Banteay Samre and Grand Tour Temples in Siem Reap

A half-day trip from Siem Reap that visits Krong Siem Reap, Preah Khan Temple, Neak Poan Temple and Ta Som Temple, Siem Reap. There are 7 stops altogether, so it fills the day rather than leaving long gaps between two or three highlights. The price covers English speaking tour guide, Transportation by Tuk Tuk or Car and Hotel pickup and drop off. Ta Prohm is the temple the French conservators deliberately left half-swallowed, so the silk-cotton and strangler fig roots still pour over its galleries, and it is the one every visitor recognises from Tomb Raider. It was built by Jayavarman VII in 1186 as a Buddhist monastery and university; an inscription records that it once supported more than 12,500 people, with another 80,000 in the villages that fed it. Wooden walkways now route visitors past the famous roots, which means the queue for the best-known tree can be long by mid-morning. Preah Khan, its larger companion to the north, gets a fraction of the crowds and is the better walk for anyone who wants the same atmosphere without the line. Priced per person at about $111 each, so a party of 3 comes to $332. The price you see on this page is the total for the party size you pick, not a per-head figure to multiply. Angkor Daily Trip runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.