Explore the ancient temples of Angkor on a guided tour. Watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat, see the jungle-covered Ta Prohm, and visit the Bayon Temple.

Begin with a pre-dawn departure from your hotel for sunrise outside Angkor Wat. Enter the great temple in darkness from the little-visited eastern side, and creep along hoary cloistered corridors past the longest stretch of bas-relief carvings in the world. Soak up the atmosphere of dawn at Angkor, from the edge of one of the ancient library pools.

Explore the interior of the great temple, spending a thorough two hours discovering the corridors, central chambers, and upper terraces of this truly great temple. Your expert local guide will decipher the myriad of stories behind the bas-relief carvings, and give you an insight into life during the height of the Khmer empire.

End the tour at Angkor with breakfast outside the temple (breakfast is not included), and a short rest. Continue the morning visit the jungle-enveloped Ta Prohm – one of the most atmospheric of all temples in Angkor. Once home to 2,740 monks, Ta Prohm today looks much as it did in the early 1850s, when French explorer Henri Mouhot ‘rediscovered’ this crumbling site.

Continue the morning to Angkor Thom city. Pass by the famous Terrace of the Leper King, and the Terrace of Elephants before arriving Bayon Temple. At ‘The Bayon’ (12th century) see its beautifully crafted central towers, covered in more than 200 enormous faces, then continue to the southern Gate of Angkor Thom, flanked by a row of 54 stone figures on each side - gods to the left and demons to the right – and the fortified city of Angkor Thom.

Enjoy the rest of peaceful atmosphere at Angkor Archaeological Park before heading back to your hotel.