Phnom Bakheng Temple

Whether you look for a place for great sunset or a short hike up the mountain (about 1km) for your evening exercise, this is not to miss. Usually it is the last destination of a day tour around the Angkor Wat circuit and you can actually see the Angkor Wat from the top and the Baray (reservoir) on the way up. Bike parking is available for $0.50.

An Amazing temple as our ancestors have built this amazing temple on the mountain. As you guys can enjoy to see the temple. Furthermore, the interesting there is to see the Sunset overthere. It is such an stunning view to see. Really recommend to go and see ... for local ppl and visitors... Good time to reach there as you guys can go on time around 5 PM. And spend time around 15 to 20 min to reach the top of mountain

Very beautiful place to see the sunset. I was there at around 5PM. It didn't rain so the path to the top of the hill was ok to go. It was not a long way, it took around 10-15 mins to walk slowly up there. When I was there, it was not sunset yet but the place was full of people hanging around, waiting for the sunset. It was an old Hindu temple and the ruin of it. People were still fixing the around areas and the remains of other temples. From the top of the hill, we could see everything. The sunset from there was gorgeous. Totally worth the wait. After the sunset, it became dark very quickly. By the time I went down, it was 6.30 PM and it was dark.

Nice hike😭💖 We didn't catch the sunset but the 360 views are worth the hike. Will take 15 mins approximately to go to the top🙂 Nearby, there's some food stall, please have chicken porridge before you go up 😅

Bakheng Temple is the best location for sunset with the West Baray view. You will never regret to visit there. I love to visit the sunset there every time I visit Siem Reap. I have a plan for the sunrise there. Ticket required for the foreign visitors.

Last day of our 3 day temple pass. I can see how it is possible to spend 7 days looking at the temples of Cambodia, as there are plenty. There was a beautiful long forest walk all the way up to the temple.. and on the way, we could see a pyramid temple through the forest.. the sound of birds was amazing. The walk is uphill on a dirt path, and it took us 20 minutes to get to the temple, I guess this is why our tuk tuk driver referred to it as the "mountain temple." As with all the temples, extensive and continuous restoration is underway, and this one was no different, maybe a bit more work being done. Watching them restore these ancient monuments is fascinating. The area around the temple it's self is not very big, it took us 25 minutes to see the whole thing... everything to love here.

02/2025, I was able to look around quietly for a long time, avoiding the sunset hours when there weren’t many people. The way up is a short hike, about 1 km on a mountain trail. If you visit in the middle of the day, be sure to bring water.

The view after sunset when moon comes out is beautiful! All the crowd go back as well. It’s a better time than sunset itself so make sure you stay! 3ed best sunset point in Angkor wat. Can get very crowded by 5pm.