Discover the mysteries of Angkor on this full-day, small-group temples tour from Siem Reap. See the iconic Angkor Wat and the enigmatic faces of Bayon temple. Wander around Ta Prohm, where the trees are intertwined among the ruins, and enjoy a traditional lunch at Sras Srang -- the Royal Baths. This is a perfect tour for those who want to see the highlights of the Angkor temples in one day.
On this full-day tour from Siem Reap, you’ll be awestruck by the grandeur of the temples of the Angkor region. You’ll visit Angkor Wat, the masterpiece of the Khmer empire with a vast moat and reflection pools. Wander through the galleries and admire the large bas-reliefs (carvings) depicting scenes of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
At the Bayon, be captivated by the temple’s smiling stone faces, radiating in all directions from the towers above. Discover the ancient history of the war between the Khmer and Cham from the detailed bas-reliefs that are interspersed with everyday life scenes like cockfighting, shopping at the market and childbirth.
Travel through the South Gate of Angkor Thom, where 54 gods and demons line the road in a cosmic tug of war, then enjoy a local lunch near Sras Srang.
Finish the day with a stop at the picturesque Ta Prohm, where Apsaras peek out from doorways and tree roots are laced around the ruins, creating a magical atmosphere.
Very informative. Tour guide was extremely nice and provided a wealth of great information. Also no extras that where to to pad the pockets of the guide. Thank you.
Review by: Omer Mahmut B, April 2018
Our tour guide Dee was amazing....
Review by: Victor C, April 2018
This tour was OK but not up to par with other viator tours I have experienced. I thought the tour operator was a bit disorganized. Received a message that they would be arriving at hotel before 8AM which is kind of vague. Was in the lobby at 7AM and waited. They showed up a little after 8AM and we spent well over an hour picking up other passengers. After stopping for tickets we arrived at Angkor Wat. It was very crowded. We then drove quite a distance to get lunch in the village. Obviously, someone the operator was giving the business which happens. Food was very good but it took a lot of time. Then spent the afternoon at two other Temples. Having been to the Temples before I thought they chose temples that were very similar. There is much more variety but it is a good sampling. We then returned to our hotels. This tour was a little over four hours at the Temples with a lot of unnecessary driving. Time management could have been better but it was an opportunity to see this wonderful place again. If I had it to do it over I would have hired a guide at the hotel for about the same price and with a more robust itinerary.
Review by: Cesar Luis L, April 2018
it was great specially the lunch
Review by: Grigory Z, April 2018
Due to poor planning, an extremely long wait until the whole group was pulled together...
Review by: Bart C, March 2018
Great tour, covered the main temples we really wanted to see nicely, and at a good pace. With many tours, theres often the obligatory stop off at a shop/store, etc., but not here which I greatly appreciated.
Review by: James R, March 2018
Very educational. Make sure you wear shoes that are very comfortable as there is a lot of climbing and walking. Bring lots of water to stay hydrated as well.
Review by: John T, March 2018
Exceptional tour, saw the right about of temples and guide was very knowledgeable!
Review by: JOHN G, March 2018
A very enjoyable and interesting tour.Our guide was very good and we particularly enjoyed our lunch a the local restaurant.
Review by: Aimee T, March 2018
Excellent tour! Great driver and tour guide who provided a safe, informative experience for all!!
Review by: sarahleigh1985, March 2018
This was a fantastic tour and so glad we opted to have a minibus to transport us across the various different sites within Angkor Wat. Our tour guide Sokhom was fantastic. Would highly recommend and worth every penny.
Review by: Audi, February 2018
Our trip was wonderful! Yes it was tiring and having awful knees--it WAS challenging at times. Our ex-monk, Chansee was incredible though! He was informative, attentive and super professional. He really had a knack of letting us roam when we should and corral us when we needed to be together. We saw and experienced so much! The authentic Cambodian mral was WAY over-the-top for the amount of food we were given. Highly recommended!
Review by: Soo Kee A, February 2018
Great package to cover the major temples at Angkor, including Angkor Wat, Bayon temples with giant faces on towers and Ta Prohm Tomb Raider temple. Our guide Sokhom speaks decent English, and is very helpful and knowledgeable. Our group started behind time because we had eleven people not exactly a small group, and the bus went around picking people at different hotels and some even turned up late. Nevertheless, Sokhom stuck to the itinerary and ensured that the group gets to see all the temples on itinerary in detail.
Review by: Suzume S, February 2018
The temples were amazing! The tour guide was great ... he explained the significance of the temples and gave us an insight to the history of the culture which impacted the structures’ significance.
Review by: NIGEL J S, January 2018
Well informed guide and a really interesting day trip
Review by: Marisa M A, January 2018
Excellent tour where you get to see incredible places with the help of a friendly guide and comfortable transportation. The food was great as well.
