• October 17 (Day 1)
  
  We arrive in Siem Reap and after a couple of hours relaxing, we will embark on a half a day tour that will cover cultural/living aspects of people in Cambodia. First we will visit a Silk Farm to go through the various stages of silk production, from cultivation of mulberry bushes to the silk worms, cocoons, extraction of silk, spinning and weaving. Exiting out of the silk farm, we will explore Me Chrey Villages located on the Tone Sap Lake, an extraordinary lake swells up to seven times its original size during the monsoon season. Its ecosystem is one of the richest and most diverse in the region. This boat trip will explore the floating fishing villages and the floating houses that live at the edges of the lake, passing submerged forests and fishing farms.
  
  Overnight in Siem Reap
  
  
• October 18 (Day 2)
  
  We will visit Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm and Angkor Wat on day 2. One of the most rewarding and satisfying places to visit.
  
  ANGKOR THOM covers an area of 10 Sq.Km. enclosed by a wall and wide moats, the city includes many of Angkor's most popular sights. It's a historical cultural spectacle studded with statues of demons and gods, each carrying a giant naga, the terrace of the elephants, terrace of the leper kings, etc. We will also visit the ruins of Baphuon, Royal Enclosure and pHimeanakas and the Byon Temple.
  
  TA PROHM: one of the most popular attractions of Angkor as much of the jungle has not been cleared and it looks very much as most of the Angkor monuments would have appeared when European explorers first stumbled across them.
  
  ANGKOR WAT: The crowning jewel of Khmer architecture, ANGKOR WAT is the national symbol and the highlight of any visit to Cambodia. The largest, best preserved, and most religiously significant of the Angkor temples, Angkor impresses visitors both by its sheer scale and beautifully proportioned layout, as well as the delicate artistry of its carvings. Main highlights of this place are beautiful views of causeways lined with naga balustrades, intricate stone carvings that adorn nearly every surface, with some 1,700 Apsaras, or celestial dancers, sculpted into the walls. Along the outer gallery walls run the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which narrates stories from Hindu mythology, Angkor Wat is stunning at any time of the day, but sunrise and sunset are especially beautiful times to watch the play of light on the stones.
  
  Overnight in Siem Reap
  
  
• October 19 (Day 3)
  
  ANGKOR WAT: The crowning jewel of Khmer architecture, ANGKOR WAT is the national symbol and the highlight of any visit to Cambodia. The largest, best preserved, and most religiously significant of the Angkor temples, Angkor impresses visitors both by its sheer scale and beautifully proportioned layout, as well as the delicate artistry of its carvings. Main highlights of this place are beautiful views of causeways lined with naga balustrades, intricate stone carvings that adorn nearly every surface, with some 1,700 Apsaras, or celestial dancers, sculpted into the walls. Along the outer gallery walls run the longest continuous bas-relief in the world, which narrates stories from Hindu mythology, Angkor Wat is stunning at any time of the day, but sunrise and sunset are especially beautiful times to watch the play of light on the stones.
  
  We will visit any other surrounding places of interest.
  
  Overnight in Siem Reap
  
  
• October 20 (Day 4)
  
  Fly to from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh and Sightseeing in Phnom Penh
  
  Explore PHNOM PENH, a chaotic, energetic and always fascinating city. Graceful tree-lined boulevards and riverfront promenades are reminders of bygone eras; today they teem with life and activity, as motorcycles weave in and out of traffic, vendor hawk their wares, and pedestrians go about their business. Most notably, we will visit the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda for spaces earmarked for visitors. The silver pagoda is often called the Pagoda of the Emerald Buddha or Wat Preah Kaeo after the statue housed there. The wooden temple was originally built by King Norodom in 1892 and inside its floor is comprised of more than 5000 silver blocks which together weigh nearly 6 tons.
  
  National Museum: The elegant National Museum, designed in the 1920s in the Khmer style by George Groslier, contains a vast collection of Khmer sculpture and art. Wander the halls to acquire an insight into an artistic heritage that stretches back centuries.
  
  Overnight in Phnom Penh
  
  
• October 21 (Day 5)
  
  Excursion to the Killing Fields: Just outside Phnom Penh, in a peaceful rural setting, the KILLING FIELDS OF CHOEUNG EK provide a stark reminder of the atrocities under the Pol Pot regime. Thousands of people were killed here between the years of 1975 and 1978 and buried in mass graves.
  
  Visit Tuol Sleng (Museum of Genocide): Formerly the Tuol Svay Prey High School, in 1975, this became the interrogation and torture facility for the Khmer Rouge regime at that time known as Security Prison 21, or simply S-21. Kept largely unchanged, this prison now showcases photographs and exhibits about the thousands of victims that passed through these doors only seven of whom came out alive.
  
  Wat Phnom: The birthplace of the capital; according to legend, Phnom Penh was founded here when a woman named Penh found four Buddha statues and built the temple to house them.
  
  Sunset cruise on the Mekong aboard a local boat
  
  Overnight in Phnom Penh
  
  
• October 22 (Day 6)
  
  Phnom Penh (Breakfast) and Transfer and return to Bangalore.
  
  
  
  

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