Visual Adventure: Siem Reap

Suggested Itinerary for Siem Reap, Cambodia

 

Day 1

PM

745pm - flight to Siem Reap (3 hours)
930pm - arrive Siem Reap (Siem Reap is 1 hour behind of Manila)
1045pm - check-in at hotel

 

Day 2 (Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom)

AM

7am - bfast
8am - off to Angkor Wat
815am - buy Angkor Pass
825am - arrive at Angkor Wat
-Angkor Wat
11am - lunch

PM

12nn - head to Angkor Thom
1215pm - arrive at Angkor Thom
- South Gate
- Bayon
- Baphoun
- Terrace of the Elephants
- Terrace of the Leper King
- Royal Palace/Phimeanakas
- Ta Phrom
430pm - head back to hotel
6pm - Dinner buffet & Apsara Show

 

Day 3 (City Tour)

AM

715am - bfast
8am - off to Tonle Sap Lake
9am - arrive at Tonle Sap Dock
- Chong Kneas Floating Village
11am - lunch at Pub St.

PM

1pm - explore Angkor National Museum
4pm - checkout local supermarket
430pm - ice cream break at Swensen
530pm - souvenir & pasalubong (gifts) shopping at Old Market

 

Day 4 (Rolous Group)

AM

715am - bfast
8am - tour Rolous Group
- Lo Lei
- Bakong
- Preah Ko
- Banteay Samre

PM

1230pm - lunch
130pm - continue with temple hopping
- Banteay Srey
330pm - drop by Landmine Museum
4pm - head to Pre Rup for sunset
420pm - wait for sunset
530pm - sunset
7pm - dinner
9pm - souvenir shopping at Old Market

 

Day 5 (Grand Circuit)

AM

5am - off to Angkor Wat for sunrise
520am - wait for sunrise
6am - sunrise
730am - more temples!
- Preak Khan
- Neak Phean
- Tasom
- Bantay Kdei
11am - head back to Siem Reap
1122am - stop by hotel
12nn - lunch

PM

2pm - rest at hotel/late checkout
7pm - head to airport
10pm - flight to Manila

 

Day 6

AM

2am - arrive at Manila (Manila is 1 hour ahead of Siem Reap)

 

NOTA BENE: This itinerary has been scheduled this way to accommodate my elderly parents' physical limitations and to minimize temple fatigue.

 

 

 

Expenses for Siem Reap, Cambodia (2012)

		Individual Expense	Group of 3
Day 1
	taxi to airport	160
	dinner	132.53	397.59
	travel tax	1620
	terminal fee	550
	TOTAL	P2462.53
Day 2
	Angkor Pass	40	120
	lunch	6	16.75
	apsara dinner buffet	12
	tuktuk	4	13
	tuktuk tip	0.33	1
	TOTAL	$62.33
Day 3
	Tonle Sap boat	20
	boat driver tip	1.67	5
	guide tip	1.67	5
	lunch	10.42	31.25
	Angkor National Musuem Entrance Fee	12
	scarf (2 pcs)	3
	keychains for pasalubong (18 pcs)	9
	swensen ice cream	1.5
	tuktuk	4.33	13
	TOTAL	$63.59
Day 4
	lunch	8.17	24.5
	dinner	8.33	25
	magnet (5 pcs)	3
	Landmine Museum Entrance Fee	3
	tuktuk	8.67	26
	tuktuk tip	0.33	1
	tuktuk tip to night market	0.33	1
	TOTAL	$31.83
Day 5
	tuktuk	6	18
	lunch	6.84	20.5
	hotel (4 nights)	30	120
	tuktuk tip to airport	0.33	1
	TOTAL	$43.17
	RT Airfare (no baggage)	P3504.55	P10513.65
	TOTAL (without airfare)	P2462.53 + $200.92
	TOTAL EXPENSE	P5967.08 + $200.92 =   P14,204.08 ($1=P41)