TRIP INCLUSIVE:

v  Experienced English speaking biking guide

v  Private transportation by air-conditioned vehicle.

v  Bicycle rental and helmet for cycling days. (TREK 4300/4500 Mountain bike)

v  Kayak, life jacket and paddles.

v  Trek permit.

v  Boat trip where mentioned.

v  Meals as mentioned in the itinerary.

v  Healthy snacks, fresh local fruits and soft drink for cycling days.

v  Bottled drinking water for sightseeing.

v  All sightseeing and entrance fees as stated in the itinerary.

v  Accommodation in twin share room in hotel with daily breakfast.

v  Simple First Aid Kit.

v  International flight reconfirmation.

TRIP EXCLUSIVE:

v  International flight to/from Cambodia

v  International airport departure tax ( 25 USD/person)

v  Cambodiavisa

v  Travel Insurance. We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance before departure.

v  Personal expenditure (telephone, laundry, shopping and so on…)

v  Tips for guide, driver, porters. We recommend 3 USD/person/day for guide, 2 USD/person/day for driver and 2   

      USD/person/hotel when you check in/out.

v  Beverages and alcoholic drinks.

v  Any other services not clearly mentioned in the itinerary and inclusions.

Day 1: Phnom Penh

Arrive at airport where you will be met by your guide and transferred to the hotel. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner at a traditional Cambodian restaurant. Overnight in Phnom Penh.

Meal: Dinner

Accommodation: The Castle hotel- Deluxe Room

Day 2: Phnom Penh- Koh Dach Silk Island- Kampong Cham

Following breakfast, a short transfer to northeast of Phnom Penh will take us to Koh Dach Island, which is  renowned for the thousands of silk weavers and the quality of the silk they produce. The island itself is a rural paradise, an oasis of tranquility. Take a boat across the Mekong River to the island, from here pick up our cycles and start our ride through the picturesque countryside and rice paddies. Stop at local family home to observe their silk work still woven on old looms. Put our bikes on the ferry and cruise to the other side of the river and continue peddling along river bank. We finish our ride at the pier, hop on bus and transfer to Kam Pong Cham, a peaceful town on the banks of the Mekong River.

Cycled distance: Approx 40 km

Difficulty: Easy

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Mekong Hotel

Day 3: Kam Pong Cham- Kratie

A full day’s ride will take us to Kratie, a little town on the Mekong river, which is known for sightings of the rare, fresh water Irwaddy dolphins.

After breakfast, we cycle along the Mekong Trail.  The ride takes us through one of the Mekong's 'biodiversity hot spots' where non-government organizations are working with local communities to survey and protect the biological richness of the river. The ride winds through rice paddy scenery and small traditional Khmer villages. Part of cycling route is lined  with sugar palm trees. Stop along the way to visit a local family and get an insight into their interesting way of life. Following lunch, we continue cycling to Mekong River where will hopefully catch sight of the Irrawaddy Dolphin. Return to Kratie by bus.

Cycled distance: Approx 90 km

Difficulty: Easy/Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Re Lais Du Chlong Kratie

Day 4: Kratie- Rattanakiri

Today the ride will bring us to Ratanakiri, which is Cambodia’s most remote province, wedged into the far north-east of the country between the Laos and Vietnamese borders. Enjoy riding along the Mekong River, passing through Cambodian countryside with views of rice paddies and Khmer traditional stilt houses along the way.

Cycled distance: Approx 75 km

Difficulty: Easy/Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Ban Lung Hotel

Day 5: Trek to Kaoh Piek

Following breakfast at our hotel, we depart for Tonle San, then board a private boat for the 45 minutes cruise to Kaoh Piek. From here we commence trekking through quiet jungle trails and footpaths. On the way we will see isolated farmhouses, cross a few streams, a bamboo forest and secondary forests. We trek up a hill where we can get great views of the primary jungle canopy. Return to the river where we ride the rapids and continue to a village where we spend the night.The Tonle San river shows her beauty as a green silver stream contrasting against the jungle and remote mountains.

Trekking: 4-5 hours

Boating:Approx 45 minutes

Difficulty: Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Home-stay

Day 6: Trek to Virachay National Park

After breakfast we continue further north. We follow the stream and along a track leading through primary forest. At the most northern point of the trek, it is only 1km as the bird flies to the border of the Virachay Bational Park. We lunch at a small stream and visit some small farmhouses before continuing southward until we reach the Tonle San river.  Cross the river by small boat to an outpost were we spend the night. The outpost has a beautiful view over the Sesan river, the jungle and the mountains of the Virachey national park.

Trekking: Approx 5 hours

Difficulty: Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel

Day 7 Tonle San river kayak

Today we kayak downstream on the Tonle San river, which enters Cambodia from Vietnam. The river meanders its way through Ratanakiri and the Stung Treng province. We kayak to Koah Piek a village of the Kachah indigenous peoples which we can take time to explore. The Kachah people have an interesting sacred cemetery where the graves are flanked by man high wooden statues. Afterward, we return to the river and continue paddling down to Kachon. On the way we visit a Kreung village. Tonight we stay in Ban Lung.

Kayaking: Approx 4 hrs

Difficulty: Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Ban Lung Hotel

Day 8: Rattanakiri- Stung Treng- Siem Reap.

