2013-02-20

Full Day Cycling Tour in Koh Trong Island, Kratie



This is an optional tour design for you to extend more stay in Kratie. You will experience with rural villagers, enjoy local meal with local family, and learn the culture of the island and their living standard.

Itinerary
8 AM: After breakfast, pick up from your hotel then transfer to the ferry for passing to Koh Trong Island.

The ferry will take about 10 minutes to reach the island.  

Taking  ferry boat to Koh Trong Island ( 10 minutes pass)

Then walk over the sandy beach to the levee bank of the island. Start your biking tour from the Community Based Tourism to the north with counter-clockwise around the island along dirt roads and through villages and farmland. 
 
Cycling around the Island
Not far along this path, you will see one pagoda called Wat Ty Pram Kbal Tong. There you will find a tree planting project rehabilitation project. Enjoy plating your own family tree as well as wooden name plaque to put next to your seeding. Later, when you come back to this island again, you can check its progress.
Planting tree on the Island
Pause for lunch with a local family and meet some of the islanders to learn about their local culture, and how they harvest their crops.

Then continue along the path from the pagoda to the western side of the island and expect to be greeted by the islands' charming children, who love to call out and high-five you as you cycle by. Learn how the locals harvest rice, collect sugar from the sugar palms, and make a variety of delicious sweets.
Making sugar palm

3PM: Turn left and you will quickly arrive again at the levee where the ferry departs back to Kratie.

Validity:  01 January 2013 – 31 October 2013

Code
Private Tour
1
2-3
4-7
8-11
12-15
16+
APTK
98
64
51
45
42
44


Price includes:
•    Community English Speaking guide
•    Transfer and drop off by Tuk Tuk to and from your hotel
•    Lunch on the island
•    Planting tree
•    Bike rental
•    Boat fee
For more information and booking, please contact our sale team

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