Beng Mealea Tours

Visit the remote temples of Koh Ker and Beng Mealea via minibus with this small-group tour from Siem Reap. You'll venture off the beaten track, heading first to Beng Mealea (believed to be a prototype for Angkor Wat) and then on to Koh Ker, an abandoned forest temple dating to the 10th century.

The jungle temple of Beng Mealea (meaning “lotus pond”) is largely unrestored, its walls and towers burst apart with trees and creepers. While a wooden walkway guides visitors around the tumble-down structure, more able explorers can clamber through rubble-filled corridors and make their own discoveries in the ruins.

Beng Mealea is the most ruin temples in Siem Reap was abandon in the jungle and was built by the king who built Angkor Wat.

Once you’ve finished exploring Angkor and other high profile temples around Siem Reap, venture into the Cambodian jungle without the burden of a large tour group and visit the secluded Beng Mealea Temple. There’s no need to hire a rental car or sort out a GPS for this tour: instead, take advantage of the convenient, private transportation provided and get from your Siem Reap hotel to Beng Mealea and back without any hassle.

If you've ever wanted to be a jungle explorer, discovering lost worlds and crumbling temples uncovered from layers of nature and time, seize the opportunity on this day trip to Beng Melea Temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of the most significant archaeological marvels of South-east Asia. Few visitors traverse the moss and tree roots to see this lesser-known 12th-century temple, making your journey all the more intrepid.

This is a private tailor-made day tour, no hassle, adjustable to suit your travel time, you can easily manage your trip from the start to the end. 100% Guarantee "NO Hidden Cost", we offer what we say and alternatively try our best to provide service quality beyond if we make changes to your itinerary or any services we can't host due to being fully booked up. Tour guide is the most important window for our company, is the one who makes you leave Cambodia with meaningful and memorable experience. Importantly, for your trip, we reserve a local tour guide that has long-year experienced, friendly attitude, informative, knowledgeable and advisable.

In the morning or afternoon, visit the jungle-clad Beng Mealea temple which is built on a similar scale and floor plan to Angkor Wat. Utterly swallowed by jungle, and with minimal restoration work, it is easy to imagine what it must have been like for early explorers discovering these temples for the first time.

If you want to escape the busloads of tourists at the most popular sites, this tour to Koh Ker and Beng Mealea is an ideal day trip for you. The temples here are overgrown with plants and tree roots, so you will feel like quite a jungle explorer. This day tour is an easy way to explore the undeveloped countryside of northern Cambodia, which can be challenging to reach if traveling independently.

Start your adventure with us by driving off the beaten track into the open countryside seeing the most beautiful landscape outside Siem Reap and explore the most truly hidden Beng Mealea also known as one of the Angkor period’s top-ranked gems, heavily overgrown with green vegetation and moss which brings an evocative insight of the imperial monuments.

Leave your Siem Reap hotel and travel in the comfort of a private air-conditioned vehicle to the jungle temple of Being Mealea and Koh Ker. Learn about traditional ways of life in Cambodia's rural villages, tour a local market, check out a traditional Khmer house, travel past scenic rice fields and see life outside of the city. This memorable tour is limited to just three people per group and guarantees personalized attention.

We designed this day tour for visitors who look for a tour to see 3 famous remote sites in one day. 1. Banteay Srey temple, is known as woman temple. The special charm of this temple lies in its remarkable state of preservation, small size and excellence of decoration. 2. Cheerful hiking up mountain to see the carvings of Hindu Lords on sandstone riverbed. 3. Beng Mealea, this stunning temple has been left to ruins, still jungle took over and remote location away from Siem Reap town. However, after setting eyes on the temple, you’ll understand why it’s worth the trip.

On this special tour, we will travel out of Siem Reap to Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear province. Preah Vihear was built on the top of a 525-meter cliff between Cambodia and Thailand border. It gives the best view of forest and villages. After visiting Preah Vihear temple, we'll head over to Koh Ker temple group. The most famous temple in Koh Ker is Prasat Thom, a 30m-phyramid shape temple, standing high above the plain and the surrounding forest. Finally, we will go to Beng Mealea which mean Lotus Pond in English. The temple is believed to be the sister of Angkor Wat for its similar model. The temple is largely unrestored with big trees and thick brush growing on the top of the tower. When the tour has finished we'll drop you back to your hotel or any other location in Siem Reap town.

This tour offers our customer the perfect combination of ancient culture, rural life in the countryside, and nature. Ride on hidden trails to the picturesque temple of Beng Mealea, which is situated 60 km from Siem Reap town. On the way you will drive through villages and past rice fields and local farms, where you can experience the daily life.

In the morning, visit jungle-clad Beng Mealea temple which, is built on a similar scale and floor plan to Angkor Wat. Utterly swallowed by jungle, and with minimal restoration work. In the afternoon, travel to Tonle Sap Lake; pass by local market & small village and along the causeway to the lake’s edge. Take a private boat onto the Tonle Sap Lake – Kompong Khleang, the richest freshwater fishing ground in the world, visit one of the authentic stilted villages. The village has not yet been invaded by mass tourism, and the only one trip to get there will be an unforgettable experience. And also take a chance to visit Fish Market there.

