First far East I was just transformed from my trip when I got a message on Facebook: “I'm in Bangkok, what's there to say don't come back without doing it?”. "Definitely of Angkor You should see the Temple” was my answer. However Bangkok There is not much information about transportation between Angkor Wat and . Me too Departure from Bangkok to Angkor Temple I thought I'd write the way.
I suggest you allocate 3 full days to get enough of Angkor Wat from Bangkok. In order to make the most of these 3 days, I write my suggestions step by step.
Getting From Bangkok to Angkor Temple
From Bangkok to Angkor A few ways to get from Thailand to Cambodia there is. To go to Angkor Temple, you need to go to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The temple is 3-4 km from here.
- Going to Siem Reap by plane from Bangkok to Siem Reap. Only Bangkok Airways flies on this route. However, if you stay to the last minute, ticket prices are quite high.
- Similarly, you can fly from Bangkok to Phom Pehn, the capital of Cambodia. From Pohm Pehn you can take the bus to Siem Reap. Since I did not research the options here, I do not write details in order not to mislead.
- Traveling by minivans from Bangkok to Siem Reap. You can buy minivan tickets to Siem Reap for around 07 dollars from 00:07 or 30:10 in most tourist offices.
- Go to the border by bus.
The fourth and last option is the one that will keep the time maximum and the cost minimum. I will explain the details of this.
We have found together the fastest, cheapest and shortest route from Bangkok to Siem Reap by bus.
12go.com site You can easily find all options such as plane, bus, etc.
Getting to Angkor Wat in Bangkok
border between Thailand and Cambodia aranyaprathetThere are buses that start at 03:30 in the morning. The hours continue as 03:30-04:30-05:00-06:00-06.30. If you take this bus at the earliest possible hour, you can start touring the Angkor Temple before noon. The bus goes to the border in about 4 hours.
Bus to Bangkok From Mo Chit 2 bus terminal boarding. Just behind the famous Chatuchak market is this terminal. If you are staying near Khosan, bus no 3 It goes directly to the terminal. If you are staying elsewhere, ask the tourist information they will tell you the right buses. Bus number 3 runs every 20 minutes. It works from 03:00 in the morning. The distance is long, it takes about 45 minutes to go. Khosan – Mor Chit 2 terminal bus fare is 6.5 baht.
If I remember correctly, there was a desk numbered 31 or 34 behind the consultant in the terminal, and they show it to anyone there when they ask for a place. 230 baht. We boarded the one at 04:30 and reached the border between 08:30 and 09:00 in the morning. The border opens at 8 am anyway. Since you will be at the border early in the morning, you can cross the border without waiting in line. This bus leaves the border until noon, if you stay in the afternoon, it leaves you in the city, from there you have to cross the border by tuk-tuk.
Cambodia issues visas to Turkish citizens at the border. 20usd+100baht visa fee they receive.
After crossing the border;
a. find yourself a companion Siem Reap' by taxiYou can go. We went by taxi for 30 dollars. It all depends on the bargaining power. 15 usd per person It's usually around. 2-2,5 hours later you are in Siem Reap.
b. There is a free shuttle service to the bus terminal, which is about 10 km away from the border. You can go to the bus terminal and then go to Siem Reap. The bus was 9 usd.
This way you will be in Angkor around 11:00-12:00 noon.
Daily and 3-day tickets are on sale for Angkor Temple. Daily ticket 20 usd per person, 3-day ticket 40 usd.
For the plan I recommend, you should buy a 3-day ticket. Temples can be visited from 05:30 in the morning until 05:30 in the evening.
3 Days Angkor Temple
In this article, I will explain the places that can be seen in 3 days and how to make the most optimal time plan. More details about Angkor Temple 🙂 Angkor region is spread over an area of about 400 km, so if you really want to do it justice, maybe 7-10 days should be spared. I tried to make a 3-day trip plan for you.
