Local Livelihood Half Day Bike Tour in Battambang
Overview
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With our guide, you will spend your day exploring the beautiful countryside around Battambang on a bicycle. Weave along the river road while visiting Cambodian families who produce traditional products (such as rice paper and bamboo sticky rice), made in the same way they have been for generations. You will learn first hand about every day life in Cambodia from the families you visit and from our amazing local guides.
Highlights: Meet families that make traditional products such as rice paper, dried banana, bamboo sticky rice, fish paste and rice wine. Enjoy seasonal fruits and coconut water. Finish by visiting a memorial site for the victims of the Khmer Rouge.
A portion of your tour fee goes back to the local community and your guide is a local student getting vocational training through Soksabike.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please dress to have knees and shoulders covered out of respect for local culture.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Mountain Bike and Safety Helmet
Local guide
Water
Snacks
Hotel pickup
Compensation to families the tour visits
One drink at Kinyei Cafe
Hotel drop-off
Insurance
What To Expect
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.
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Local Livelihood Half Day Bike Tour in Battambang
Reviews
253 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly recommended half day cycle tour of local traditional industries.
546canf,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic half day with Pek and Pek visiting families who make rice paper, wines, fruit snacks as well as a visit to a local fish market and killing fields. Both guides were very knowledgeable and friendly with great English. Cycling was a great way to travel around. I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting the area.
Great tour of locals and a nice bike ride
jenny t,
Nov 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Brilliant tour. So interesting visiting families and learning their stories. Our guide, Pauli, was first class. Lots of snacks too.
Bicycle tour round Battambang local communities
timmI8342KI,
Nov 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Bicycle tour round Battambang, learning about local family enterprises and seeing friendly local communities. Visal was a very engaging guide
Fascinating insight into local life, with very knowledgeable guide.
CEThommo,
Oct 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a very enjoyable, very informative tour which gave us a great insight into the lives of locals. Pich was an excellent guide, ensuring we were safe at intersections, providing detailed information, answering our many questions, and showing great patience with us as we struggled to remember/ pronounce the Khmer words for hello and goodbye. All the places we went were interesting- don't miss the fish paste factory. Not too smelly but an insight into a different world. It was great to be able to sample the products- rice paper, banana chips and dried banana, rice wine, fruit, sticky rice - and to buy some ( no pressure). The Killing Fields Memorial was a sobering experience, but appropriate, especially since Pich had provided family backgrounds for some of the producers who had been affected during the Pol Pot years. The bikes were good, the Soksabike staff friendly, and very accomodating- we only booked the tour the evening before. We recommend it, especially if your guide is as good as Pich. Thanks for a fascinating, immersive experience.
A really fun and informative morning. Easy, safe cycling.
Amanda B,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Phal was our leader, supported by Lisa & Theara and they could not have done a better job. The bikes were good and the briefing thorough. Helmets included. We did not need the nine gears as it was flat terrain throughout. We travelled on roads and tracks. If there was a junction, our safety was a priority. We made stops throughout the tour to : see traditional rice paper making; visit a small dried banana business; eat fresh fruit at an old building; drink rice “wine” and see the distillation; see and eat traditional rice cake cooked in bamboo (delicious!). Phal explained everything and encouraged questions.
Fabulous Soksabike tour
J9913BJwendyb,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a great way to see local life in this area. Very informative, sustainable and fun. The guide was great, and was safety conscious.
Awesome bike tour
th120179,
Oct 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Amazing day, excellent knowledgeable tour guides. Our tour all Thoroughly enjoyed the day and getting to see and meet the locals
Wonderful Bike Tour Around Battambang
martinbU3011NC,
Oct 15, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00What a great tour! The bicycles were clean and well maintained and safely helmets were provided. The guides (Phal, Lisa & Theara) were excellent. We set off from the centre of Battambang and toured around small family enterprises on the outskirts of the town. The cycling was on flat, safe roads and tracks and the guides made sure everyone was safe. We visited a rice paper producer, a dried fruit producer, a rice “wine” distillery (very strong) and a sticky-rice-cake-cooked-in-bamboo shop. We also stopped for fresh fruit at a very old Cambodian house. All of the enterprises were small family-owned businesses and were very happy to share what they were doing and share their produce with us. Our guides were great at explaining everything and answering any of our questions. The tour took about three hours and we covered a very easy 24 kilometres on flat roads. A great tour. Thoroughly recommended.
Must do experience in Battenberg
Curiosity34715718498,
Oct 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had an excellent experience with Soksabike cycling for half day around Battenbang. Pek led us excellently throughout and told us interesting stories about the local peoples businesses, lives, cultures and customs with much enthusiasm and respect. We were given excellent bikes that were measured to us and with a good safety briefing including testing of brakes etc. before we headed out. Visal also ensured our safety and added to our enjoyment of the day!
Responsible tourism at its best
GCYH,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We enjoyed an extraordinary day discovering the local lives in Battambang, discovered the city’s outskirts, met small biz owners and local family enterprises. The carefully curated itinerary provided an insight into their daily lives and the hard work behind their livelihoods. Phalla was our wonderful guide who bridged the language barrier and a great bike leader, capably navigated us safely through dizzying traffic and potholes. An unforgettable experience, we loved meeting the friendly faces and hearing about their stories. We left the tour with a new appreciation for Cambodia’s culture and history. Thank you and Sok sabay!
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