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A self-guided audio tour of Angkor's Grand Circuit, driven between temples by tuk-tuk or car and walked at each one. It begins with Preah Khan, the temple, monastery and city Jayavarman the Seventh founded in 1191, walked from the western causeway, with its naga balustrades and the garudas on the outer wall, past the Vishnu and Shiva temples, the central sanctuary of the Lokesvara made in the likeness of the king's father, the two-storey building, the Hall of Dancers and the House of Fire, to the eastern landing stage on the Jayatataka. It continues to Prasat Prei and Banteay Prei, to Neak Pean, the island sanctuary in the Jayatataka with its healing pools and the horse Balaha, to Krol Ko and to Ta Som, with its four-faced gates and the fig tree on its eastern gate. The last temples are Rajendravarman the Second's: the East Mebon, on its island in the East Baray, consecrated in 953 and guarded by stone elephants, Pre Rup, the temple mountain consecrated in 961, and the single brick tower of Prasat Leak Neang beside it.
24 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
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Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 54 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 25 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Preah Khan: the western causeway and gate, Preah Khan: the western temple of Vishnu, Preah Khan: the central sanctuary and its stupa, Preah Khan: the northern temple of Shiva, Preah Khan: the two-storey building, Preah Khan: the Hall of Dancers, Preah Khan: the House of Fire, Preah Khan: the eastern gate and the landing stage, Prasat Prei, Banteay Prei.
Neak Pean: the causeway across the Jayatataka, Neak Pean: the island shrine and the horse Balaha, Neak Pean: the four pools and their spouts, Krol Ko, Ta Som: the western gate, Ta Som: the central sanctuary, Ta Som: the eastern gate and its fig tree.
East Mebon: the landing stage and the East Baray, East Mebon: the elephants, East Mebon: the five towers, Pre Rup: the eastern gate and the long halls, Pre Rup: the eastern court and the stone tank, Pre Rup: the pyramid and its five towers, Prasat Leak Neang.
The causeway across the moat lined with gods and asuras churning the Ocean of Milk, and seventy-two garudas along the outer wall.
The hall on the temple's main east-west axis, on the route of anyone walking in from the east.
Jayavarman the Seventh's healing complex in the reservoir, modelled on Lake Anavatapta, where pilgrims bathed in the pools.
The four-faced gopura that served as Ta Som's main entrance, beyond a stone terrace across the outer moat.
Eight free-standing stone elephants, each carved from a single block, at the corners of the temple's first and second tiers.
The stepped pyramid of laterite, brick and sandstone that lifts five sanctuaries above the plain, the central one for the royal Shiva linga.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 24 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 24 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Angkor's Grand Circuit — Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon and Pre Rup, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
24 narration points, including Preah Khan: the central sanctuary and its stupa, Preah Khan: the Hall of Dancers, Neak Pean: the causeway across the Jayatataka, Neak Pean: the island shrine and the horse Balaha and Neak Pean: the four pools and their spouts. That is about 29 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
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Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
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Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~5 hours with the drives total, but you walk at your own pace. 24 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.