Siem Reap highlights and Top 8 Sights with activities at a overview. Angkor Wat Temple, Tonle Sap See, War Preah Prom Rath, West Baray Water Reservoir.
Let's be honest, Most Western single vacationers go to the Siem Reap Highlights, Sights and activities are coming, have only of the popular Angkor Wat temple complex and a vibrant Siem Reap Nightlife heard with many young local girl, which you can date quite easily or cheaply in various places.
But after the obligatory full day, where you visit half a dozen or more ancient temples and then party all night long, you wake up the next day and ask yourself, what to do next in Siem Reap, until the sun goes down and you can start drinking again.
Siem Reap Highlights and Attractions
That may sound a bit drastic, but that's how it is and the reason, why in hardly any other city in Southeast Asia do more people leave after the second night, simply because they have finished their visit to Angkor and are then terribly bored.
Another reason, why they leave so quickly, download, that you can hardly relax on the touristy Pub Street. As soon as you leave your accommodation and go for a walk, There are annoying tuk-tuk drivers almost everywhere, who offer you their services, even if you try, to ignore them completely.
That makes it pretty difficult, to relax, and you should really know, what you can do, otherwise the locals will notice, that you run around aimlessly and try, everything for sale, what they want to sell, and that can get frustrating pretty quickly in Siem Reap.
In this post about the top 8 Siem Reap Highlights, I'll show you all the places and things to do, that you can do in Siem Reap and that will fill at least two or three days.
Visit to the Angkor Wa temple
On Place 1 the Siem Reap highlights und Sehenswürdigkeiten steht die Besichtigung des berühmten Angkor War Tempels in Siem Reap. Falls du nicht auf eigene Faust zu Tempelanlage anreisen möchtest, dann kannst du bereits vorab online eine private geführte Tour* inclusive Sonnenuntergang für um die 20USD per PayPal buchen. The 8 stündigen Gruppen Touren* zum Angkor War Tempel erhält man bereits ab 14USD.
Boat tour on the Tonle Sap
If you do a quick Google search for Tonle Sap Lake, then you will find a whole range of information about this popular lake. But it basically boils down to this: Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia.
A boat tour on Tonle Sap Lake is quite impressive, and if you have time for another place in Siem Reap besides the Angkor Wat temple complex, then I recommend you, book a half-day trip to Tonle Sap Lake and take part in one of the popular boat trips.
You can save some money, indem du eine Gruppen-Tour in einem der Tour oder Reisebüros am Straßenrand oder vorab online* für 19€ buchst. Die Touren beeinhalten einen Stop bei den Floating Villages und oft auch einen Hin und Rück Transfer zum Hotel. Aber du kanst auch einfach am Hafen auftauchen und ein privates Boot von einem Fischer für 20€ für eine 90 Book a tour in minutes. Die freuen sich alle daran an den Touristen etwas Geld zu verdienen.
The port from which the tours start is approximately 3 km from Tonle Sap Lake and you drive approximately 20 For minutes on a small one, calm river, before the overwhelming and seemingly endless Tonle Sap Lake opens up and you pass bamboo shelters to a viewpoint, where there are also many crocodiles in a water cage as well as a small snack and drinks shop.
Resting on the Tonle Sap river bank
Even if Siem Reap is not the typical Asian megacity, she's big like that, and because it is a big tourist magnet, it is also a big magnet for Cambodians, who come here and find work.
The result is, that most of the streets are very hectic and it is almost impossible, stroll through the city center, without being yelled at by locals, which provide all sorts of services such as tuk tuk rides, Fruit shakes, Sell fashion or other tourist stuff.
So it's very refreshing, to walk to the Siem Reap river or better yet rent a bike for a day, is nach Type 1.50 – 4.50 USD, and driving up and down the road along the river.
From time to time you can take a break, relax on one of the benches and watch the locals playing sports or snacking or Khmer couples, who meet for a romantic date. You won't find this green peace anywhere else in the city, only on the Siem Reap River.
Koch Kurs und Krokodil Essen
When traveling to Australia, You should definitely try Kangaroo, whereas here in Cambodia you would rather eat crocodile meat. There are many, lots of freshwater crocodiles in Tonle Sap Lake, maybe there are too many or they just want to make it another tourist attraction, no idea.
Anyway, you can impress your friends at home, by announcing, you would have eaten delicious crocodile meat, bevor du Abends eine der einheimischen Siem Reap women meet.
Falls du immer noch langeweile hast, dann kannst du auch an einem Kochkurs* bei den Einheimischen Menschen alleine oder mit deiner Begleitung teilnehmen oder die die Apsara Show* anschauen.
Wat Preah Prom Rath
One might think, that after a whole day in the heat of Angkor you've had enough of temples. But the Grand Palace of Siem Reap, the official Wat Preah Prom Rath is called, is completely different in its architecture (he is “only” approximately 500 year old) and is also conveniently located in the city center, only 5 Minutes walk from the party area of the popular Pub Street.
West Baray Water Reservoir
The West Baray is the largest water reservoir in Angkor. It measures approximately 7,8 mal 2,1 kilometers and is surrounded by huge earth dams.
When you first arrive here and look at this breathtaking scenery, you are simply overwhelmed and wonder, like the people in 11. Century were able to build such a huge reservoir.
As impressive as he is and as much as you can admire him in himself, it is also a great place, to relax for a few hours.
Simple mats can be used for 2.50 – 4,50 € can be rented without any time limit, and don't forget, to swim in the reservoir, great fun, and if you are fit enough, you may be able to make it to the artificial island in the middle of the Baray, on which there is a Hindu temple called West Mebon.
Pub Street and nightlife
The Siem Reap highlights and sights in the evening include a visit to the Pub Street Party mile. There are numerous restaurants there, Pubs, Disco Clubs, Karaoke Bars, local women and massage parlors.
Map of Siem Reap highlights and attractions
Overview of the locations of the top 8 Siem Reap highlights and sights on a mobile map.
With accompaniment to the Siem Reap highlights, Attractions and Activities
If you are a male single holidaymaker and don't necessarily want to go to the Siem Reap highlights alone, Sightseeing and activities you want to do, Then you can look for an escort from Cambodia online relatively quickly and easily. There are several different types of dating websites.
Professional local girl as escorts
Over Seeking* and Suggardaddymeet* You will find numerous professional local women who offer an escort service or just a romantic date or private massages. As a rule, however, the women want a monetary donation or expensive gifts in return for their support. There you can also find a holiday girlfriend for a fee.
Local single girl as a companion
The other method of getting to know a single woman from Cambodia as a holiday companion is through dating portals such as Asiacupid* or Asiankisses*. However, you have to invest a little more time and effort there to find a local woman as a holiday companion. The whole thing is still much easier than in Europe. In Asia, as a Western man, local women sometimes even write to you or send you pictures out of nowhere.