Today, we will take a full day’s drive to Siem Reap. There is time for early morning shopping at the Banlung market, before our bus takes us on the scenic route to Siem Reap via Stung Streng. Overnight in Siem Reap

Transfer: Approx 9 hours

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: 3* Somedavi Angkor- Superior room

Day 9: Roulous temple group and Angkor Wat

Siem Reap is a small colonial town just north of Southeast Asia’s largest lake, Tonle Sap. The town itself is charming and pleasant to roam around, with some fine examples of French colonial architecture. Modern developments, mostly in the form of hotels, have been swift here in recent years since the slow demise of the Khmer Rouge. We stop at a good local restaurant for lunch before we continue to cycle southeast of Siem Reap. We ride on quiet country roads passing through villages, Kh’ mer pagodas, lotus ponds and rice paddies. Enjoy the peaceful ambience of the countryside and after 15 km of cycling we stop at the Rolous temple group including Bakong, Preakko and Lolei temple. Rolous used to be the former capital of the Angkor Regime in the 9^th century. After exploring the incredible architecture of the ruined ancient temples we cycle back to town to visit Angkor Wat temple and on to Phnom Bakeng, with stops at the Death Gate, Victory Gate, Terraces of Elephants and Leper King, and Srah Srang. Watch the sunset from Phnom Bakeng.

Cycled distance: Approx 45km

Difficulty: Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch ,Dinner

Accommodation: 3* Somedavi Angkor- Superior room

Day 10:  Kulen mountain: Hike and bike

Today we bike and hike to explore Siem Reap and surrounds. We leave Siem Reap after breakfast and ride 36Km to Kulen Mountain. Enjoy riding on quiet dirt roads via Kravan temple, Bantey Kdei, Sras Srang and Phnom Bok. We drop our bikes at Rattanak Tey Pagoda and climb Kulen mountain by foot. After 88 steps we reach Pres Ang Chup and stop for a short break before continuing the next 100 steps. Continue 4Km to big Nevena (Pres Ang Thom) passing the river of 1000 Linga. Enjoy a picnic lunch box near the waterfall. We hike back to the pagoda where our vehicle is ready to transfer us to Siem Reap. Dinner at Viroth restaurant. Overnight in Siem Reap.

Cycled distance: Approx 50km

Hiking: Approx 1.5 hour

Difficulty: Moderate

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch ,Dinner

Accommodation: 3* Somedavi Angkor- Superior room

Day 11: Koh Ker and Beng Mealea temple by Jeep

Following breakfast, we meet our guide and jeep driver for a 7.30am start our guide and jeep driver. We drive in an originalM151 MUTT Jeep from the 1970's.

Drive 2 hours to Koh Ker temple, which is situated in the northeast of Siem Reap. The site represents the remnants of the capital of the Khmer Empire from 928 AD. – 944 A.D. a very unique period in the age of Angkor. Visit Prasat Chhin, Prasat Thom, Prasat Ling, Prasat Thneng, Linga Shrine, and Prasat Damrei.

After lunch in a local restaurant, we continue to Beng Mealea. We drive past bean and banana farms and rubber plantations. We will visit the Quarry where they still dig the sandstone to repair some ruined in temples.

We visit Beng Mealea, which is almost the same size as Angkor Wat but reclaimed by nature a millennium after it was first built. This ruined temple is special because it's one of the temples that has been left to be naturally reclaimed by the jungle unlike most of the other temples which were restored by the French in the 1800s after centuries of neglect.

Returning to Siem Reap we stop near the Old Market of Siem Reap to visit Artisans d'Angkor. The centre provides an insight to the amazing skilled craftsmanship required for Cambodian traditional handicrafts. Originally established as an association by Chantiers-Ecoles, Artisans d’Angkor has grown to be a self-financed company today, having trained young Cambodians in recreating the arts of their cultural heritage and at the same time offering them the opportunity to earn an income for their families.

Enjoy a guided tour of the art centre. We first visit the impressive stone carvings at the courtyard of Artisans d’Angkor. There are Linga-Yoni structure, lion statue, 4-face Buddha and the elephant deity of Ganesha. Next, we proceed to see the traditional Cambodian arts of wood and stone carvings. In wood carving, the majority of the wood used is rubber tree lumber. The art of stone carving dates back to the glorious Khmer empire with the finest examples being displayed in all Angkorian temples. As in all Angkorian temples, stone carving is mostly done on sandstone.

Then we move to the lacquer area. Lacquer had been used to protect wood since 1,000 years ago in Cambodia. The carved wood and stone are decorated with lacquer in order to smooth out the surface before colors are applied. They are then ornamented with copper leaf gilding.

The last section of our visit is the silk painting. In here, the silk is set on a frame of predetermined size before the motifs are drawn on it. Colors are then applied to the motifs and the finishing is done with a paintbrush.

If you wish to support to the artists, you can help by purchasing their products at their retail shop, which is within the compound of Artisans d’Angkor. It features wood and stone carvings, lacquer wares and silk items from Artisans d’Angkor.

Drive to your hotel and the rest of the day is yours to relax. Overnight in Siem Reap

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: 3* Somedavi Angkor- Superior room

Day 12: Departure

At your leisure until transfer to airport for your onward flight.