"Enjoy your Trip to the Ancient Temples of Angkor city in the grand circuit are the North gate of Angkor Thom, Preah Khan, Prasat Prei, Banteay Prei, Krol Ko, Neak Pan, Ta Som, East Mebon, and sunset at Pre Rup temple."
1. Travel Info -Highlight
Tour Code: SHT-011
Category: Shared/Group Tour
Option: Basic Option
Duration: Full Day Tour
Departure Time: 7:30 AM
Estimated Return Time: 5:30 PM
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2. Tour Description
The Grand Circuit is a tour route for navigating the major temples in the central area of Angkor Archeological Park. Normally, it will be chosen by the guest who already visited the temples in the small circuit tour.
On this tour, you'll not possible to see Angkor Wat. Instead, you’ll head north of Angkor Thom and visit the temples outside of the ancient city. Most guests will take the Angkor Small Circuit Tour and then take this tour on another day.
A day shared tour in the Grand Circuit, we recommended starting the tour by a short time stop at the south gate of Angkor Thom which is the most crowded and attractive site for shooting the photos with the beautiful gate and then go toward the north of Angkor Thom to visit the temples outside of the ancient city.
It includes the most famous temples and sights in the Grand Circuit as following:
+ South gate of Angkor Thom (Tonle Om Gate), is one of the most interesting places for tourists and very crowded especially in the morning. The visitor dropped when they gross into the Angkor Thom area and enjoy taking nice photographs.
+ North gate of Angkor Thom - One of the five gates of the ancient city of Angkor Thom, not so crowded but beautiful gate. Nowadays becomes a starting point of the Grand Circuit.
+ Preah Khan - is one of the largest complexes, attractive, and beautiful temples in the Grand Circuit at Angkor Archaeological Park.
+ Prasat Prei - a small temple built by King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century in the small natural hillock at the north close of Preah Khan.
+ Banteay Prei - a small temple that is rarely of the visitors, but a beautiful and peaceful place suitable for the visitor who wants to escape the crowd and learn more about the Angkorian period.
+ Krol Ko - a small temple with a single tower surrounded by two laterite walls. The temple was originally built as a Buddhist temple by King Jayavarman VII in the style of Bayon in the late 12th century. Usually, when visiting the Neak Poan temple, tourists will visit it later because it is located in the north next to the Neak Pean temple.
+ Neak Pean is a quite amazing temple on an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Jayatataka Baray. One of the hospital temples built by King Jayavarman VII for medical purposes which the ancients believed that going into these pools would balance the elements in the bather, thus curing disease. It is based on the ancient Hindu belief of balance. There are four connected pools represent Water, Earth, Fire, and Wind. Each is connected to the central water source, the main tank, by a stone conduit "presided over by one of Four Great Animals namely Elephant, Bull, Horse, and Lion, corresponding to the north, east, south, and west quarters.
+ East Mebon, a mountain temple dedicated to god Shiva on an artificial island in the middle of the now-dry Eastern Baray.
+ Prasat Ta Som - The Ancestor Som - a small quiet temple and affords a delightful visit in Angkor Archeological Park of Grand Circuits.
+ The last of the tour, you'll spend your time for the sunset views at Pre Rup temple - is one of the most popular sunset spots, as the view over the surrounding rice fields of the Eastern Baray is beautiful, although some lofty trees have rather obscured it these days. It gets pretty crowded in the evening time.
3. Travel Itinerary
+ Moring Time:
Early morning starting from 6:45am, our driver and tour guide will go to pick up you at the hotel where you are staying respectively. However, we don't have much time to pick up you from the hotels so we suggest you already prepare yourself, and then when we arrive at the hotel make sure you are all ready to go. Please make sure you all have breakfast because your lunch will be around 12:00 pm. Like this, it will not make noise for other visitors.
While everyone is picked up we'll take you to get your Angkor Pass Ticket, and then we'll head towards the temple by first short time stop at the south gate of Angkor Thom for shooting the photo with the beautiful gate.
After the south gate, we'll move forward through the Angkor Thom and leave the north gate to visit the Preah Khan, Prasat Prei, Banteay Prei, and Neak Pean temples.
+ Lunch Time: We will take a break for lunch at 12:00 pm in the local restaurant near the Neak Pean temple.
+ Afternoon Time: There are four temples to be visited after the lunch break such as Krol Ko, Ta Som, East Mebon, and Pre Rup.
- Krol Ko is a small temple with a single tower surrounded by two laterite walls built in the late 12th century by King Jayavarman VII will provide you a small refreshment and quiet after lunch.