Review by: Thomas H, January 2018
The guide, Vang Vanara Juan is the way he pronounced it , was excellent. The group was truly small, only 8 people. He stayed constantly in view of everyone so that it was impossible for anyone to get lost in the very large mass of tourists. He explained each point of view before we reached it so that you knew what to expect and then filled in all the details and answered the many questions in very good English before moving on to the next one. This temple is HUGE!!! and I highly recommend that anyone use his service for the first time that you visit Angkor Wat or you might never find the exit when you get lost in it. _br/_ He picked us up right on time and did not mind how long the tour ran over with all the questions that were posed to him.Everyone was brought back to their hotels as promised. A very professionally run tour._br/_ This was the best tour that I have ever experienced in all of my travels and would highly recommend taking it with him. I would give him a 10 star rating if I could.
Review by: Raquel, January 2018
Memorable experience!
Review by: susan.grigsby, January 2018
Our guide was knowledgeable about the temples but also about Cambodian history and filled our day with interesting facts, funny tidbits, and personal stories. We got a fantastic lunch at a local restaurant far away from the tourist venues that was authentic and delicious. I never would have know about this place without Chansip since it was so far off the beaten path. This was absolutely the best and I would highly recommend Chansip and Viator for visiting the temples!
Review by: Richard C, January 2018
Excellent tour, with good english-speaking tour guide Mr. Mao. Timely pick-up at hotel and ended at about 4:30pm. Very good value considering the one-day ticket to the temple sites alone costs 37. Visited the major temples in a group of only 4. The only disappointing thing is that lunch was at a really really local restaurant with a squat toilet - if you don't mind that, would highly recommend. Otherwise, everything else met expectations.
Review by: Katherine P, January 2018
Amazing tour with a knowledgeable guide!
Review by: Detlef K, January 2018
Started in the morning, guide was more then an hour late, takes long time to get someone on the phone. Guide was very quiet when we are driving, then when we are onsite he explain all background info so we're loosing a lot of time, this can happen before, so we are always short on time and in the end he was on a hurry, before the temple close. The guide prefer also to call the day before all guest are back in the Hotels. For me the overall impression was wasting of time and money. the second day I rent a Tuk-Tuk less money more flexibility and more time for viewing, was a better choice.
Review by: Derek B, January 2018
This tour was the best!! Out tour guide Dee was PHENOMONAL and she did an amazing job. Hi Dee! She took us to four amazing temples, explained the history along the way, and knew all the best photo ops. Lunch was a real treat in an authentic Cambodian restaurant. Highly recommend!!
Review by: Lilly, December 2017
This tour was great. Our tour guide was very informative and helpful, he would even draw maps in the sand to show the overall layout of the temples. The tour was very small too which was wonderful, it was just me and one couple.
Review by: Ronald F, December 2017
Impressive ruins, but not for the faint of hear. Climbing into and around the preserved ruins can be treacherous.
Review by: Audrey W, December 2017
Picked up at the hotel by Vantha around about 8.30amshould have been 8am Temples were awe inspiring, Traditional Cambodian lunch at a local café, was yum. Back at hotel by 5.30-6pm.
Review by: Nolan A, December 2017
pick up was ok, almost in a reasonable time. had to then get off to buy the tickets at the entrance, would have made more sense for the ticket to have been bought and the price added to the tour._br/_ Did a couple of the usual temples- the tour guide was not informative. was ease dropping on other tours and had far better info. _br/_ not the worse tour i have been on but would go with someone else if i had the opportunity again
Review by: Emily G, December 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Brendon R, November 2017
Great tour with our guide Sohkom to see Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm in a day. Sohkom managed to keep us away from the larger tour groups which helped provide great photo opportunities. The lunch meal was absolutely delicious and sohkom had us eating some local delicacies. Sohkom provided great insight and knowledge of the temples and also some in depth knowledge of the history of Cambodia. Would highly recommend doing this tour.
Review by: Gary, November 2017
This tour was fabulous and Dee did a great job providing a lot of useful background on the temples and Cambodian Culture._br/_ I would highly recommend this tour with Dee as the guide.
Review by: Malu, November 2017
We loved this tour. It was very interesting and I feel it was too short. I wanted to see more. Wish the tour was longer. Food at the restaurant was soso.
Review by: Gabrielle D, November 2017
Tour leader Yut was very informative and very helpful. Throughly enjoyed the trip. Not too fast and had time to enjoy the sights.
Review by: Joel Z, October 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: bspolo, October 2017
Sohkom was a wonderful tour guide. He was very knowledgeable, friendly, spoke great english, and turned out to be quite the photographer. He made my experience really great.
Review by: Eamonn M, October 2017
Excellent tour. Our tour guide was amazing and very passionate about the history. He gave us a real insight to real life in Cambodia. I owuld highly recommend this tour if your in the area.
Review by: Kari S, October 2017
This temple tour was a lot of fun and the tour guide, Dee was excellent! She is a local Cambodian, but her English was superb and her energy was perfect for an 8-hour tour. She taught us a lot about the Cambodian culture over lunch and I actually found that more interesting than the temples themselves. One recommendation I would have is for lunch to possibly be earlier (right after Angkor wat) or to mention on the website what time to expect lunch. I would have had a heavier breakfast or brought snacks had I known lunch wouldn't be until almost 1:30pm. Most of the people in the group were rather hungry and fatigued by the time we had lunch. Overall, great tour though and I highly recommend!!
