Bike Tour to Mechrey Floating Village

Besides the wonderful Angkor complex, our bike day to Tonle Sap Lake is something more unique, fun and escape from the bustling city to see beautiful countryside villages whose rural lifestyle animated by farming, gardening, ploughing or harvesting and other interesting things to see on the way. Take opportunity to interact the locals and have some fun on the oxcart ride, enjoy local lunch followed by fresh coconut juice at a host family before biking to explore Mechrey floating village of Tonle Sap Lake and witness how people make the living on the water.

Tour code: #cabbage
City/region: Siem Reap
Tour type: private, adventure, sightseeing, cycling, village, fun, boat excursion
Duration: 6-7 Hours (56-60km round trip)
Hassle: free, flexible
Available: mid October to mid February
Advance booking: required
Tour required: all included

Detailed Itinerary

Our escort guide will be meeting you at 8.00am at your hotel’s lobby then we gently start the bike ride out of the hassle Siem Reap city with highlight of activities. The ride will be on the paved road about 7km passing Buddhist pagoda & school before we cycle along dirt road through local villages, see Khmer stilt houses, rice fields, vegetable gardens and you will be welcomed by kids saying “Hello” to you. The fantastic bike ride takes you to see authentic Cambodia while you’re riding pass to interact local people, visit local market, have a lot of stop to take beautiful photos of huge rice paddies dotting with palm trees, cows and water buffaloes.

Once we arrive in a village, you will be introduced to a host family before we have some fun on the oxcart ride through the village to get interaction. Disembark the cart, enjoy welcome fresh coconut juice from the host family and take lunch break or you can stroll around the family house to see animals and witness local daily life.

After enjoying lunch break arranged by the host family, we say goodbye then continue the bike ride to Mechrey village of Tonle Sap Lake. Embark a sheltered boat for the excursion to see The Great Lake of Tonle Sap which the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is also an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO biosphere in 1997. The boat trip slowly cruises along the canal then passing by floating school, floating houses which animated by some fishing activities. Our tour guide will explain you about Tonle Sap ecosystem and witness how life works in the floating community relying on aquatic resources, and we stop to see a small floating crocodile farm, souvenirs shop and stroll around Buddhist pagoda. Take the boat back to the mainland then we ride back to the hotel and end of service.

Tour Prices are quoted in US dollar per person

1 Pax: $107.00
2 Pax: $66.00
3 Pax: $56.00
4 Pax: $50.00
5 Pax: $47.00
6 Pax: $42.00

Tour Included
- Experienced local English-speaking guide
- Mountain bikes with helmets
- Snacks, fresh coconut and fruit tasting
- Private boat excursion & entrance fees
- Lunch at a host family
- Tour activities and sightseeing per program
- Mineral bottled water

Tour NOT Included
- Accommodation
- Travel insurance
- Meals, drinks and services are not mentioned
- Gratitude/tipping to guide and driver

Additional Information
Our local experienced English-speaking guide

Our local tour guide is the most important part of the entire trip. He/she is the one who makes your day well worth a visit and will do his/her best to ensure you leaving Cambodia with a great experience and unforgettable. More importantly, we patiently commit and carefully reserve one of our top tour guides that has more than 10 years experienced in taking care of clients to see beautiful Cambodia as well as sharing lovely Cambodia’s culture and history, and he/she has friendly attitude, informative, knowledgeable, and advisable.

Bike Sizes and Your Heights

To arrange bikes that fit your heights, we would need you to tell us the height of each biker in advance. Kid bike or tandem bike can be organized upon your request.

Support Minivan if you have limit biking level

During your cycling trip, we don’t provide any support minivan unless you request so. A support minivan is useful to some of medium level riders whenever you feel enough or won’t be able to continue riding especially when you bike with your children and depends on distances. Please be aware that the support minivan can’t access all routes, meaning our bike guide will manage the minivan-driver to wait for you at suitable stops. Make sure you always take a bottle of water with you before the minivan leaves to other stops. Overall, please consider carefully whether you need to take a support minivan or all of you are extremely able to ride the bikes back to hotel at the end of the trip.

*Payment: The booking is not required a deposit in advance. You will be paying in full amount (US dollar cash) on the touring day when our team picks you up at your hotel’s lobby. However, we require you to respectfully take responsibility to inform us at least 48 hours prior to the tour departure if you wish to cancel the booking.

*Dressing Code and You should bring along

Cambodia geographically stays in the tropical monsoon, its weather varies and annually brings wet and dry seasons, generally hot in during day time and a bit cooler at night, and in the early morning. You should wear whatever most comfortable but remember to dress appropriately to respect the locals and other religious sites; pagodas, temples and holy places. Clothes must cover your shoulders and knees when you wish to visit the top part at Angkor Wat, Royal Palace in Phnom Penh and when you go to meet Buddhist monks. It is pretty good if you bring along your bike suits, refillable water bottles and your own helmets.