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Phnom Penh City Tour: Uncover the Local Secrets with Traditional Cyclo Transport
4.7
14 Ratings
Phnom Penh
Uncover the local secrets of Phnom Penh on a guided city tour using traditional Cyclo transport. Explore iconic heritage buildings, local initiatives, and indulge in the flavors of the city's markets.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Sorya Center Point - Start your tour at our meeting point, you will also get to meet your local cyclo driver who will pilot you around parts of the city.
- Wat Phnom - Starting with a visit to the iconic Wat PhnomLearn about the history and heritage that Wat Phnom offers!
Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built in 1372, and stands 27 metres above the ground.
- Royal Palace - Our Tour guide will take you to visit Royal Palace, we do not enter but we will stop outside and learn about the history of the palace.
- Independence Monument - You will learn about this very important monument. Your guide will explain the importance of it to the local people.
- Phnom Penh - our local cyclo driver who will pilot you around parts of the city. With local markets, Khmer street stalls, local style coffee and other hidden eateries and secrets along the route.
- Cambodia Post Office - You will explore the Post Office of Cambodia, before taking a break with drinks and snacks. The Central Post Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is a building erected during the French colonial period.
- Wat Botum Park - Your tour will finish at Botumvatey Pagoda, this is a convenient spot in the middle of the city with lots of restaurants and bars nearby for you to relax after your adventure. Your guide can also help to organize transport back to your hotel if needed.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- All Transport
- Expert Tour Guide
- Snacks
What's Not Included
- Hotel Pick up and drop off
Additional Information
Explore Phnom Penh like a true local, on an afternoon guided adventure through the city using a mix of local transport and walking. During your tour, one of the key highlights will be exploring the city by traditional Cyclo transportation.
This route delivers a unique and fascinating look into the wonderfully chaotic, metropolis of Phnom Penh. Showing you iconic heritage buildings, locations essential to Phnom Penh life, interesting locally grown initiatives, as well as offering the opportunity to keep yourself well nourished as you indulge in the many flavours that Phnom Penh’s markets offer.
Upon arrival you will meet your local expert guide who will be with you for your afternoon of exploring the sights. You will also get to meet your local Cyclo driver who will pilot you around parts of the city. These men provide a wonderfully unique transportation service around the city. This special mode of transport ensures that you will have an afternoon exploring that you won’t forget!
Location
PAPA PAIN - Sorya Center Point
Your tour will start at PAPA PAIN NEAR Soriya Mall, our Tour guide will wait to welcome you there.
Please arrive at least 15 minute before the tour start.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(14 Ratings)
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Jot17552
Jan 20, 2024
Cyclos were great fun and tour gave us an opportunity to orientate ourselves. - This was a great way to orientate ourselves. The cyclos were great fun. Our guide Vicket (Richard) was knowledgeable and had great English. We ended our tour at a local restaurant which was delicious.
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Eric
Mar 2, 2020
Great trip for Day 1 in Phnom Penh - A great tour to do early on your stay in Phnom Penh, its informative and a great introduction to the city. My guide, Vichet, was a pleasure
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Elizaw12016
Feb 24, 2020
Great afternoon - I have just had a great tour of Phnom Penh,our guide Vichet certainly knew his stuff. The tour was fun and interesting. We tried local delicacies which were amazing. The cyclos were fun, I would definitely recommend it. Thank you Vichet
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Musician2018
Feb 6, 2020
Really enjoyable - I had Ponnareay give my tour, and he was very knowledgeable. He knew the answers to all of my questions, and was very friendly and accommodating. Excellent tour,I'm very glad to have seen different parts of Phnom Penh that I wouldn't have known to go to. Would highly recomment. Thanks!
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Amarpuri90
Feb 6, 2020
Great ! - Vicheka was a very friendly and knowledgeable guide. He coordinated the tour very well and provided interesting information about the city. If you want to understand about the city from a locals perspective, I highly recommend this tour. The traditional Cyclo transportation was very enjoyable. It also included trying a lot of different foods too. Vicheka was patient with my travel schedule and guided me to reach my hotel after the tour too. Highly recommended.
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Michaelf5735
Feb 5, 2020
Refreshing! - Great tour, the guide Vichet was very detailed and helpful in answering questions. He had a lot of knowledge to share. The food and snacks were great, the cyclos were amusing and the stops felt like they were off the beaten path. Tried delicious cane juice! Really enjoyed this tour.
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Stefanw161
Jan 27, 2020
Great trip and knowledgable guide - First of all thanks to Vichet for being an awesome guide. The trip itself was amazing and really gave an insight into History and daily life. Vichet told us loads and answered alot of questions. The food tasters were good and definitely added to the whole experience. Only downside is avoid going in Chinese New Year as the market was half closed due to people taking time off to celebrate.
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Megpanzero
Dec 20, 2019
Phnom Penh from a local perspective - Here we are at our last tour with Grasshopper Adventures. We thought it was a cycling tour, guess we were too excited to read the details 🤣 we had a lot of fun eating khmer street food. It was exotic by all means and we tried it all! Our guide, Vichet gave us a local perspective of Phnom Penh. We could have gone on our own but we would have not learned of the history and information that were presented to us. Many of the items and food sold were uniquely Cambodian, thus require a local to explain and walk us around. Me and my wife can now eat tarantulas and brag about it! Local desserts were pure and tasty! Vichet brought us to the place where Phnom Penh were first created. The history behind was interesting, we now know how Phnom Penh was created. The ride on trishaw was nostalgic as we were ridden past the French old part of the city. The rider skills navigating through Phnom Penh traffic is remarkable! Orkun Grasshopper Adventures, hopefully we can meet again!
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Annaki007
Dec 20, 2019
Fun tour of the city - Our guide Vicheka was very spirited and knew a lot about the city. It was nice to have a local perspective on the markets/local spots and have a chance to experiment with different insects to eat if we wanted to and several other things of course also! It was also wonderful to meet new friends from the Philippines on the tour!
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Yusbelys_r
Feb 27, 2024
Awful - you never showed up and you didn't warn.
I was waiting for almost one hour for nothing. In the details of the tour you said that I had to be at the meeting point 15 min in advance.
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