2 Day Siem Reap Tour with Banteay Srei Temple and Kampong Phluk

Six temples, one pink sandstone jewel and a longboat through a flooded forest, all inside 48 hours, with cold towels in the car and no tour bus clock to obey.

Split your 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk into stone and water: sunrise at Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm on day one, the pink shrines of Banteay Srei plus a longboat through the stilt houses of Kampong Phluk on day two. You get exact timings, every 2026 price, and a plain answer on which version fits your stay.

A 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk is the fix for travelers who want the headline temples and the lake country but only have two days. Day one covers Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm inside the Angkor Archaeological Park. Day two heads northeast to the pink shrines of Banteay Srei, then southeast to the stilt houses and longboats of Kampong Phluk on Tonle Sap. A second version flips the order: Banteay Srei and the outer temples on day one, the village and the lake on day two.

The roads stay short, so nobody wastes the morning in a van. Banteay Srei sits about 37 km north of the city, and Kampong Phluk lies a little over 30 km away. Money stays predictable too: a 3-day Angkor pass costs $62, the village boat adds $20 to $25 per person, and a private car day starts at $55 per vehicle.

This guide hands you both day plans, exact 2026 prices, sunrise timing, the flooded forest months, and the booking links. Every price below was checked on 16 August 2026.

The main points, fast:

Day one runs from Angkor Wat at first light to Ta Prohm by late morning. The park opens 5:00 am, closes 6:30 pm.
Day two pairs Banteay Srei in the morning with a Kampong Phluk longboat in the afternoon.
The Angkor pass costs $37 for one day, $62 for three days and $72 for seven days. Banteay Srei takes the same pass.
Kampong Phluk boat fees run $20 to $25 per person, plus a $2 village fee and an optional $5 rowboat through the flooded forest.
Private days start at $55 per vehicle for a Bakong, Roluos and Kampong Phluk route.

The 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk is the most complete short Cambodia trip you can pack into a weekend: an Angkor temple itinerary, a Tonle Sap boat tour and a Siem Reap two day package price you can add up before you book. What do you give up? Nothing a first visit would miss.

What a 2-Day Siem Reap Tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk Includes

Two full days, four to six temples, one lake, one longboat and zero ticket lines to fight alone. A driver or guide handles the roads, the passes and the clock.

The classic split keeps the famous names on day one and the countryside on day two. You enter the park at 5:00 am for the Angkor Wat sunrise, move on to Bayon, then walk the root-wrapped galleries of Ta Prohm. Afternoon light goes to the quieter temples, and you are back before dark.

Day two runs the other way. Banteay Srei waits about 37 km north, past rice fields and palm sugar stalls. On the return leg you swing southeast to Kampong Phluk, a stilt village on the edge of Tonle Sap, where a longboat is already waiting at the pier.

The two days at a glance

Day	Morning	Afternoon
Day one	Angkor Wat from 5:00 am, then Bayon and Ta Prohm	Quieter circuit temples, back in town by early evening
Day two	Head out early, Banteay Srei carvings before the heat	Kampong Phluk longboat, stilt houses and open lake at sunset

Three ways to run the same two days

Classic split: big temples on day one, Banteay Srei plus Kampong Phluk on day two. First visits fit here.
Backcountry split: our Banteay Srei backcountry tour adds Pre Rup, East Mebon, Ta Som, Neak Poan and Preah Khan for $20 a seat on day one, then day two goes to the lake with our Kompong Phluk floating village tour.
Private combo: our private driver service to Bakong and Roluos temples with Kampong Phluk squeezes temples and the boat into one $55 day, freeing the other for Angkor Wat and Bayon.

Is Banteay Srei Worth the 37 km Trip?

Yes, because the carving on this small pink temple beats anything on the main circuits, and the road out there takes about an hour. On a 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk, this stop is the one people talk about at dinner.

The temple was finished in 967 AD, ordered not by a king but by a Brahmin courtier, and dedicated to Shiva. Its pink-red sandstone is soft enough to cut like wood, which is why every doorway, lintel and pillar carries dense little scenes. French restorers took it apart and put it back together in the 1930s, stone by numbered stone. Locals and scholars alike call it the finest carving work in the whole Angkor style.

How to time the visit

Go before 9 am. The air stays cool and the pink stone picks up a soft morning glow.
Big groups roll in later, so early visitors get the inner shrines with room to breathe.
Wear a shirt that covers your shoulders and bottoms that cover your knees. The rules apply here like everywhere in the park.
Pair the temple with the Cambodia Landmine Museum on the way back, about 25 minutes south.

Want the whole route mapped for you? Our Banteay Srei temple tour from Siem Reap caps at ten people and has you back in town around 4 pm.

What Happens on the Kampong Phluk Boat Trip and Stilt Houses Visit?

You leave the van at the pier, ride a longboat between houses on tall timber stilts, paddle through the flooded forest, and finish on open lake water at dusk. That is how the afternoon runs.

Kampong Phluk sits a little over 30 km from Siem Reap, and the name translates to “harbor of the tusks”. Three small settlements line the canals, and the houses climb high above the waterline on wooden poles. When the rains fill the lake, boats glide between the front doors. When the water drops, the stilts show their full height.

