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Battambang Countryside Bicycle Tour: Explore Local Livelihood and Traditional Cambodian Crafts
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Krong Battambang
Immerse yourself in the local culture and traditional crafts of Cambodia on a Battambang Countryside Bicycle Tour. Meet local families, learn about their livelihoods, and support the community.
Immerse yourself in the local culture and traditional crafts of Cambodia on a Battambang Countryside Bicycle Tour. Meet local families, learn about their livelihoods, and support the community.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Soksabike - With our local student guide, you will spend your day exploring the beautiful countryside around Battambang by bicycle. Visit with Cambodian families who produce traditional products (such as rice paper, dried bananas, and bamboo sticky rice) made in the same way they have been for generations. You will learn first hand about every day…
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Soksabike - With our local student guide, you will spend your day exploring the beautiful countryside around Battambang by bicycle. Visit with Cambodian families who produce traditional products (such as rice paper, dried bananas, and bamboo sticky rice) made in the same way they have been for generations. You will learn first hand about every day life in rural communities which make up over 70% of Cambodia’s population.
The ride is about 22km. It departs at 7:30am and returns around 12pm. The ride is suitable for all fitness levels.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Mountain Bike and Safety Helmet included
- Refreshments including water and snacks
- Complimentary hotel pickup service
- Support to local families through tour compensation
- Enjoy one drink at Kinyei Cafe
- Local guide
- Mountain Bike and Safety Helmet included
- Refreshments including water and snacks
- Complimentary hotel pickup service
- Support to local families through tour compensation
- Enjoy one drink at Kinyei Cafe
What's Not Included
- Hotel drop-off
- Insurance
- Hotel drop-off
- Insurance
Additional Information
Our guide will accompany you on a bicycle journey to adventure the splendid rural landscapes around Battambang. You’ll follow the river path and stop by Cambodian households that craft conventional goods such as rice paper and bamboo sticky rice, practiced for many generations. You’ll gain an intimate understanding of the Cambodian lifestyle from the…
Our guide will accompany you on a bicycle journey to adventure the splendid rural landscapes around Battambang. You’ll follow the river path and stop by Cambodian households that craft conventional goods such as rice paper and bamboo sticky rice, practiced for many generations. You’ll gain an intimate understanding of the Cambodian lifestyle from the families you visit and the incredible local guides.
Key Points: Visit households that produce conventional items like rice paper, dried banana, bamboo sticky rice, fish paste, and rice wine. Relish the local fruits and coconut water. End the tour with a visit to a memorial site dedicated to the victims of the Khmer Rouge.Â
A percentage of your tour funds is contributed to the local community, and your guide is a local student acquiring vocational skills through Soksabike.Â
- Please dress to have knees and shoulders covered out of respect for local culture.
Location
Soksabike
Street 1.5
Tour departs from Soksabike Office near Kinyei Cafe street 1.5.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Artwithmrsg
Aug 23, 2025
Lovely insight into Cambodian rural life - Great bikes with nice Shimano gears !
A fun, well spent morning really seeing how locals live & prepare foods. Not too far between stops, so it was very manageable. Tuk Tuk carried bags behind us. Water provided. So much food tasted that we didn’t need lunch afterwards ! Fun, informative guides .
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Bobc353
Aug 19, 2025
Great bike trip. - Great trip, well organised right from the start. When we arrived our bikes were already set up to our riding heights with our names on a label which made locating your bike much easier at each of the stops. Bikes were in very good condition. We travelled mostly on quiet roads but when we had to cross a major intersection the guides assisted us crossing the traffic.
Lots of stops at local businesses seeing how many thing were made, great experience. The local guides made it very enjoyable. A brilliant way to spend half a day. Not too strenuous, on flat roads.
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P265tbhelenc
Aug 16, 2025
Fantastic bike riding Experience. - Fantastic bike riding experience for me !
I was a little concerned about riding 21 km in the Cambodian heat in summer and also about riding in the traffic, not to mention I had not ridden a bike for over 15 years, BUT... I loved it. It was a flat bike ride (not hilly) through a little traffic but then out into the beautiful countryside, and the breeze as we were peddling cooled us down. We had multiple stops at little businesses along the way, to break up the trip. Phalla and Sopheak the tour guides were very professional, helpful and knowledgeable.
Don't miss out on doing this trip, if I could go it, anyone could do it.
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C4384tpjamesr
Aug 15, 2025
Amazing bike ride, interesting stories and felt 100% safe the whole time - Amazing experience, everyone was so nice. They spoke perfect English and we all felt very safe on the roads. Would absolutely recommend to everyone
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Kathleen
Aug 14, 2025
Highly recommended - Wonderfull bike tour! The guides were very nice, gave us a lot of explanation on various subjects (food, rice fields, religion,…) We were a group of 15 people, 6 adults and 9 kids (between 10 and 16 years old)
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Jennymz5895ie
Aug 8, 2025
Ride through Battambang countryside - We went with Para and Lisa who made sure we were familiar with our bikes and taught us the hand signals before we started. Both were very good guides, ensuring everyone was safe and able to keep up. When we got separated by traffic they made sure we were ok. I felt safe and supported throughout the ride. During visits to local family businesses we we taught appropriate language and cultural awareness. It was a great tour.
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G5966hgemanuelav
Aug 7, 2025
Wonderful tour - Sophara accompanied us on a beautiful tour.
Authentic because it brought us into contact with local families.
I absolutely recommend it.
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Simone
Aug 3, 2025
A great way to see Battambang - I took this tour as organised by by a wider group I was travelling with, but I would have been really pleased to have found and organised it myself. This was my first time ever taking a bike tour and because of Phara and Lay at Soksabike I would definitely look to do a bike tour again. I haven’t ridden in about 4 years, but the distance was broken up by stops which made it achievable. It was a great way to combine some exercise with insight into local life in Battambang. The route was a great mix of main and quieter roads. The more countryside areas were absolutely beautiful and made the ride a real pleasure. The team were absolutely incredible at ensuring your safety, riding ahead at all the junctions, meaning minimal need for stopping. There was always a guide in front and behind you giving hand signals and reassurance. The stops with the locals were varied. I’m glad I got to also see the experiences for some local Cambodian people. Thank you so much for your time on the tour and showing me that I can do cycle tours and enjoy them. Because of you, this will now not be my last!
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Yg934
Jul 22, 2025
- I took a local livelihood half day tour with Sopheak. He is a knowledgeable and fluent English speaking guide. He taught me lots of Khmer words, culture and history. And I could try some banana snack, fruit, rice paper, rice wine, sticky rice in bamboo in this tour. Although I book this tour the day before, everyone includes local people were very welcome and friendly. It was a great experience.
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Fionarz3501kf
Jul 2, 2025
Soksabike Battambang - Absolutely awesome 🤩 Phara and Lay were amazing, friendly, informative and entertaining. The family business’s we visited were so welcoming and keen to share their way of life and local food.
It was extremely well organised. We felt safe and looked after from start to finish. Would highly recommend this tour.
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