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Angkor Wat touring information, walking routes, times and costs for visiting Angkor Wat temple and the surrounding Angkor temples of the UNESCO World Heritage site near Siem Reap in northwestern Cambodia.

Touring Angkor Wat temple

The Basics
Angkor Wat Temple lies 6km north of Siem Reap by good road. It can be visited throughout the year between sunrise and sunset for the basic cost of an entrance ticket [single day US$20] and local transportation. The temple is usually combined with visits to other nearby Angkor temples.

Timing and Crowd Avoidance.
As the world's largest religious building and an architectural wonder Angkor Wat temple gets overun with coachloads of tourists at peak times. Most guidebooks and temple guides continue to follow an established route and timing of visit so concentrating the crowds into certain places at key times of the day. Our researchers will plan your visit to the temples quite differently over your stay for the optimum elements of lighting and crowd avoidance as determined by our research programs. Other organisations guess at the best routes and timing; we take the time to measure crowd flows, test itineraries and understand the best program for any given season.

If you want the very best experience of Angkor Wat either browse our example tours (top-right) or let us know your requirements. We will respond quickly to help you with a proposal.

Improve your visit with a Guide.
You will benefit greatly from using a guide to Angkor Wat, either a good guidebook such as Dawn Rooney's "Angkor" or better, a professional temple guide attached to a research program. These large temples in various states of ruin are beautiful but you will quickly tire unless you understand their purpose, significance and history.

Having spent so much time and money traveling to get this close you will transform your visit by using the right guide. ABOUTAsia's Centre of Guiding Research has suitable experienced guides benefiting from an extensive research program into routes, timing and crowd avoidance, nature and photography. ABOUTAsia guiding starts at around US$30 per day depending on language and itinerary.

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Tours Beyond Angkor Wat

There is more to Siem Reap than Angkor Wat and more to Cambodia than Siem Reap. Historical and photogenic forest temples, lifestyles in the countryside, villages and fishing communities, the birdlife of the Tonle Sap lake and the mountains - we take the time to understand your interests and will produce an optimum tour itinerary to suit you.

ABOUTAsia is based in Siem Reap just 4km from Angkor Wat, and are are the acknowledged experts in guiding around the temples of Angkor Wat and Siem Reap. World class luxury travel brands such as Venice Simplon Orient Express trust only ABOUTAsia with their guests in Cambodia.

An Example 3 Day Tour

Day 1 - Angkor Thom & Temples of the Forest

ta prohm temple overgrown with trees

An early visit to the royal bathing area at the tranquil reservoir of Srah Srang.Capture the reflection of the dawn colors before driving the short distance to the photogenic Ta Prohm temple of "Tomb Raider" movie fame before the tour buses and crowds arrive. Our driver will meet us at the east gate after our walk through. A wooded track then brings us on foot to the lightly visited gem of Ta Nei temple before we end the morning on top of the imposing temple mountain of Ta Keo.

bayon siem reap, temple with stone faces

After lunch we approach the walled city of Angkor Thom by the Victory Gate before walking through the shaded forest along the top of the laterite city wall to the Eastern (Death) Gate. Skirting the Elephant Terrace and Terrace of the Leper King we walk though the sheltered parkland behind Phimeanakas and Baphuon temple mountains, before arriving at Bayon. Tall surrounding trees mean that we lose the light early from Bayon so we move to a beautiful and tranquil spot we know by the water's edge for Sunset drinks and the chance to reflect on an extraordinary day.


Day 2 - Angkor Wat & the Grand Circuit

angkor wat-sunrise

At your option we might leave the hotel pre-dawn to catch the sunrise over Angkor Wat, one of travel's great adventures. After sunrise, we take advantage of the cool of the morning to explore the central complex and surrounding bas-reliefs, either taking a local breakfast nearby the temple or returning to the hotel for a late breakfast. A walk between the laterite surrounding wall and the moat brings many great photo opportunities and we can find wild mangos in season. After such an early start we recommend either a massage or swim before lunch or we can guide you to the best of Siem Reap town and markets.

neak pean, grand circuit temple

After lunch we travel by road to Preah Khan Temple, a large but lightly visited site characterised by an interplay between man and nature. Preah Khan is especially good for birding. We continue to the unique and charming Neak Pean, before visiting either the photogenic tree at Ta Som, or the brooding Banteay Samre, similar in style to Angkor Wat itself.

This evening you can be entertained either by a performance of the famous shadow puppets, and traditional Khmer music, or traditional and folk dancing whilst enjoying the cuisine of the country.


Day 3 - Tonle Sap and Roluos

boat on the tonle sap lake

Psa Leu is a wonderful untouristic wholesale market which we visit on the way to Tonle Sap lake. We travel soem 35km away from Siem Reap down a track to the photogenic stilted village of Kompong Khleang. This large fishing community lives on a slight rise in the ground and is completely surrounded by the waters of the lake in the rainy season. We return via the peaceful Roluos group of temples, visiting Preah Ko and beautiful Bakong in the late afternoon with an optional nearby water blessing by the buddhist monks of Lolei.

The tour includes airport transfers, hotel accommodation and all entry fees. There are no hidden extras.



Cambodia travel information and Angkor Wat tour specialists ABOUTAsia are based in Siem Reap just 4km from Angkor Wat. At the heart of the organisation is a guiding research centre providing Cambodia vacation advice and industry leading tours planning.

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