Bangkok: Wat Arun Self-Guided Audio Tour

Buy once, use for one year! Ideal for extended visits and return trips over the next 12 months.

Welcome to the Wat Arun Self-Guided Walking Tour, a professionally-narrated walking tour! Otherwise known as the Temple of the Dawn, this sacred site sits along the mighty Chao Phraya River and is one of the most stunning religious structures in the world.

This self-guided audio tour allows you to explore the Temple of Dawn (Wat Arun) with maximum flexibility and value. You’ll learn about what makes this temple special in a city full of temples.

This self-guided audio tour begins at both entrances, so it doesn’t matter where you start. Be sure to download the Action Tour Guide app beforehand (check your email for the link) so that you can start walking as soon as you arrive. You begin the tour of bustling Bangkok at the Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or Wat Arun is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok.

Experience Bangkok, Thailand, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River.

Explore  the main cloister of the temple Wat Arun complex contains more than 100 Buddha images. It also contains Buddha's footprint. A flight of steps leads up to the chamber where a copy of Buddha's footprint is carved in stone and decorated with porcelain.

Wat Arun was envisioned by King Taksin in 1768. It's believed that after fighting his way out of Ayutthaya, which was taken over by a Burmese army at the time, he arrived at this temple just as dawn was breaking. He later had the temple renovated and renamed it the Temple of the Dawn.

Next, we’ll continue walking along the set route shown in the app and explore the grounds. This includes other temples in the complex, intricate statues, and the sacred footprint of the Buddha. Our tour finally ends at the beautiful Ordination Hall on the grounds of Wat Arun.