Three days built around the Angkor pass: the small circuit from sunrise at Angkor Wat to Ta Prohm, a long day out to Banteay Srei and the quieter temples with sunset at Pre Rup, then the lake, the museum and the town. One tuk-tuk a day, and you walk the rest.
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Checked October 10, 2026. That’s the day we last confirmed the hours, prices and closed days.
November to February is dry and the coolest it gets, with the lake still high; it is also the busiest. March to May is very hot, 95°F (35°C) or more by noon, so the temples want early starts. June to October is rainy season: short heavy afternoon storms, green moats, fewer people and the flooded forest at Kampong Phluk at its fullest.
Sleep near the river between Psar Chas and Wat Bo for walkable dinners, or on the quieter lanes around Wat Damnak and Kandal Village. Hotels on the road north toward Angkor are closer to the temples but a tuk-tuk ride from everything else.
Rent a tuk-tuk by the day: around $20 to $28 for the small circuit, $25 to $35 for the grand circuit, and $45 or so once Banteay Srei is added. Grab and PassApp work in town for $2 to $4 rides. Inside the park you walk from each gate to the temple; carry water and a hat.
Angkor · 180 min
Gates open at 5 a.m. Stand by the moat or the south pool rather than the crowded north pool, then walk the galleries while the tour groups eat breakfast; the Bakan upper level opens around 7:40 a.m. and guards turn away bare shoulders and knees.
$62 (3-day pass)
Angkor Thom · 90 min
Enter through the south gate for the causeway of gods and demons. The Bayon's 200-odd stone faces are best before 9:30 a.m., when the light is low and the buses have not arrived.
Angkor Thom · 90 min
Walk north from the Bayon along the raised causeway to Baphuon, climb it for the view, then follow the Terrace of the Elephants to the Leper King terrace. All on foot inside the walls; ask the driver to wait at the Victory Gate.
Angkor · 75 min
Open-sided Khmer restaurants facing the royal bathing pool, opposite Banteay Kdei. Order fish amok or a plate of fried noodles, around $5, and sit through the hottest hour.
Angkor · 90 min
The temple left to the trees. Go in from the east gate and out the west so you walk toward the light; the big silk-cotton roots are near the central enclosure, and Banteay Kdei next door is quiet if you have energy left.
Psar Chas · 90 min
Plain Cambodian cooking a block from Pub Street, open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. with no reservation needed. Order the amok in its banana leaf and a Khmer curry; beer is a dollar.
Banteay Srei · 75 min
The small pink sandstone temple with the finest carving at Angkor, about 35 km north, roughly an hour by tuk-tuk. Be inside before 9 a.m., when the stone glows in low light and the tour buses have not arrived.
Phnom Kulen foothills · 120 min
Another 18 km on, then a shaded 1.5 km walk uphill to a riverbed carved with lingas and reclining Vishnus; allow 90 minutes round trip. If the heat is too much, Banteay Samré near the East Baray is the easy swap.
Banteay Srei · 60 min
Simple Khmer places by the parking lot on the way back. Order lok lak, beef with a lime and pepper dip over rice, and a fresh coconut; expect $5 to $8 a head.
Grand circuit · 90 min
A sprawling monastery temple, mostly in shade, with a two-story building that looks almost Greek. Walk straight through from the west gate to the east and have the tuk-tuk meet you there.
Grand circuit · 30 min
A wooden boardwalk crosses the northern baray to a small island temple set in a pond; the dead trees and lilies on the walk are the point. Twenty minutes is plenty.
Grand circuit · 75 min
A temple mountain of warm brick and laterite, kept open past the others for sunset. The stairs are steep, so climb before 5:30 p.m. for a place on the top tier; ask your driver to confirm closing time on the day.
Riverside · 90 min
Cambodian home cooking in a garden by the river on Pokambor Avenue. Book a riverside table for the same evening; order the prahok ktis and a grilled fish.
Tonlé Sap · 240 min
A village on stilts about 30 km southeast, an hour each way by tuk-tuk. Boats cost $20 to $25 a person plus a $2 village fee, and a $5 rowboat through the flooded forest is worth it from September to January when the water is high.
Kandal Village · 75 min
The short lane of Hap Guan Street between the river and Sivatha Boulevard: coffee roasters, a few boutiques and lunch spots. The Little Red Fox Espresso does Australian-style brunch plates; Khmer noodle soups are two doors along.
Charles de Gaulle Boulevard · 105 min
Eight galleries explain the gods and kings you have been looking at for two days, including the hall of a thousand Buddhas. Open daily from 8:30 a.m. until 6 or 6:30 p.m. by season; around $12, with an audio guide for about $5.
Psar Chas · 75 min
Fresh food in the morning, krama scarves, spices and silver in the afternoon. Haggle gently, pay small notes, and walk the river bank north to the Royal Gardens as the heat drops.
Sok San Road · 180 min
Arrive from 6 p.m. for the Cambodian street-food stalls on site, then the 8 p.m. show: an hour of acrobatics, theater and live music by graduates of the Battambang arts school. Section B at $28 is the middle price; book online, because high season sells out.
$18 to $38
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Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI) opened in 2023 and replaced the old airport near town; it is about 50 km east, 45 to 60 minutes by road. The taxi counter in arrivals charges around $30 to $35 to the center, Grab cars run from about $19, and an airport shuttle bus leaves on a fixed schedule for about $8 but stops short of the center. Most hotels arrange a pickup for $15 to $25.
About $50 to $80 a day per person for a share of the tuk-tuk, the 3-day pass averaged over three days, two meals and a few dollars of water and coconuts. Phare adds $18 to $38 and the lake boat $25 to $30.
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The 3-day pass at $62 covers three visit days inside a week: days 1 and 2 are temples, and day 3 is the lake and the museum, so the third pass day is a spare. The 1-day pass is $37 and the 7-day pass $72 for seven days inside a month; all three are sold only by Angkor Enterprise.
Not for the first day if you read a little beforehand. A licensed guide for day 1 costs around $45 and pays off at the Bayon and Angkor Wat, where the carvings tell stories you will otherwise walk past.
Day 3: Kampong Phluk is a boat trip in any weather, the museum is indoors and Phare is under a tent. Rain-season storms usually pass in an hour, so on temple days wait it out under a gallery; Waystop's rain plan keeps day 2 as it is and adds a museum version you can switch to.
Yes, but less for the photograph than for the empty galleries afterwards. Skip the north pool crowd, stand by the moat, and be at the Bakan stairs when they open around 7:40 a.m.
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