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Angkor Bike Tours by Electric Mountain Bike

Silent pedal-assist on forest trails the buses can't reach. You ride; the bike does the climbing.

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No engine can give you the silence of the Angkor forest. The e-bike can.

Full-day e-bike tours

Four private Angkor bike tours by electric mountain bike, each guided, from the famous circuits to a sunrise ride and the countryside.

Small group of riders on electric mountain bikes pausing beside a mossy temple ruin inside Angkor Thom

DAY TOUR | 7 hours

Angkor Secret Trails by Electric Mountain Bike

Visit less know Temples and Amazing Village

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$ 106

$ 96

Large tree root enveloping stone temple structure at Prasat Preah Khan, Angkor archaeological park

DAY TOUR | 7 hours

Angkor Grand Circuit by Electric Mountain Bike

Angkor Grand Circuit easy via the Jungle and electric bike

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$ 96

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Honeymoon couple holding hands on the moat wall at Angkor Wat at sunrise, the temple silhouette reflected in the water

7 hours - E-bike - Private

Angkor Wat Sunrise by Electric Mountain Bike Private Tour

Unlock the Ultimate Sunrise: Electric Mountain Bike

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$ 106

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Group of cyclists cheering with raised arms in front of the Dei Chnang gate at Angkor, bikes lined up on the road

DAY TOUR | 7 hours

Angkor Small Circuit by Electric Bike

Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm, the famous three, on quiet forest trails.

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$ 96

Multi-day combos by e-bike

Two- and three-day e-bike packages that string the circuits, a sunrise and the countryside into one trip, all private.

Guest standing with a mountain bike in front of a lily-covered pond fringed by sugar palms on a quiet Angkor trail

2 days - E-bike - Private

Angkor Two Day Tour by Electric Mountain Bike

Angkor, Bayon, Ta Phrom, Pre Khan, Ta Nai, Kol Kor plus hidden gems via the Jungle. Small and Grand circuit

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$ 185

Handlebar view from an electric mountain bike on a red dirt track beside an irrigation trench through the Angkor countryside at sunset

3 days - Private

Angkor and Siem Reap Three Day Tour by Electric Mountain Bike

Discover Siem Reap and Angkor: A perfect holiday for bike lover!

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$ 320

Pedal-assist does the climbing

Giant Talon E+ bikes with Yamaha SyncDrive pedal-assist. Cambodia is flat, so the assist takes the strain out of the heat and the distance, and you reach the last temple as fresh as the first. There's no fitness barrier: if you can ride a bicycle and you're at least 110 cm tall, you can do this. Our youngest rider was 8, our oldest 74.

Trails the buses can't reach

Most of the day is on jungle single-track and back gates that coaches, cars and tuk-tuks simply can't enter. The Gate of the Dead (Khmoth Gate) has no road access, so you ride quiet corners of Angkor the crowds never see, between Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta Prohm and the Grand Circuit temples.

Silent, and you ride yourself

No engine between you and the forest. You hear the birds in the canopy and the creak of old stone, and you stop exactly where you want: for a photo, a coconut, a temple most people skip. A local guide leads, and an extra staff member rides with the group the whole way.

Group of cyclists riding bikes through a lush green rice field with palm trees under blue sky near Siem Reap

Roads the tour buses never take.
Off the temple road, into the rice fields.
Where the coaches can't follow.
The Angkor the crowds never see.

The quiet way to bike Angkor

Our Angkor bike tours let you cycle Angkor the quiet way: on a silent electric mountain bike, down forest trails and back gates the coaches and tuk-tuks can't reach. Cambodia is flat and the pedal-assist does the climbing, so you reach every temple fresh, not drained by the heat. From the Small and Grand Circuits to a sunrise ride and the Siem Reap countryside, each one is a private, guided day with a local who knows where the trails go.

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Visited Angkor for the first time on electric mountain bikes! Went to hidden spots and saw amazing temples you wouldn't find by van, car or tuktuk. A bike tour through the jungle to witness the least popular but incredibly unique temples, with several stops to enjoy coconut and spot some wild animals along the way.

Reed Campbell

Angkor by E-MTB

March 2026

We visited Angkor Wat with our family of 4 with their electric mountain bikes and a guide who brought us to some very special spots and breathtaking views. Hidden trails, away from busy crowds, tailored experiences.

Sokunthea Ly

Angkor by E-MTB

March 2026

The best way to discover the most beautiful temples in Angkor! Magic, at sunrise, away from the crowds, on quality electric bikes to go off the beaten track. I highly recommend it.

Henriett A

Angkor Sunrise by E-MTB

November 2025

Logistics.

