ANGKOR DISCOVERY Angkor Temples with Banteay Srei! Kobal Spean (River of Thousand Lingams) Boattrip on Tonle Sap Lake Apsara Dance Show with Dinner Buffet  Overnights and breakfast	This is our basic tour including the most important temples in Angkor and the Tonle Sap Lake. In addition to "Angkor Highlights", you also visit the famous Banteay Srei temple and the River of Thousand Lingams. Apsara Dance Show with Dinner included!
	Day 1: Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat Pick up and check in Ta Som Guesthouse with welcome drink and cold towel. In your room, we provide a tropical fruit basket. Visit of Angkor Thom, South Gate, Bayon, Baphuon and Phimenakas Temples. Terrasse of the Elephants and Terrasse of the Lepra King. Optional lunch in Angkor Thom. In the afternoon, intensive visit of world famous Angkor Wat temple. Study the fantastic bas reliefs and climb up to the temple's third level. Optional:  Start your visit by riding a balloon with a great roundview (staying on the same place, around 15 minutes!).   Sunset from Phnom Bakheng (very busy but famous for sunset) or Preh Rup, a lovely and quiet place. Optional dinner in our Ta Som Garden Restaurant, try the famous traditional Amok Fish, delicious and not spicy! Overnight in Ta Som Guesthouse in air conditioned room.
	Day 2: Angkor After an unforgettable "must see" sunrise in Angkor Wat, you meet your tourguide and have at first breakfast (as breakfast box) on the picturesque Srah Srang Water Basin. Enjoy this quiet place, the former royal bath. Visit Banteay Kdei and Ta Prohm, the so called "jungle temples". Enjoy to "feel" and to "smell" Angkor! Optional lunch near Ta Prohm Temple. In the afternoon, explore  Preah Khan temple (with huge trees overgrowing the ruins). Go on seeing the most important temples on the "grand circuit", like Neak Pean (holy bath) and the Eastern Mebon (with Elephant statues). Our special: Ta Som Temple As Ta Som Temple gave the name to our Guesthouse and Tour Agency, the visit of this marvellous small temple is also included in this tour! Ta Som means "the ancestor", king Jayavarman VII dedicated this temple to his teacher. Enjoy the famous eastern gopuram of Ta Som, which is depicted on our logo. Don't miss to take your picture.   After your second day in the temples, you might wish to enjoy a traditional Khmer massage (from US$ 6 per hour, optional!).   Optional dinner in Ta Som Garden Restaurant. You should try the famous Loklak beef.   Overnight in Ta Som Guesthouse in air conditioned room.
Courtesy ACCB - Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity.	Day 3: Banteay Srei - Kobal Spean / River of Thousand Lingams - Wildlife Centre ACCB -             Banteay Samrei   After breakfast, enjoy your excursion in air conditioned car in the Northern part of the Angkor Archaeological Park. On your way, you pass through picturesque landscapes with ricefields and sugar palms to another highlight of Angkor: the famous and precious Banteay Srei Temple. Banteay Srei means "the citadel of the women" and is reknown because of its incredible sandstone carvings looking like wood. It really deserves the name "diamond of Angkor". We go on northwards to a holy place, where in Angkorian times, thousands of Lingams (the phallus symbol of the Lord Shiva) have been carved into the riverbed, in order to fertilize the water going down to the Angkorian plain. This place is called Kobal Spean or the River of Thousand Lingams. Easy Walking tour (about one hour) through tropical dry forest and see the different places of carvings in the riverbed. Your experienced English speaking tourguide explains you the meaning of the interesting carvings. Time for lunch in a local restaurant in Kobal Spean (not included).   At 1pm, we visit ACCB, the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity. It is the first nature conservation and endangered wildlife rescue and breeding centre in Cambodia. Here, we will be guided by an ACCB expert.   On your way back to Siem Reap, you also visit Banteay Samrei Temple. In the evening, enjoy a classical Apsara dance show. Dinner buffet included. Overnight in Ta Som Guesthouse in air conditioned room.
	Day 4: Phnom Krom - Tonle Sap Lake - Chong Kneas Breakfast in Ta Som Guesthouse. Transfer by air conditioned car to Phnom Krom on the shores of the Tonle Sap Lake. Enjoy a boat trip (about two hours) on the Tonle Sap Lake, the greatest fresh water reservoir in Southeast Asia with the highest biodiversity in the world. Visit  the floating village of Chong Kneas. Learn about rice cultivation, fishing techniques and life with and on the water. Visit of Artisans d'Angkor. After the tour, return to Ta Som Guesthouse. End of package tour "Angkor Discovery".

Chow Kin Keong from Singapore writes: "Great khmer hospitality, with clean & green facilities. And also enhanced the visit to the Great Angkor! friendly & helpful boss and drivers.Thank you!"  (4 days tour ANGKOR DISCOVERY, march 2009).

Leigh Hagan from New Zealand writes: "All the people at Capitol tours and Ta Som guest house go well out of their way to provide the best service around. Wether visiting temples or other tours, changing rooms or money. They tend to your every need to make your stay an absolute pleasure. Highly Recommended." (4 days tour ANGKOR DISCOVERY, april 2010)

Prices "Angkor Discovery"                                                                                                                               

4 days, 3 nights

Tour starts daily, except on fridays (as ACCB is closed on sundays).

 We also arrange this tour for one solo traveler. Prices on request.

Tour Price includes:

• Pick up from airport / bus- / boat station and transfer to Ta Som Guesthouse.
• Welcome drink and cold towel upon check-in in Ta Som Guesthouse.
• Tropical fruit basket in room upon arrival.
• Mineral water (1 bottle per person per day).
• Transportation by REMORQUE (Tuk-Tuk) for full day (eight hours) on first day along "small circuit", on sencond day along "grand circuit",
• Transportation by airconditioned car on day 3 to Banteay Srei and Kobal Spean, on day 4 to Tonle Sap Lake.
• Experienced English speaking, licensed tourguide on first, second and third day, according to tour program.
• Experienced English speaking driver.
• Walking tour inside Angkor Thom (about one hour).
• Walking tour through "jungle temples" Banteay Kdei and Ta Prohm (about two hours).
• Entrance fee ACCB, USD 3.50. (The entrance fee is used as a donation for wildlife protection and research
  of this non-profit organization.)
• Boat trip on Tonle Sap Lake on day 4 (about two hours).
• Accomodation for three nights in Ta Som Guesthouse,  in air conditioned room with private ensuite bathroom with cold/hot water, minibar, Sat TV.
• Daily Breakfast.
• Apsara dance show and dinner buffet (on day 3).
• Transfer to airport / bus- / boat station.

Tour Price does NOT include:

• Meals and drinks others than stated above.
• Personal expenses and others not stated above.
• Personal travel insurance.
• The entrance fee for Angkor Archaeological Park (ticket) is excluded.
• Please note: As you might wish to add more visits of Angkor Archaeological Park,  the entrance fee for Angkor (ticket) is not included.
          This allows you to decide by yourself, which ticket is best for you:
          1 day ticket   US-Dollar 20
          3 days ticket  US-Dollar 40
          7 days ticket  US-Dollar 60

Terms and Conditions:

• The price is in US-Dollar per person
• The price for 2 persons is based on accomodation in one double room or one twin room.
• The price for 3 persons is based on accomodation in triple room.
• The price for 4 persons is based on accomodation in two double rooms or two twin rooms.
• Tour Program can be subject to changes due to climatical or other reasons.
• Read full Terms and Conditions.