Morakot Angkor Restaurant Buffet and Apsara Dance in Siem Reap

A 3-hour experience in Siem Reap. The operator sums it up as authentic traditional khmer cuisine with fresh local ingredients. The price covers 1. Authentic Khmer cuisine (buffet or a la carte, depending, 2. Daily exquisite Apsara dance show starting at 19:30 and 3. Elegant dining environment with Angkor cultural decor. It does not cover 1. alcohol and beverage expenses, 2. all personal expenses and costs inclu and 3. gratuity, 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. Apsara dance takes its name and its poses from the celestial dancers carved in their thousands on the Angkor walls, and the classical form was rebuilt after the Khmer Rouge years from the handful of teachers who survived. The hand positions are a fixed vocabulary, each one a meaning, and a trained dancer's fingers bend back further than looks possible because the training starts in childhood. Most Siem Reap shows come with a buffet; the serious performances are shorter and ticketed on their own. Phare, the Cambodian circus, is a different thing altogether, a school in Battambang that takes children from hard backgrounds and stages modern acrobatic theatre about Cambodian life. Priced per person at about $27 each, so a party of 5 comes to $137. The price you see on this page is the total for the party size you pick, not a per-head figure to multiply. Angkor Pro Travel runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.