Angkor Wat: Highlights and Guided Sunrise Tour

We will enter the great temple in the dark (please bring a flashlight) from the rarely visited eastern side, and descend through the ancient cloistered corridors to the longest stretch of bas-reliefs in the world. Soak up the atmosphere of sunrise at Angkor from the edge of one of the library's ancient pools. Next, we will explore the interior of the great temple, spending two full hours exploring the corridors, central chambers and upper terraces of this splendid temple. Your expert local guide will unravel the countless stories hidden behind the reliefs and give you an insight into what life was like during the height of the Khmer Empire.

Ta Prohm, which once housed 2,740 monks, looks much the same today as it did in the early 1850s, when French explorer Henri Mouhot "rediscovered" this ruined site.

We will pass the famous Terrace of the Leper King and the Terrace of the Elephants before reaching the Bayon Temple.

covered with more than 200 enormous faces, to continue later towards the South Gate of Angkor Thom, flanked by a row of 54 stone figures on each side - gods the left and demons on the right - and the fortified city of Angkor Thom.

The visit ends between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.