What could be more picturesque than a getaway into the countryside of Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Chhnang, or Kampong Thom aboard an ox-drawn cart? Nothing. The Ox Cart experience is a ninety-minute journey through rice paddies, fields, and forests of the Cambodian countryside beyond urban centers. The contrast is striking, the experience revitalizing. This peregrination offers you truly artistic landscapes—golden wheat, light green, then deep green. All of it far from the beaten path. You travel alone, in the company of villagers.

Activities in abundance

Your driver takes you on this outing to discover Khmer agriculture. Rice cultivation in particular. You visit a farm and learn the stages of this laborious work. Between your stops, you travel through these charming countryside regions. Journeying from village to village, from hamlet to hamlet, you have the opportunity to stop at the market, visit a monastery, and even try archery. The locals welcome you most willingly, and are happy to strike up a conversation—make the most of this moment of connection in this idyllic setting.