Private Taxi Transfer Phnom Penh – Battambang – Siem Reap

Day 1: Phnom Penh to Battambang – Ancient Capital of Oudong – Floating Village

We leave Phnom Penh and travel towards Battambang province, the rice bowl of Cambodia. After traveling 35 km from the city, we stop to visit Oudong, it is an ancient capital and a site of Buddhist monastery and burial of Khmer Kings from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The mountain’s two hills are connected by a ridge and dotted with stupas and shrines dedicated to former kings.

We go through Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces, passing through typical Cambodian landscapes of endless rice fields dotted with sugar palms. We stop to visit Kampong Luong, a large floating village community on the Tonle Sap. Visit the waterfront lifestyle as well as homes, schools and shops. The floating buildings include gas stations, medical clinics and even a Catholic church.

Overnight stay in Battambang

Day 2: Battambang Tour & Lifestyle

After breakfast, we discover the French colonial buildings in the heart of Battambang town. Battambang is home to some of Indochina’s best preserved colonial era architecture. Experience the bamboo train ride along the rail tracks offering great views of the surrounding countryside – Hilltop temple of Wat Banan, the mountaintop temple from the Angkor era is the best preserved of the Khmer temples in Battambang – Lok Ta Dambong Kra Nhoung Shrine (Black man Statue).

Phsar Prahok or Stinky Market, it is an interesting place where they make Fish Prahok, the traditional Khmer cuisine and its ingredients. This place has been selling prahok since the 1990s as it is located near a river which hosts various types of fish – We then drive to Phnom Sampeau, a sacred mountain dotted with interesting pagodas and stupas. There is also a moving memorial to the victims of the Khmer Rouge who were thrown into one of the many caves that dot this sacred mountain. After visiting this view on the hill and later you will see the most spectacular 7 million bats flying out of the cave. Wrinkle-lipped bats fly up to 50 km from their roosts each night to hunt insects. Bats eat 50-100% of their own weight every night before returning home. We then travel back to Battambang town for the night.

Overnight stay in Battambang

Day 3: Half–Day Tour and Travel to Siem Reap

After breakfast then you check out, visit Wat Domrey Sor, White Elephant temple, is one of the central Buddhist temples in Battambang, this temple was built in the late 18th century – Explore Wat Samrong Knong, it was built in the 19th century on the site of a pre-Angkorian temple complex. The Khmer Rouge used the temple compound as a prison. The complex is now home to the magnificent main pagoda and a hodgepodge of ancient ruins, glittering modern structures and memorials to those who perished here.

We visit Doun Teav village and learn how family makes hand-made rice paper for fresh and deep-fried spring rolls – We head to the ruins of Ek Phnom, it was built during the Bayon period 11th-century in year of 1027 in reign of king Suryavarman I (1002 – 1050) in the Angkor period in order to dedicate for the deities in Hinduism. Then our journey from Battambang to Siem Reap is around 3 hours.

Overnight stay in Siem Reap

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