Private One Day Adventure to Beng Mealea and Kompong Khleang

Let’s get out of the busy temples and navigate to explore the temple covered by the jungle and peaceful atmosphere. Then, we will also check out the local market on the way there and take some photos of the local way of life in this less crowded village and learn about their daily activities on this largest freshwater Lake in Southeast Asia. We will see crocodile farms well-stocked with crocodiles big and small. Stopover the sticky rice store and look around the dried fish displays overwhelming in aroma. Let a local host show you around and experience this cultural attraction from a local perspective.

After pickup, you will travel through picturesque countryside and rural villages approximately 60km in the north-east direction to the jungle clad temple of Beng Mealea. Once in a complete state of disrepair resembling a giant jigsaw puzzle, Beng Mealea has recently been made more accessible with the addition of a wooden walkway throughout the structure assuring safe access and slight elevation, thus a better view. This mid 12th century temple features mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism attributes and is particularly mesmerising in the wet season. In the afternoon, we visit the stilted community of Kompong Khleang located on the northern edge of the Tonle Sap lake approximately 55km east of Siem Reap town. Accessible in both dry and wet season, visitors to Kompong Khleang during the dry season are universally awestruck by the forest of stilted houses rising up to 10 meters in the air. When the monsoon comes the waters rise up to one or two meters of the buildings. This is a permanent community with subsistence fishing as the main source of livelihood. This is also one of the largest communities on the Tonle Sap lake. Return to Siem Reap.