Option 4: Countryside half day tour, Village Chhreav and Vat Po Bantychey

Bike Tours
Distance: 19 km
Duration: 7 hours
Group Size: 2-13 pax
Daily: 8:00 am - End: 3:00 pm

Overview

Enjoy a lovely half day biking experience starting 7:30 am to a Village south of Siem Reap town, along the way you will see the beautiful rice fields, green in the wet season and yellow in the dry season. View the locals vegetable garden, as well as cows and buffalo grazing in the morning sun. Pass a Buddhist temple, local market and the houses in the villages. Return around 10:30 Pm or a little bit later.

Tour highlights

Take a break from the busy touristic part of Siem Reap
Bike along red soil paths watching the local community
See many ways of life in countryside and culture
Picturesque scenery for photograph
Learn how people doing trades at local market
Tasting local pastry and cookies
Enjoy an authentic Khmer meal in a calm environmen

Tour Itinerary

Leaving Siem Reap downtown and cycle along the red soil roads through some splendid villages. There, you can absorb the real fresh air and some eye-catching views of thousands hectares rice field (May-October: field in green, November-January: field in golden color), big crowds of cow, buffalos, ducks, also many bird species flying above us making beautiful sounds. See the lifestyle of villagers and what they do for livings: farming cycle, vegetable grown, haycock and so on. Visit the local market and taste the Khmer typical cookies. See Buddhist pagoda and monks’ day-to-day routine.

Dress Code

Pagoda is an active spiritual site for Buddhists and citizens who engage in daily worship, prayer and meditation. Revealing clothes such as shorts and skirts above the knees and showing bare shoulders are prohibited in sacred palaces. Respectful dress is strongly encouraged in Angkor due to the respects towards our community.