Full-Day Discover Banteay Srei and Kbal Spean Mountain in Siem Reap

A full-day trip from Siem Reap that visits Krong Siem Reap and Kbal Spean. The price covers Transportation by open air Khmer Style Tuk Tuk, English Speaking Tour Guide and Cold Water and Towel. It does not cover angkor archaeological park entry ticket and personal expenses, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price. Banteay Srei lies 37 kilometres north-east of the main Angkor group and is carved in a pink sandstone that holds detail no other Khmer temple keeps: the lintels and pediments are cut deep enough to throw real shadow, which is why it is called the citadel of women. It is small, it was consecrated in 967 to Shiva, and it was built by a brahmin rather than a king. Because it is out on its own it is usually paired with Kbal Spean, the river of a thousand lingas, where Shiva carvings lie in and under the stream bed and the walk up is about 1.5 kilometres of forest path. Both close earlier than the central temples, so they are morning stops. This one is priced for the group rather than per head: 1 traveller costs $130 and 8 costs $130, so the more of you there are the less each of you pays. Angkor Wat Driver Private Tour runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.