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BEYOND ANGKOR: 100 THINGS TO DO IN AND AROUND SIEM REAP!

Cambodia and Siem Reap have much more to offer than just the temples of Angkor. Admittedly, as the world’s largest city of antiquity Angkor is truly impressive. But it is worth taking a closer look at the city of Siem Reap, its surrounding area and its people. Many people still travel to Siem Reap for just a few days and usually only on a really tight program of visits to the Angkor Temple. Often by the 5th Temple onwards, and with what I refer to as a “glazed expression”, people are less receptive to the many stories the tour guides know from times long ago. Especially in the unfamiliar heat.

Here is a list of 100 things you can do in Siem Reap and the surrounding area!

To inspire you, here is a list of 100 things you should “do” in Siem Reap and the surrounding area. Why 100? Well, to begin with there were 15 points, and they were put together really quickly. And then there were 25 and even 30 that came to me quickly. So I decided instead to create a list of 100 things to do and publish it, even though it is not yet finished. There are still some of the things to do missing and it is far from being fully linked. But this will certainly change over time, so here is the plan, I wish you lots of fun browsing the list and maybe you will have a few of your own ultimate suggestions for me, if you do why not let me know in the comments and I can add your suggestions to the list.

1. Visit the temples of Angkor during the equinox

2. Foster a close friendship with Cambodians

3. Find yourself a favorite Tuk-Tuk driver

4. Try an unusual breakfast at the Pshar Leu market in Siem Reap

5. Show off your singing skills during a karaoke session

6. Enjoy exquisite drinks at the Shinta Mani Hotel during happy hour

7. Try Sampeah, the Cambodian way of greeting

8. Buy souvenirs from adult street vendors to help support them and their families

9. Visit the silk farm outside Siem Reap

10. Enjoy Rocher chocolates in the Blue Pumpkin Cafe

11. Enjoy your lunch in a hammock restaurant

12. Go to a Dr. Beat Richner concert [update April 2017] Due to the illness of Dr. Beat Richner, there are no more concerts.

13. Go and donate blood

14. Be the guest of a Cambodian family in Siem Reap

15. Enjoy Phare’s breathtaking circus performance

16. Get a haircut at a small hairdresser

17. Take a tour of Cambodia with the Bee doctor

18. Visit the Angkor National Museum

19. Admire the beautiful butterflies in the butterfly garden

20. Visit the Angkor Handicraft Association market

21.Test your courage and order a meal with insects

22. Take part in a cookery course and prepare your own food

23.Take a trip to Phnom Kulen

24.Climb Phnom Krom and admire the sunset

25. Take a bicycle tour

26.Take a helicopter trip over Angkor and Siem Reap

27. Quench your thirst with coconut water

28. Try food from a small street vendor

29. Take a Khmer massage course

30. Buy your souvenirs at the “Made in Cambodia Market”

31. Order Lok Lak and / or water spinach in a restaurant

32.Take a journey on the Cambodian Bamboo train

33.Go to Friends ‘N’ Stuff and buy something

34.Treat yourself to a great meal in the Marum restaurant

35.Visit the Hard Rock Café

36. Give your feet a fish massage

37.  Visit a pagoda, for example the Po Banteaychey Pagoda to the south of Siem Reap

38. Help with rice cultivation

39.Ride a gondola through the jungle

40. Look at the breathtaking sunrise from a hill

41.Travel during the Cambodian rainy season

42. Take part in a food tour

43. Visit the Angkor Center for Conservation and Biodiversity

44. Learn about the tradition of Cambodian craftsmanship

45. Take part in the potter’s hour at the Khmer Ceramics Fine Arts Center

46. Walk along the Siem Reap river

47.  Go to a different restaurant every day

48.Learn a few words of the Khmer language

49. Go on a quad tour

50.Play mini golf

51. Go to the HAVEN restaurant for lunch or dinner and support the training of Cambodian youths

52. Run in the Angkor Half Marathon

53.Visit classes at a school or university

54.Swing through the jungle with the Flight of the Gibbons

55.Go on a jeep tour

56. Visit the “Smile of Angkor” show

57. Go to the Landmine museum

58. Let yourself be enchanted by the valley of the 1000 Lingas

59. Visit the Beng Mealea Temple

60. Join the “Angkor Wat Bike4Kids” bike spectacle in aid of a good cause

61. Go swimming in the Western Baray

62. Visit an Apsara show

63.Celebrate the Cambodian new year Festival of Susdei Chnam Thmei

64.Take a boat trip on the Tonle Sap Lake and watch the floating villages

65. Treat yourself to a Cupcake at the Blossom Café and support the training concept for Cambodian youngsters

66. Play a game with Cambodian children

67. Visit the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary

68. Take part in a tour of Artisans Angkor

69. Visit the Wats in Siem Reap in just one day

70. Visit the new Angkor Panorama Museum

71. Get in touch with a local NGO and donate

72.Visit the new Artbox Museum

73.Buy a picture at the Khmer Kids Gallery

74. Have lunch or dinner at lovely Meng Cafe

75. Order Khmer Amok in a restaurant

76. Book a Tuk Tuk driver for a countryside trip

77. Enjoy nightlife at Pub-Street

78. Visit the Angkor Night Market

79. Visit the Sam Veasna Center for Wildlife Conservation

80. Enjoy a meal at New Hope Training Restaurant which also supports a health centre and a free community school

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100. Stay in Siem Reap for more than 3 days

 

Or you can go this web for more information http://www.visitsiemreap.com.kh

Source From : https://www.visit-angkor.org/blog/2017/02/25/beyond-angkor-100-things-to-do-siem-reap/