Kbal Spean, Banteay Srei & Grand Circuit
Description
This is a private tour for you and your group only. The tour is very flexible to adjust your traveling time and we guarantee there is NO hidden cost. We use our good experience tour guide to take care of your journey.
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Itinerary
You will be greeted by our guide and driver at your hotel’s lobby at 7.30am, drive beyond Angkor complex, passing beautiful countryside before we arrive at the foothill of Kbal Spean. Continuously, we hike up to visit the series of stone rock relief carvings in sandstone formations of the river bed “Valley of a 1000 Lingas”. Nearby the riverbed, we will see the small waterfall where you can have a quick bath to cool down if you want (waterfall is seasonal: meaning it is dry up in hot season).
Return to our car then drive to explore the intricately carved, beautiful pink sandstone temple of Banteay Srei – considered to be a Jewel of Khmer art which features elaborate decorations and fine details.
Afternoon, continue to explore the Grand Circuit where there are still some main Angkorian temples to be discovered including East Mebon, Ta Som, Neak Pean, Preah Khan, Ta Keo and other interesting temples if you feel want to see more. Finally, we’re going to watch nice sunset over the rice field from Pre Rup temple and take some beautiful photos before returning hotel.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up customers from any hotels in Siem Reap.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
Reviews(1)
Our guide (Cham) was fantastic. He was knowledgeable and really interested in the ecology of Kbal Spean, to the point of taking photos that he was including in a journal which showed changes over the seasons and years. He also helped other hikers who appeared to be without guides on occasions. My husband and I are over 65 and found found the walk up relatively easy, though this was the cooler time of the year. In the past few months stairs have been put in tricky places, where once one had to clamber over the rocks. Once at the top there was very little water as this was the dry season. The carved rocks were still great. If I had a choice of cool(ish) and no waterfall or hot and humid with a waterfall, I’d choose the former. We really enjoyed Banteay Srei and were surprised to learn that it was older than Angkor Wat and in better condition, though some repairs have been done. Cham was a good photographer too. We returned from the rural area to go Preah Khan and Neak Pean. We enjoyed both. We could have gone to more temples, but we decided not to. We were picked up on time and dropped off when we had had enough. Cham was a great guide and I loved all the stories about the various gods as well as the actual history of Cambodia.
