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Beng mealea temple

Beng Mealea and Siem Reap City Private Tour

By Journey2 Angkor
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$129 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
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  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Explore an interesting Temple outside the Angkor area and Siem Reap City. With your expert Tour guide and a Driver, take a drive out of the City to visit the Beng Mealea temple (50-minute drive). Next, the Guide will take you to the Ancient Quarry (the Place where ancient Khmer people cut the Stones to build Angkor Wat), you’ll see hundreds of pieces of Stones have been cut and left there since the 12th century. Late morning, drive back to Siem City and spend the rest of your time visiting the Royal Gardens, Wat Prohm Roath, Old Market, and Artisan Angkor.

Activity location

  • Ancient Quarry
    • Svay Leu, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ancient Quarry
    • Svay Leu, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

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Beng Mealea and Siem Reap City Private Tour
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
NZ$129.47 x 2 AdultsNZ$258.94

Total
Price is NZ$258.94

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pick up and drop off
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottle of drinking water
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish Speaking Tour Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll entrance tickets for Sites stated in this Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Beng Mealea
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the most interesting temple outside the Angkor area, King Suryavarman II’s the 11th century Beng Mealea temple – a prototype for the more famous Angkor Wat. Beng Mealea Temple stands almost forgotten in the jungle and getting to the site is quite an adventure in itself. It was isolated during Cambodia’s civil war. It is the largest temple outside the main Angkor complex and in places it is remarkably intact, but in other places it is utterly destroyed; tree roots envelop many of the temple walls and doorways. The atmosphere here is eerie but a welcome contrast to the more visited temples closer to Angkor Wat. Beng Mealea shares many characteristics with Angkor Wat, but on a smaller scale. It has three encircling galleries, the same four gates and entrances, and a pair of interior libraries. It differs from Angkor Wat in having only one central tower instead of the famous five towers of Angkor Wat
Ancient Quarry
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
The Place where Khmer people cut the stone to build Angkor Wat. You will see hundreds piece of stones was cut and left there since in the 12th century. The Tour Guide will explain you how the Stone is cut and how ancient people transported them to build Angkor Wat.
Royal Independence Gardens
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
The Royal Garden is popular with domestic and International Tourists. On the north of the garden is the largest colonial-style hotel built at the same time as the Royal garden during the French occupation (Raffles Grand d’Angkor Hotel). On the South of the Garden is the Royal Resident which located along the River bank.
Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chom Temple
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chorm shrine is a religious shrine. It is located within the compound of the Royal Residence where two statues referred to as Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm are worshipped since 1982. The statues of Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chorm were both bronze statues rediscovered in 1950 in the forest around Angkor Thom by Angkor conservation officials. It is believed that the statue of Preah Ang Chek and Preah Ang Chorm were originally kept in the temple of Angkor Wat. According to the Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, Khmer king Ang Chan I or Chan Reachea who ascended the throne in the 16th century would have allowed the installation of the two bronze statues in Angkor Wat in honour of these two princesses, which were considered by then as bodhisattvas who received great honour and veneration. The statues were later lost as Angkor Wat was neglected.
Wat Preah Prom Rath
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Spend time at Prom Rath Pagoda, the historical Buddhist temple complex with colourful pagodas on sizable grounds with gardens. It is the oldest Buddhist monastery in the Town. Here, your guide will teach you a little about the dominant religion in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Your local guide will take you to the Town’s best street food destination and meet the local chefs and street food culinary creators and your local guide will explain you about Cambodia's cuisines. You can try some of the authentic taste of Cambodian traditional food snacks such as ice cakes, roasted flogs, fried crickets, fried grasshoppers, many kinds of roasted Tonle Sap fresh water fish, barbecued meat on skewers; Khmer fried chickens, ducks eggs, barbecued corn. As you wander around, you might see fried spiders or roasted snakes. We also see many kinds of local seasoning fruit.
Psar Chaa - Old Market
  • 40m
The market is popular with tourists in the city and sells souvenirs, including T-shirts, silverware, silk, wood and stone carvings, Buddhas, and other items. It is also known for its variety of Cambodian cuisine, and has a number of food stalls that sell a variety of rices, dried fish and pork sausages, vegetables and fruits, and a fermented fish paste prahok, a type of. Some stalls sell baguettes and stuffed grilled frogs, while others offer various Khmer soups.
Artisans Angkor
  • 40m
Artisans Angkor is a Cambodian social business established in 1992 with the aim of providing employment opportunities for rural youth while preserving traditional Khmer craftsmanship (stone and wood carving, lacquering, and silver plating, Silverware), and Silk-weaving

Location

Activity location

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    • Svay Leu, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAncient Quarry
    • Svay Leu, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

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