Day Tours Preah Vihear - Koh Ker - Bengmelea

Preah Vihear - Koh Ker - Bengmelea temples full day tours.

This tours are selected only the Remote temples a ways from Siem Reap city. We love to bring you way out of Siem Reap to remote area, most imfortance Khmer ancient cities from 10-11 century sates. in jungle where no tourist go. Will give you more free and enjoy your own way from tourist routes.

Departure from Siem Reap visit one of stronge hole of Khmer Rough in Anglong Veng, Preah Vihear temple, Koh Ker Group, Bengmelea

 

- ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ Prasat Preah Vihea ( Preah Vihear Temple )  is an ancient Hindu temple built during the period of the Khmer Empire, that is situated atop a 525-metre (1,722 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. Affording a view for many kilometers across a plain, Prasat Preah Vihear has the most spectacular setting of all the temples built during the six-centuries-long Khmer Empire. As a key edifice of the empire's spiritual life, it was supported and modified by successive kings and so bears elements of several architectural styles. Preah Vihear is unusual among Khmer temples in being constructed along a long north-south axis, rather than having the conventional rectangular plan with orientation toward the east.

 

 - Koh Ker temples Group

Koh Ker is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 135 kilometers (79 mi) away from Siem Reap and the ancient site of Angkor. It is a very jungle filled region that is sparsely populated. More than 180 sanctuaries were found in a protected area of 81 square kilometres (31 sq mi). Only about two dozen monuments can be visited by tourists because most of the sanctuaries are hidden in the forest and the whole area is not fully demised.

Koh Ker is the modern name for an important city of the Khmer empire. In inscriptions the town is mentioned as Lingapura (city of lingams) or Chok Gargyar :70 ( translated as city of glance, sometimes as iron tree forest).

- Bengmelea temples 

Beng Mealea or Bung Mealea " ប្រាសាទបឹងមាលា, its name means "lotus pond" is a temple in the Angkor Wat period 118-119 located 75 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay. Sprawling jungle temple covering over one square kilometer. The temple is largely overrun by vegetation and very lightly touristed, giving it an adventurous, ‘lost temple’ feel. Photographers: trees growing from the broken towers and galleries offer some of the best ‘tree in temple’ shots aside from Ta Prohm. Constructed in a distinctly Angkor Wat style under the same king that built Angkor Wat, Beng Melea preceded and may have served as a prototype of sorts for Angkor Wat. Though there are some lintel and doorway carvings, there are no bas-reliefs and the carvings are comparatively sparse. 

- Sprawling jungle temple covering over one square kilometer. The temple is largely overrun by vegetation and very lightly touristed, giving it an adventurous, ‘lost temple’ feel. Photographers: trees growing from the broken towers and galleries offer some of the best ‘tree in temple’ shots aside from Ta Prohm. Constructed in a distinctly Angkor Wat style under the same king that built Angkor Wat, Beng Melea preceded and may have served as a prototype of sorts for Angkor Wat. Though there are some lintel and doorway carvings, there are no bas-reliefs and the carvings are comparatively sparse. When the temple was active, the walls may have been covered, painted or had frescoes. In its time, Beng Melea was at the crossroads of several major highways that ran to Angkor, Koh Ker, Preah Vihear (in northern Cambodia) and northern Vietnam. takes 1-2 hours. beautiful drive road with occasional flooding in the rainy season.

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