Private Full Day Banteay Srei & Beng Mealea
Embrace your inner Indiana Jones and head deep into ancient jungle to explore hidden temples. In the morning, we drive out of Siem Reap about 77 km through vast countryside to Beng Mealea temple. Engulfed by nature, this 12th century temple was built under Suryavarman II and is enclosed by a moat measuring 1.2 km by 900 metres. Built to the same floor plan as Angkor Wat but on a smaller scale, this almost-forgotten temple comes without any of Angkor’s crowds. The site spans more than 1 sq-km and is largely overrun by vegetation. After lunch at a local restaurant, we head to Banteay Srei temple. It is called the fabled pink temple of women because it is made of pink sandstone and considered a tribute to the beauty of women. We then make a short visit to nearby Banteay Samre temple on our return to the hotel.
Please note: Visitors are required to keep their knees and shoulders covered at all sacred sites.
Route
- Duration: 8 hours, with departure at 8am;
- This trail programme is operated daily on private basis with English-speaking guide.
- Tours and transfers with English-speaking, licenced assistance; Other languages are on request with supplement charge and are subject to availability;
- Transportation for tour and transfers by air-conditioned vehicle, unless otherwise stated;
- All entrance fees for visits as mentioned in the programme;
- One lunch as indicated in the programme (food only).
- Personal expenses such as other meals, drinks, tips and gratuities, shopping, portage fees and optional tours/ visits, unless otherwise stated;
- Voluntary carbon emission compensation: USD 1.50 per person per day.
