Family and Friends Multisport Extravaganza

📍 Transfer from airport to hotel: 25 minutes Difficulty: Easy

Welcome to Cambodia!

Upon arrival at the Siem Reap International Airport you will meet your Adventure guide who will transfer you to the hotel.   

Enjoy the rest of your day recovering from the flight as you get prepared for the next several days of Adventure!

Tonight, leave the hotel at 6pm to go to dinner at Phare Circus restaurant before enjoying the 8-9pm show.

Tonight, enjoy an evening show and go see Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS), which means “the brightness of art,” is a cultural organization in Cambodia that offers young people a way out of poverty by training them to become professional artists and performers. PPS teaches circus skills, theater performance, music and a range of visual arts. It combines local traditions with new creative and innovative genres. This Cambodian non-profit association steers underprivileged children and youth towards a better quality of life through cultural, artistic, educational and social skills.  Take part in this extraordinary human adventure and witness for one evening the astonishing skills of these young artists.  

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Cycling distance: about 40 km Difficulty: Easy

Today is a fantastic day!  After breakfast, meet your guide and begin cycling out of Siem Reap town.  Pass through villages and hear the hellos of the children.  Stop along the way at Banteay Samre, a very nice Angkorian temple steeped in history and then cycle on and visit the Golden Silk Farm, a local NGO which helps to revive the ancient Khmer know-how in silk activities and provides job opportunities to more than 100 local staff. The farm area, mulberry trees and weaving ateliers can be seen as part of the guided tour. Golden Silk products are ecologically produced from the yellow silkworm which is unique to Cambodia. Some of the silk products are months, or even years, in the making and each one is unique. This is one for the connoisseurs of high quality craftwork.  

Continue cycling to the Angkor Butterfly Center (Banteay Srei Butterfly Centre (BBC), where it is possible to experience butterflies feeding and flying very close at hand and to witness the complete life cycle of many species. The exhibit consists of a netted tropical garden with thousands of free-flying butterflies, all of which are native species to Cambodia.  Revenue generated by tourist admissions provides support for local poverty alleviation and conservation projects.

Afterwards, cycle or transfer to your authentic Khmer homestay and enjoy meeting the locals and eating and sleeping like the locals do.  This is a great and unique experience.

Overnight homestay

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Cycling distance: about 7 km Trekking: About 20 km Difficulty: Easy

After breakfast, cycle or transfer about 7km (before the crowds) to the “gem” of the Angkor area, the pretty temple of Banteay Srei. The so-called “Citadel of the Women” remains the best preserved temple in Cambodia. It displays some of the finest examples of classical Khmer art as this small temple is noted for its truly remarkable fine bas-reliefs. Banteay Srei is unique in that it is constructed of pink sandstone, which is seen nowhere else in Angkor.

Afterwards, transfer a short way and begin trekking to Kbal Spean, where you can see the waterfalls with the famous 1000 Lingas (if you don’t know, Lingas are actually ancient Khmer sculptures in the form of male genitalia in “Honor of the Gods”.

Tonight, we stayed overnight in tents in a small village at Kbal Spean.  What a fantastic place it is.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Trekking: About 14 km Difficulty: Medium

After breakfast, we start to trek from the mountain range and see the views of the mountain, green fields, farms, and the villagers along the way.  On the way from the mountain range to the main road, we can have a back-up truck for delivery of our supplies and gear. 

Keep going, we can see many good places for relaxing.  As we get closer to the mountain range, there is a small river where the villagers can have water to drink when they go to their farms and we have lunch before starting to the other side of Kbal Spean. 

After lunch we will move on to reach the top of the mountain, on the way you can see flowers and the big stones and it is good for photography as well. 

We keep moving into the deep jungle and you can see a small river called Ou Thom, where you can see the water flow down and relax. You can take the water from there to drink (Note:  We will have clean and purified water for drinking, not from the river) and continue our trekking. 

It’s a little bit hot if there is no rain on the trekking in the deep jungle, and you can see some birds that are trying to stay hidden from us inside the jungle. We are trekking for about 14km today. Keep moving to the other side where we overnight in a rugged and remote area.  

We will not have electricity or running water.  This is real camping.  Our “Sherpas” will carry all our supplies and gear and set up nice tents and bedding.  They will prepare a fire and our BBQ food for the evening.  We sit around the fire and have a nice meal and drink.  We are in the wild.  Good night.

Note: We will have Cambodian “Sherpas'' to carry supplies and set up the tents and whatnot.  In the event of any emergency, these local Sherpas are knowledgeable to assist in carrying (if needed) people to safety.  The furthest distance to motorized evacuation is about 6 km (conservative estimate).

