Bangkok to Angkor Wat Tour: Two Days and One Night

What the Bangkok to Angkor Wat tour covers

Two days, one night, four headline stops: Angkor Wat, the Angkor Thom complex with the Bayon and its 37 surviving towers (of an original 54) carrying more than 200 carved faces, Ta Prohm, known as the Tomb Raider temple for the trees growing through it, and a floating village on the Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia. The tour is private, the vehicle is air-conditioned, and a licensed tour guide is with you at the temples. It is rated 4.8 ★ (220 reviews) and starts from $350.

Land borders and crossings between Cambodia and Thailand remain suspended, so the trip is flown rather than driven. Pickup is from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) only. Bangkok Airways PG905 is scheduled Suvarnabhumi 11:20 to Siem Reap 12:40, about 1 hour 20 minutes, and from 15 September 2026 Cambodia Airways added five weekly Siem Reap-Suvarnabhumi flights with ATR 72 aircraft. Foreign-office advice is against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Thai-Cambodian border, and the border temples of Khao Phra Wihan/Preah Vihear, Ta Kwai/Ta Krabey and Ta Muen Thom are closed.

The airport sits further from town than most people assume: about 34 km and roughly 50 minutes by road from the centre of Siem Reap. SAI replaced the old Siem Reap International Airport (REP) and opened to commercial traffic on 16 October 2023, with a single passenger terminal that is built for up to 7 million passengers a year. On this tour that drive is the operator's job in both directions.

Gate hours shape the order of the temples. The park admits visitors from 5:00 AM and closes at 6:30 PM, Angkor Wat itself is open 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and the Bayon, the Baphuon and Ta Prohm open only at 7:30 AM, all to 5:30 PM. A morning that begins at Angkor Wat and moves into Angkor Thom afterwards is following those hours, not a stylistic choice. Angkor Wat faces west, which is unusual for an Angkorian temple, and the 350 m western causeway with its two reflection ponds is where the dawn and late-afternoon views are taken from; the northern pond was restored in 2020.

Timing the Tonle Sap matters as much as timing the temples. Water is high from May to October, which is when the stilt houses at Kampong Phluk look as though they float, and it recedes from November to April. The lake spreads from about 2,500-3,000 km2 and up to 3.6 m deep in the dry season to roughly 13,000 km2 and more than 10 m at the wet-season peak, with the reversal ending in late September. The monsoon from June to October also brings storms that damage roads, landslides and flash flooding, so the dry months are the easier time to tour the park.

The Angkor temple ticket is a separate compulsory fee and is not included in this tour, along with your Cambodian visa, lunch and dinner. A one-day pass is $37 and a three-day pass is $62, valid within 7 days. A pass can also be obtained through a tour guide, one of the five official channels alongside the website, the app, a self-service kiosk and a staffed counter. Staff scan it at every temple checkpoint, so it stays with you all day.

Dress for a working religious site. Revealing clothing is banned in sacred places under the visitor code of conduct, and foreign-office advice warns that you can be refused admission to religious sites including Angkor Wat if what you are wearing is too revealing. Cover shoulders and knees, leave the high heels in the hotel, do not touch the carvings or sit on the structures, ask before photographing monks, and expect no smoking anywhere in the park, which has been smoke-free since 2012.

Meeting point and pickup

• Pickup: from Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) only, because the border between Cambodia and Thailand is temporarily closed.
• Return: drop-off at Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport at the end of the second day; the listing also mentions an onward transfer to Bangkok or Pattaya, so confirm how the return leg works when you book.
• Transport: private air-conditioned vehicle throughout, with airport pickup and drop-off.
• Road time: the airport is about 34 km and roughly 50 minutes from central Siem Reap, and Angkor Wat lies about 6 km north of the town centre, roughly 12 minutes by road.
• Ages: infant 0-3, child 4-11, adult 12+

What is included

Other Bangkok to Angkor Wat tour options compared

Four trips leave Bangkok for the temples, and what separates them is the number of nights rather than the main sights. The two-day tour on this page is the cheapest at $350 and carries by far the most feedback with 220 reviews; the other two-day option is $389 with 8 reviews. The 3-day tour at $490 buys a second morning in the park, which is the version to take if you want Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm at a walking pace, and the 4-day tour at $459 spreads the temples and the Tonle Sap over a longer stay. Compare the tours and check availability on the page of the one that fits your dates.

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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