Angkor Eye Tickets

The cheapest of the Angkor Eye tickets is the $10 standard ride, rated 4.7 from 16 reviews on GetYourGuide, and the wheel stands 85 m high according to siemreap.net. The only other option costs $26 and adds hotel pickup. I’d go in the last hour of daylight so one ride shows both the sunset and the city lights.

Angkor Eye at a Glance

The Angkor Eye is the giant observation wheel of Siem Reap, on National Road 6 in Phum Krous, about five minutes from the city centre per siemreap.net. That site says it opened on 1 March 2020. Because it is a wheel and not a tower, Angkor Eye tickets all buy the same thing: one rotation in an enclosed cabin, with no separate indoor and outdoor decks to choose between.

What	Detail
Viewing height	85 m, per siemreap.net and both GetYourGuide listings
Cabins	48 cabins for up to 192 riders at a time, 4 per cabin, per siemreap.net
Indoor or open-air	Enclosed, air-conditioned cabin, per the listings
Address	Phum Krous, Krong Siem Reap 17252, per Google Maps
Opening hours	3 pm to 8 pm daily per Google Maps; one listing says closed Tuesday and Thursday
Time to allow	18 minutes for the ride, plus time at the ticket office

Angkor Eye Observation Deck Tickets

There is no separate deck here, so Angkor Eye observation deck tickets are simply seats in a cabin. The standard ride ticket is the plain version: one 18-minute rotation, admission to the wheel and gratuities, with the meeting point at the Angkor Eye ticket office. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before, and the ticket stays valid for 24 hours, per the listing.

This is the one I’d book on a first visit. It has the only rating in the data, 4.7 from 16 reviews, and the lowest price at $10. The listing lists who should skip it: pregnant women, people with claustrophobia, heart problems or altitude sickness. One reviewer rode alone after dark and described the city as bathed in a sea of lights, which is the picture I’d plan around.

Angkor Eye

Angkor Eye Standard Ride Ticket

• ★ 4.7 (16 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: My pick for most visitors: $10 for one 18-minute rotation, 4.7 from 16 reviews, free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

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“Excellent value for money. Great views day and night”

Angkor Eye Tickets and Prices

Angkor Eye tickets and prices come down to one choice: $10 for the ride alone, or $26 for the ride with hotel pickup and drop-off. The $16 gap buys the transfer from your hotel, so it pays off if you would otherwise hire a tuk-tuk for the return trip or are travelling with children. Both tickets cover the same single 18-minute rotation in an air-conditioned cabin.

The pickup ticket comes from a different operator, Passion Indochina Travel, and has no rating yet, so I can’t tell you how the transfer works in practice. If your hotel is in the centre I’d take the $10 ticket and arrange my own ride. If you want one booking that handles the logistics, the pickup version is the one to look at.

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Angkor Eye Standard Ride Ticket with Pickup

• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: Worth it only if you want the transfer: $26 with hotel pickup and drop-off, same 18-minute ride, no reviews yet.

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Angkor Eye Height

Angkor Eye tickets all give you the same viewpoint, 85 m up. That figure comes from siemreap.net and matches both ticket listings. A few travel sites print 60 or 80 m, and I found no engineering source to settle it, so treat 85 m as the best-supported number and not a surveyed one.

That is far lower than a skyscraper deck, but Siem Reap is flat and low-rise, so the wheel clears the town easily. At that height the horizon is roughly 33 km away on a clear day, which is why the calculator further down matters more than the number itself.

Angkor Eye Opening Hours

Google Maps shows the wheel open from 3 pm to 8 pm every day, and siemreap.net says the same, adding that last admission is at 7.40 pm. One GetYourGuide listing instead says it is closed every Tuesday and Thursday, and a reviewer there wrote that it is open every day. I can’t resolve that from the data.

Check with the ticket office or your hotel for the day you want before you plan your evening around it. If you hold flexible Angkor Eye tickets, the free cancellation up to 24 hours before gives you some room to change plans.

Can You See Angkor Wat From the Angkor Eye?

The ticket listing names Angkor Wat among the landmarks in view, along with Siem Reap town, Kulen Mountain and Phnom Krom. It says the temple is 4 km away. From the Google Maps coordinates I get 5.4 km in a straight line, so I’d expect a small, distant shape and not a close-up.

