DAY 01 : PHNOM PENH
Arrival in Phnom Penh
Transfer
Casual Sunset Cruise
Transfer from your hotel to the pier by Tuk Tuk. Board a small rice barge and cruise along the Mekong River while enjoying views of Phnom Penh during sunset. On the South of the Tonle Sap River we cruise past the Royal Palace to a Vietnamese floating village before returning back to the pier.
Overnight : Phnom Penh
Meal : x
DAY 02 : PHNOM PENH
Art and Culture of Phnom Penh
Begin your tour of this charming capital with a visit to the Royal Palace, built in 1866 by King Norodom. See the different structures of this pagoda-style compound and stroll in its beautiful garden. Visit the Silver Pagoda, so named owing to the 5,000 silver tiles lining its floor. Other treasures include a gold Buddha encrusted with 9,584 diamonds and a small 17th century emerald and baccarat crystal Buddha.
Afterwards, visit the Champey Academy of Arts (CAA), a local non-profit school focused on training in the traditional Cambodian arts. The school supports students from impoverished and vulnerable conditions and is totally free. Its mission is to promote self-empowerment and preserve traditional Cambodian arts and culture.
Continue to the nearby National Museum. Built in 1917, it is an exceptional example of traditional architecture and is exclusively devoted to preserving and exhibiting Khmer art and sculptures. Hundreds of pieces are housed here including both pre-and post-Angkorian pieces.
Excursion to the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum
Just outside Phnom Penh, in a peaceful rural setting, the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek provide a stark reminder of the atrocities under the Pol Pot regime. Thousands of people were killed here between the years of 1975 and 1978 and buried in mass graves. Visit Tuol Sleng (S-21). Learn about a chapter from Cambodia s more recent, tragic, past at the Tuol Sleng Museum (Museum of Genocide). Formerly the Tuol Svay Prey High School, in 1975, this became the interrogation and torture facility for the Khmer Rouge regime - at that time known as Security Prison 21, or simply S-21. Kept largely unchanged, this prison now showcases photographs and exhibits about the thousands of victims that passed through these doors - only seven of whom came out alive
Overnight : Phnom Penh
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel)
DAY 3 : PHNOM PENH
Transfer
Overnight : x
Meal : Breakfast (Hotel)
NOTE
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