Best time of year: November-February (cool, dry); March-May (hot but rideable, early start); June-October (green season, short afternoon showers, forest canopy covers most trails)
Tour duration: 6-7 hours (single day) · 2-3 days (e-bike combos)
Distance per day: About 35 km on the Small Circuit, 45 km on the Grand Circuit, 30-40 km on the Countryside ride; up to ~50 km on the longest day. Pedal-assist flattens the effort, so distance isn't the limiter.
Fitness required: Low. The pedal-assist does the climbing. You must be able to ride a bicycle and be at least 110 cm tall. An extra staff member rides with the group, and a tuk-tuk can be arranged on request if you want a break.
Group size: Private. Standard single-guide capacity about 6 riders; larger groups served by adding guides.
Price range: $90-$103 day tour · $199-$320 for 2-3 day e-bike combos
Start time: You choose between 7 and 9 AM on full-day tours. The sunrise tour is a fixed 4:45 AM tuk-tuk pickup from your hotel, with bikes pre-positioned behind Angkor Wat.
Pickup: From your Siem Reap hotel, pickup and drop-off included. Sunrise tour: tuk-tuk pickup, then ride by e-bike after sunrise.
Included: Giant Talon E+ and a fitted European-standard helmet, English-speaking licensed guide, sit-down Khmer lunch on full-day tours (breakfast picnic by the moat on the sunrise ride), water and drinks, hotel pickup and drop-off, photos taken by your guide. An extra staff member accompanies the group; a tuk-tuk is available on request. Angkor Pass not included.
Cancellation: 14+ days before: full refund. Less than 14 days: 50%. Less than 5 days or no-show: no refund.

E-bike vs every other way to see Angkor.

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	E-MTB	Vintage Jeep	Classic Vespa	Tuk-tuk
Fitness needed	Low	None	None	None
Heat protection	Forest shade + breeze	Canvas roof + open sides	Wind on the move	Roofed
Vehicle character	Modern e-bike	1970s Willys	Classic Vespa	Standard
Photo opportunity	Excellent	The photo itself	Excellent	Average
Sunrise capable	✓	✓	✓	✓
Self-drive option	You ride it	✓ Unique to us	no	no
Price (day)	$90-$103	$99-$158	$85-$118	~$25-40

Cyclist rides a single-track forest trail under the canopy near Angkor

Why an electric bike

I added electric bikes for the one thing an engine can't give: silence.

I have guided people through Angkor since 2013. The first years were Vespas, then Jeeps. Both are wonderful, but an engine could never give me one thing: the silence of the forest.

You notice that quiet most in the early morning, before the buses arrive: birds in the canopy, the creak of old stone in the heat. No engine takes you through that. A regular bicycle can, but Cambodia's heat makes a full day of pedalling brutal, and most independent cyclists spend the last hours just trying to get back to their hotel.

No engine can give you the silence of the Angkor forest. The e-bike can.

The first time I rode a Giant e-bike on the trail behind Angkor Thom, I understood. The pedal-assist is almost completely silent, and it does the climbing, so you reach the last temple as fresh as the first.

I grew up inside the walls of Angkor. The e-bike is, genuinely, the closest a guest can get to the Angkor I knew as a child: quiet, at human pace, on the back trails most visitors never see.

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The 24 questions guests actually ask.

Cambodia is flat, so fitness isn't the issue, heat and distance are. On a regular bike in the afternoon heat over a full day, most people (even fit people) spend the last two hours managing fatigue rather than enjoying the temples. The pedal-assist means you arrive at the final temple with the energy you had at the first, so you stop more, look longer, and actually enjoy the whole day.

Yes. A full day on a regular bike in the heat is genuinely tiring; that's exactly why we use electric mountain bikes. The pedal-assist takes the strain out of the heat and the distance, so you arrive at each temple fresh, not drained. Guests who haven't ridden in years do this comfortably, and an extra staff member rides with the group the whole way.

You need to be able to ride a bicycle, steer, pedal, brake, and that's it. There's no fitness test and no experience required, because the pedal-assist carries the effort and you choose how much you put in. Riders who haven't been on a bike in years do the full day comfortably. Our youngest cycling guest was 8 and our oldest 74, and both finished the loop without trouble.

Full-day Angkor bike tours start when you like between 7 and 9 AM. The early start puts you in the park in the morning cool, onto the jungle trail before the tour buses arrive, and at each temple while it's still quiet. The sunrise tour is the exception: a fixed 4:45 AM tuk-tuk pickup so you reach Angkor Wat before first light, then onto the bikes once the sun is up. We avoid starting at 9 AM or later, because the midday heat is the main enemy of a good ride.

The Small Circuit is about 35 km, the Grand Circuit about 45 km, the Countryside about 30-40 km. You'll see Angkor's circuits described elsewhere as about 17 km (Small) and 26 km (Grand), those are the temple-road loops only. Our totals include the ride out from your Siem Reap hotel and back (about 6 km each way) plus the forest detours between temples. On a regular bike those distances in the heat are a challenge; on the Giant E-MTBs most guests finish feeling they could have done more.

A rental is a cheap city bike, no guide, on the main paved circuit, a great option for independent travellers comfortable in the heat. Our tour is a Giant e-MTB, a local guide who knows the forest trails and the temple history, hotel pickup, lunch and water, an extra staff member with the group, and access to back-gate jungle routes you can't find on a map. That local knowledge, where the back gates are, which trails are clear and permitted, is what you're paying for.

