Arts & Culture Tours

There’s a different aspect to Cambodia that not many people get to enjoy. Away from the temples and the tourist crowds is whole different world that is – rural Battambang. Come with us on a journey of discovery, to witness rural life in the picturesque countryside, approx. 25 km from Battambang. Ourox cart tours takes in the area of Omany Village , Ek Phnom around the village area of Norei. You will be picked up by Remork (tuktuk) and delivered to the starting point of the tour. You’ll go past rice paddies, palm trees, ox-drawn carts and perhaps the odd ruin. A visit to a local family can also be included, which adds a unique personal touch to the whole excursion. Then after your tour we will deliver you back into Battambang.

Tour Schedule ( haft -day tour) 

Having breakfast at Hotel and then departure from hotel at between 7:30-8:30am or 3:00-4:00pm ( this is the best time to expereince the countryside ) by Tuk Tuk or Motors

Visiting some of traditonal products producers before getting to Ouroz Cart to visit some rice fileds and farmers houses , home gardens ..etc. 

Pick up from the filed rice by Tuk Tuk or Motors , offer simple lunch or dinners , without alcholol drinks.   

Price 

2-4 Adults 30$ each 

5+ Adults 25$ each 

 

 

You can venture out of town on my last day and join a half-day cycling tour with us, another community project set up by TripCambodia. It’s a 30km loop around the villages and gives us a glimpse into the various agricultural industries – rice paper production, dried fruits, rice liquor and prahok (fermented fish paste) are some – that support Battambang’s economy.

Weaving along palm-fringed roads in the early morning haze is a dreamy experience. We continue down red-dirt roads, through a maze of bamboo trees and lush countryside. Women with checked kramas (cotton scarves) wrapped around their heads smile and wave at us.

Later, we see women wearing hijabs in a rainbow of colours do the same. This north-western area is home to many Muslim Cham villages, and is studded with ornate mosques. This melting pot of cultures, ethnicities and religions, plus the juxtaposition of old and new, is what Theanly finds captivating about Battambang, and something he thinks makes it a great spot for creativity.

Our team will take you to experience the following places: 

1.        The Process of making rice paper

2.        Dry Banana

3.        Rice WIne

4.        Rile Filed/Paddies 

5.        Fish Pastes Market 

6.        Bamboo Sticky Rice 

7.        Killing Field 

By Partneship with TripCambodia & Phare, A centre for culture and the arts, Battambang felt the full wrath of the Khmer Rouge. Its residents, like those of Phnom Penh, were driven out to the countryside; many died, and anyone considered by the regime to be intellectual or artistic was targeted for execution. However, when it was liberated from the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the city of Battambang was mostly spared from damage, leaving some of Cambodia’s best-preserved architecture practically intact. The city, filled with remnants and memories of French colonialism, has retained its art deco charm, but also boasts modernist wonders from the building boom of the 1950s and 1960s, during a brief period of independence and peace. The small Battambang Museum displays ancient sculptures and carvings, mostly from the pre-Angkorian and Angkorian temples nearby.

A centre for culture and the arts, Battambang felt the full wrath of the Khmer Rouge. Its residents, like those of Phnom Penh, were driven out to the countryside; many died, and anyone considered by the regime to be intellectual or artistic was targeted for execution. However, when it was liberated from the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the city of Battambang was mostly spared from damage, leaving some of Cambodia’s best-preserved architecture practically intact. The city, filled with remnants and memories of French colonialism, has retained its art deco charm, but also boasts modernist wonders from the building boom of the 1950s and 1960s, during a brief period of independence and peace. The small Battambang Museum displays ancient sculptures and carvings, mostly from the pre-Angkorian and Angkorian temples nearby.

An overseas school trip is about engaging students in fun, imaginative and educational experiences they wouldn’t access in their home countries.  Our trips include a great number of activities designed to foster engagement and create opportunities encouraging students to interact with local communities, embrace local language and problem solve in a fun and safe environment.

 It is our aim in initiating all our service-learning programs to build cross cultural understanding and sustainability and instill within students a sense of global citizenship.

If done properly, an educational travel program has the potential to be a life changing, educative experiences that equip students to respond to complex situations in a manner that upholds the dignity of other. Such a program can awaken students to their global citizenship, and help instigate the life long process of understanding the complex issues of poverty and development.

 

Being responsible for the well being of a group of students and teachers while travelling overseas is no easy task.  As such, Student Educational Adventures have a proven processes to ensure we can get your trip up and running, simply, smoothly and with clarity for all involved. 

Our tour program can be disucssed responding to your specfic requirement of group of student and teachers particpanting in

1- Teaching English & School Community Activities ( Kits , Healhty , Nutrition and Environment )   

2- School Construction and Renovation Project 

3- Cultural Exchange Program