Top Siem Reap Outdoor Activities

Spend half a day exploring the rural countryside around Siem Reap with this bicycle tour. After being fitted with a bicycle and helmet, your English-speaking guide will lead you through back roads, across rice fields and farms, and into small local villages where you'll learn about how locals live, first hand.

Delve into city life beyond the temples on this gentle guided walking and sightseeing tour of Siem Reap. Explore the city’s ancient streets and old buildings—including a hidden 10th-century temple and the old royal residence—before visiting a monastery to learn about the monk lifestyle and the importance of religion and ritual in Cambodian culture. Your guide will also take you to a local market to try some delicious snacks and desserts.

Discover a Soulful Connection with Elephants and embark on an unforgettable journey with the majestic elephants of Cambodia. This thoughtfully curated half-day experience promises joy, learning, and a closer bond with these gentle giants while supporting conservation efforts.

The Tonle Sap is home to the floating village Kampong Phluk and is one of the most famous Siem Reap day trips. This small-group tour provides an intimate view into the locals’ lives, where you’ll get opportunities to meet and converse with villagers and learn about the sustainable village. Learn how the village changes during dry and wet seasons, with locals traveling to work and school by boat when water levels rise.

See Cambodia’s countryside without the hassle of negotiating with boat captains on this private or small-group tour to Phnom Kulen National Park and Tonlé Sap lake. Watch palm sugar being made, hike to waterfalls and ancient Angkorian carvings, then visit Kampong Phluk floating village and cruise mangrove forests and more. Your day includes 2-way hotel transfers and lunch, but entrance fees and boat charges are at your own expense.

Get your Siem Reap travels started off on the right foot. With this private transfer service, your personal driver will meet you at Siem Reap Angkor Airport (SAI), with a smile and your namecard in hand. You’ll get help with your bags, hop into your private ride, and sit back and relax until you reach the door of your destination in the Siem Reap.

You simply can’t come to Siem Reap without a visit to the Angkor Wat Archeological Park, but the magnificent temples aren’t the only highlight. On this tour, soar through the air on a thrilling zipline adventure course, enjoy spectacular views over the Angkor rainforest, and spot the UNESCO-listed Angkor temples from above. Choose from two different routes featuring a series of ziplines, sky bridges, and abseils.

Embrace history with this sunrise tour of Angkor Wat. Escape the crowds and hot temperatures to relax as the sun arrives over the ancient temple. Enjoy a private tour of the complex, led by an English-speaking tour guide. Afterwards, transfer to nearby sites, including the Bayon and Ta Prohm temples. Learn about the Cambodian relationship with death and cremation rituals while ending the day at Pre Rup.

Make the most of a day in Angkor by going with a private guide who will tell you all about the history of this impressive UNESCO-listed city. Avoid the hassle of negotiating with taxi drivers. Go straight to the best parts: Angkor Wat, the Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, and more. The tour is timed so you can see the sun set over the ancient city.

There’s no better route into any culture than cuisine. Discover Khmer food with a local in their home on this intimate, small-group cooking class. After pickup by tuk-tuk, shop for ingredients at the local market, then prepare and enjoy a 4-course meal including delights such as hot and sour “tom yam” soup and fish in banana leaf. Choose between three different class times, all capped at just six travelers.

Discover the incredible Kompoing Khleang floating village as well as Tonle Sap lake. Learn about local life on the enormous floating village, with a visit to a local market. Visit the UNESCO biosphere reserve of Tonle Sap lake and learn about the lake as Cambodia’s lifeblood. Sample tasty sticky rice and visit a local bakery along the way. Taste Khmer snacks at a local market and visit a Buddha statue.

Most travelers get around the temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom by crowded bus or uncomfortable bicycle, sapping their energy before they’ve even begun exploring this sprawling UNESCO World Heritage Site. Avoid that hassle with this full-day temple tour, which is as smooth and well oiled as the genuine ex-U.S Army Jeep it is operated with.

Visit the unmissable temples of the greater Angkor area on this fun-filled 2-day, small-group tour, meaning you won’t have to worry about missing out on anything important or cramming too much into a day. See the iconic Angkor Wat as well as other fine temples during the atmospheric sunrise and sunset hours. Upgrade to a private tour to go at your own pace and enjoy personalized service.

