Lynnaya Urban River Resort & Spa

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Cookery Class - Siem Reap

Discover the secrets of authentic Khmer cuisine in a half-day cooking class. The course begins with a walk through a popular Siem Reap market with a Khmer chef where you will learn about Cambodian vegetables, herbs, spices and other ingredients and their uses in Khmer Cuisine. Return to the school where you will be shown how to prepare these delicious dishes by the French restaurant owner, Laurent. The hands-on experience is a great way to learn about Khmer cuisine, which is similar to Thai cuisine but less spicy. At the end of your course, indulge in a lunch of your own prepared meals.

Tonle Sap Lake & Beng Mealea

Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South-East Asia and is designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, covering an area of around 250,000 hectares in the dry season. Due to a unique phenomenon, when the monsoon begins, the swollen waters of the Mekong River force the Tonle Sap River to reverse its flow northwards, feeding the Great Lake and spreading over the surrounding flood plain. During the dry season it is roughly 2,500 km2, swelling to about 4 times it size in during the wet season: 10,000 km2. Our exploration starts at Kampong Phluck, a village a bit further away from Siem Reap than usual - but significantly more interesting as it receives fewer tourists. This stilted village is a little more authentic, made up of fisherman and their families living amongst a flooded mangrove forest. From Kampong Phluck, board a local boat for a cruise on the lake. You see houses on stilts, submerged with the lake extends, and pass floating houses (stopping at one for lunch) and flooded forests. Return back to Siem Reap in the mid-afternoon or alternatively, continue your tour and head to the quiet Beng Mealea, around 40 miles from Siem Reap. This is an in-frequently visited temple complex, completely overgrown. Undiscovered for centuries, Beng Mealea is one of the very few temples that actually provides the opportunity to climb through it. In the afternoon you then head to the Roluos Group, in the deep countryside about 8 miles from Siem Reap. The Roluos is the site of an ancient centre of Khmer civilization known as Hariharalaya and as such the oldest temple complex of this area, dating back to the 8th and 9th century. There are three main temples Bakong, Preah Ko and Lolei which you explore on a 1.5 mile walking tour. The surrounding countryside, made up of paddy fields and sugar palm trees, is typically Cambodian. There is opportunity for a cow cart ride to Roluos Pagoda. Everything looks magnificent in the late afternoon light. In a small contemporary pagoda, Buddhist monks will celebrate a private blessing ceremony for you, wishing you health and a safe journey. After your adventurous exploration it is time to return to your hotel.

Preah Vihear Discovery

Start early and head off towards Preah Vihear Province - the road is good and the drive should take about 3-4 hours. On the way stop for a short visit to Trapaeng Prasat Temple which offers an excellent view of the Preah Vihear mountain. Upon arrival at the foot of Preah Vihear it is necessary to transfer into the back of a pick-up truck (operated by the local community) for the climb up the spectacularly steep mountain road. On arrival at Preah Vihear Temple you will be rewarded with fabulous views over Cambodia's and Thailand's fertile plains from the impressive ruins which stretch for 500 meters up. The sanctuary is perched on the edge of the cliffs with amazing views over the seemingly endless Cambodian jungle to the south. The temple is not yet restored but has spectacular carvings and lintels which are almost as splendid as those at Banteay Srei. The temple is known to have been dedicated to the god Shiva and thought to have been constructed in the reign of Suryavarman I (1002-50), with further significant additions by Suryavarman II (1113-50). The spectacular location paired with a unique temple design are the reason UNESCO enlisted Preah Vihear as a World Heritage Site. Enjoy a packed lunch box near the temple before descending the mountain. Stop on the way back to Siem Reap at Anlong Veng. This remote area was the place some of the most notorious and brutal Khmer Rouge leaders hid until capture, death or sometimes assimilation into the ruling government. Your guide will be able to take to you see Ta Mok's House (the so called 'Brother Number 5' of the Khmer Rouge) and his grave where local residents still pay their respects today. Last, but certainly not least, the last home of Pol Pot can be visited. The leader and driver of the genocide of millions of Khmer people was hastily cremated in 1998 in an unbefitting, primitive site close to the border. There is little to see at his former residence but more telling are the stories your guide can explain about life under his regime and how he was able to hide so long in Anlong Veng. Continue on to Siem Reap where you should arrive at your hotel early evening.

Phare Circus in Siem Reap

This evening attend a performance of ‘Phare, the Cambodian Circus’. The professional artists of Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS) will perform either Putho! or Eclipse. Set up in Battambang in 1994 by young returnee Cambodians from the refugee camps who learned about using art as a means of coping with trauma, PPS has played an influential role in promoting and developing Khmer culture over the years after the Khmer Rouge genocide. The hour long show mixes traditional and modern theatre, music, dance, acrobatics, juggling and contortion performed in a story about Cambodian lives and society.