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Jungle Temple Beng Melea Ruins Tour

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‘’Located some 60km from the city among the northeast jungle of Siem Reap countryside, majestically stands the jungle temple ruin of Beng Mealea. Despite the collapse of most of its structures, it is still overrun by vegetation and well worth exploring’’.
 

Beng Melea is the true adventurers temple providing an opportunity to live out your inner Indiana Jones or Lara Croft.  While the temple now offers more boardwalks enabling the less adventurous to truly see the wonders of the temple, for the agile its a temple well worth exploring.  Hidden dark passageways, rocks towers to climb over and towering walk ways.

 What to Wear

  • Please ensure you are wearing sturdy footwear
  • Older clothes are recommended

General Information

  • The Beng Melea area at times does have malarial mosquitos. Please ensure you wear repellent.

 


Details:
Type of Trip
Adventure / Experiences Other Than Temples

Degree of Difficulty
3/5


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 Leave the city via Road 6 for journey through Cambodian countryside and villages with typical houses on high stilts, rice fields, cows and buffalos. Visit one of the villages where people cook sticky rice in bamboo sticks and learn about village life, glimpse of incense factory and take in some village beliefs and culture.
We then continue our trip to Bengmealea, the most picturesque ruin of all in Angkor. Climb up and down heaps of crumbling stone-piles and into temple galleries for great photo spots.

Have lunch at one of the temple’s gates.

After relaxing lunch, a visit to one of the sandstone stations where ancient Khmers quarried the stone for their religious monuments.

On the way back stop at the obscure ruin of Banteay Srey II which houses an active wat, this is your chance to get closely to Buddhism learn the monk’s way of life.
 

Tour Details

  • $32 per person
  • Picnic lunch is provided.  Please advise in advance if you require vegetarian options
  • Departs 8.00am
  • Returns around 3.30pm
  • A $5 entrance pass is required to visit this temple . This is NOT inlcuded in the tour price
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Beng Melea Jungle Temple Ruins Private Tour

  • Prices are for a private trip
  • These rates are based on an English speaking guide
  • Rates include all transport, water and a picnic lunch
  • Children 11 years and under are 50%
  • Chidren 4 years and below are free
  • If your group is larger than 5 people please email us for the best rate
Number of People
Price Per Adult
1 Person $85
2 People $50
3 People $40
4 People $35
5 People $32

Transport

  • 1-2 people by private car
  • 3 or more people by private van

Simply email us at info@beyonduniqueescapes.com.
Please let us know when you would like to take this private tour. Please let us know the total number of people and ages of children.
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