Boeng Mealea & Koh Ker temples (Siem Reap to Preah Vihear)

This tour provides an interesting drive through rural landscapes & villages. Boeng Mealea requires a reasonable degree of fitness to access all it has to offer but definitely worth the effort. If it's uncrowded, it is so peaceful. Now included in the Angkor Pass. Short drive on to Koh Ker which is not, so far, included in Angkor Pass(buy US$15). Koh Ker has a good walking track into the main temple with a few low, easy stairs to navigate, then an excellent flat track around the site. Sturdy stairs (165 approx) at back of temple for climb to top. Not so well know so very quiet and tranquil, especially walking beside the moat when full of water. Plenty of local eating places and good toilet facilities at both locations. I highly recommend Kosorl as your guide for this amazing day trip. Kosorl is passionate about his job and proud of his Khmere history. He took very good care of us, is a very safe driver and happy to answer our questions.

Had an amazing tour with Kosorl. He is one of the best people I have ever met and really made the trip special. We were blown away with both Boeng Mealea and Koh Ker. They are very unique and probably one of the highlight of our trip. They are well worth making it too and since they are a ways from Angkor Watt you won't have the vast numbers of tourists and can experiance a little more authentic part of Cambodia.

My partner and I had a great day visiting Beng Mealea and the Koh Ker site with K. K is a friendly and enthusiastic guide, who’s passionate about Cambodia and Khmer history. He has excellent knowledge of the history of the Khmer empires and its temples. He also had many interesting facts to share about life in Cambodia and its countryside, making the drive to the temple complexes and back much more entertaining. K’s planning of the day was impeccable, with the driver always ready to move between sites, water and cold towels in the car, a great restaurant stop in an otherwise less touristically developed region, and perfectly timed shelter from a short but heavy burst of rain. The quality pictures he took of us during the day were also much appreciated. The Beng Mealea and Koh Ker sites are a completely different experience to Angkor Wat. We encountered only a handful of tourists at these sites, and oftentimes had the place to ourselves. The destruction imparted by nature on Beng Mealea is beautiful in its own way, and the views of the Cambodian jungle from the top of the stepped pyramid at Koh Ker are stunning. Both have been made accessible through wooden walkways and stairs. We’d recommend anyone to visit these two archaeological sites and are sure you’ll be in good hands with K. as your guide.