Overview

1. Your hotel

   Your driver waits for you at your booked hotel in Siem Reap.

2. Angkor Wat Ticket Counters

   10 minutes

   Buy Angkor Wat ticket. Depending on your need, you can buy 1-day ticket for $37, 3-day for $62, or 7-day for $72.

3. Angkor Wat

   1 hour

   Enter the Angkor Wat temple in darkness from the western side, and soak up the atmosphere of dawn from the edge of one of the ancient library pools. Prepare your camera and wait for the world-famous sunrise. After watching the sunrise, enter the interior of the great temple and spend around two hours exploring the corridors full of carvings, central chambers, and upper terraces.

4. Prasat Kravan

   15 minutes

   The temple was dedicated to Vishnu, according to an inscription on doorjambs. The bas-reliefs on the central tower are representations of Vishnu, while the northernmost tower features a pair of bas-reliefs of Lakshmi, Vishnu's wife.

5. Banteay Kdei

   1 hour

   Built in the mid-12th during the reign of Jayavarman VII, it is in the Bayon architectural style, similar in plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but less complex and smaller. This Buddhist monastic complex is currently dilapidated due to faulty construction and poor quality of sandstone used in its buildings, and is now undergoing renovation.

6. Srah Srang

   15 minutes

   Srah Srang, measured 700m by 350m, is a reservoir dug in the mid-10th century. There may once be a temple standing on an artificial island in the middle of it, but now only a basement can be found.

7. Pre Rup

   30 minutes

   The temple's name is a modern one meaning "turn the body". This reflects the common belief among Cambodians that funerals were conducted at the temple, with the body ashes ritually rotated in different directions as the service progressed. Pre Rup's extensive laterite and brick give it a pleasing reddish tone in early morning and late afternoon sunlight.

8. Eastern Mebon

   30 minutes

   This is a 10th Century temple, standing on an artificial island at the center of the East Baray reservoir (now dry). Four landing stages at the base suggests that the temple was once reached by boat.

9. Ta Som

   1 hour

   Like the nearby Preah Khan and Ta Prohm, the Ta Som temple was left largely unrestored, with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins. The eastern outer gopura has been overgrown by a sacred fig which has grown down through the blocks and into the ground.

10. Restaurant

    1.5 hours

    Enjoy a delicious Khmer-style lunch in front of the majestic site, and take a short break from the hot weather.

11. Neak Pean

    1 hour

    Neak Pean was originally designed for medical purposes (the ancients believed that going into these pools would balance the elements in the bather, thus curing disease). It is one of the many hospitals that Jayavarman VII built.

12. Preah Khan

    1 hour

    Preah Khan (meaning "holy sword") was built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to honor his father.

13. Phnom Bakheng

    1.5 hours

    Located atop a hill, Phnom Bakheng is the final stop of the tour where you wait for gorgeous sunset views. It is a Hindu and Buddhist temple in the form of a temple mountain. The large number of visitors also makes Phnom Bakheng one of the most threatened monuments of Angkor.

14. Your hotel

    Your driver drops you off at your booked hotel in Siem Reap.

Inclusions and Exclusions

• All transportation from and to your hotel at Siem Reap
• Experienced English speaking driver
• Ice water and refreshing towel
• All taxes and service fees
• Angkor Wat ticket (1-day $37, 3-day $62, 7-day $72)
• Tour guide
• Meals (breakfast, lunch, or dinner)
• Personal expenses and tips (optional)

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