Grand Tour Around the Lake Via Kratie Ratanakiri & Preah Vihear in 15
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HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN ASIA Cambodia-Vietnam-Lao-Myanmar-Thailand www.khuon-tour.com www.otherwise-cambodia.com Office Cambodia: +855 (0) 92 21 00 63 & 99 75 83 39 [email protected] [email protected] Grand tour around the Lake via Kratie Ratanakiri & Preah Vihear in 15 days PHNOM PENH – KAMPONG CHAM – KRATIE – RATANAKIRI – BANLUNG – PREAH VIHEAR – SIEM REAP – ANGKOR – PREK TOAL – BATTAMBANG – PURSAT – KAMPONG CHNANG – PHNOM PENH (Ref: KC15R-uk) This document is our exclusive property. We encourage you not to disclose it to other agencies which will be bad for us and for you because they do offer you a bad replica. Thank you for your understanding. 1 OC subsidiary of Khuon-tour & Service capital 900.000 USD N° 263, St 1, Veal Sbov, Sangkat Prek Eng, Khan Mean Chey, Phnom Penh – Cambodia HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN ASIA Cambodia-Vietnam-Lao-Myanmar-Thailand www.khuon-tour.com www.otherwise-cambodia.com Office Cambodia: +855 (0) 92 21 00 63 & 99 75 83 39 [email protected] [email protected] Your Program: A complete file will be provided on arrival in Cambodia for complete information on typical restaurants and some practical info & off-the-beaten-track tours in order to preserve the originality of our tours. Day 1: PHNOM PENH Welcome at the airport. Check-in at the hotel. Overnight in Phnom Penh. Day 2: PHNOM PENH (B - L) Photos: The Silver Pagoda In the morning: visit the Royal Palace moved from the former capital Oudong in 1863; visit the Silver Pagoda (more than 5000 silver tiles decorate the ground where located the golden statue of Buddha Maitreya of 90 kg. Visit the central market renovated by France’s donation. At noon: authentic meal will be offered to you in a restaurant at the edge of the Mekong. The atmosphere is very local and off-the-beaten-track. One or several representatives of the agency will lunch with you. They will share with you their loves of the Cambodia. Around you the Khmers sell: crickets, fruits of the village (longan, jackfruit, apple studs, and mango). Here few tourists but the Khmer life in nature. In the afternoon, visit the National Museum formerly called the Albert Sarraut museum where the objects, statues and parts of arts come from all the Cambodian provinces. You will continue by visiting the Ounalom Pagoda built in 1443, which is the most important pagoda in Phnom Penh. Colonial District (Option,if time permits and if you wish): the Grand Hotel, the Post office, the Bank of Indochina, the Police station, the Superior Residence, the Treasury Bridge, the Chamber of Commerce, the Library and the Railway Station. Visit the Wat Phnom (Pagoda on the hill) renovated in 1926. At the foot of the hill is a bas-relief sculptured by Théodore Rivière to honor the Siam-French treaty. In the evening, take a small cruise along the river bank towards Chroy Changvar peninsula (according to weather and time, sunset on the Royal Palace). Overnight in Phnom Penh. Day 3: PHNOM PENH - Kampong Cham - Kratie (B) Direction: Kampong Cham (about 130km for about 2h30-drive) located in the most populated agricultural province of Cambodia. Optional stop at Skun: a transit point where you will meet any sort of travelers. Enjoy insects (grasshoppers, locusts, scorpion, fermented ants - taste likea crunchy hazelnut) and local fruits (fresh or dried) green mangos, pineapples, bananas, etc... Adventurers will play with tarantulas in full hands or crunch its legs. In Kampong Cham: Burn incense sticks at legendary hills of Phnom Pros and Phnom Srei. You will be welcomed by monkeys waiting for your bananas. Discover of the temple dedicated to Buddha built by King Jayavarman VII in the thirteenth century. 2 OC subsidiary of Khuon-tour & Service capital 900.000 USD N° 263, St 1, Veal Sbov, Sangkat Prek Eng, Khan Mean Chey, Phnom Penh – Cambodia HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN ASIA Cambodia-Vietnam-Lao-Myanmar-Thailand www.khuon-tour.com www.otherwise-cambodia.com Office Cambodia: +855 (0) 92 21 00 63 & 99 75 83 39 [email protected] [email protected] Along the way, visit Chup rubber plantation and its former Michelin factory (It is possible that in January and February, plantation remains closed because trees can no longer produce latex due to the north wind). On the way, visit Chlong, ancient town of timber trade. Arrive in Kratie, take a boat on the Mekong to observe freshwater dolphins, endangered species caused by an inexplicably high mortality of pup, inbreeding, disease and habitat destruction, especially gillnets. Option: depending on the arrival time in Kratie province: Visit Wat 100 columns (in Khmer Wat Sorsor Muy Roi) and the tomb of the princess