Battambang Day Trip from Siem Reap: Explore Angkorian Temples, Bamboo Train and Bats Cave

Embark on a thrilling day trip from Siem Reap to Battambang and discover ancient temples, a bamboo train, a local market, colonial buildings, and a mesmerizing bat cave at sunset.

Duration: 13 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Siem Reap - You will get picked up from your hotel in Siem Reap and leaving for Battambang. The journey takes approximately 3 hours to Battambang city.
  • Ek Phnom - Situated about 10 km north of the Cobra Bridge are the ruins of Ek Phnom. It was built during the Bayon period and unfortunately is much worse for the wear than Phnom Banan. It’s…
What's Included
  • Experienced English-speaking guide throughout the trip
  • Ride on the traditional Bamboo train
  • Refresh with cold bottled water during tours
  • Inclusive of all entrance fees and tickets
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Travel comfortably in a private AC vehicle
What's Not Included
  • Travel insurances
  • Breakfast, lunch, dinner & soft drinks, beers
  • Tipping/gratuities (recommended)
Additional Information

Escape the hustle and bustle of Siem Reap with a private or small-group day tour to Battambang, located just three hours away. As the second-largest city in Cambodia, Battambang provides an authentic and relaxed atmosphere with fewer tourists. Discover key attractions such as the ancient Ek Phnom Temple, a traditional rice paper-making factory, and Psa…

Location
Siem Reap
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Allisynr2018
Oct 16, 2025
Incredible tour! Thank you San and Channa! - Really good trip! San our tour guide and the wonderful driver, Channa, were very accommodating. Stopping to let us try local delicacy...stucky rice. The rice paper rolls were incredible and the bamboo train was sooooo fun!! We had a great day and would highly recommend 👌
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Rod_d
Oct 16, 2025
Sam ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Battambang - Sam our guide was great, shared knowledge and provided information about sites visited. Pagoda, temple, museum, rice paper making & bamboo train. His picture taking and sharing was superb. Highly recommended as a guide and extremely polite.
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Keelz_777
Sep 18, 2025
Fantastic Day in Battambang - Super well organised and fun day trip to Battambang. Had a great time checking out the main attractions - guided by the wonderful San who had fantastic knowledge of everything Cambodia, from history to the best spot in Battambang for lunch (and some excellent photography skills to top it off)
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Justin
Jul 19, 2025
Bamboo and Bats! - Well organized tour. Great knowledge about the area and showed you all the key things in the area. Loved the Bamboo train and the bats at the end are worth the wait. Lunch was great and you get some spring rolls at another stop as well. Long day but worth doing if you are short on time.
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David
Jul 18, 2025
Battambang, a Cultural Experience - The Guide San was the key to the day. His knowledge of the sites we visited as well as Khmer culture and history was outstanding. The tour was smooth and seamless as we moved from site to site and his personality worked so well with our group comprising 2 couples. This tour at around 15 hours is a very long one, and San was supported so well by our driver Channa who was most professional and safe, particularly as we travelled back in the dark. The tour and staff are highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand Cambodia in greater detail.
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Andrewr876
Jul 18, 2025
- A well organised day trip to the Battambang region. Well paced and very informative, very relaxed day. Our Guide, San, shared his vast knowledge and we had great fun on the Bamboo Train
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Travel4six
Apr 23, 2025
Worth time and money to fully enhance time in Cambodia. - San was our very helpful, knowledgeable, kind and observant guide. I felt completely safe and knew our driver Phearom was also mindful of helping us understand what we were seeing and get the best local treats along the route. It’s a long day but completely worth it with all you see and do. We came away feeling that we saw and learned much more about Cambodian life, history, language and kind people than if we had just stayed in Siem Reap. Waking around ancient, not touristy, temple ruins. Visiting local market and government building. Watching rice paper for spring rolls being made (and eating some!). Flying down tracks, through small town and countryside on bamboo train. Mesmerized by bats escaping cliff with huge Buddha stone carvings. Eating so many different treats. Meeting lots of kind local people. Don’t miss! Ar-kohn to San and Phearom.
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Ndevboston
Mar 6, 2025
Incredible day with amazing guide/driver - We had an incredible day with our tour guide Mr. Vireak and driver Mr. Channa. While the tour activities were all very engaging, the real highlight for us was the warmth and candor of our tour guide, who provided a wealth of information and history on the region throughout the day. While it’s a full day out including travel from Siem Reap, the itinerary is well paced and varied and we had plenty of opportunity for rest breaks as needed. Great company to work with and hope to use them again whenever we come back!
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Faraway05825938975
Jan 20, 2025
Fun and varied day - It was a varied day with lots of information. Thanks to our guide Nak 🤗 a long but entertaining day of travel
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Garyrs709pd
Jan 2, 2025
Battambang day trip from Siem Reap - Excellent day trip. Our driver Billy and tumour guide Nak were spot on, keeping the family informed, entertained and refreshed and fed. 0700 pick up and 2100 return. The van was very comfortable with reclining seats that allowed us all to sleep while driving. Nak was extremely knowledgeable with very good English. He was able to answer all the various questions we had and inform us about Cambodian life and culture. Nak was previously a monk and was also able to explain what life was like as a practising monk for 10 years. All areas attractions we wanted to see were covered, a local temple, sampled local spring rolls and how they are made, Battambang market, lunch in a very nice local restaurant, museum, bamboo train, killing caves and bats. We felt safe with Billy driving and it was an extremely comfortable drive with breaks as required. I would recommend this day trip from siem reap rather than staying the night at Battambang, it worked better for us and there is more to do in the evenings in SR. The children really enjoyed the day (ages 7 & 10).
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up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).