The tour has two options, so it is fit to several types of visitors. Our professional tour guide can explain what the guest are about to see, the history, culture and religious of Cambodian in the past and today. We start our tour by going to Preah Vihear temple, situated on a 525-metre cliff of Dangrek Mountain. After lunch, we visit Koh Ker temple group, especially climb up the 36-metre high of a seven‑tiered pyramid temple, Prasat Thom or Prasat Prang. After Koh Ker, we come back to Siem Reap to visit Beng Mealea which is considered as the sister of Angkor Wat. Most part of the temple is not yet restored. There are stone blocks lying on the ground which make it a mysterious and quite temple of Angkor.

Once you have seen the main temples of the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park, take a private tour to visit two stunning temples located to the northeast. See the countryside of Cambodia on the drive to Koh Ker temple, which features a different style of Khmer art. After touring the temple and a picnic lunch, stop at Beng Mealea temple in the afternoon before returning to Siem Reap.

Visit three of the outlying temples within the Angkor Archaeological Park with the benefit of a private full-day tour from Siem Reap. Explore the grounds of Beng Melea, Koh Ker, and Preah Vihear temples and gain insight on these less-crowded temples in this famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. Includes transport by private air-conditioned car, 4-wheel drive up to Preah Vihear, and a picnic lunch.

On this tour, we'll head out of town to a beautiful temple Banteay Srei or Citadel of Women Temple. It is the only one temple, built from red stone. Next, we'll visit Beng Mealea temple which known as a sister of Angkor Wat. We also take our trip to Kampong Khleang, a floating village in Siem Reap.

Not looking to join a bus tour that rushes you through each stop?Then book with Angkor Heritage Tours to enjoy our personalised, unique and fun approach to temple touring. Our guides not only have an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the Angkor temples, we also know the local legends and tales and can bring them to life for you. Fully qualified and insured, our guides are Angkor Authority registered. You’ll spend your tours with driving in private air conditioned comfort, and moving at your own pace through the incredible temples of the Angkor Park and beyond. Itineraries can be tailor made to suit your schedule, and our guides will offer suggestions to ensure you get the most of your precious holiday time. Contact us to tailor the perfect itinerary for you. Whether travelling alone, as a couple, as a family or as a group, we can accommodate you. Spending time with us exploring these incredible places will be a highlight of any trip to Siem Reap, and beyond, in Cambodia.

Visit an isolated jungle temple and a floating village on a full-day, private tour from Siem Riep to Beng Mealea and Tonle Sap Lake. Travel by private vehicle as you explore ancient architecture, cruise the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and get a glimpse of life in a traditional fishing community. This full-day excursion includes all transport from Siem Riep in a private vehicle, entrance fees, and a sightseeing cruise on Tonle Sap Lake, with the personal experience of a private tour.

In the morning, visit jungle-clad Beng Mealea temple which, is built on a similar scale and floor plan to Angkor Wat. Utterly swallowed by jungle, and with minimal restoration work, it is easy to imagine what it must have been like for early explorers discovering these temples for the first time. Move on to stunning village on stilts Kompong Phluk. Then take the opportunity to get a glimpse of the traditional way of life in Cambodia, learn about Cambodia culture and enjoy the accompany of friendly local villagers. Visit the picturesque rice fields and surroundings. The traditional ox cart has been an important feature in Cambodian culture for hundreds of years. By using these carts for our tours we also aim to stop them from disappearing and retain them in our culture.

Beng Mealea was built as a Hindu temple, but some carvings depict Buddhist motifs. Its primary material is sandstone and it is largely unrestored, with trees and thick brush thriving amidst its towers and courtyards and many of its stones lying in great heaps. For years it was difficult to reach, but a road recently built to the temple complex of Koh Ker passes Beng Mealea and more visitors are coming to the site, as it is 77 km from Siem Reap by road.

1-D adventure tour: Beng Mealea, Peung Konou and visit our Free English class program. You will be picked at 6:30 am from the hotel lobby. One day tour here gives you a wonderful experience to a remote temple and mountain reliefs. Then visit our project for villages. Happy Angkor Wat Tour team has supported 4-hour free English program in the villages to help those village kids to have a chance to learn Foreign language which is very important for their future. You can continue their higher education easily if they can master English language. Note: we have raised some funds and our own donation to pay the teachers'salaries. Our English class runs from Monday to Friday and not on public holiday.

Save yourself the stress of navigating the Siem Reap roads and motorways on your own with this private three-day tour around a number of major temples. Skip the rental car and meet your driver right outside your hotel each day, and enjoy a complimentary return to your hotel each evening. Spend two of your three days on the circuits at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Angkor Archeological Complex, including a glorious sunrise over the iconic Angkor Wat.