Phnom Penh – Chiso Mountain – Tonle Bati – 4Days Tour

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Explore the cultural gems of Phnom Penh, venture to the spiritual heights of Chiso Mountain, and unwind at the serene Tonle Bati. This 4-day tour offers a perfect blend of history, nature, and local life.

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Tour Highlights

Phnom Penh – Visit Wat Phnom, the Royal Palace, and the National Museum to explore the city’s spiritual and royal heritage.
Choeung Ek Killing Field – A haunting memorial site commemorating victims of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum – A former prison turned museum revealing the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era.
Phnom Chiso – an 11th-century hilltop temple offering panoramic views of the Cambodian countryside.
River Cruise – A relaxing boat ride offering sunset views along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers.

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrive Phnom Penh

Arrival at Phnom Penh, Techo International Airport
Meet and greeting by our English-speaking tour guide and transfer to the hotel in Phnom Penh city.
Enjoy the nightlife at Walk Street in your own style, a food paradise where you can taste a variety of Khmer dishes and eat like a local.

Hotel in Phnom Penh Lunch, Dinner

Day 2

Phnom Penh City Tour

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
Start to visit Wat Phnom Daun Penh where it is a Buddhist temple pagoda that symbolizes the name of Phnom Penh. Standing 27 meters high on a man-made hill, Wat Phnom is the most significant temple in Phnom Penh.
Visit the Royal Palace of Cambodia, a complex of buildings that serves as the royal residence of the King of Cambodia. The Throne Hall and Silver Pagoda are the must-see parts of its complex. It features a royal temple officially called Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot but commonly referred to as Wat Preah Keo Morakot or temple of the Emerald Crystal Buddha. This pagoda houses a collection of priceless Buddha and historical objects, including the “Emerald Buddha” and the floor covered by more than 5,000 silver tiles.
Visit the National Museum, Cambodia’s largest museum of cultural history and the country’s leading historical and archaeological museum. It has the world’s largest collection of Khmer art, sculptures, ceramics, bronzes, and ethnographic objects dating from prehistoric times to periods before, during, and after the Khmer Empire.
Visit Independence Monument, built in 1958 to memorialize Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. The monument was designed by the renowned Cambodian architect “Vann Molyvann” in the shape of a lotus bud adorned with Naga heads to resemble the great Khmer temples at the Angkor historical sites. Behind the monument is a statue of His Majesty Preah Bat Samdach Preah Norodom Sihanouk, the father king of Cambodia.
Visit Central Market (Psar Thmey), a unique Art Deco building constructed in 1937. Inside, you’ll find a vast array of goods sold at bargain prices, from fresh produce to jewelry and souvenirs. As an alternative, you can explore Tuol Tum Poung Market, also known as the Russian Market due to its popularity with Russian expats in the 1980s. This bustling market is ideal for tourists looking for local handicrafts, clothing, antiques, and art.
Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
Visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a museum chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former secondary school that was used as Security Prison 21 (S21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. Here, inmates were systematically tortured to extract confessions and subsequently executed at the killing fields of Choeung Ek.
Visit Diamond Island and make a photo stop at The Elysée Building, a striking architectural landmark in Phnom Penh.
Have a sunset cruise at the confluence of the mighty Mekong, Tonle Sap, and Bassac rivers, right in front of the Royal Palace, for a breathtaking perspective of Phnom Penh’s capital skyline.

Note: You must dress appropriately when visiting the Royal Palace. Pants or skirts should cover your knees, and shirts must cover your shoulders – no sleeveless tops or singlets are allowed.

Hotel in Phnom Penh Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

Phnom Penh – Phnom Chiso – Tonle Bati

After breakfast at the hotel
Go to Phnom Chiso (Chiso Mountain), located in Takeo province about 55km to the south of Phnom Penh. It is a 130 meters high solitary hill in Takeo province. There is a temple of the Angkorian era on the hilltop (Prasat Phnom Chiso) that was built in the early 11th century by King Suryavarman I. Visit the ruins of the temple by climbing the staircase on the west side of the mountain, which has 400 steps. Enjoy the breathtaking views of the rice fields and surrounding landscape from the mountaintop, take time to relax and soak in the scenery.
Come down from the mountain and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant, tasting local food.
After lunch, continue to Tonle Bati, a small lake located about 30 km south of Phnom Penh and 20 km from Phnom Chiso.
Visit Ta Prohm Temple, built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th to early 13th century—the same period as Bayon and Angkor Thom in Siem Reap. This is not the famous jungle temple of Ta Prohm in Angkor, but a smaller version with its own unique and intricate artistic features.
The last visit is the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, 15km from Phnom Penh city, which was once an orchard and a Chinese graveyard. It was used by the Khmer Rouge regime as an execution ground to put down thousands of people in mass graves between 1975 and 1979. The site is now better known as the Killing Fields. Mass graves containing thousands of bodies were discovered at Choeung Ek after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. Many of the dead were former inmates in the Tuol Sleng prison. Today, Choeung Ek is a memorial marked by a Buddhist stupa. The stupa has acrylic glass sides and is filled with more than 5,000 human skulls, many of which are either shattered or had evidently been smashed. To save their bullets, they executed the victims by smashing their heads with some equipment and they smashed the children’s heads against the tree.
Go back to Phnom Penh city
Have dinner and then transfer to the hotel for check-in
Enjoy the nightlife of Phnom Penh city

Hotel in Phnom Penh Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

Hotel – Airport

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to Techo International Airport and wait for your flight back home

Breakfast, Lunch

Included

Accommodation (3-star and standard hotel), Double/Twin sharing for 2 adults
A/C car/van/bus with driver
Sunset cruise in Phnom Penh
All entrance tickets as mentioned in the itinerary
Water and cold towel
English Speaking Tour Guide

Excluded

Any airfares, International and Domestic flights
Visa arrangement
Meals (B/LD)
Travel insurance
Any services other than mentioned and not stated in the itinerary
Any personal expenses such as laundry bills, telephone bills, alcoholic beverages, airport tax, etc.
Compulsory charge for room single supplement (USD 60)

Package options

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2-3 person

From USD 387.00 /person

At least 2 adults in this tour

4-6 person

From USD 259.00 /person

At least 4 adults in this tour

7-9 person

From USD 220.00 /person

At least 7 adults in this tour

10-14 person

From USD 193.00 /person

At least 10 adults in this tour

15-19 person

From USD 173.00 /person

At least 15 adults in this tour

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Children (12+)

Charged as adult

100%

Children (5–11) with bed

75% of adult price

75%

Children (5–11) no bed

50% of adult price

50%

Children (under 5)

Free

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Welcome

Phnom Penh – Chiso Mountain – Tonle Bati – 4Days Tour

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Walk Street

Wat Phnom

Royal Palace

National Museum

Independence Monument

Tuol Sleng Museum

Central Market

The Elysée

Sunset Cruise