The fees are printed on our Kompong Phluk tour page: the main longboat runs $20 to $25 per person, set by season and boat type. A $2 village fee goes to local families. An optional $5 rowboat takes you through the flooded forest with a local paddler. The tour seat price already covers the boat ticket and the village fee.

What the flooded forest means: a stretch of trees standing chest-high in lake water for half the year. In a small canoe you slide between the trunks, past kingfishers, monkeys and drying nets.

Tonle Sap itself is the reason all of this works. It is the largest natural freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, and it swells from about 2,500 square km in the dry months to as much as 10,000 to 16,000 square km in the wet ones. The lake has held a UNESCO biosphere listing since 1997, and authorities count more than 170 floating villages on it.

Months and water levels at Kampong Phluk

Months	Water at the village	What you get
September to January	High	Full flooded forest paddling, lake at full spread
Late March to late July	Low	Stilts bared, some boats stuck, canoes may not run
Rest of the year	In between	Boats run daily, the scenery shifts week by week

How Much Do the Two Day Tour Ticket Costs Add Up To?

Count on about $89 to $94 per adult across two days, before hotels, meals and tips: the $62 pass, the $20 to $25 boat, the $2 village fee and the $5 rowboat. If you keep all temples on day one only, a $37 pass drops the total to roughly $64 to $69.

Every fee on a 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk

Item	2026 price	What it covers
1-day Angkor pass	$37	All park temples for one day, Banteay Srei included
3-day Angkor pass	$62	Any 3 days inside a 7-day window
7-day Angkor pass	$72	Any 7 days inside a month
Kampong Phluk longboat	$20 to $25 per person	Main boat ride to the village and lake
Village fee	$2 per person	Village entry at the pier
Flooded forest rowboat	$5 per person, optional	Small canoe paddle between the trees
Beng Mealea pass	$10 per person	Only if you swap this jungle temple in

Prices come from the official Angkor Enterprise ticket site, which sells passes online and lists entry from 5:00 am, closing 6:30 pm. Children under 12 enter free.

The bill for a couple: two passes at $124, two boat seats at $50, two village fees at $4, two rowboats at $10. Total $188, or $94 each.

Where Does Angkor Wat Fit into This Itinerary?

First stop, day one, in the dark. Park entry starts at 5:00 am, so you stand at the north pool while the sky behind the towers turns from black to pink. Buy your pass online the day before and the sunrise queue shrinks to nothing.

After sunrise, walk the inner galleries while the tour groups eat breakfast. Then comes Bayon, where 54 towers carry 216 giant stone faces in the same faint smile. Ta Prohm comes last, strangler fig roots pouring over the walls like candle wax. Our tips for seeing Angkor Wat without crowds and our Ta Prohm temple guide cover the quiet corners in detail.

One warning worth repeating: if temples appear on both days, the 1-day pass will not cut it. The 3-day pass at $62 stays valid for any three days inside a week, so a third temple morning after your village day costs nothing extra.

Should You Book a Private Two Day Siem Reap Tour or a Join In Group?

For couples and families, usually yes, because of one thing: the clock. Private days run on one fixed rate per vehicle, so the seat price drops as friends join, and nobody waits for a bus that stopped at a souvenir shop.

Bakong, Roluos and Kampong Phluk by private car: from $55 per vehicle, about 8 hours, free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup. Fill the van with nine people and the ride works out to about $8 a head.
Beng Mealea plus the floating village by private car: $75 for an SUV, $80 for a Sienna, $85 for a minivan, $95 for a nine-seat van. The $10 temple pass and the boat fee get paid at the gates.
Shared small group days: $20 per seat for the Banteay Srei backcountry loop, capped at ten people, with an English-speaking guide.

Solo travelers often pick option three for the company and the price. Families pick one or two for the car seats, the nap breaks and the freedom to leave when the kids melt down. Our private driver service to Beng Mealea and the Siem Reap floating village handles option two in full.

Who Should Book a 2-Day Siem Reap Tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk?

Book this plan if you have two or three nights, want stone carving and lake scenes in one trip, and would rather not handle roads and queues alone. It also fits travelers bound for Phnom Penh or the coast with no room for a third temple day.

It is not for everyone. Photographers who need golden hour at every stop should go private, because shared groups run a fixed schedule. If small boat steps are hard, the Roluos route swaps the canoe for calmer boarding. And with only one day free, the $55 private combo beats anything else on the table.

Summary

A 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk splits neatly into stone and water. Day one gives you Angkor Wat at first light, the 216 faces of Bayon and the root-wrapped halls of Ta Prohm. Day two gives you the pink shrines 37 km north and a longboat through the stilt village, at its watery best from September to January. Set aside about $89 to $94 per adult for passes and boat fees, or book a private car from $55. Both versions of the plan can end with sunset over Tonle Sap if you take the afternoon boat.

A Last Word from Your Tour Planner

I have watched too many visitors cram Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk into one afternoon, and it never ends well. The temple gets twenty rushed minutes, the village gets skipped, and everybody walks away tired instead of impressed. A 2-day Siem Reap tour with Banteay Srei and Kampong Phluk earns its keep by giving each stop room to breathe, and by ending the day on the lake while the light drops behind the stilts.

Three steps get you moving:

Pick your split, temples first or countryside first.
Buy your Angkor pass online the day before your first temple morning.
Send your dates through our contact page and we will match you with a guide, a driver and a boat time, usually within a day.