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Trekking: About 14 km Difficulty: Medium / Hard

After breakfast, it’s an awesome trek to the Kulen Mountain waterfalls.

We pass many mountains, pepper farms to the mountain foot.  There is no way for trucks to go. It’s more beautiful than yesterday, the flowers are surrounded on both sides and the green fields. There are some places that have the internet and some places that don't.  The trekking way is full of sand. It is too hot because we have to walk under the sun while the trees are being less. But when we are getting close to the mountain range, it could be colder than normal. Also for today we have to try our best to climb up the slopes and the big stones, but there is less water today than yesterday. But the views are more beautiful and we will pass many national parks and other mountains called Phnom Ta Mao.  On the way, we can see some birds that try to escape from us and fly to the summit of the trees so we cannot see it as well. 

Most of the trip today we always climbed up the slopes so it was more exhausting than yesterday. Keep moving towards the jungle, we can see the slope and the big stone called Perng Bak, which is in the half of the mountain. We are reaching the Village named Por Pel. So when we reach to village we can have a transfer by Moto to the Waterfalls (Note: We should trek this however), where we swim in the famous Kulen waterfalls (it will probably be busy with tourists) and then trek a short ways to the Big Budda for a visit and then trek 2 km to overnight at a very nice campground on the river.  Our tents are on raised platforms and we have proper toilets, showers, and electricity. 

Tonight, we have an excellent meal, campfire, and stars.  Relax and enjoy the sounds of the river.

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Trekking: About 36 km Difficulty: Medium / Hard

It was a cool morning after we had breakfast, we began a great day of cycling across the top of Kulen Mountain.  Its 26 km of forests and plains across the plateau.  Along the way, stop and visit the big elephant sculpture (Elephant Pond) and the Bat Cave.  Descend the mountain to Svay Leu and then cycle the last 10km to the Beng Mealea homestay.

Have a nice local meal and a local style shower.  This is your last day of living in the wild so to speak.  Enjoy it and know that tomorrow, the hotel in Siem Reap awaits you!

What a great day!

Option: Instead of cycling, you can do:
After breakfast, transfer by motor about 12 km and then start to trek from a village called Phum Thmey to Wat Pres Kral for lunch. And after lunch we move on to the jungle. There is a good way for trekking and also cycling from the opposite destination.  There are creeks and brooks that we cross.  We trek and see the big elephant sculpture (Elephant Pond) and the Bat Cave, it is a long way to trek. On the way we can see the Cashew nut farm and rice fields. Once past, we relax a bit before we start. We move downhill (90% steep slope for 4km).  This can be very slippery after rain. But we can also make it in an hour. Finally we can reach Van.  Thank the lord Budda for the van!  And transfer to Beng Mealea homestay. It was a really amazing trip.

Overnight at Beng Mealea

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer: None Cycling: About 55 km Difficulty: Medium

Cycle a short ways to Beng Mealea temple and visit before the crowds, then cycle 55 km on red dirt roads and true Cambodian country to Siem Reap.  Remember...you can transfer in an aircon van anytime you like, especially if we are late to get to horseback riding.

Head to the Happy Ranch outside of Siem Reap, a western style horse ranch. There, you will get acquainted with your horse of pure Cambodian breed, a descendant of the Mongolian wild horses. Enjoy the countryside on horseback! During the 3-hour trail ride you will get to places far outside the tourist area, through the rice fields and local villages to the rarely visited temple of Wat Athvea. Explore the peaceful temple ruins of the Angkor-era, a truly authentic experience

Afterwards, transfer to your hotel and relax.  Enjoy free time this evening and eat dinner on your own on Pub Street.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

📍 Transfer: 25 min Difficulty: Easy

Sleep in today and recover from your adventures a bit.  This afternoon, get picked up and taken for an afternoon 3 hour 4WD ATV adventure (note may be a join in tour).

An unforgettable experience as you will ride a quad bike especially designed for off road terrain through the beautiful countryside of Siem Reap Province. The guided tour will take you to local villages, where you can learn about the way of life in rural Cambodia and have the chance to meet and chat with the wonderful and friendly people. The highlight of the tour is the sunset in the rice fields.

Afterwards, head to Kanell Restaurant and have a nice set dinner while watching their famous Apsara Dance and Cultural show. 

