Angkor Wat sunrise tour: Four temples in one morning

The carved faces at Bayon are massive enough to see from across the temple grounds.

An Angkor Wat sunrise tour with a professional English-speaking guide covers four temples in six to seven hours, starting before dawn at your hotel. You watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat, then move through Angkor Thom to see Bayon's distinctive stone faces and Ta Prohm, where tree roots have wrapped around the masonry. Hotel pickup and drop-off, transport, water and cold towels are included. The park entrance ticket is separate.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each2 stops

1. Angkor Wat1h
2. Bayon3h

Sunrise and Angkor Thom temples visit

• Pick up from hotel before 5:00am
• Watch sunrise at Angkor Wat
• Visit South Gate of Angkor Thom
• Explore Bayon temple
• Visit Ta Prohm temple

The experience

The tour starts no later than 5:00am with pickup from your hotel. Your guide drives you to Angkor Wat in the dark so you're positioned before the sun clears the horizon. After the sunrise and breakfast, you continue to Angkor Thom, the second-largest city of the Angkor era, stopping at the South Gate before entering. The pace is built around the light and the crowds: the early start gets you to the main temple before the heat and the tour groups arrive.

Bayon temple sits at the center of Angkor Thom and is known for the mass carving of smiling faces across its stones. A feature you won't see anywhere else in Cambodia. From there, you move to Ta Prohm, where the temple's masonry is intertwined with old tree roots, creating the look of a structure being slowly reclaimed by the forest. The movie Tomb Raider was filmed here, and it's one of the most photographed spots in the complex. The whole route takes in the scale and the variety of what the Angkor era built: a working temple, a royal capital, a meditation on impermanence.

You choose your vehicle at checkout (a sedan, a minivan, an SUV or a big bus), and the same guide and itinerary work for all of them. The tour includes bottled water and cold towels. The Angkor Park entrance ticket (1-day pass) is bought separately on arrival. Gratuities are recommended but not required.

What’s included

• Professional English-speaking guide and transport in your choice of sedan, minivan, SUV or big bus.
• hotel pickup and drop-off.
• bottled water and cold towels throughout the day.

Options for this experience

4 options

Private Big-BusUp to 15 per booking · Guide in English · 05:00Lasts 7 hours. Travels in a 25-seat minibus. Includes pickup.

Private Standard Mini-VanUp to 8 per booking · Guide in English · 05:00Lasts 7 hours. Travels in a 12-seat mini-bus. Includes pickup.

Private SUVUp to 5 per booking · Guide in English · 05:00Lasts 7 hours. Includes a 4-course breakfast. Travels in a 7-seat Lexus RX470. Includes pickup.

Private SedanUp to 3 per booking · Guide in English · 05:00Lasts 7 hours. Travels in a 5-seat sedan car. Includes pickup.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Information

Lasts 6h–7h, runs every day at 05:00, from US$ 48.50 per person, with a live guide in English, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

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Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 2 pickup points.

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Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effort

Operated by Asia Voyage Travel

Is this one for you?Choose your vehicle size based on your group: a sedan or minivan works for couples and small families, while an SUV or big bus gives you more space and comfort on the longer stretches between temples.

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Top questions

What time does the Angkor Wat sunrise tour start and finish?

The tour starts no later than 5:00am with hotel pickup and runs for six to seven hours total, so you're back by early afternoon.

What is Bayon temple known for?

Bayon is famous for the mass carving of smiling faces across its stones, a unique feature that creates a striking visual effect across the temple's many towers.

Why is Ta Prohm called the Tomb Raider temple?

Ta Prohm was the filming location for the Tomb Raider movie. The temple's masonry is wrapped in old tree roots, giving it the appearance of a lost structure being reclaimed by nature, which made it ideal for the film.

Does the tour include the Angkor Park entrance ticket?

No, the park entrance ticket is not included and must be purchased separately. The 1-day pass costs USD 37 and is bought on arrival.

What's included in the tour price?

The tour includes a professional English-speaking guide, transport in your chosen vehicle, hotel pickup and drop-off, bottled water and cold towels.