4-Day Angkor Wat Cycling Tour in Siem Reap with Tonle Sap

• Welcome to Siem Reap. Upon arrival, you will be met at the airport by your guide, who will assist you with your transfer to the hotel for check-in. Please note that the standard check-in time is at 14:00.

• Proceed on a half-day city tour in the afternoon by air-conditioned car.

• Make your first stop at Artisans D' Angkor, a local artisan boutique established to support Cambodian arts and crafts. Discover how wood and stone carvings, lacquering, gilding, and silk paintings are created.

• Next, visit Wat Thmei, one of the killing field memorials. This small memorial stupa contains the skulls and bones of victims killed during the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979.

• Head to the day's last stop: the Old Market, the oldest Khmer market in Siem Reap. See vendors selling souvenirs such as clothes, jewellery, and more.

• Return to the hotel at the end of the day.

• Receive a pick-up from your hotel for the day's tour at 8:00 am. Your guide will help you get outfitted with a bicycle and helmet before heading towards the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Angkor complex.

• Make your first visit to the South Gate, with its giant statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, and see the ancient capital of Angkor Thom, built in the late 12th century.

• Head onwards to Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avalokitesvara. Baphuon is like an artificial mountain that recently re-opened after years of restoration.

• Following this, you may visit the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace, and the Terrace of the Leper King.

• Continue to the famous temple of Ta Prohm, the modern name of the temple at Angkor, built in the late 12th to early 13th centuries. However, it is probably more famous for being where the Tomb Raider movie was filmed.

• Eat a Khmer feast for lunch at a local restaurant.

• Continue to the magnificent Angkor Wat Temple after lunch, Angkor Park's most revered temple and the largest religious monument in the world. Inside the temple, the walls are covered with breathtaking stone carvings and bas-reliefs. Your guide will explain the stories in exquisite detail and provide you with ample time to explore the inner and outer grounds of the temple.

• Return to the hotel at the end of the tour.

Note: You will ride a bicycle for about 35 km. Our car is always near you, so if you feel tired, you can take the car on the tour.

• Set off at 8:30 am to Tonle Sap Lake, where you will discover different aspects of floating village life, from crocodile farming and fishing farms to traditional medicine shops, boat shops, spirit houses, floating schools, and more.

• Transfer to one of the most beautiful pagodas in town, with French colonial architecture reflecting its history and a large garden filled with statues. Bring candles and incense sticks to the pagoda and participate in a private good luck blessing ceremony by local monks at the temple.

• Stop for a delicious traditional lunch at a local restaurant.

• Continue your excursion in the afternoon to the Angkor National Museum, an archaeological museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, and presentation of Angkorian artifacts. The collections mainly date from the Khmer Empire's Angkor period, circa the 9th to 14th centuries, with most artifacts discovered nearby in and around the Angkor archaeological sites.

• Next, visit the Angkor Silk Farm, a beautiful site housing many silk workshops employing locals, located 16 km from Siem Reap. An outstanding exhibition center shows the entire silk process and end product.

• End the tour at West Baray, the largest handmade reservoir (8 x 2.2 km) in Angkor Park. During ancient times, the Baray was supplied by freshwater from two primary sources: the Siem Reap and Puok Rivers.

• Experience a special final evening in Siem Reap with a show of Cambodian Traditional Circus. More than just a circus, Phare performers use theatre, music, dance, and modern circus arts to tell uniquely Cambodian stories - historical, folk, and modern. The young circus artists will astonish you with their energy, emotion, enthusiasm, and talent.

Note: You will ride a bicycle for about 35 km. Our car is always near you, so if you feel tired, you can take the car on the tour.

• Enjoy your final breakfast at the hotel.

• Take a walk or pick up some last-minute souvenirs before your midday check-out.

• Meet your driver, who will assist with your luggage and take you to the airport for your departure flight.