Cycling Mekong Delta & Escape to Cambodia

Transfer to My Tho for a boat trip to visit a traditional Mekong Delta house & kitchen, enjoy seasonal fruit, tea and honey and see local rice wine brewery before paddling small sampan along arroyos. After lunch break, you will ride bicycle on small dirt road for taking a local ferry to Cai Be.  Boarding on boat for the floating market and cruise over the mighty Mekong River to Binh Hoa Phuoc & An Binh Island for dinner and overnight.

Cycling under natural green canopy to the ferry crossing for Vinh Long then ride to Can Tho. Pass villages of brick kiln, terracotta and pottery kiln or riding on immense rice fields, cycling through numerous rural riverside villages. Lunch break.  Pick up to Can tho city. Free time.

Boat trip to Cai Rang floating market & cruise in natural waterways before turning up a quiet canal and mounting bikes for a ride along a country road, enjoying the beautiful Delta scenery and meeting the locals . Bike to O Mon and the Thot Not Stork Sanctuary. After lunch break in Long Xuyen go to Chau doc with monkey bridges over canals, Khmer pagodas, Sam mountain, sun set from the summit etc. The highlight of this part is from Tri Ton to Chau Doc.

After breakfast, transfer to the ferry for speedboat ride upstream Mekong River to Cambodia. Transfer to hotel for check in. Overnight in Phnom Penh. (Breakfast)

Visit the city’s namesake, Wat Phnom. The pagoda was built to house Buddhist relics washed ashore by the river. Visit the Royal Palace , see the different structures of this pagoda-style compound and stroll in its beautiful garden, visit the Silver Pagoda. Continue to the nearby National Museum which displaying Khmer art and sculptures. Car transfer to airport for a flight to Siem Reap.  Check in Hotel on arrival.

In morning, explore the incredible Angkor temples. Focusing on visit the pyramid of Takeo, the jungle-clad Ta Prohm ; and the impressive Royal City of Angkor Thom, where  find the Bayon, a temple famed for its many gigantic carved faces smiling beguilingly . Visit other important sites in this immense walled city. After lunch, take on the majestic Angkor Wat, the world’s largest religious building. After returning to the hotel for free at leisure to experience Siem Reap’s nightlife.

Cycling to north towards Banteay Srei, pass through pleasant Cambodian countryside and its friendly villagers. En route, stop off at a couple of villages to get a closer look at the wooden stilted homes and everyday life. One thing you will notice for sure is large black pots in people’s gardens containing a thick light brown bubbling mixture.  Arrive Banteay Srei. It is an elaborately decorated temple, embellished with floral motifs and scenes from the Ramayana. After lunch. Cycling back towards Siem Reap to explore Preah Khan or ‘Sacred Sword’, one of the largest temples at Angkor; Neak Pean surrounded by fountains and ponds; and Banteay Kdei. Enjoy dinner and a mesmerizing Apsara dance performance.

Free at leisure until the time transfer to Siem Reap Airport for departure flight.