectural styles. Preah Vihear is unusual among Khmer temples in being constructed along a long north–south axis, rather than having the conventional rectangular plan with orientation toward the east. 

After the temple visits the group will continue the trip to Sa Em or Srayong town for an overnight stay and dinner will be at the local restaurant there. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Accommodation: Sonalong Boutique Hotel

Koh Ker is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia. It is a jungle-filled region that is sparsely populated. More than 180 sanctuaries were found in a protected area of 81 square kilometers. Only about two dozen monuments can be visited by tourists because most of the sanctuaries are hidden in the. These ancient temples are set in a semi-green forest, which is a natural habitat for birds and wildlife. The key bird species such as the White-rumped Pygmy-falcon, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Collared Falconet, Indochinese Bushlark, Velvet-fronted and Neglected Nuthatch, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, White-throated Rock Thrush and 8 species of woodpeckers. Over 150 bird species have been recorded in this area, while about 60 of them are often seen during a day trip.

Early in the morning at 5:30 am, the group will be out birding near the hotel for dry dipterocarp bird species until 7 am. Back to the hotel for breakfast then checkout, load up the luggage then at 8:30 am the group will visit Koh Ker temples until lunchtime. Lunch at a local restaurant near the temple. 

After lunch, the group will continue the trip back to Siem Reap. Halfway back the group will stop at BengMealea temple for 2hrs visit. The late afternoon continues the trip to Siem Reap and has dinner at a local restaurant. 

Overnight in Siem Reap. 

Meals: Breakfast

Early in the morning, the group will go birding near Phnom Krom for Stroking & Egreting. Return to the hotel for breakfast. 

After breakfast, check out from the hotel and drive to Siem Reap International airport to connect the flight back home.