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- Starting Time: 8:00am
- Departure Point: From your hotel in Siem Reap
- Time Duration: 10 hours (approx.)
- Return Details: Back to your hotel in Siem Reap

- Highlights -

# Private tour makes your journey to be so flexible.
# Professional English will always be there with you.
# One day tour with visit to the Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Prohm and Srah Srang

- What You Can Expect -

Start the day with a transfer to Preah Khan Temple. This massive temple is located on the Grand Circuit and is generally not as crowded as others in the Angkor complex so you should have this magnificent structure to appreciate in relative peace. Built in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII, it is said that it once housed over 100.000 officials and servants.

Continue to Neak Pean, an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on it. It is believed it functioned as a hospital during King Jayavarman VII』s reign.

Head back to Siem Reap to rest and to enjoy lunch on your own until you transfer in the midafternoon to Ta Prohm.

This beautiful temple is one of Angkor』s jewels and is overgrown with fig trees, giving a haunting yet exotic atmosphere. The magnificent roots of the trees have merged over the centuries with the temple』s huge stone blocks, emphasizing a 『forgotten city』 feeling.

You will finish the day with a visit to Srah Srang, which is the former Royal bathing pool of the Khmer Kings and is now a body of water that measures 700 by 350 meters. Enjoy the sunset from the west terrace and return to Siem Reap for a free evening.

- Attractions-

# Preah Khan temples
Built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father, Dharanindravarman II. Unusually the modern name, meaning "holy sword", is derived from the meaning of the original—Nagara Jayasri (holy city of victory). Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins. It is a perfect spot for taking photos.

# Neak Pean
A small island temple located in the middle of the last baray (the Preah Khan Baray or Jayatataka) to be constructed by a Khmer king in the Angkor area. The central temple sits at the axis of a cross or lotus pattern of eight pools. Originally known as Rajasri, Neak Pean took its modern appellation, which means 『coiled serpents,』 from the encoiled nagas that encircled the temple. The temple is faced by a statue of the horse, Balaha, saving drowning sailors. Though originally dedicated to Buddha, Neak Pean contains several Hindu images. Neak Pean may have served an absolution function, and the waters were thought to have healing properties. During the dry season when the water is low, check out the animal and human headwater spouts at the outside center of each pool. Neak Pean is most photogenic in the wet season when the pools are full.

# Ta Prohm
This beautifully conserved temple was built by King Jayavarman VII. The temple's main image, representing Prajnaparamita, the personification of wisdom, was modelled on the king's mother.

# Srah Srang
It was perhaps a chapel to Kama, God of Love. The spot would suit the temper of the strange power, terribly strong and yet terribly tender, and of that passion which carries away kingdoms, empires and whole worlds. Love could occupy this quiet nest embedded in water, which gave the impression that love had come one day and had left there, when he went away, a part of his spirit.

- Starting Time: 8:00am
- Departure Point: From your hotel in Siem Reap
- Time Duration: 10 hours (approx.)
- Return Details: Back to your hotel in Siem Reap

- Highlights -

# Private tour makes your journey to be so flexible.
# Professional English will always be there with you.
# One day tour with visit to the Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Prohm and Srah Srang

- What You Can Expect -

Start the day with a transfer to Preah Khan Temple. This massive temple is located on the Grand Circuit and is generally not as crowded as others in the Angkor complex so you should have this magnificent structure to appreciate in relative peace. Built in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII, it is said that it once housed over 100.000 officials and servants.

Continue to Neak Pean, an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on it. It is believed it functioned as a hospital during King Jayavarman VII』s reign.

Head back to Siem Reap to rest and to enjoy lunch on your own until you transfer in the midafternoon to Ta Prohm.

This beautiful temple is one of Angkor』s jewels and is overgrown with fig trees, giving a haunting yet exotic atmosphere. The magnificent roots of the trees have merged over the centuries with the temple』s huge stone blocks, emphasizing a 『forgotten city』 feeling.

You will finish the day with a visit to Srah Srang, which is the former Royal bathing pool of the Khmer Kings and is now a body of water that measures 700 by 350 meters. Enjoy the sunset from the west terrace and return to Siem Reap for a free evening.

- Attractions-

# Preah Khan temples
Built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father, Dharanindravarman II. Unusually the modern name, meaning "holy sword", is derived from the meaning of the original—Nagara Jayasri (holy city of victory). Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins. It is a perfect spot for taking photos.

# Neak Pean
A small island temple located in the middle of the last baray (the Preah Khan Baray or Jayatataka) to be constructed by a Khmer king in the Angkor area. The central temple sits at the axis of a cross or lotus pattern of eight pools. Originally known as Rajasri, Neak Pean took its modern appellation, which means 『coiled serpents,』 from the encoiled nagas that encircled the temple. The temple is faced by a statue of the horse, Balaha, saving drowning sailors. Though originally dedicated to Buddha, Neak Pean contains several Hindu images. Neak Pean may have served an absolution function, and the waters were thought to have healing properties. During the dry season when the water is low, check out the animal and human headwater spouts at the outside center of each pool. Neak Pean is most photogenic in the wet season when the pools are full.

# Ta Prohm
This beautifully conserved temple was built by King Jayavarman VII. The temple's main image, representing Prajnaparamita, the personification of wisdom, was modelled on the king's mother.

# Srah Srang
It was perhaps a chapel to Kama, God of Love. The spot would suit the temper of the strange power, terribly strong and yet terribly tender, and of that passion which carries away kingdoms, empires and whole worlds. Love could occupy this quiet nest embedded in water, which gave the impression that love had come one day and had left there, when he went away, a part of his spirit.