Bangkok Angkor Wat Excursion – Day 1
Since we will be in Siem Reap at noon, I tried to make a plan to use the second half of the day in the most efficient way.
If you want to see it, there is a floating village where boats depart 15 km from Siem Reap, you can go there. Go to the place where the boats going to the floating village leave by tuk-tuk, floating village with boats for 20 usd per person you can see. They make a 2-2,5 hour tour. We didn't go because 20 usd was too much for us. But the road to there is very beautiful, I recommend a nice trip to get to know Cambodia. Since you will have a 3-day ticket, there are 2-3 big temples in that area, you can see them:
Bakong, Preah Ko and Lolei Their temples are referred to as the Roluos Group. You can see these temples on the 1st day, excluding or including the floating village.
Bangkok Angkor Wat Excursion – Day 2
The line marked in purple on the map above is the small lap, and the one marked in red is the major lap. My suggestion for the second day is a small tour. There are the main temples that are famous in the small tour: Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are the biggest ones… You should definitely see them. There is also the Banteay Srey temple, 37 km away. A small tour+banteay srey fits in one day. with tuktuk We paid 2 usd for 25 people for this route for.
You can end the day with the sunset at the Angkor temple. We got caught in the monsoon rain, missed the sunset.
Bangkok Angkor Wat Excursion – Day 3
Start day 3 by watching the sunrise at Angkor Temple. Tuktuks pick you up from your hotel at around 04:30.
Then you do the big tour that you couldn't do the previous day. You have to leave very early in the morning and finish your tour around 10.
Return to Bangkok
At 11:00 or 11:30 there are minivans for 10usd that go directly to Bangkok. If you've ever taken a day tour in Bangkok, you've seen it. If you take that bus, you will cross the border in the afternoon without queuing at the border. We went to the border at noon and waited for 2 hours. All tours and buses arrive mainly at that hour.
In this way, you will be back in Bangkok in the evening.
Since there was no guide for us, we misused the time, I hope what I wrote will be useful for those who will go after me.
We were very comfortable as the hotel where we stayed made the arrangements for the tuktuk and minivan. I think all the hotels there have a similar logic.
Stay on track.
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I went there via Thailand. Transfer with Air Asia or Cambodia Angkor Air is cheap and possible. I made my transfer with Air Asia at a very cheap price.
When the plane ticket is in dollars, it may not be as cheap as before 😉
Thank you very much for your information. We are on the bus you said and we are going to Cambodia. You said 230 for the bus ticket, we bought it for 203:D thank you very much for everything
Oooo cheaper 🙂 Enjoy your trip.
Hello, it has been an excellent site.
Hello, your article was very helpful for me, thank you. I am planning a Thailand Cambodia tour for February, but I have a couple of questions to ask you about. I plan to fit Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Siam Reap in 15 days. First of all, let me tell you that we have always made our previous trips wide and digesting. Is 15 days too short for these three routes? I plan to spare 3-4 days for Siam Reap as you wrote and suggested. But the question that comes to my mind is, is it easy to cross from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and from there to Siam Reap? Or vice versa. Which one should we go to first from Bangkok and what route do you think would be appropriate? I would be very grateful if you could enlighten me.
Hello Betül,
The time depends on how and what you are going to do the route. For this reason, it is not possible for me to make a sufficient-not enough comment.
I did not go to Chaing Mai, it would be useful to research alternatives for the transition to Siam Reap from there.
Have a nice trip
Can you give information about accommodation?
Hello,
I stayed in a hostel in Siam Reap.
