Angkor Wat Small-Group Sunrise Tour from Siem Reap
Description
Take this opportunity to venture into the Angkor Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. This small group tour gives you an intimate and amazing view to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat, followed by a visit to several temples along your day. Visiting the Angkor Thom complex, the Smiling Bayon temple and Ta Prohm (jungle temple). Also includes an informative professional guide to lead you and take you through the history of these incredible temples. Note: please pack your breakfast from your hotel as we will not return to hotel for breakfast and we continue the tour after sunrise.
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Itinerary
You will be picked up between 4:20am to 5:20am and set out early to see the sunrise at Angkor Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Pay for the entrance and make your way to the first stop at Angkor Wat to see the sunrise. Visit the largest and most impressive of all Angkor temples, considered among one of the New7Wonders of the World.
Angkor Wat was built between 1113-1150 AD and dedicated to Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation. It's the best preserved of all the temples. Its layout and its scale are simply breathtaking, the wall surrounding the enclosure measures 1,000 by 800 meters and the moat, said to represent the oceans of the world is 200 meters wide. Angkor Wat is an architectural allegory of the mythical Mount Meru in the center of the world (Himalaya). This amazing temple homes the longest continuous bas relief in the world, which runs along the outer gallery walls.
We also explore the Angkor Thom complex. Its vast walls, some 6m wide, 8m high and 13km in length contain many monuments. Inside the walls the king, his relatives and officials, military officers and priests took residence, the rest of the people lived outside of the great enclosure, between the two artificial lakes. Our visit will begin with the South Gate, a beautiful introduction to Angkor Thom with well-restored statues of Asuras (demons) and gods lining the bridge.
Inside the complex, we will first visit the Bayon with 200 endless smiling faces. This temple mountain situated in the center of Angkor Thom City where sets the Bayon apart from many other Angkor monuments.
and then we continue the tour to Ta Phrom was a monastery built by the king Jayavarman VII as a residence for his mother as well as a school. Ta Phrom has been controversially left to the destructive power of the jungle by French archaeologists to demonstrate the awesome power of nature. It has been largely consumed by the jungle and as you will climb through the dilapidated stone structures you will see many giant trees growing out of the top of the temple itself. At every turn you will expect to see Indiana Jones (Lara Croft) step out from behind a fallen pillar around you. This tour concludes with return transfer to your hotel or any requested drop off point within the city center.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
5 am (pick up time is variable between 4 and 4:45 am, so we suggest to be ready by 4 am and good to go as soon as your guide arrive).
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Flashlight needed
- Mosquito spray
- Only trousers or knee-length skirt/dress is permitted
- Minimum age is 4 years
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
Reviews(174)
Our guide Nara is very friendly and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed this tour. They provided us bottles of water and some cold wet wipes which were very refreshing! Thank you so much:)
We are Argentine and made the excursion in English with Sophy. He was super clear with all the explanations of each place we visited. Plus she took amazing pictures!!! The driver Mrs Pearom very friendly too. We're happy!
Mok vireak was our guide. He was excellent! Explained everything very well and went out of hisway to make sure that we have and excellent experience.
Mok Vireak was a wonderful tour guide. He has a vast knowledge of Cambodian history and made the tour through the temples an unforgettable experience by taking us to all the best sites and a great spot for the sunrise! The tour was just the right amount of sightseeing consisting of a trip to all the main temples and some time for a break at one of the local food spots. Highly recommend if you want so see the temples without spending a full day out.
We had San as our guide for our tour of Angkor Wat, Ta Promh and Bayon Temples. From the moment he picked us up we had a good time. His knowledge of the temples is exceptional. We learned so much in our 7 hours, his passion for the history was infectious. We never stopped chatting, and we had a good laugh too, his English is very good. And not to mention his photography skills, he took some amazing snaps of us (see attached), this also meant we could enjoy our walk around not having to take photos. All in all, exceptional tour and would highly recommend this tour and San.
Excellent tour with San. Great wealth of information. Excellent service and fantastic photographer. We had a great day and would highly recommend San to everyone.
A seven hour sunrise tour that took in three amazing temples, Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm and Bayon. Watching the sunrise at Angkor Wat was serene. Our guide, Nak, was incredibly knowledgeable and educated us in the history of the Khmer people of that age as well as the Hindu and Buddhist iconography in all three temples.
Had a great day kuysin met us on time at our hotel for an early start of the sunrise at Angor Wat. A memorable experience Kuysin had great knowledge of the local history which was interesting. Visited other temples including Tomb Raiders temple a memorable day
It was a great tour of Angkor Watt and the other temples. Our guide, Nak, was really enthusiastic and told us lots of interesting things about everything we saw. His English is excellent and our day felt very special. His driver was also brilliant and kept us topped up with cold towels and cold water when it got too hot. I would definitely recommend using Nak for this tour.
Our guide Samun and driver Cheat were both excellent. They were waiting for us before the pickup time. Samun is very knowledgeable, he explained the history in detail and took us to the best photo spots. He is an excellent photographer and sent us the photos immediately. He was very courteous and flexible with the itinerary. Cheat was ready for us with chilled towels and bottled water, very welcome in the heat, and drove us safely back after the tour finished. I highly recommend our guide Samun and driver Cheat, they made our sunrise tour to the Angkor Wat complex unforgettable!