Discover Koh Tao, a secluded paradise island in the Gulf of Thailand. Explore the undersea world with the aquatic life and ascend to a picturesque vantage point to see Koh Nang Yuan's magnificent beaches. We will take you to Koh Nang Yuan with its pristine white sand beaches. and clear water where you can snorkel. Additionally, you can go up and take photos at the famous viewpoint of Koh Nang Yuan that you can't miss when you get here. Continue to Koh Tao for lunch. After that. go snorkeling and take in the breathtaking underwater scenery of Koh Tao. Our uniqueness is that our tours are limited to 16 seats only. Delivering a class experience VIP throughout the trip

Escape the crowds and experience rural life in the Cambodian countryside on this half-day bike tour. Cycle along country lanes and jungle trails, stop to admire the rice paddies and learn about traditional farming practices, and visit a local village, where you will have chance to sample regional specialties such as palm wine.

Trade the city for nature on this countryside and lake tour. Escape Siem Reap and journey through Cambodia’s scenic countryside on a thrilling open-air jeep ride with hotel pickup. Discover local culture and taste rice wine at a distillery. Finish the day with a sunset cruise down Tonle Sap Lake, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and home to an incredible lakeside community and floating village.

Explore the key sites of the UNESCO-listed Angkor Wat complex (admission at your own expense; ticket costs $37 per person and covers all the Temple admission ) during this small-group tour. Learn about the history of Cambodia and Siem Reap from your tour guide as you visit the Terrace of the Elephants, the South Gate of Angkor Thom, the Ta Prohm Temple, and much more. This tour also offers the opportunity to watch the sunrise over the ancient temples as well as hotel pickup and drop-off.

Finding an evening activity in Siem Reap that feels meaningful—rather than just another tourist show—can be difficult, especially if you want something that reflects real Cambodian culture. A Phare Circus performance solves that problem by offering an authentic, high-quality experience created and performed by local artists, while also supporting a nonprofit organization that helps vulnerable communities. Relax and enjoy a moving, visually striking performance that combines storytelling, music, and circus arts into one unforgettable night.

In the evening, take a buggy to the village on the outskirts of Siem Reap. The journey takes about 16 kilometres and you can watch the sunset in the stretch of rice fields. Cambodia's pure blue sky, endless green rice fields, buffalo playful ponds, sometimes golden evening glow, time, and beauty. The sparkling clouds of fire, or the blue and fine rain, always look so heart-breaking at sunset, let us drive in the fields with ATVs with a loving heart. The Quad bike, also known as an ATV can be used in beaches, riverbeds, mud, mountains, and other venues. Challenging all the difficult terrain is a favorite choice for stimulating casual athletes. Each line provides a professional coach for each car with extremely high safety performance. With a young heart, enjoy the thrilling process and drive a cool off-road motorcycle to release your stress.

Cruise Tonle Sap Lake to Kompong Phluk on a half-day tour from Siem Reap, and explore the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. See communities that thrive at the edge of the water, pass floating schools and markets, and visit a local home to get a glimpse of daily life and culture. This half-day Kompong Phluk tour includes all activities, as well as pickup and drop-off at Siem Reap hotels, and both morning and afternoon departures are available.

Many tourists struggle to visit this iconic fishing township - built on stilts above a seasonal body of water, it’s not the easiest place to get to.  This tour heads inside the floating village; feel the connection between village culture, maritime wildlife and the surrounding mangrove forests. Take this trip to see a unique way of living.

Siem Reap is at its most atmospheric at sunset and this bike tour lets you explore the scenic countryside. Leave the busy streets of Siem Reap behind and cycle along dirt roads and country lanes, past palm forests and lush rice paddies. Stop along the way to meet the locals at a traditional village, then continue to a viewpoint to watch the magical sunset.

Head out of Siem Reap on a private tour that visits the River of a Thousand Lingas and Phnom Kulen waterfalls. Walk along a trail to view ancient Khmer carvings at the river (Kbal Spean), then later cool off at the scenic waterfall pools. Your private guide helps you to understand and navigate these natural sites, and maintains a flexible schedule for extra time at places of interest.