Review by: BRENDA B, September 2017
This tour is great. Dee our guide was very knowledgable and helpful throughout the tour. She introduced us to Cambodian traditional foods over lunch. Things we would never have tried if not for her passion to take the time to give us the opportunity. Make sure you wear your comfy shoes, a lot of walking and stairs. Well worth it though. Michelle, Brenda and Dawn, Perth, Australia
Review by: drblue, September 2017
My entire family enjoyed this tour. It was long, but totally worth it. We took a cruise in Singapore, and we decided to visit Angkor Wat afterwards, and we are so glad that we did. This Viator tour was exactly what we needed to see the highlights in a very limited schedule.
Review by: LEEANN R, September 2017
Totally loved this tour. Countless temples and great guiding us through it, even with a somewhat larger group. The tour guide was amazing!
Review by: manil g, August 2017
Angkor Wat itself was everything I expected it to be and more. The weather was perfect that day and we were able to see the sites without and discomfort that would have been the case if it had rained which it did the day after My issue is with the Tour. The reviews were great so I paid 100 per person which is quite a lot in Cambodia expecting a quality tour that Viator has provided me in the past. The tour, Urban Tours, with guide Kim was terrible. He was nice. But that did not make him a good tour guide. His grasp of the language was very poor compare to other guides I saw and heard around us. There were no ear phones or whispers so it was hard to hear him in that huge complex. He was sporadic in his explanations and did not do justice to the history of this incredible place. He only answered questions only when we pointed and asked - for the most part if we did not keep up with him and he was a fast walker we missed whatever little he said. I would stand next to a different guide to get more information and I realized we missed out on a lot !! After going all the way to see Angkor Wat I felt cheated that I only saw this amazing structure and very little of the stories behind all those incredible monuments. Also, the van was not clean. Not worth the money I paid AT ALL. Will not recommend. Or ask for a different tour team. However, Cambodia with its warm people, amazing history and Angkor Wat, is truly worth a visit.
Review by: wilhelm.travels, August 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: sandraacos, August 2017
We went with our 2 kids in a small tour. The experience was great, our Guide had a very good English and was very nice, gave us a lot of great information and very helpfull. Lunch was good too.
Review by: Indira R, August 2017
I have a concern with the way Viators operates. If you are booking one person on a tour, your price automatically doubles - most times._br/_ The explanation given, was that they cater for in the event that you end up being the only person for this tour, they need to cover their cost. Ok, I get that, what I do not understand however, is why after they'e charged you that supplement, and the tour is booked by many other singles and couples, my single supplement is not reduced? I paid a single supplement and it turns out that ths tour had at least about 5 of us. Rip off? Yes, indeed. _br/_ Now for the tour...this was the highlight of my stay in Siem Reap and am glad I did it. I however felt the Temples were a sad state of affair and other that the fact that they were such an ancient marvel, they completely lacked any spiritual aspect to it...it smelled dank, it was gloomy and dark almost scary...so much more can be done to lend a spiriual aspect to it, even if it is just sections of it, even if it is just an altar area to reflect the glorious days it had would have been refreshing...
Review by: David W, August 2017
we jumped our cruise ship to see Angkor temples. It was nice experience to see the people in the city. The guide was very much concern about my wife's health and did all that he could to make it an enjoyable visit. We learned a lot about the people and their lives.
Review by: Sonja C, July 2017
This tour with Urban Adventures had been unforgettable. If possible, ask for Seavathdy! She picked me up in an air conditioned car for the day, and I was lucky to have her all to myself. We went to Angkor Wat first, which she knew all the best photo locations away from the crowd. She was knowledgeable in relevant history and had excellent story telling skills in English and Spanish. We also went to visit the Temple of Bayon as well as Ruins of Ta Prohm. We even went off-tour a bit to photograph local macaque colonies.
Review by: Mo, June 2017
I really liked this tour it was a long day though. The group was only my husband, a solo traveler and myself. We got to see plenty of Angkor Wat and the temples surrounding it. The lunch was ok as well. The restaurant and bathrooms were clean-ish good enough for where we were. Driver was super great and the tour guide was nice and informative as well.
Review by: Aaron H, June 2017
Fantastic tour. Tour guide was extremely nice and well informed.
Review by: Ken M, May 2017
WOW, to finally see the Temples of Angkor after being on my bucket list for so long......simply amazing! Saw Angkor Wat, the walled city of Angkor Thom, Bayon and Ta Prohm, the latter being a particular favourite. Thanks to our guide Vanny for an exemplary job of explaining everything that we saw, very knowledgeable.
Review by: Cucsy, April 2017
Great tour!
Review by: Anne Eunice P, April 2017
Vantha was a great tour guide. He speaks proper and understandable English. The tour was worth it! He made sure that we don't miss any information about the history of the place. He also brought us to an extra temple before they dropped our group off to our hotels. Great tour guide and service. The bus had cool air conditioning.
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