Angkor Wat Bike Tour: Five Cycling Days Compared

Sunrise Bike, E-Bike or Tuk Tuk

9 h · from $60 · ★ 5.0 (638)

The widest choice of the five: a 9-hour sunrise day with a trek mountain bike and helmet, an e-bike when you book that option, a support vehicle, hotel pick-up and drop-off, breakfast and lunch, water and snacks, visiting Angkor Wat, the Bayon, Ta Prohm and Srah Srang.

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Full-Day 30 km Temple Ride

8.5 h · from $35 · ★ 4.9 (474)

The cheapest ride and the longest distance, 30 km over 8.5 hours on back roads, forest trails and village tracks with an English-speaking cycling guide, bike, helmet, snacks, fruit and water, meeting at Gingold Coffee rather than at your hotel.

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Sunrise Ride with Jungle Breakfast

10 h · from $75 · ★ 4.9 (418)

For riders who want a slow 10-hour morning: sunrise at Angkor Wat, a private chef-prepared breakfast picnic in the forest, forest trails to Bayon and Ta Prohm, hotel pick-up and an air-conditioned minivan on hand when you want a break from the saddle.

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Sunrise E-Bike with Breakfast

7–8 h · from $98 · ★ 5.0 (97)

Electric assistance the whole way plus a tuk tuk ride, over 7-8 hours with hotel pick-up, a professional English-speaking guide, breakfast, seasonal fruit and fresh coconut, cold water and towels, ending at a city market.

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One-Day Cycling Tour, 20 km

6–7 h · from $49 · ★ 5.0 (15)

The shortest day at 6-7 hours and about 20 km of riding, with the longest temple list: Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, the Bayon, the Terrace of the Elephants, Ta Nei, Ta Prohm and Prasat Kravan, with an English tour guide, bicycle, cold water, towels and local snacks.

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What an Angkor Wat bike tour involves

An Angkor Wat bike tour reaches the same temples as a vehicle tour, at bicycle pace. Angkor Wat, the Bayon inside Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm and the reservoir of Srah Srang appear on these itineraries, and every one of the five supplies a bike and a helmet and puts an English-speaking guide on a bike beside you. Three of them also keep a support vehicle or an air-conditioned minivan with the group, so a tired rider can get in.

Opening hours decide the running order. The park admits visitors from 5:00 AM and closes at 6:30 PM, Angkor Wat is open 5:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and the Bayon, Ta Prohm and the Baphuon open only at 7:30 AM. Sunrise rides therefore do Angkor Wat first, eat breakfast and reach Angkor Thom afterwards. Sunrise itself is not at six: about 05:39 at the June solstice, about 06:08 at the March equinox, about 06:22 in December and around 06:31 in mid-January.

The riding is flat and the distances are modest by road-cycling standards. Angkor Wat sits about 6 km north of central Siem Reap, roughly 12 minutes by road; the small circuit is a loop of about 17 km (10.5 miles) and the grand circuit about 25 km (15.6 miles). What makes the day hard is heat and humidity rather than gradient, which is why the earliest start is usually the kindest one and why the e-bike option exists.

Guides on these tours use trails and back roads between the monuments as well as the main park roads. Stay on the routes the guide takes around rural temple areas and on marked paths, and avoid riding between sites after dark.

Which one fits you

Most riding for the least money, the $35 full day: 30 km over 8.5 hours, rated 4.9 ★ (474), with snacks, fruit and water, lunch only if you choose the lunch option. It meets at Gingold Coffee on Sivutha Boulevard and does not include hotel pickup, so plan how you get there.

Sunrise with the most built-in flexibility, the $60 ride at 9 hours and 5.0 ★ (638). You can book it with a trek mountain bike, with an e-bike or as a tuk tuk, there is a support vehicle, and breakfast and lunch are both included along with hotel pick-up and drop-off.

A long, unhurried morning suits the $75 jungle breakfast tour, 10 hours and 4.9 ★ (418). The private breakfast picnic is cooked for the group in the forest, lunch comes with the private option only, and the minivan shadows the ride for breaks.

If pedalling in Cambodian heat is the thing holding you back, pay for the $98 e-bike day, 7-8 hours and 5.0 ★ (97). The motor does the work between Srah Srang, Ta Prohm and the Bayon, breakfast, seasonal fruit and fresh coconut are included, and a tuk tuk ride is part of the day.

Short day, most temples, the $49 cycling tour at 6-7 hours and 5.0 ★ (15). About 20 km of riding takes in Ta Nei and Prasat Kravan as well as the three names everyone knows, and the operator asks for your bike size a day ahead.

Riders travelling with someone who will not cycle are better served by the $60 tour, since the tuk tuk is a bookable option on the same departure.

Before you book

• The $35 full-day ride meets at Gingold Coffee, Sivutha Boulevard, Siem Reap, and asks you to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start time; hotel pickup and drop-off are not part of that tour.
• The other four include hotel pick-up and drop-off. The $98 e-bike tour collects you from your hotel and needs the hotel name and phone number at the time of booking.
• The Angkor pass is a compulsory separate fee and is not included in any of these five prices: $37 for single-day entry. A tour guide is one of the five official channels for obtaining a pass, alongside the website, the app, a self-service kiosk and a staffed counter. Staff scan the pass at every temple checkpoint, so keep it with you all day.
• An e-bike comes with the $60 tour only when you book the e-bike option; otherwise that tour runs on trek mountain bikes. The $98 tour is electric by default.
• Give the operator your bike size at least one day before the $49 cycling tour so the right frame is ready for you.
• Meals differ: breakfast and lunch on the $60 ride; snacks, fruit and water on the $35 day with lunch as a paid option; a private breakfast picnic on the $75 tour, with lunch on the private option only; breakfast, fruit and coconut but no lunch or soft drinks on the $98 e-bike tour; local snacks only on the $49 tour.
• Dress for a working religious site, with shoulders and knees covered. Revealing clothing is banned in sacred places under the visitor code of conduct, and you can be refused admission to Angkor Wat if what you are wearing is too revealing. Cycling kit is fine on the road, but carry something to cover up before you walk into a temple.
• Angkor has been smoke-free since 2012. Backpacks, tripods, sharp-tipped umbrellas and high heels are discouraged inside the temples, touching carvings and sitting or leaning on structures is prohibited, and you need permission before photographing monks.
• The monsoon runs June to October, when storms damage roads and bring flash flooding, so the dry months are the easier time to be on a bike in the park.

Tour details from the operator's listing, checked 27 October 2026. Prices and times can change; the booking page has the current ones.

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