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer from Angkor Complex to hotel: 20 minutes Cycling distance up to 40 km (but normally 30 km) Difficulty: Easy

Set out to explore Angkor Wat via bicycle this morning, pedaling through dense jungles of the magnificent temples of Angkor.

Begin with a visit to Ta Prohm temple (a setting of one of the Tomb Raider films), built in the mid-12th to early 13th centuries in dedication to Jayavarman VII’s mother. Ta Prohm is unique in that it has been left largely as it was found: overgrown by jungle, trees and vines, with many parts of the temple crumbling to the ground. This makes Ta Prohm one of the most picturesque and memorable of the Angkor temples.

From Ta Prohm, dive back into the jungle and pedal through hidden passages to the ruins of Ta Nei (Grandfather Nei) and Preah Khan (dedicated to Jayavarman VII’s father) before heading to Angkor Thom. This was the last capital of the Great Khmer Empire under the reign of Jayavarman VII. An eight meter high wall draws a perfect square around the city ruin. Enter through the ancient East Gate. On each side of the entrance path a row of fifty-four gods and demons hold the sacred Naga snake of Hindu lore.

From the walls of Angkor Thom, head inward for Bayon Temple in the exact center of the city. This 12th century masterpiece is a study in grandeur and is well-known for its fifty-four towers with enigmatic faces representing the fifty-four provinces of the Great Khmer Empire. The Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King are also must-visits as they are both known for their intricate bas-reliefs.

Southward now, through Angkor Thom to the famous Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world. It was originally constructed as a Hindu temple of god Vishnu gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple toward the end of the 12th century.  Built during the reign of King Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat is constructed following the model of the temple mountain symbolizing Mount Meru, the home of the gods. Inside the temple, the walls are covered with stone carvings and bas-reliefs depicting Hindu mythology and the wars Suryavarman II fought during his reign. Angkor Wat is well known for the more than 2,000 Apsara dancers decorating the temple. Construction is thought to have taken around thirty years of intensive labor. Today, Angkor Wat is featured on Cambodia's national flag as the temple symbolizes the soul of the Khmer people.

One of the first Western visitors to the temple was António da Madalena, a Portuguese monk who visited in 1586 and said that it "is of such extraordinary construction that it is not possible to describe it with a pen, particularly since it is like no other building in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which the human genius can conceive of." 

Tonight, have dinner on your own again somewhere on Pub Street.  Happy choosing you!

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

📍 Transfer: 1.5 hrs and versa Difficulty: Easy

Today, after breakfast, get picked up at the hotel and went on a 5-hour kayaking adventure on the Tonle Sap, Asia’s largest freshwater lake.

A kayaking adventure to the small floating village of Maichrey that moves from its flooded season location beside a small hilltop pagoda to the edge of the open lake as the water recedes. We paddle between the floating houses and out towards the open lake where we'll stop for refreshments on the verandah of a floating house or onboard our support motorboat.
An afternoon trip available year round. Suitable for families with children in double kayaks with life jackets and support motorboat.

On the way back and if you have enough time, visit the Rolous Group of temples, a very nice set of temples rich in Angkorian history.

Option to cycle to and from both ways.  Please advise how you feel about it the day or two before so we can arrange.

Tonight, have dinner on your own at Pub Street area.

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch

📍 Transfer: 25 min each way Difficulty: Easy

This morning after breakfast, transfer by tuk tuk to “Angkor Zipline” formerly called Flight of the Gibbons, a Zip line Eco-Adventure Tour at the Angkor Archaeological Park. Offering 10 zip lines at different heights, suspended sky bridges and the chance to abseil from a tree this is an excursion for those with a sense of adventure who want to soar over the jungle canopy like a gibbon! 

Transfer to the zipline site before receiving a safety briefing and being outfitted. After the adventure begins: start with the easiest zip lines before proceeding to the highest and most exhilarating. The highest zip lines are at 50 meters above the canopy and the longest 350 meters. From the last zip line the final adventure is to abseil down before a soft trek through the forest takes you back to the starting point. (Note:  This is a joint tour and you may have up to 7-9 people in your group.  Please wear sports shoes).

After lunch at the zipline, your guide will help you to visit more temples of your choosing.  There are so many.  Happy choosing.

Tonight, have a nice celebratory farewell dinner at Malis. Truly one of the finest restaurants in town.  What an incredible trip.  Celebrate tonight!

Overnight in Siem Reap

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast, 🥘 Lunch, 🍗 Dinner

📍 Transfer to airport: About 40 min

About 2.5 hours before your flight, meet your guide in the lobby for transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

What a great trip!

Inclusions:

☕ Breakfast