3-Day Angkor Temples Exploration Tour

Day 1

This tour will start at 8:00am or 2:00pm depending on your preference. We will drive to see the floating village at Chong Kneas, just to the south of Siem Reap town. Our guide will take you on a boat trip to pass through the floating village where many Cambodian and ethnic Vietnamese families are living their lives on the water. You can see how they go about their daily lives with markets, schools, clinics and restaurants all floating on top of the water.

Day 2

The Angkor Wat Small Circuit tour starts very early in the morning. You’ll be picked up before sunrise around 4:30 – 5:00am and you’ll spend the whole day exploring the temples before stopping to see the sunset at Srah Srang around 6 – 6:30pm.

It’s a long day, but it we’ll explore the temples at a leisurely pace, stop for lunch and other breaks when required. After the conclusion of the tour, we’ll drop you back to your hotel.

After the sunrise and exploring Angkor Wat, we’ll stop for breakfast and then continue to the ancient city of Angkor Thom.

We’ll enter via the “South Gate of Angkor Thom” on a long causeway which is flanked by a row of 54 mythical beings which are said to guard the city from bad spirits.

First on the list is a visit to Bayon temple which is located exactly in the centre of Angkor Thom. The hundreds of giant stone faces will look down on you throughout the temple and are some of the most recognized and photogenic spots in Siem Reap.

A mid-11th century temple, Baphuon is a beautiful temple at Angkor Thom. Its name means a hidden temple. It has three tiers, built in a shape of pyramid.

We’ll then head over to the Terrace of the Elephant and the Terrace of the Leper King before taking lunch. You have the option to each lunch in a local restaurant nearby the temples or we can head back to your hotel to eat lunch.

After lunch, we’ll to see the “Tomb Raider” temple which is called Ta Prohm. It’s one of the most popular temples because of its unique appearance. The jungle is literally growing right through the temple.

Next up is Banteay Kdei temple which is a large unrestored complex in a similar style to Ta Prohm.

We’ll then head over to Srah Srang which is a large manmade lake known as the “Royal Bath”. Here, we’ll watch the sunset before heading back into town.

Day 3

After breakfast at your hotel, we’ll come and pick you up around 8 o’clock in the morning. We’ll come and get you either in a tuk tuk, air-conditioned taxi or minivan (depending on your specifications or group size) and take you to visit the local Buddhist pagoda called Wat Thmey. Here, you will see the Siem Reap killing fields. You can learn about the atrocities which occurred during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

Then, we will go to visit the Cambodia War Museum. You can learn about the the civil war and other important aspects of recent Khmer history. We’ll then go to visit another Buddhist pagoda in the town centre call Wat Preah Prohm Rath.

We’ll then take you to visit the Old Market (Psar Chas) so you can see a local market and do some souvenir shopping.

Finally, we’ll take you to the popular Artisans d’Angkor so you can see how they’ve revived local crafts and even buy yourself a gift or two.