Kror Pom Chuk, according to the legend, died after an attack of crocodiles in the Sambour district, the ancient city of Chenla Empire. The story goes that her spirit still haunts the region and the people of Kratie often speak of it. On-site visit the soft turtles conservation center (Family Trionychidae). This international project involves the long- term conservation of the wild population of one of the rarest freshwater turtles and the biggest in the world. Depending on your fitness at the time, possibility to climb the Sambok hill for a panoramic view of the region. Overnight at hotel on the river in Kratie. Or on the island Koh Trong (only if you spend more than one night). Day 4: Kratié - Ratanakiri (B) Direction: Banlung in Ratanakiri, approximately 4 hours drive. Since 2012 the passage through the Sre Pok bridge which were used to shoot partially in the movies Apocalypse Now and 317thsection is no longer done. A new road was built which reduces 45 minutes driving. Transfer to your lodge or hotel. Afternoon: departure on the road through the rainforest and lead you to the Kachanh and Chaong water falls. Bring swimsuits... Possibility of an elephant ride to one of the waterfalls (If elephants are present that day, no reservation, you pay on spot, expect around $20 for 2 people and a little trekking.). If time permits, possibility to continue the track and go to the Ka Tien waterfall. Return back to the lodge or hotel in the late afternoon. Overnight in Banlung. Day 5: Banlung - Taveng (B- Picnic) Before you leave, visit the Banlung market where minorities sell vegetables from their harvest in their basket back. Departure with 4x4 on a track towards the Taveng village. We cross respectively Norng Lekvillage, the lava field Véal Rumplan and theTorng Kampoul village. Visit Kroeung villages (possibility of a trek between the Kala and Kres villages crossing the bamboo forest and plantations), and visit ethnic minority known for their particular constructions of their single houses. Along the way, a picnic in the great collective house where the festivities and meetings are held and it will be served by the village chef. 3 OC subsidiary of Khuon-tour & Service capital 900.000 USD N° 263, St 1, Veal Sbov, Sangkat Prek Eng, Khan Mean Chey, Phnom Penh – Cambodia HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN ASIA Cambodia-Vietnam-Lao-Myanmar-Thailand www.khuon-tour.com www.otherwise-cambodia.com Office Cambodia: +855 (0) 92 21 00 63 & 99 75 83 39 [email protected] [email protected] Return to Banlung in the late afternoon. Pass by gemstone mines in surprising lunar landscapes. Ratanakiri is an area full of gems. You can buy 2 stones for $20 depending on size. Overnight in Banlung. Day 6: Banlung - Veun Sai (B) Departure by road (1h30) through the bamboo forest to the Voeun Sai district (there is a little restaurant on site). Pass bya local market at the exit of the city. Boat trip on the Tonle Se San to visit the Koh Peak village renowned for its funeral totems. Most of the peoplein this region are Chinese or Laotian and speak Laotian. We visit their village, Lao Pagoda and its surroundings. In the late afternoon return to Banlung and visit the volcanic lake Yeak Lom, set in a lush jungle For minorities living in the area, the site remains a sacred especially the mysterious creatures that live in this crystal clear water... Overnight in Banlung. Day 7: Banlung – Stung Treng – Preah Vihear (B) Road to Preah Vihear "sacred sanctuary". On the way, discover the Stung Trengtown, and crossed by the Mekong by the bridge inaugurated in 2015 (Approximately 6h00 of route including stops). Break at Sraem (transit village of the Preah Vihear province). In the afternoon: Continue by the old conflict zone between the Thailand and the Cambodia where “king of sun” Sûryavarman I built the temple of Preah Vihear dedicated to the god Shiva. At the foot of the hill, take a 4x4 to climb the hill to the temple’s entrance then continue by foot. At the peak, magnificent panoramic view on the Thailand. (In case of hindrance you can transfer this visit to the next day in the morning.) INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE In the depictionNo 2013/33 of 11 November 2013 Declare, unanimously, as interpretation of the ruling of June 15th, 1962, that the Court decided, in this ruling, that the Cambodia had sovereignty on the completeness of the territory of the spur of Preah Vihear such as defined in the paragraph 98 of the present ruling, and that, as a consequence, the Thailand had to remove from this territory the elements of armed forces or police either other guards or the Thai guards who were settled there. Read the completeness in the doc PDF here. Rating agency: Now everything is calm. The tour is optional; the temple is located 30 km from the hotel.