A compact day on the main circuit with your own guide, from an 8 am hotel pickup to Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, the Bayon, the terraces and Ta Prohm.
Updated 27 October 2026
In shortThis Angkor Wat private tour lasts 6-7 hours and covers Angkor Wat, the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the Bayon, the Terrace of the Elephants and Ta Prohm with an experienced English-speaking guide. Transport is a tuk-tuk for 1 to 3 passengers or a minivan from 4 upwards, with pickup and drop-off at your hotel in Siem Reap. It suits travellers who want the classic circuit at their own pace and without a full-day start before dawn.
6–7 htour length
from $49per booking
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What the Angkor Wat private tour covers
The day is built around the temples most people come to Siem Reap for: Angkor Wat itself, the walled city of Angkor Thom with its South Gate and the Bayon, the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King, and Ta Prohm. Pickup is at 8 am from your hotel, and the tour ends with a transfer back to the hotel or another drop-off point in the city centre.
Private means the vehicle and the guide are yours alone. For 1 to 3 passengers that is a tuk-tuk, which is open, slow enough to look at the forest between the temples and easy to stop. From 4 passengers upwards the operator uses a minivan. The guide speaks English and is described in the listing as experienced; cold bottled water is carried on the tour.
The first stop of the morning is the ticket office, where you buy the Angkor pass yourself. It is a compulsory separate fee at $37 per person for one day and is not included in the tour price. Keep it with you all day, because staff scan it at every temple checkpoint.
Angkor Wat is open 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM, the Bayon and Ta Prohm only from 7:30 AM, so an 8 am start lines up with the opening of every temple on this route. Dress for a working religious site: shoulders and knees covered, or you can be refused entry.
Angkor Wat Private Day Tour from Siem Reap
Hotel pickup at 8 am, an English-speaking guide for your group only, cold bottled water and the main temples of the circuit in one day. The Angkor pass is bought at the ticket office stop and is not part of the price.
Siem Reap60 min The guide collects you at 8 am from your hotel. The first stop is the ticket office, where you buy your Angkor pass on your own account, then you drive on into the UNESCO-listed park towards Angkor Wat.
Angkor Wat120 min Built between 1113 and 1150 AD and dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, it is the best preserved of all the Angkor temples. The enclosure wall measures 1,000 by 800 metres and the moat, read as the oceans of the world, is about 190 metres wide. The plan is an allegory of Mount Meru, and the outer gallery carries the longest continuous bas relief in the world.
Angkor Thom South Gate50 min The walls of Angkor Thom run about 12 km and stand 8m high and 6m wide. Inside them lived the king, his relatives, officials, military officers and priests; everyone else lived outside the enclosure, between the two artificial lakes. The visit starts at the South Gate, where well-restored statues of asuras and gods line the bridge.
Bayon Temple45 min The Bayon stands at the centre of Angkor Thom, a temple mountain with 37 surviving towers (of an original 54) carrying more than 200 carved faces.
Terrace of the Elephants45 min The terrace takes its name from the elephants carved along its wall. Next to it stands the Terrace of the Leper King, with the sculpture that gave it its popular name.
Ta Prohm Temple60 min Tree roots have grown over the ruins at Ta Prohm, and the guide explains why French archaeologists left the site to the jungle rather than clearing it. The tour ends with the return drive to your hotel.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off in Siem Reap
Experienced English-speaking guide
Cold bottled water during the tour
Transport by tuk-tuk for 1-3 passengers, minivan from 4 passengers
Not included
Angkor National Park ticket, $37 per person, required
Food and drinks
Gratuities and other personal expenses
Meeting point and pickup
Pickup: wait in your hotel lobby from 8 am, the guide collects you there.
Drop-off: your hotel or another requested point inside the city centre.
Ticket stop: the vehicle stops at the ticket office so you can buy the Angkor pass before the first temple.
Ages: infant 0–2, child 3–11, adult 12+
How this private tour compares with the other private options
The 6-7 hour day on this page is the shortest and cheapest of the guided private days, which is the point if you are in Siem Reap for a day or two and want the main temples without a 5 am alarm. Add the sunset version if you want to stay in the park until the light goes, take the all-highlights day if you want more temples in one go, choose the two-day tour to add the grand circuit and Banteay Srei, and look at the tuk-tuk option if you want a driver and flexible hours rather than a guide for the whole day.
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Angkor Wat Private Day Tour from Siem Reap (this page)
The tour runs 6-7 hours from an 8 am hotel pickup, from $49, with an English-speaking guide for your group only. Check availability for the day you want.
