Get ready to discover the temples around Angkor Thom with an expert guide. On this small-group tour, you'll start your experience with a pick-up from your hotel in the morning to visit the most interesting temples outside Angkor Thom city.
Your first stop will be at Pre Rup Hindu Temple, built as the state temple of Khmer King Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. Accompanied by an expert guide you'll observe this temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction. Continue your itinerary in the intricately carved and well-preserved Banteay Srei. The detailed reliefs on this smaller sandstone structure are regarded as the finest, most skillfully crafted in Cambodia. Banteay Srei has only been accessible since the late 1990s when the Khmer Rouge left the area. End your tour at Angkor with lunch at the temple and a short rest.
On the return journey, visit Neak Pean, a Buddhist temple on a circular artificial island in Jayatataka Baray, then continue to Preah Khan temple, a ruined but highly atmospheric mélange of tree roots and crumbling stone structures commissioned by the prolific temple builder Jayavarman VII in honor of his father. Preah Khan is currently being restored by the World Monument Fund and in places is in remarkably good condition and a visit to this smaller site makes for an interesting contrast with the more imposing Angkor Wat.
Professional English-speaking tour guide
Temples entrance fee (1-day pass – US$ 37; 3-day pass – US$ 62)
