Village Life Tour from Siem Reap

Summary

Begin your ‘like a local’ experience with pickup from your Siem Reap hotel and soak up the scenery as you journey out into the countryside. Along the way, admire a panorama of lush rice paddies, orchards and farmlands, and listen as your guide shares facts and anecdotes about life in rural Cambodia. On arrival in your host village, the locals will be waiting to greet you and show you around. Follow your guide around the houses, markets and workshops, stopping to take photos and watch the villagers going about their daily lives. Watch displays of traditional handicrafts like basket weaving, see how local specialties like rice wine are made, or listen to some popular Khmer music. Along the way, stop by the local school to meet the children, pose for photos with the villagers and peek into the village temple. Hear from your guide about the hardships of village life and learn about the importance of sustainable development projects, building wells for fresh water and securing employment for the villagers. After a memorable morning, head back to Siem Reap where your tour ends with a drop-off at your hotel.

Tour info

Duration
4 hours
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Commentary
Meeting Point
Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

This a a hugely exciting experience and a real chance to witness what rural life is like as a local on this guided, 4-hour tour, where you'll mingle with villagers, visit a school, and discover specialties like rice wine making,rice planting,digging wells ,visiting a locals home andmuch much more,. Learn how sustainable development is helping bring clean water to villages, and watch as families weave baskets and crafts that are sold in Siem Reap markets. Enlightening and fun, this tour showcases the everyday life of local Cambodian villagers.there is a chance to go swimming at the local baray,if you wish and also we have lunch(supplied) and drinks overlooking a huge man made lake or baray,our village guide for this tour was born very close to this village so know there way around and will enjoy you the best tour possible,all included,with no more to pay.

What’s included?

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

  • English-speaking guide

  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan

  • Lunch and drinks

  • Cool towel

  • Entry/Admission - Khmer Detours Day Tours

  • Gratuities

  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 4h

  • Mobile tickets accepted

Covid Policy

  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Khmer Detours Day Tours

About operator:

There must be a better way? As Angkor Wat and temples complex has become a major tourist attraction, we decided long ago to create tours to suit small groups to avoid the rush hour of tourist and all the noise and flag waving that seemed to go hand in hand with the larger tour groups, with this in mind all our tours are focused on visiting sites that either other tour groups don’t know about or too difficult to do. Sure we cover the main temples also but we try and avoid the many crowds that tend to group together and select the temples at the best times to avoid the crowds and also maximizing the best photo opportunities, we have full time professional guides that are expert on not only the temple but share our ideas on our crowd avoidance policy. All our tours are capped at maximum number of people on the one tour, no large tour groups, personalised service and care without the rush or hassles, explore at you own pace. All tours include fully licensed and experienced guides, our guides are all full time employees that have helped design the tours you will be doing, all are the best in their field, most are from the very places you will visit, our Beng Mealea guide was born near the temple, our Kompong Phluk guide was born in the village, this way you can be assured of the best possible sites and at times to suit. All tours include free pick up and return to your hotel, guesthouse or any place in Siem Reap. The pickup is in air conditioned minivan. All tours unless otherwise stated include all check points/road fees/control points meals and drinks. Our idea is no hidden costs. All our staff are local people, most were born in the village you will visit, they are all full time employees. We are a responsible local company that takes pride in delivering sustainable low impact, environmental friendly tours. See our environment policy for more info we hope you enjoy your tours with us, we realise for a company to be successful we must ensure every customer has a unique and special experience with us, we try to keep our prices down to ensure we are competitive but at the same time we do not want you to experience any hidden costs we are upfront on our prices.so unless otherwise stated in BOLD PRINT our prices will include everything. If 1 person books a tour it’s the same price. All prices are displayed with the tours, all in USD and are quoted per person. One person, we go no minimum number we find that some 30% of our customers are single travelers and we accept booking for one person, you can book via our web site or phone or visit our office or ask your travel agent or hotel, we have selected hotels and travel agents able to sell tickets for our tours.

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