What Does One Day in Siem Reap Cost: Pass, Tuk-Tuk and Food?

The short answer: allow 37 US$ for a one-day Angkor pass, then choose between a privately negotiated tuk-tuk and the Full-Day Angkor Wat Guided Tour with Sunset from €12.12. The guided tour has 4.9/5 from 4,025 reviews and lasts nine hours, but the temple pass and lunch remain extra. For food, do not pretend that one universal figure exists: three local meals and three tourist-zone restaurant meals are different budgets. Price the restaurant you actually want, keep drinks separate, and add a cash margin.

That distinction matters because “a day in Siem Reap” can mean a walk around town or a full Angkor day. Accommodation is excluded below. The pass is per visitor; a tuk-tuk is normally priced per vehicle; a group-tour seat is per person.

The cost you cannot negotiate

Angkor Enterprise charges 37 US$ for one day, 62 US$ for three days usable within seven days, and 72 US$ for seven days usable within one month. Those are admission prices, not tour prices. If you plan two temple days, the three-day pass is already cheaper than two separate one-day passes.

The pass covers the Angkor archaeological sites listed by the ticket authority. It does not turn a tour price into an all-inclusive day: transport, guide, meals and sites outside the pass can still be separate. Our Angkor-pass comparison explains the choice in detail.

Tuk-tuk or group tour?

A private tuk-tuk gives you control over stops and pace, and the vehicle cost can be shared. Its fare depends on the circuit, sunrise pickup, distance and waiting time, so agree on the route and total before leaving. A driver is not automatically a licensed temple guide.

The alternative below starts from €12.12 per person. It visits Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Keo, Ta Prohm and Phnom Bakheng for sunset, with hotel pickup, guide, water and a cool towel. Lunch and the Angkor pass are not included. The booking page lists babies under 1 and people over 70 as not suited, and asks for covered knees and shoulders at the temples. It suits solo travellers and couples who want explanations; a family or group may prefer one private vehicle and a flexible finish.

See availability and prices for the full-day Angkor tour

Food: budget by place, not by a false average

Menus around Pub Street, hotel restaurants and local stalls do not belong in one price band. Check a menu before sitting down and decide whether coffee, alcohol and bottled drinks belong in your meal allowance. On a temple day, you will often eat inside or near the park, where walking away to compare five places is unrealistic.

Carry enough small cash for lunch and drinks, but do not build the whole day around a stale online “average”. The useful calculation is simple: pass + chosen transport + the actual menu prices of three meals + a reserve. If your hotel includes breakfast, remove one meal rather than counting it twice.

Three honest budget shapes

Town day: no Angkor pass, mostly walking, one or two short rides, and meals chosen from visible menus. Add the two-hour city walking tour from €5.35 if local stories matter more than transport.

First Angkor day: 37 US$ admission plus either a tuk-tuk agreed per vehicle or a guided seat, then food and drinks. This is the day on which the ticket dominates a budget traveller’s spending.

Second temple day: with a three-day pass, there is no new admission payment at the gate. The day’s visible spending is mainly transport and food, although the pass cost still belongs in the trip total.

See availability and prices for the Siem Reap city walk

What I would book

For one person, I would take the full-day guided Angkor tour from €12.12 and budget the 37 US$ pass and lunch separately. For three or four people, compare its per-person total against one private tuk-tuk for the vehicle; pay more only if the guide’s explanations are part of what you came for.