Angkor Wat Tour from Siem Reap, Sunrise or Sunset with a Guide

What this Angkor Wat tour covers

Four temples in one day, in a group capped at 13 people, with an English tour guide and an air-conditioned vehicle. Angkor Wat gets the longest slot at 180 minutes, then come the Bayon and Ta Prohm at 120 minutes each and Banteay Kdei at 60. Cold water and a cold towel are handed out along the way.

The sunrise and the sunset versions are separate options on the same page, so select the right one when you book. Sunrise means hotel pickup between 4:15 AM and 4:30 AM and dawn at the main entrance of Angkor Wat. Sunset means a pickup between 9:00 AM and 9:20 AM and a day that works towards the late-afternoon light instead.

Take the early start if you can manage the alarm. The guides on this tour know where the group should stand for the light and how to stay ahead of the larger coaches, and the rest of the morning then runs north into Angkor Thom.

The Angkor pass is a compulsory separate fee and is not part of the price. The vehicle stops about 15 minutes at the Angkor Park pass ticket counters on the way, and the counters take cash and credit cards. Dress for a working religious site: shoulders and knees covered, since revealing clothing can get you refused entry at the temples.

The day step by step

1. Angkor Wat 180 min
   Hotel pickup runs 4:15 AM to 4:30 AM on the sunrise option and 9:00 AM to 9:20 AM on the sunset one. The vehicle stops about 15 minutes at the Angkor Park pass ticket counters, which accept cash and credit cards, then continues to Angkor Wat. Inside, the guide takes the group through the history, the architecture and the religious use of the temple, with stops at the main viewpoints and time for photographs.
2. Bayon Temple 120 min
   The road into Angkor Thom passes through the South Gate. At the centre stand the Bayon, with its 37 surviving towers (of an original 54) carrying more than 200 faces of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and the Baphuon beside it, and the guide explains the carvings and the Khmer empire that built them. Lunch follows, after which the vehicle drives past the Terrace of the Elephants and the Terrace of the Leper King, the royal viewing platform and the king's audience hall.
3. Ta Prohm Temple 120 min
   Ta Prohm is the one people call the jungle temple or the tree temple, for the trees standing in and over the stonework. The large roots wrapped around the ruins are what made it one of the most visited temples in the park, so two hours here is not excessive.
4. Banteay Kdei 60 min
   The last stop is Banteay Kdei, built by King Jayavarman VII in the closing years of the 12th century. One hour is enough for it, and the group is driven back to the hotel afterwards.

What is included

Meeting point and pickup

• Pickup: hotel pick-up and drop-off anywhere in Siem Reap is included in the tour price. The operator confirms the exact pick-up time by email the day before, usually 15 to 30 minutes before the activity begins, and you are driven back to your hotel at the end of the day.
• Ages: child 4-11, adult 12 and over.

Other Angkor Wat tours from Siem Reap compared

Four comparable departures start in Siem Reap and run a similar length, which is useful when this page's dates are full. The $23 sunrise tour is the closest substitute at 8 hours; the $45 and $25 full-day guided options cover the temples in daylight; the $64 one is private and works towards sunset, so nobody else shares the vehicle.

Tour details from the operator's listing, checked 27 October 2026. Prices and times can change; the booking page has the current ones.

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