
Full Day Tour
Price : $30/person
Duration : 10 hours
Departure: 7:30 am -12:00 pm
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Transportation :Bike and Tuk-Tuk
Tour Itinerary
Morning tour by bicycle
You will spend your morning exploring the local livelihood in the countryside with our local guide. Visit the families who make traditional products such as rice paper, dried banana, bamboo sticky rice, rice wine and fish paste. Taste our local food and learn about local culture and history. Half day tour is around 16 km.The half day tour is around 16 km.
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Departure: 7:30 am to 12 pm
Included with the tour: Hotel pick up and drop off, tour guide, bike and helmet, water and snacks.
Stop 1: Rice paper.
Rice paper is a traditional Khmer craft that is used to make spring rolls. You will learn how locals make rice paper and taste local spring rolls.
Stop 2: Dried banana.
Dried banana is a local product made of sliced bananas which are laid out to dry on a long bamboo frame. You will learn how local produce dried banana and taste this traditional product.
Stop 3: Rice wine.
Rice wine is well-known as happy water in Cambodia. It is an alcoholic beverage fermented and distilled from rice. We will show you how locals make it and how it used in our culture.
Stop 4: Fish paste market.
Fish paste is the soul of traditional Khmer cuisine. Cambodians use it to cook traditional meals and many varities of food. You will learn how it is used and the process of production.
Stop 5: Bamboo sticky rice.
Bamboo sticky rice is a traditional Cambodian snack. The rice is stuffed inside a bamboo stick with different ingredients, and cooked for a long period of time. It is a very popular food in Battambang.
Afternoon tour by Tuk-Tuk
Travel by tuk-tuk during the afternoon. Visit the south part of Battambang with our friendly guide. You will learn about the history of many places such as the killing cave, bat cave, Banan temple and much more. Our guide will discuss with you about the recent past that affected Cambodia and in particular the Khmer Rouge.
Tour itinerary
Stop 1: Bannan temple.
This Angkor-era temple was built between the 12th and 13th century, and it is located at the top of the mountain. From the top, you will be able to see a beautiful landscape with a mixture of rice fields, palm trees and small villages. Our guide will explain the history of the temple and the Angkor era.
Stop 2: View of the countryside.
After visiting the temple, you will enjoy the fresh air and the nice view of the rice fields in the countryside. Learn how locals do live and work outside the city and farming techniques.
Stop 3: Killing caves and bat caves
Our last stop will include the killing caves and the bat caves. The killing caves are located halfway up the mountain, where you can see statues and a lookout point over the village below. The caves were unfortunately a place of tragedy between 1975 and 1979, where Cambodians where killed during the Khmer Rouge.
Next stop will be a spectacle at the bat caves, where you will be sitting watching the sunset with millions of bats leaving the caves and flying in the sky.
