Cultural Wellness Escape in Siem Reap

📍 Siem Reap Angkor International Airport - Siem Reap (52 km): 60 mins

Welcome to Cambodia! Upon arrival in Siem Reap Angkor International Airport, be welcomed by a local English speaking guide and then accompanied to the hotel for check in and free at your own leisure. 

In case you cannot find your guide, please call our 24 Hrs Customer Care number +855 81 907 097. 

After checking into the hotel there, enjoy a relaxing one-hour massage at the hotel as the perfect introduction to the cultural and wellness escape. 

Following your massage, have a session with a nutritionist. Through discussions, receive recommendations to help you achieve your wellness objectives. If you wish, meal planning can be prepared during your stay.

Overnight in Siem Reap

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📍 Siem Reap – Temples (06 km): 15 mins

Rise early for a sunrise, 60-minutes yoga class led by your yoga master. (Note: Depending on the season, sunrise yoga will be replaced by a regular yoga session). 
After yoga and breakfast, depart for a first discovery of the Angkor complex by Remork (local transportation). 

Start by Ta Prohm, built in honour of King Jayavarman VII’s mother and made famous by Angelina Jolie’s film Tomb Raider, is otherwise best known for the trees and vines growing atop the temple walls. The temple is a perfect example of how nature has crept in and reclaimed its land after the fall of the Angkorian empire. 

Continue into Jayavarman VII’s capital city, Angkor Thom, to visit Bayon at the center of the city, built by the last great king of Angkor: Jayavarman VII. Take some time to find a quiet spot on the exterior of the temple to appreciate the 52 towers featuring four faces of the Buddha looking out in the cardinal directions. 

In the afternoon visit Satchaa, a local enterprise where craftsmen and women find a safe and clean space to work as well as receive training to further hone their talent and grow themselves into artistic entrepreneurs. Walk through the serene, natural gardens and watch the artists carve stone, wood, weave baskets, paint and more while your guide explains some specific traits about each field of work and how the enterprise supports the Cambodian artists. Have the opportunity for a little retail therapy if you wish to do so. 

Return to the hotel. Enjoy a luxurious 120-minutes couple ritual at the hotel spa. 

Overnight in Siem Reap

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☕ Breakfast

📍 Siem Reap – Chong Kneas (18 km): 30 mins / Siem Reap – Temples (06 km): 10 mins

Start the day by a 60-minutes Pilates class. 

After, head to the Tonlé Sap Lake and have the opportunity to learn about life on the lake with a visit to Chong Kneas village. Board a private wooden vessel for a boat trip along a canal that leads to the Tonle Sap Lake. 

This is a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the way of life of the local people- in the floating house along the way. 

Note: Due to fluctuating water levels on the lake and canals, the village visited will depend on the date and water levels at that time. The boats are wooden boats.

In the afternoon, travel by a ’60s-era Mercedes, visit Angkor Wat as former First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy may have. Although the walk across the moat and down the main causeway can be a bit hot, the intricately carved galleries for which the temple are best known are within covered, open-air corridors providing shelter from the heat of the afternoon sun. 

Then, just as the sun begins to set, enjoy a relaxing cruise in a gondola paddle boat on the moat of Angkor Thom while watching a spectacular sunset over Prasat Chrung temple with delicious canapés and a bottle of bubbly. 

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast

📍 Siem Reap – Ta Brak village (26km): 40 mins

Today embark on an authentic rural Cambodia tour to learn about life in a typical village. Meet friendly locals and discover traditional village customs and cultures.

Like most villages in Asia, Ta Brak is busiest in the morning hours. Explore the colourful displays of vegetables, herbs and other locally-grown produce, and mingle with the shoppers who come every morning to buy the fresh ingredients. Continue through the village, providing ample opportunities to stop and chat with locals and to observe their activities. 

Before leaving the village, head to Khmer smokehouse and meet a warm family. Learn the process of smoking fish, discover Cambodian rural life through stories shared amidst fragrant smoke. Over a fresh coconut juice, get to know the family, engage in discussions, and gain a better understanding of the countryside lifestyle in Cambodia. 

Conclude this morning, partake in a special Buddhist tradition. Local monks will impart wishes of good luck and success in a solemn, age-old ceremony.

In the afternoon, connect with your body, mind and spirit through one-hour of meditation.

In the late afternoon around 15:30, transfer by private car to the boat pier of Villa Chandara. Before dinner, take a walk along the terraces or find a private spot for a cocktail seated amidst landscaped spice gardens. A special dinner awaits you at a beautiful place, inaccessible to the tourist crowds. Villa Chandara is a charming private villa located just west of the ancient city of Angkor Thom. Enjoy your last night at a fine dining by candlelight, surrounded by rice paddies. 

Overnight in Siem Reap

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☕ Breakfast, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Siem Reap to Siem Reap Angkor International Airport (52 km): 60 mins

After breakfast, enjoy one hour of sound healing before check-out and transfer to the Siem Reap Angkor International Airport for departing flight!

You will be transferred to Siem Reap airport for your departure.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast