4 Historical Tours in Cambodia Worth Booking

1.2 Days Guided Historical Tour in Angkor

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 855 reviews · from $35Our pick

Start at 4:30 a.m. for Angkor Wat’s sunrise, then explore Bayon, Ta Prohm, and seven more temples over two days. Guides such as Sam, Vone, Sok, and Heang explain Khmer history in clear, engaging ways. Air-conditioned transport, hotel pickup, cold water, and wet towels are included. The $62 temple pass is extra.

“Spending two days seeing different parts of Angkor Wat, including sunrise and sunset. Amazing experience, great history and spectacular nature view! The guide Sok is knowledgeable and passionate, willing to answer any questions related with Angkor Wat. Very memorable experience!”

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2.Banteay Srei and Grand Circuit Heritage Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 163 reviews · 9 hours · from $18Best value

Spend about nine hours with an English-speaking guide such as Pal, Bun, Sak, or Sokee, visiting Banteay Srei, Preah Khan, Neak Pean, and Pre Rup. Expect temple walks, an air-conditioned van, cold water, chilled towels, lunch, hotel pickup, and a sunset stop. The $18 tour price excludes the $37 Angkor Pass.

“Our tour guide was Sam. He was super knowledgeable when it came to the history. We asked many questions throughout the day, always courteous, respectful and friendly. The days was very warm, and every time we got back in the van we were greeted by our driver with cold towels, and very cold water bottles. Who doesn’t love this on a very warm/humid day.”

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3.Banteay Srei and Grand Circuit Heritage Tour from Siem Reap

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 142 reviews · from $24

You’ll visit five Angkor temples with an English-speaking guide, traveling in an air-conditioned vehicle from Siem Reap. Sak and Pi are praised for clear temple explanations, while driver Mr. Black is known for a calm, careful approach. The tour includes Banteay Srei’s fine carvings, village scenery, bottled water, and hotel pickup. The $37 temple pass costs extra.

“Nice temples! It is a very different experience comparing to the inner tour. Sak knows a lot about the temples.”

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4.Bokor Mountain Adventure – History, Sights and Waterfalls

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 65 reviews · from $35

Travel from your pickup point to Bokor National Park with English-speaking guide Roy. Visit the Black Palace, Wat Sampov Pram, an abandoned Catholic church, Le Bokor Palace, Bokor Lake, and Popokvil Waterfall. A vegetarian fried-rice lunch, bottled water, pickup, and drop-off are included in this small-group tour.

“We had such an amazing day with Roy, Bokor is beautiful and Roy took us to all the amazing stops and told us all about the history. We stopped for some lovely lunch near the waterfall and then made our way back down! Great places to stop for photos and we had such a fun day.”

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