Honestly, yes, if you want pure independence and a budget option, the park roads are flat and bike-friendly, and people do it every day and love it. We won't pretend our tour is the only way to ride Angkor. It is the best way if you want a guide, the forest routes, and a comfortable all-day experience.

The Giant Talon E+: 29-inch wheels for stability on rough ground, a 100 mm front suspension fork for the bumps, a Yamaha SyncDrive pedal-assist (50 Nm), and a 400 Wh battery with a 60-100 km range. Our longest full-day tour is about 50 km, well inside battery range, and every bike is checked and charged before departure.

A driven tour is the easy, roofed option, and if you want zero effort we'll happily put you in a Jeep or Vespa with a driver instead. What a tuk-tuk or coach can't do is leave the paved ring road. The e-bike reaches the back-gate forest trails they can't enter, at human pace and in near silence, and the pedal-assist plus the staff member riding with you keep the heat manageable. If you want the trails and the quiet, that's the whole point of the bike.

Yes, it isn't included in any tour price. Per Angkor Enterprise, a 1-day pass is $37, a 3-day pass $62 (valid over any 3 days within a 10-day window), and a 7-day pass $72. Buy online at angkorenterprise.gov.kh, not at the gate. Under-12s are free with a passport.

A single day covers the Small Circuit comfortably. If you're doing a 2- or 3-day e-bike package, the 3-day pass at $62 is better value than separate 1-day passes.

The Small Circuit covers Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom (Bayon, the terraces) and Ta Prohm, the famous three. The Grand Circuit goes deeper and quieter: Preah Khan, Neak Pean, Ta Som, East Mebon, Ta Nei. On an e-bike both are easy in a day; many first-timers start with the Small Circuit.

Yes. Our Siem Reap countryside ride trades the forest trails for red-dirt lanes through rice fields and villages, stopping at a family farm, a pagoda, a local market and the small workshops where palm sugar and rice noodles are still made by hand. It's the gentlest ride we run, flat, shaded in places, and entirely off the tourist road. Many guests pair it with a temple day on the same trip.

Two days is the honest minimum. One day covers the Small Circuit: Angkor Wat, Bayon and Ta Prohm. A second day takes in the Grand Circuit or Banteay Srei and the quieter temples most visitors skip. A single day is doable on an e-bike, but it's a full one. Three days is the relaxed pace most guests prefer, and it leaves room for a sunrise ride or a day in the countryside.

Yes. The sunrise tour starts with a 4:45 AM tuk-tuk pickup (riding in the pre-dawn dark would be unsafe and there's nothing to see). You watch sunrise from the front of Angkor Wat, then ride out from behind it as the park wakes up, with a breakfast picnic by the moat.

Yes, pickup from your hotel anywhere in Siem Reap town. We arrive with the bikes, fit each one to you (seat height, handlebars, brakes), run a short controls-and-safety briefing, then set off together, your guide in front and an extra staff member with the group. You'll get an exact pickup time when your booking is confirmed, and on the countryside and circuit rides we can start closer to the trails if you'd rather skip the town roads.

A Giant Talon E+ and a fitted helmet, an English-speaking licensed guide, hotel pickup and drop-off, a sit-down Khmer lunch on full-day tours, water throughout, and photos taken by your guide. Not included: the Angkor Pass ($37 for 1 day, $62 for 3 days).

Yes, an extra staff member rides with the group on every tour, and we carry spare parts and tools. If a rider wants to stop, we can arrange a tuk-tuk on request. In 10+ years no guest has ever been stranded on one of our tours.

Yes, if they're at least 110 cm tall and can confidently ride a bicycle on their own. Our youngest cycling guest was 8. For younger children, our Jeep and Vespa tours carry them as passengers. Tell us their ages and heights when booking and we can start the ride closer to the temples to skip the town section.

June-October brings short afternoon showers rather than all-day rain. The forest canopy covers most of the route and we carry ponchos; warm rain actually cools the ride, and most guests keep going. If a trail floods we adapt the route. The sunrise tour is the one exception, if it's raining at start time we postpone or move it, which has happened only a handful of times in 13 years.

Light long trousers (the temples have a dress code), a top that covers your shoulders, and closed-toe shoes. We provide the helmet, sized to fit. Bring sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat for between temples, and a small daypack for your camera. We carry all the water and food, plus ponchos in the green season, so there's no specialist cycling gear to pack.

Yes. Our multi-day packages mix vehicles, for example sunrise by e-bike, then Banteay Srei and the countryside by Jeep, or a temple day on the bike and a food tour by Vespa at night. WhatsApp us with your dates and we'll build the itinerary around what you want to see.

Most of the day is on car-free forest trails and quiet park lanes, not the highway. Where we do share a road your guide leads, the group stays together, every rider has a fitted helmet, and an extra staff member rides with you. Angkor's park roads are flat and used to cyclists.

14+ days before: full refund. Less than 14 days: 50%. Less than 5 days or no-show: no refund.