Buddhist Water Blessing and Real Life Experience with Local
Description
Embark on a unique cultural journey where you can interact with monks, receive a traditional water blessing, learn about Buddhism, and discover local customs and lifestyle. Visit a Local Shrine: Start at a shrine cherished by locals for daily prayers, located near the King’s residence in Siem Reap City. Explore Wat Preah Prom Roth: Discover the beautiful Buddhist monastery adorned with paintings depicting the life of Buddha, from his birth to his attainment of Nirvana. Discover a Local Market: Step off the beaten path to explore a market untouched by tourists, where you’ll experience authentic local life and see how people sell fresh meat, vegetables, fish, drinks, food, and clothing. Receive a Buddhist Water Blessing: Visit another temple to receive a holy water blessing from a Buddhist monk. Return to Your Hotel: Conclude this enriching experience with a comfortable ride back to your hotel.
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Itinerary
We learn about Buddha's story in the pagoda. And enjoy with view inside here or talking with monks if you would like.
Here is the most praying monastery for Khmer people come to pray to spirit and god statues.
We will have water blessing here by Buddhist monk. And you asolutely get wet.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up from your hotel, just let us know your address while booking this course.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- We go by Tuk Tuk. In case you need to us wheelchair please do kindly inform to me, I will arrange for you the transportation in advance.
- It is very easy going tour, so no worry about your safety, health, or your own problem.
Reviews(8)
This was a fantastic tour and Yuth, our guide, made every moment interesting and enjoyable. Yuth is extremely knowledgeable about the history and stories of the Buddha. This tour included a visit to a beautiful shrine, a Wat and then to a temple for our fortunes and a water blessing. You will get soaked, bring a change of clothes! A wonder tour!
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! I’m truly happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it both interesting and meaningful. Sharing the history and stories of the Buddha is something I’m very passionate about, so it means a lot to know it added to your experience. I’m glad you enjoyed visiting the shrine, the Wat, and the temple for the fortune reading and water blessing — and yes, getting soaked is all part of the fun and tradition! 😊 Thank you for mentioning the extra clothes tip — very helpful for future guests! I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience, and I hope to welcome you back to Siem Reap again someday. Safe travels and thank you again for joining me!
My guide was excellent and helpful. Shared ample history and culture. He made sure all my needs were met
Hi there, Thank you for sharing your feedback. I’m happy to hear you enjoyed the tour and found it informative and comfortable. All the best, Serakyuth Yoeun
Beautiful experience, remember to bring a towel and spare clothes, you will feel at peace with yourself immediately after!
Dear Da fare, Many thanks for your review. We are so grateful to know that you all were enjoy with us about this experience of the Buddhist Water Blessing. All the best for you and family, Serakyuth Yoeun
What an amazing glimpse into the culture and religion of the people here. A glimpse into the lifestyle outside of all of the normal tourist excursions. My guide Ron, (Roem) was charismatic, incredibly friendly and very knowledgeable. We added an extra stop into a local market for a glimpse of local sites, smells, flavors. And the water blessing at the end is definitely a memory that will last a lifetime.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re delighted to know that Ron provided a friendly and knowledgeable guided tour and that the cultural insights, market visit, and water blessing left a lasting impression. We truly appreciate your kind words and hope to serve you again in the future. Serakyuth Yoeun
A truly wonderful experience. It was a privilege to receive a Buddhist Water Blessing. Our guide, Ra, was amazing, a very knowledgeable man with a warm and friendly manner. The tour operator customised our tour to meet our needs. Highly recommend this tour.
Dear Liz, Many thanks sharing your great experience with us and we are glad that you all have enjoy with Mr. Ra who is one of our amazing tour guides who is warm and friendly manner. We hope all the best for you all and see you soon in the next future. Best regards, Serakyuth Yoeun
Our tour guide was excellent but the actual tour seemed a bit disorganized. The details of the trip did not happen. The tour guide made the best of it and took us an art shop which was a great ending
Dear Barbara, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are truly pleased to hear that you found your tour guide to be excellent and that they made the best of the situation. It’s wonderful to know that the visit to the art shop provided a memorable and enjoyable ending to your experience. At the same time, we sincerely apologize that the tour itself felt disorganized and that certain trip details did not happen as expected. This is certainly not the standard of experience we aim to provide. Your comments are very important to us, and we will be reviewing this matter internally to understand what went wrong and how we can improve. We genuinely appreciate your understanding and your kind words about the guide. We hope to have the opportunity to provide you with a smoother and fully realized experience in the future. Warm regards, Yoeun Serakyuth
It was a true privilege to have Yuth as my guide for such a unique experience in Cambodia. Of course, the ancient temples of Angkor can't be missed on any trip to Siem Reap, but the live temples used by locals offer a more authentic lens into everyday life & culture. Yuth was on time, waiting patiently for me at my hotel's reception with a tuk tuk driver. His English was excellent & I loved hearing about how he grew up in Siem Reap, a true local. Our first stop was the Royal Gardens. Much of it was newly renovated during the pandemic & turned out beautiful. I was fortunate enough to visit during the annual Pchum Ben (Day of the Ancestors) so there were many locals from out of town on a sort of pilgrimage to Siem Reap. It was quite lovely to see so many locals making offerings and prayers. It felt like a special, auspicious time. Afterwards, we went to a nearby temple adorned with beautiful murals along the walls depicting stories of Buddha's past lives. Then we took a ride out of the city, into the countryside, stopping by a local market with interesting sights & scents. The ride can get bumpy as you get closer to the final temple on the tour but that's part of the adventure. Since it was a holy day, the temple was lively with locals dressed in traditional attire. It was a challenge finding a monk available during such a busy time but I'm so glad Yuth managed to find one. The Water Blessing was a beautiful, refreshing experience. It was like cold water therapy complete with not only the chant from the monk directly blessing me but also the chanting of all the monks in the background as I happened to visit during a special day. It felt surreal. Yuth went beyond my expectations, taking amazing photos & video of the ceremony. Highly recommend this experience if you're open to a more local, unique experience in Siem Reap. Tip: Make sure to bring an extra set of dry clothes & a towel for the water blessing. Fortunately, my hotel gave me a bath towel before I left. I ended up wearing the towel for the water blessing and managed to change back into my clothes afterwards lol But it would have been nice to pack some sort of sarong or cloth to cover myself for the blessing, use the towel to dry off, and then change back into my dry clothes.
Dear Funmal, Many thanks for your great review about our tour guide service and your enjoyment with him. Best regards, Serakyuth
Yoeun Serakyuth is an excellent guide. He and tuktuk driver are very humble and polite. We visited the temples listed, but was not able to conduct the water blessing at Wat Thmey as there was an ongoing ceremony. But everything was good - we moved to another monastery and met a clairvoyant monk who also gave the water blessing. I wouldn't have had it any other way (:
Dear Roren, I would like to say many thanks for your kindness of spending your value time and helped me for this great review. Best Regards, Yuth
