Battambang City Highlight Private Guided Tour

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  After our guide and driver pick you up, the first area we are heading to see is Battambang Center market, this is an old French market where you can walk around and hear stories from our guide about the local way of life and the traditional way of people who have lived here passing by generation to generation. you will also walk along the riverside to see many old French buildings as this town also used to be part of the French protectorate from 1863 until 1953.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 2

  you will be seeing this city hall as part of the riverside walk and take some photos before moving on to other location.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 3

  after visiting Ek Phnom Temple, you can also check out quickly the location of the old tradition where our Cambodian people make The so-called ProHok (Fermented Fish) which is used a lot in our khmer (Cambodian Cooking), if we could explain and compare this Prohok to something else so you can understand how important it is to Cambodian, it is like Dutch people liking their cheese. Please note, it will be a bit fishy smell while walking around.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Visit these old wooden houses that date back over 100 years ago to learn about the local way of life.

  25 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 5

  this is an art gallery and also a place to have lunch or snack in between tours, this is a good stop to see the gallery or have a stop of cafe (optional)

  30 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6

  Experience a bamboo train ride with the old French railway, this is a fun activity and the best way to see the local village while riding this old-fashioned way to see the real slide of Battambang village.

  40 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 7

  Visit the old way of people passing through the old bridge or what we call the suspension/ hanging bridge and check out the local plantation around the area.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 8
  Ek Phnom

  After strolling around the riverside and old building of the French protectorate, you are moving on to visit the old temple of Ek Phnom, and also check out the pagoda so-called monastery with A modern pagoda in front of a crumbling 11th-century temple, plus a huge sitting Buddha statue.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 9
  Battambang Bat Caves

  This activity is only available if you book this city tour from 1PM and continue to see the bat cave in the evening for sunset, if you book in the morning you can still visit the bat cave and Phnom Sompov but as the tour is around 4 hours you likely to finish early.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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