Mekong Island Biking Tour: Discover Phnom Penh's Countryside and Local Farming Culture
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Phnom Penh
Embark on a biking tour through the peaceful countryside of Phnom Penh, exploring local farming culture and experiencing the real life of the local people. Discover mango plantations, lemongrass farms, weaving villages, and more along the Mekong River.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cambodia Post Office - We start to pick up at 7:30am from your mentioned accommodation in Phnom Penh by Tuk Tuk or minivan as depending on the group size. After we pick you up, our crew will drive to the meeting point at the Cambodia Post Office or direct to the ferry across the Mekong River.

The Post Office, built by French town planner and architecture Daniel Fabre around 1895, is located in the former European or French district. This administrative building gave its name to square where it is located.

  • Mekong Island - Koh Dach - After we crossing the ferry and landing on the island of Mekong, we saddle up bicycle and our guide will make a brief of cycling itinerary with what we expect to learn from this cycling tour. There are few islands that located on the upstream of Mekong River as the best way to explore villages life, fruit & vegetable orchard such as cucumber, corn, ginger, lemongrass, papaya, eggplants, and other plantation like banana and mango etc. Throughout this cycling journey, we also visit the silk weaving workshop as the traditional weaving for most of the villages located through the Mekong River.

  • Wat Krapum Pech - Thearavada Buddhism is the official religion in Cambodia which is practiced by 95 percent of the population. Cambodia currently has 5,104 Buddhist pagodas with 70,905 monks. Monks comprise two sects: one is the Mohanikaya Buddhist sect and the other is the Thammayut Buddhist sect. The Mohanikaya Buddhist sect has 4,843 pagodas with 68,476 monks, while the Thammayut Buddhist sect has 261 pagodas with 2,429 monks.

Even the Buddhism is the main religion in Cambodia, there also have more religion that people practiced like Muslim, Christian, etc.

After we visit and learn about the Buddhism in Cambodia and other religions, we cycle to visit another local business is the Bean Curd Drying Process before we heading to floating restaurant for lunch.

  • Phnom Penh - After we relaxing and refreshing with a local lunch at the floating restaurant, we cycle back to our bike party and get on the ferry to meet our Tuk Tuk or minivan for driving back to the your hotel in Phnom Penh and sign off our wonderful cycling experience with Vana Adventure Travel at the island of Mekong.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Ferry crossing fee
  • English speaking cycle guide
  • Round-trip shared transfer
  • Cambodian lunch or dinner
  • Cannondale Mountain Bike & helmet
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • E-Bike is available to rent for a special rate 15$/ E-bike
Additional Information

Explore the peaceful countryside of Phnom Penh by bicycle where you’ll encounter experience with the real life of local people, mango plantations, lemongrass farms, Khmer sedge mat weaving village and silk weaving workshop of the Mekong River. This moderate biking adventure is for those who love cycling and able to manage in 32km distance through the flat terrains of the Mekong Island.

After we cycle through the countryside, farmland and paddy rice field plus the natural lake that included the lotus farm, we continue to the handicraft village where you’ll learn more about Khmer silk weaving and enjoy the local lunch with them. A final we have a short ride to the ferry and get on our supported vehicle back to your hotel. This leisurely discover of Phnom Penh countryside, offering the chance of real-life local experience in Cambodia.

  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Availability for shows cannot be checked without making a booking. Credit cards will only be charged upon confirmation of show availability
Location
Cambodia Post Office
Corner Stree 13 and 102, Sangkat Wat Phnom
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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664karinnar
May 26, 2024
Nice cycling and sightseeing - Super cool morning biking, taking the ferry and seeing so many nice places. This is definitely worthy to make the effort to cycle and wake up early!! Our guide was amazing and knew every turn to take! Thank you so much! Enjoyed it a lot!
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36yvettew
May 24, 2024
Brilliant… thank you Pisey! - What a great day. Pisey, thank you for great trip. Really enjoyed your knowledge and experience. Managed to get much more in than expected and not a minute wasted…. Brilliant.
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Maree0303
May 7, 2024
Biking about - local & farm experience - Active day spent on the bikes. Great informative host, unique experience in the farm area, quality bikes and most relaxing local lunch! I have to add that this caters for the active holiday maker, so be sure you are up for paddling the day away.
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Audrey_m
May 3, 2024
Such a complete tour!! Great guide! - This was a great, complete tour! The bikes were terrific and so was our guide. We had such a lovely time, learning about the ways of living, working in the fileds, got to see a silk home factory, and see a school, meet the kids, temples, and, and, and...! Our guide was so dedicated and friendly that we were sooo sad that it went so fast...
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Marie_a
Apr 19, 2024
Highly recommend this tour! - This was such a great tour! The guide Pisey was so kind and knowledgeable! He definitely made this a highlight of my visit to Cambodia. I loved getting to see how the people of the islands lived and visit the beautiful countryside. Visiting the market, the temples was so much fun. We got to see how they made silk too! Highly recommend this tour to see the real Cambodia.
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Martina_b
Mar 31, 2024
Authentic immersion into Cambodian countryside life - Most amazing part of my solo trip to PP. i loved the bike ride across the countryside, seeing how poor local population lives and works. Loved the authenticity of the guide and of the route. Enjoyed the intimate and simple place for lunch. I would strongly recommend this tour
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Parkkar
Mar 18, 2024
Great tour to see life outside of city. - Great tour that took us outside of the city. It was nice to see some surrounding islands. Guide was friendly, good English, and informative. Bikes worked well. Lunch was delicious. I think the best part was stopping at a school and being greeted by the school children. I’d recommend this tour.
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Coastal18542254187
Mar 16, 2024
See the lesser known parts - We did a tour with just us and the guide, it was a well paced bike ride, we stopped to see the ladies weaving silk with such intricate patterns - amazing to watch and so fast, then came the making of soy curd - so hot and steamy a workplace then came a delicious lunch picked by our guide and shared, well worth it if you want to get off the tourist tracks, the ferry trips across the Mekong are a great rest period.
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K7870jsluigif
Mar 10, 2024
A memorabile experience - Very interesting places to be seen. Great organization, you feel cared at any moment. Great guide, professional and friendly
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Michael_m
May 7, 2024
Great bike tour with very informative tour guide. - Great bike tour with very informative guide. You get to see how the locals live on small farms, sample some local fruit, and see sites along the way. The guide was great, clear communicator and answered all our questions. I would say the bike ride is for average or above riders; it's mostly cement path but also some gravel. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is it was very hot (105F/41C). The 4 of us on the tour were in much better than average physical condition but we were still very tired and drained at the end of 6+ hours in that heat. The tour guide provided unlimited water and tour breaks when requested. In the future I recommend this time not happen if over a certain temperature (90F/32C?) and/or move the tour start much earlier than 9:30am.
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