Angkor Gondola Sunset Boat with Hi-Tea & Transfer

Khmer people own a number of various boats, including the boats used by navy in a war to win a victory cover Cham in the reign of King Jayavarman VII. According to the post-1177’s study, Khmer battle boats in the Angkor Period have had different length from 17-27 meters. Which cloud load about 15 to 21 people. Twenty-nine of the ancient boat sculptures in Bayon temple are seen, demonstrating the courage of navy in the King Jayavaraman VII’s period. The archaeologists illustrate that the ancient Khmer boats and Cham boats carved in the wall of Bayon temple are the victory of the King Jayavaraman VII’s navy force oever Cham’s navy in the war after 1177 A.D.

Noticeably added, in the 5th century A. D’s Nokor Phnom period, they were the Chinese memoir in the reign of Qi in the South China, revealing that the ancient Khmer boats were about 1.5 to 1.8 meters in width and about 24 to 25 meters in length. The features of those ancient boats are the Makara’s head sculpture and Hamsa-Spraying Garuda’s Sculpture while some other boats had no special features on the bow. In the same way, the sculptures of Dragon’s tail and Hamsa’s tail were seen at the stern of the boat.

With reference to the study on those ancient boat sculptures, we saw that the naval armed forces were efficiently and strictly organized in the King Jayavaraman’s Angkorean period. More noticeably, the water battle between Khmer and Cham naval soldiers was done along the Tonle Sap River, not far from Phnom Krom, where was recognized as the entrance of the Khmer empire.

Places to see

Prasat Bei

Prasat Bei (three temples) is a temple with three brick towers in a north-south row, facing to the east, and standing on a laterite platform. The central tower contained a linga; the flanking towers reach no higher than the doorways. Only the lintels of the central and south towers were carved, both showing Indra on the elephant Airavata.

Takao Port

Is located in the West of Angkor Thom gate. All guests can depart from this port visit the wall of Angkor Thom with listen to our romantic traditional music and histories.

Prasat Chrung

The Khmer term “Chrung” (pronounced “tshrong”) means “corner” or “angle”. That’s the name of the location, the four corners of the city walls of Angkor Thom. Prasat Chrung temples were dedicated to the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara (Avalokiteshvara), the same Mahayana saviour to whom the central Bayon temple of Angkor Thom was dedicated.

A visit of a Prasat Chrung temple requires a 1.5 km walk or bicycle ride on the city walls, 3 km up and down, this is why Prasat Chrung is untouristed and pretty charming. The most interesting of the four Prasat Chrung locations is at the southeastern corner of Angkor Thom, as already mentioned. There is no optimal time for visiting it. We will stopover at Prasat Chrung visit temple then will leave to the Prasat Bey Port.