Let’s get wet this fall!

It is monsoon season in Cambodia and we can not stop thinking about water that is why we are thrilled to offer a brand new tour that will combine our usual cycling adventure with a boat expedition across the largest lake in South East Asia – the Tonle Sap including an overnight stay in a floating village.

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Two versions of the tour will be offered: a compact 7-day highlights tour (Bike & Boat Highlights) and an extended 12-day adventure traversing all the way to the capital of Phnom Penh by a mixture of bike and boat (Bike & Boat Odyssey).

Both tours will commence with a bike and hike visit to the world-famous temples of Angkor, widely referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. While in Siem Reap, tour participants will have an opportunity to visit and learn about PEPY’s educational programs as well as the programs of partner non-profit organizations.

From there we will embark on our voyage across the Tonle Sap to the Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary where the participants will have a chance to see rare bird species and floating villages with an overnight stop at community-based homestay.  

The next morning the tours will split with the Highlights tour returning to Siem Reap while the Odyssey participants continue by boat to colonial Battambang to explore the city, its surrounding countryside, and mysterious caves.

After two days of exploring the area by bicycle we will begin to cycle south to the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, passing intimate villages, rural street markets, and scenic countryside of lime-green rice paddies, wandering water buffalo, and Cambodian signature red dust.

The Odyssey trip will conclude with a tour of Phnom Penh, visiting the Tuol Sleng Museum and the Killing Fields where participants will learn about the darker side of Cambodia’s history.

We believe that learning should be experiential, so if we want to know what the realities of life in Cambodia are like, why not go out and experience it ourselves?  PEPY’s trip leaders and local staff will offer additional insight into Cambodia’s current culture, history, and issues facing the country today through articles, discussions with local authorities, and visits to non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

PEPY will begin offering these tours in the Fall of 2009. Feel free to learn more about Bike & Boat Highlights and Bike & Boat Odyssey tours on our PEPY Tours website.

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