Phnom Penh: Private City Tour, Royal Palace, Wat Phnom by Cyclo
Description
Explore Phnom Penh like a true local, on an afternoon guided adventure through the city using a mix of local transport and walking. During your tour, one of the key highlights will be exploring the city by traditional Cyclo transportation. This route delivers a unique and fascinating look into the wonderfully chaotic, metropolis of Phnom Penh. Showing you iconic heritage buildings, locations essential to Phnom Penh life, interesting locally grown initiatives, as well as offering the opportunity to keep yourself well nourished. Upon arrival you will meet your local expert guide who will be with you for your afternoon of exploring the sights. You will also get to meet your local cyclo driver who will pilot you around parts of the city. These men provide a wonderfully unique transportation service around the city that is sadly fading out to the modern tuk-tuk. This special mode of transport ensures that you will have an afternoon exploring that you won’t forget!
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Itinerary
Your Phnom Penh City by Cyclo tour will begin at PAPA PAIN NEAR Soriya Mall. Upon arrival you will meet your local expert guide who will be with you for your afternoon of exploring the sights.
Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built in 1372, and stands 27 metres above the ground.
We will stay outside of the palace and your guide will tell you all you need to know.
You will learn about this very important monument. Your guide will explain the importance of it to the local people.
our local cyclo driver who will pilot you around parts of the city. With local markets, Khmer street stalls, local style coffee and other hidden eateries and secrets along the route.
You will explore the Post Office of Cambodia, before taking a break with drinks and snacks. The Central Post Office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is a building erected during the French colonial period.
Your tour will finish at Botumvatey Pagoda, this is a convenient spot in the middle of the city with lots of restaurants and bars nearby for you to relax after your adventure. Your guide can also help to organize transport back to your hotel if needed.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Dress code: comfortable clothes for exploring and current weather conditions
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please meet at 2:15pm to be ready to depart at 2:30pm
Reviews(10)
This tour is a unique way to explore the City. The team are friendly, our guide was excellent, great English, so knowledgeable about everything on the tour. Helped us understand the history, food and flavours of the Country. We definitely recommend this tour for a fun and pleasant way to enjoy a few hours learning about the culture of Cambodia.
Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We're so glad you enjoyed the Hidden Phnom Penh City Tour and that your guide provided excellent insights into the city's history, food, and culture. It’s great to know that the experience left such a positive impression. We appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you again for more adventures in Cambodia! 🇰🇭
Inspired by Khmer, the Royal Palace looks a lot like an ancient pagoda. The site is airy and there are few people. In the inner gallery of the perimeter wall, do not skip the long fresco telling the adventures of the Ramayana
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! The Royal Palace, with its Khmer-inspired design and old pagoda feel, really does have a unique charm. It’s great to hear that you enjoyed the spaciousness and the quiet of the site. The long fresco depicting the Ramayana is indeed a highlight and worth seeing. We’re glad you had a memorable visit!
Pear is a great guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. She also takes great photos. I enjoyed the tour and learnt about Cambodia.
Thank you for your review! We're delighted to hear that you enjoyed your Hidden Phnom Penh City Tour with Pear as your guide. It's wonderful to know that Pear was friendly, knowledgeable, and even took great photos for you. We're glad you enjoyed the tour and learned about Cambodia during your short stay. Thank you for choosing our tour, and we hope to welcome you back for more experiences in the future!
I was lucky enough to be the only person on this tour. We started at Central Market and while I had already looked around, I learnt so much more! Travelling by cyclo to various places was definitely a highlight. Very comfortable with the best view of the streets. My guide was great company and very knowledgeable. Highly recommend!!