Haze is the catch. One reviewer wrote they couldn’t see Angkor Wat because of the haze, and the weather data below shows why the dry months give the best odds. Think of the wheel as a view over the city that may include the temple, not as a bird’s-eye view of Angkor Wat. For the temples themselves you need a separate Angkor pass, which these Angkor Eye tickets do not include; see UNESCO for the World Heritage site.

Are Angkor Eye Tickets Worth It?

Reviews of Angkor Eye tickets are positive but the sample is small: the standard ride is rated 4.7 from 16 reviews on GetYourGuide, while Google Maps shows 4.4 from 297 reviews for the wheel itself. The two scores tell the same story, a pleasant ride that is not a headline sight. Reviewers like the night lights, the friendly staff, the clean air-conditioned cabin and the ease of pre-booking before public holidays.

The complaint is haze. One rider could not make out Angkor Wat, and I’d read that as a reason to pick a clear evening, not to skip the ride. At $10, Angkor Eye tickets cost less than most evening activities in town, so the downside is small. Pair the ride with dinner nearby or a show at Phare, The Cambodian Circus, 2.6 km away, and you have a full evening for little money.

Best Time to Visit Angkor Eye

With a 3 pm opening, the choice is late afternoon for sunset or after dark for lights. Open-Meteo data for 2025 shows the clearest months are February (51% cloud cover, 1 rainy day) and January (57%, 0 rainy days). The cloudiest are July (96%) and September (97%, with 30 rainy days).

Sunset ranges from 17:34 in November to 18:35 in July. I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset, so in the dry season that means being at the ticket office around 17:00. Angkor Eye tickets are valid for 24 hours, so you can also book in advance and choose the evening once you see the forecast.

Month	Sunset (Phnom Penh time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Janclearest	17:56	57%	10.5 h	0
Febclearest	18:10	51%	10.6 h	1
Marclearest	18:15	58%	10.7 h	7
Apr	18:17	73%	10.9 h	16
May	18:23	94%	9.9 h	25
Jun	18:32	95%	8.4 h	23
Jul	18:35	96%	8.2 h	27
Aug	18:26	95%	9.9 h	26
Sep	18:05	97%	7.5 h	30
Oct	17:45	90%	9.2 h	24
Nov	17:34	86%	8.7 h	13
Dec	17:40	58%	10 h	4

What You Can See From the Angkor Eye

The cabin faces out over the flat plain of Siem Reap, so the landmarks below are spread in all directions. Distances are straight-line from the wheel, calculated from Google Maps coordinates; sightlines depend on haze and on trees. The closest place, Phare, The Cambodian Circus, is 2.6 km (1.6 mi) away, and Angkor National Museum is 3.1 km (1.9 mi). Angkor Wat is 5.4 km (3.4 mi), Phnom Bakheng 5.8 km (3.6 mi), Bayon Temple 7.7 km (4.8 mi) and Ta Prohm 8.9 km (5.5 mi). Most of the temples sit in the tree-covered archaeological park, so I would not count on picking them out individually.

Angkor Eye vs Other Viewpoints in Siem Reap

The wheel is the only ride of its kind in the data, so the comparison is with the sunset spots nearby. Several of them are listed on Google Maps as scenic viewpoints, and I could not confirm whether any charge entry, so I mark them as check locally. Ratings are from Google Maps. Angkor Eye tickets give you an air-conditioned cabin, which the open viewpoints don’t.

Viewpoint	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from the wheel	Free or paid
Angkor Eye	4.4	297	0 km	Paid, from $10
Phnom Bakheng Temple	4.6	4,344	5.8 km	Check locally
Sunset Viewpoint (CV5F+2CC)	4.6	46	5.6 km	Check locally
Phnom Krom sunset spot	4.5	28	10.4 km	Check locally

How I’d Choose

Whichever of the Angkor Eye tickets you pick, the ride itself is identical, so the choice is about price, transport and timing. Here is how I’d match each type of visitor to a ticket.

• Cheapest: the $10 standard ride, the lowest price among the Angkor Eye tickets.
• First visit: the same ticket, since it has the only rating, 4.7 from 16 reviews.
• Sunset: go in January or February, arrive about an hour before sunset, and use the standard ride.
• No hassle with transport: the $26 ticket with hotel pickup and drop-off.
• Night views: ride after dark, since reviewers praise the city lights, and check that the wheel runs that day.
• Families: the standard ride, but check the health restrictions in the listing first.