- Ta Som is very attractive and exciting for visitors because the nerves are well maintained and there are trees growing through some parts of the structure that provide the best photography opportunities and provide coolness while visiting the temples with very hot weather in the dry season.
- East Mebon - is a temple with five towers arranged like the numbers on a die atop a base with three tiers. The whole is surrounded by three enclosures. The towers represent the five peaks of the mythical Mount Meru. The Mebon stands on a small island in the middle of the Eastern Baray, which was a large body of water (2 by 7 kilometers) fed by the Siem Reap River. The temple was accessible only by boat. Today the Baray, once a source of water for irrigation, is a plain of rice fields and the visitor is left to imagine the original majesty of this temple in the middle of a large lake.
The last of the visit, you'll spend your time at the Pre Rup temple for the sunset views.
- Pre Rup is one of the mountain temples that best place for sunset that highly recommended for the visitor who with the Grand Circuit. It built as the state temple of Khmer during the reign of king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. The material combined brick, laterite, and sandstone construction. The name of the temple is comparatively with the Khmer word meaning "turn the body". This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple, with the ashes of the body being ritually rotated in different directions.
4. Tour Price
| No | Means of Transport | Number of visitors (Min-Max) | Adult Price$ | Children 5-12 years old (Price$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Car-4 seater: Toyota Camry, Toyota highlander, Lexus | 3-4 pax | $65.00 | 50% |
| 2 | Minivan 12-seater | 6-10 pax | $55.00 | 50% |
| 3 | Hyundai Starex 10-seater | 6-10 pax | $55.00 | 50% |
***INCLUDED
- English-Speaking Local Tour Guide.
- A vehicle with A/C (Car 3 seater, Minivan 12 seater, Hyundai Starex 10-seater).
- Mineral cool drinking water and cold towels
- Offer a free Cambodia scarf.
- Offer a free t-shirt
- Pickup from and drop off the hotel
- First aid kits
- A vehicle with A/C (Car 3 seater, Minivan 12 seater, Hyundai Starex 10-seater).
- Mineral cool drinking water and cold towels
- Offer a free Cambodia scarf.
- Offer a free t-shirt
- Pickup from and drop off the hotel
- First aid kits
***NOT INCLUDED
- Temple entrance ticket fee.
- Accommodation
- Meal and food of the day (Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner)
- Personal expenses
- Accommodation
- Meal and food of the day (Breakfast, lunch, and Dinner)
- Personal expenses
5. Travel Galleries
***Special Tour Notes
- Tours can be changed or amended and extended with a variety of other activities that cannot be added to suit your individual needs.
- Please feel free to contact us for a discussion about the tour and how you would like to personalize it.
- If we don’t have a tour which suits your requirements, then we can create one for you!
- We take 5% of the net sales adding to the fund account for the education support of the children for disadvantaged families and for the local development of the disadvantaged target communities.
***Additional Tour Information
- The cancellation notice of the tour is required 5 hours in advance, otherwise, we will charge you the full price.
- The Angkor Pass Ticket fee for the temples is the following price $37 for a 1-day pass, $62 for a 3-day pass, and $72 for a 1-week pass. Some temples such as Beng Mealea, Banteay Chhmar, and Koh Ker will additionally charge $5, $5, and $10 respectively.
- A ticket for the national park such as Kulen Waterfall Mountain and Kbal Spean will be charged for $20 each at the gate or if obtained in advance from Angkor City Hotel, a bit cheaper.
- Payment is required before starting the tour with our driver or tour guide on the day. Please ask the receipt for your future needed.
- Closure of sites: The third level of Angkor Wat is not open during Buddhist holidays.
- You will be walking in the temple area, so you should wear comfortable walking shoes.
- Using an umbrella to protect the sunlight or raining during the raining season and mosquito spray.
- For the lady, please use sunscreen to protect your skins. It's a bit hot for the summer especially from March to May.
- You are advised not to bring valuables things with you on the day of the tour and any loss of your valued things will be not responsible.
- No smoking, drinking alcohol, or touching the carvings is permitted in and around the temples.
- Dressing Standard: While visiting any temples, both male or female visitors must dress respectfully, and at your own comfort, we strongly recommend modest clothing. This means clothing that covers your shoulders and knees. Loose, lightweight, long clothing is both respectful and cool in the predominantly hot Asian climate. The Apsara Authority which manages the park reserves the right to refuse entry to certain areas of the site for guests who wear clothing which is considered immodest.
- ATM machine is available only in the town and payment will be available for Khmer Riels and US dollars.
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