Thank you for taking the time to share your wonderful experience with us! We're thrilled to hear that you had the opportunity to be the only person on the tour, making it a personalized and unique adventure. It's fantastic to know that despite having explored Central Market before, the tour provided you with new insights and knowledge. Traveling by cyclo to various places and enjoying the best view of the streets sounds like a memorable highlight. We're delighted that your guide was great company and very knowledgeable, enhancing your overall experience. Thank you for highly recommending our tour. If there are specific aspects you'd like to highlight or if you have future travel plans, feel free to reach out. We look forward to hosting you again on another fantastic journey.
We took a cyclo tour of the city together with a private tour. Absolutely the best way to see the city. Nice pace to take photos on route. Adapt tour to what you want to see. Safe and comfortable. Aim to tip each driver about 2 dollars on top of cost to company.
The concept of the self guided cyclo tour via am app is a good 1. Unfortunately the execution by the local Grasshopper team let it down. They gave us little information when we checked in. Upon arrival they instructed me to download the app on my phone which took around 15min (varies depending on internet connection). Once it was downloaded I realised (they did not mention) when I saw the cyclo that the cyclo was for 1 person. So my wife would be in another cyclo. Ok fine. But they didn’t tell us to download the app on her phone!! So we spent another 15min doing that. The internet connection in PP can be very slow so we eventually gave up and asked for them to give her 1 of their pre-loaded phones (we didn’t pay bc they had wasted engh of our time at this point and had realised they should have told us at the beginning). Lack of common sense that a little bit of information would have resolved. Prior to booking, We were debating whether to do the biking or cyclo version of this tour. DO NOT DO THE BIKING VERSION. You need to pay attention to the road as the traffic is nutso in PP - you do not want to be looking down and checking your app every 30seconds. There were some very big and congested roads on This route. You are asking for trouble and a visit to the local hospital. We are experienced bikers and thought we would not have enjoyed the tour if biking. Make sure you have 4G / internet connection on your phone. Otherwise rent the phone from them.
My husband and I were looking for a way to see the city, as we were in town for a short time. We were hesitant to join another tour by van, as you never know what you are going to get and had some so-so experiences earlier on our trip. The Cyclo trip was perfect! The ride was way more peaceful (even in the busy city) than a moto would have been, and we were able to stop where we wanted to and just drive on by the sights we were less interested in. Our Cyclo drivers, while didn't speak English knew the route and were always waiting for us at each stop. I would highly recommend this tour.
Loved it! Great way to see, and get a feel for, Phnom Penh! Good information. Good circuit around the city, taking in the new and the old parts of town. Drivers know the 'circuit' and stop to let one explore places of interest. Recommend!
<p>Please do not do this tour. I stopped it after the 1 km and gave the driver a US 15 tip and left it. This is for a number of reasons:</p> <p>1 Safety is quite low. The Grasshopper app even says that a safety guidelines must be provided by the Grasshopper person - that is not done. The person who was at the Grasshopper Tours counter in Phnom Penh spoke only basic English.</p> <p>2 The rickshaw driver does not speak English AT ALL and he has not been given the route by Grasshopper. One assumes the route of the tour has been provided to the Rickshaw driver, this is absolutely not the case. You need to guide him and tell where to turn. That is really a challenge when you are in a strange city. It also means the hood of the rickshaw must be down with the sun glaring on you. On this point I was on a global roaming plan so had GPS - not sure how this would work if your mobile is not connected to data - I assume it means even greater reliance on you being able to navigate the streets of Phnom Penh.</p> <p>3 The drivers are old and it seemed downright cruel to make them pedal you on an old bike with just one gear.</p> <p>4 Safety is low due to high traffic in Phnom Penh</p>
This cyclo tour is highly recommended. I did a cyclo tour here years ago as part of an organised Mekong River tour but this tour is much much better, being able to hop on hop off at sites of interest and the cyclo driver waits. You get a much closer feel for local life and at a slower pace on a cyclo than from a taxi or tuk tuk. It’s amazing how the rider safely weaves through the chaotic traffic of Phnom Penh. Not only is this tour good fun but it supports local cyclo drivers who have a difficult time competing for trade against the ever increasing numbers of tuk tuks.
