Oudong: The old city of Cambodia nearby Phnom Penh

OBT01XXB | Oudong: The old city of Cambodia nearby Phnom Penh

“The place where people believe is the home of dragon”

In the morning, we will meet at the Independence Monument. Oudong is 40 kilometers northwest from Phnom Penh. From the meeting point, Independence monument, it will take one hour to reach Oudong.

After our one-hour journey, we arrive at Oudong. First, we start our visit at the northern end of the hill, where there are lots of souvenir vendors with inexpensive souvenirs. Then you can climb the hill by a steep stairway with 509 steps which will lead you to the newest addition to Phnom Udong: a glitzy modern temple home to a famous Buddha relic (some bones and a tooth), previously housed in a shrine in Phnom Penh in front of the railway station. This temple is a recent construction, but the panoramic sight from this location is spectacular.

 
From there you can take a path that runs along the ridge allowing you to visit each of the sites. From this side, it will take you along three stupas for former kings. The first one houses the remains of King Soryopor. The second one is inhabited by the corpse of King Norodom’s father King Ang Duong with four bayon style faces at the top. South again lies Chedi Mouk Pruhm, a bland concrete building holding the remains of King Monivong. 
After a 10 to 20 minute climb from the base of the mountain you will be able to witness a wonderful view down to the surrounding Wats, rice fields and floodplains. On the other side of the mountain, there is ruin Chinese Buddhist statue. One of the most famous stories is the one which surrounds the old Chinese Buddha temple which now lays in a stage of disrepair on the southern most peak. 

This temple contains a large statue of Buddha built by the Chinese. Ordinarily a statue of Buddha is built to face the east to greet the rising sun, but this Buddha it was built to face China. It is thought that this was to move the power of a sleeping dragon that lies within the mountain over to China. 

After the visit, take a lunch at one of the shaded stalls at the foot of the mountain. You can bring your own picnic as most Cambodians would do. After lunch, you take a rest for the hottest part of the day. 
After take a rest, you start going to the Wat Traleng Keng where is call other name as a “Vang Chas” or “ the Old Place. In this pagoda, there are ruin building of the old palace where is the capaital city in the Anglong Vek Period. You will know the history of Khmer city. Finally, we will go to the Wat Phnom Reap where there is a new temple. This temple was built in 1998. After visiting there, we come back to Phnom Penh, and in the rainy season, you can see a rice field along the road. In short, one day with tour package you can see lots of beautiful landscape and know about the story of dragon and the old palace.

ITINERARY

07:30AM                    Guests meet in front of Independence Monument

07:45AM                    Tour Bus leaves for Oudong Mountain

08:45AM                    Guests arrive at Oudong Mountain

08:45AM – 10:30AM      At Oudong Mountain

10:45AM                    Guests meet at Tour Bus

11:00 AM                    Tour Bus leaves for lunch Destination

11:15AM                     Guests arrive at lunch Destination

11:30AM – 12:30PM      Lunch

12:30PM                     Guests meet at Tour Bus

12:45PM                     Tour Bus leaves for Wat Traleng Keng

01:20PM                     Guests arrive at Wat Traleng Keng

01:20PM – 02:00PM      At Wat Traleng Keng

02:00PM – 02:30PM       At Old Royal Palace

02:45PM                     Guests meet at Tour Bus

02:50PM                     Tour Bus leave for Wat Phnom Reap

03:00 PM                    Guests  arrive at Wat Phnom Reap

03:00PM — 03:30PM       At Wat Phnom Reap

03:30PM                      Guests meet at Tour Bus

03:45PM                     Tour Bus leaves for Phnom Penh

04:15PM — 04:30PM      We can stop for watching rice field.

05:00PM                      Guests arrive at Independence Monument

05:10PM                      Tour ends at Independence Monument.