You can access it at this link: http://www.booking.com/hotel/kh/home-sweet-home.tr.html
I have been to Cambodia many times. The most convenient and inexpensive way to apply for a Cambodia visa is from any agency in Bangkok Khao San Road. It's good to just be vigilant. What's included in the package tour? Ask first and negotiate. Visit at least three agents and get quotes. Because all agents get commission by selling the tickets of the same tour company named Sawadee. Profit whatever they get from you. They may ask for your passport for visa. They may say that we will get the visa from the Cambodia Embassy in Bangkok. This process takes two days. If you waste both your time and money. Definitely do not come to this game. Do not leave your passport with anyone at the agencies. .Don't forget to include the Visa at the Door in the package. The official of the tour company collects your passports at the stop before the border; He will get the visas from the Cambodia visa office across the street in ten minutes and present your passports back to you. Visa included at the door + 2 nights 3 star hotel with breakfast included + Transfer with air con up to the border + Transfer from the hotel + Border guidance + I paid 2011 dollars in 100 for a taxi transfer from the Cambodian border to your hotel in Siem Reap. I will go again in 2012; In a country with known inflation, prices are inflated every year like ours, I paid 126 dollars. The hotels are owned by the tour company, so they will try to find you all kinds of tours, guides, taxis, tuk tuks, etc. and try to get a commission. Reject politely. Because it could cost ten times more. The cheapest and effortless way to get to Angkor and Tonie Sap Lake or the war museum is to hire a tuk tuk. Get down to the city center and hire a tuk tuk from there. For the tuk tuk, we paid 7 dollars each for three people, so a total of 20 dollars for the whole day of Angkor ruins and Tonie Sap Lake. In a country where the minimum wage is $50, $20 a day is a huge amount for a tuk tuk chu. Do not forget that the tuk tuk fee from the hotel to the city is 1 dollar. Have a nice trip. Have a nice trip. For those who are curious: my blog where you can find all kinds of information, videos and pictures. http://dnyaninetrafinda180gn.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the info, but if you've noticed, my suggestions are on the option not to go with any tour. Otherwise, tours/travel agencies have alternatives, of course.
Also, Air Asia is launching a Bangkok-Siem Reap flight in October'2013, they have posted their advertisements everywhere. If I know Air Asia, the price will definitely be cheaper.
Actually, there are intermediate flights, but the last minute ticket was very expensive when I went 🙂
We traveled for 2 days and toured Angkor Wat for 1 day. It was definitely worth it 🙂
My favorite is Ta Prohm temple covered with trees. We didn't go to Bantaey Srey because we were exhausted after the little tour.
So Tuk tuk dropped to 15 usd per day.
We visited the Night Market and Pub Street in the evenings, ate, drank, had a massage and had a lot of fun.
You can try crocodile, ostrich, kangaroo meat, frog legs at Cambodian BBQ.
Make sure to take an umbrella with you for the temple tour, it's sooo hot in September.
We are now returning to Bangkok on the Air Aran Pattana bus 🙂 Let me share information about the return;
After hearing so many scam stories about people selling bus-van tickets in Siem Reap, we asked the girl we had a massage for help; He arranged a taxi for us to Poipet for 25 usd. The driver picked us up from our hotel at 09:00 and we arrived in Poipet at 11:30. There was no density at the border; We crossed the Cambodia+Thailand borders in 30 minutes and bought our ticket from Air Aran's office in Gateway Park and took the 12:15 bus. Air-conditioned bus number 921-12 departs from border market-border at 12:15 14:00 15:15 18:00. At other times, we have to go to Aranyaprathet center by tuk-tuk. There are buses at various times from 05:30 to 18:30. 225 Baht per person.
I went to Siem Reap with minivans from Bangkok. Minubus was comfortable, but walking the border is a hassle. I changed the vehicle at the border, continued with the taxi cab. I paid around 50 USD in total. But for Angkor Watt it was definitely worth it...
Yours,
I followed a similar path on the way back and as you said, it was definitely worth it 🙂
It's our turn, my dear Sevil, to Thailand Cambodia.
What you wrote will be very useful for us 🙂
Apart from Bangkok Air, Cambodia Angkor Air also flies from Bangkok to Siem Reap, the price is more affordable.
You wrote about my two favorite countries. What you wrote is very true. thanks.