Siem Reap to Battambang, Bamboo Train, Bat Cave Private Tour

A 1-day trip from Siem Reap that visits Krong Siem Reap, Battambang Province, Lok Ta Dambong Kra Nhoung Shrine and Battambang Provincial Hall. There are 12 stops altogether, so it fills the day rather than leaving long gaps between two or three highlights. The price covers Hotel pickup and drop-off, English license guide and Cool drinking water & Towels. It does not cover bamboo train ticket: 5usd/person, wat ek phnom ticket: 2usd/person and phnom sam pov ticket: 2usd/person, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price. Battambang is Cambodia's second city and the calmest of them, a riverside town of French shophouses about three hours from Siem Reap. The bamboo train, the norry, is a bamboo platform on wheels driven by a small motor down a single track; when two meet, the lighter one is lifted off the rails by hand. The original line at O Dambong was replaced by a purpose-built tourist track at Banan. At dusk, millions of wrinkle-lipped bats stream out of a cliff cave at Phnom Sampeau for about half an hour in an unbroken ribbon, and the same hill carries a killing-cave memorial from the Khmer Rouge years. This one is priced for the group rather than per head: 1 traveller costs $410 and 8 costs $433, so the more of you there are the less each of you pays. Happy Angkor Tour Cambodia runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.