Thai Culture and Local Life 4- Hour Bangkok Bike Tour

Highlight of our time in Bangkok.

Highlight of our time in Bangkok. Despite the hustle and bustle of Bangkok we were able to find quite back lanes in old Chinatown to ride along. Tea, our guide was excellent. He is clearly passionate about the city. Thank you.

Fantastic bike tour

Our guide was knowledgeable and fun. He spoke excellent English and explained everything. The tour was very interesting and visited some less well known areas of Bangkok as well as the more popular sites. We had a fantastic afternoon.

Biking busy Bangkok

I really, really enjoyed this tour! I was smiling the whole way whilst meandering around the streets. T was brilliant...I would highly recommend it...5*

Disappointing tour

Disappointing tour. Thee was the guide but was more of a bike ride leader, not a guide. We stopped at sites and he didn’t tell us anything about the sites unless asked. We fed the turtles and he gave us 15 minutes to do so and told us no information about the temple where we stopped. Just gave us papaya and left. We biked past the Grand Palace and he didnt give us any info. China town he didn’t proactively say anything, although answered questions if asked. Our food break and beverages was quite inconsiderate. He asked about food allergies and two people — out of 5, small group — didn’t eat pork but he brought a big plate of port satays to the table. And two pieces of mango for five people. And papaya. And he didn’t ask for our drink choices — just handed out bottled water. Someone asked him to get food the whole group could eat but he didn’t. Instead he came back with a huge bowl of noodle soup for himself, sat down in the middle of the table and ate what I suppose his lunch. It was inconsiderate and off putting. During the ride one person’s chain fell off but he was so far ahead he didn’t know. Our reason for signing up was to get an introduction to Bangkok culture and sites and the tour really failed. Have done this type of tour in other cities and they were a thousand times better. At the end of the tour back at the hostel all five of us sat down to chat and he left. He didn’t ask if we have questions or need any restaurant suggestions. Two stars and not 1 because the five of us had a great conversation for 45 minutes after he left and the bikes were good.

Great tour!!!

Thanks for an amazing tour T, we saw and learned a lot, what a great way to see the city. We were lucky to be in our own private group which was an added bonus.

Afternoon ride out in Bangkok

Excellent guide Fern looked after us for 4 hours while showing us around a 10 mile route based either side of the river. Really impressed with Fern who was informative, friendly and fun. The tour took you to bits of the city you would never find on your own. Definitely recommend and great value…

Excellent tour guide, excellent bike tour!

We had an excellent tour guide “Mam”. Mam is very knowledgeable. We had a great understanding on every attraction we passed by. Her English is very good so that we can communicate with her very well. To ride on a bike to different places in Bangkok is so relaxing. We both enjoyed it so much and just enrolled bike jungle tour tomorrow! Thanks very much Mam.

Great way to see the sights of Bangkok

Fabulous tour round china town and all the major temples in Bangkok. Fern was the guide, she was knowledgeable and really took care to ensure the cycling was safe. The flower market was a highlight as were some of the hidden temples we visited. Would highly recommend.

Fun exploring backstreets and alleys

I was fortunate to spend a morning exploring parts of Bangkok one doesn’t necessarily see as a visitor.Fern was an outstanding guide - she was friendly, knowledgeable and took great care to ensure a safe and fulfilling experience. Highly recommended.

Great experience biking the streets of Bangkok.

First time biking in Bangkok. Great to experience Chinatown and the Portuguese quarter and the small narrow streets. We had a very good guide telling about the history of Thailand, visiting temples and flower market. It was hot but safe. Can recommend trying this.

Enjoyable bike tour

Enjoyed the bike tour. Peter, our guide, was great. The biking was at a leisurely pace. We biked mostly in back alleys but did do some biking on larger roads. However, Peter did a great job leading, and we never felt unsafe. When crossing busy intersections, we got off the bike and walked so that worked well. Also appreciate the pictures that Peter took and sent to us via email.

Do this tour!

If you do one tour in Bangkok do this one. We have done a lot of bike tours in a lot of places and this was one of the best. We covered a lot of ground but it’s flat, so easy. We were shown fascinating things in interesting places that we would never have found on our own. Peter our guide was charming, funny and knows his city. He also took really good photos that were emailed to us the following day. The city was beautiful at sunset and then it was wonderful seeing the buildings lit up at night.

Brilliant

If you want to see Bangkoks backstreets, local communities and hidden gems this is brilliant. Peter, our guide was excellent - friendly and knowledgable- thanks again. Thoroughly recommended!

Loved it so much, came back for more

I had done this tour 7 years ago and it was so incredible I had to do it again with my wife. We saw the real Bangkok, including some gems only locals get to see and experience. I would advise everyone to do this. It’s not difficult and it really fun

A must tour in Bangkok

We were in Bangkok for a short time and find this to be the best way to see the city. What a pleasurable time. We did a private tour with excellent guide Peter (a wonderful and the kindest person). Besides seeing many sites, Peter was took the time to explain everything, was funny, and kept us fed and hydrated throughout the tour. I did this tour many years ago with family and was so glad to do it again. Truly worth it.

Bangkok Bike tour

We enjoyed the bike tour through China town and the Flower Market. Overall, the tour was great and we were provided with a lot of history.

Bangkok in four hours; discover popular attractions but explore off the tourist trail too!

We booked this having done a cycling tour of Marrakech previously and finding it a great way to explore a city in a relatively short amount of time. We had a small group of just four and our guide, Peter, was fun, engaging and knowledgeable. It was the perfect introduction to the sights of Bangkok. It's worth noting, the cycling was in no way intimidating (it could not have been more relaxed) and mostly off the main roads making it suitable for most levels of cyclists. I would highly recommend for those tourists wanting to see a lot without spending hours in any one place. Peter also captured some great photos of the day to help us remember it all!

Outstanding cycle tour

An awesome 4 hours exploring the backstreets and the hidden (and not-so-hidden) sights in Bangkok. Our guide Peter was super knowledgeable and just so friendly. If I could give more than 5 stars I would.

Great ride!!

This bike tour has been the highlight of our family trip to Bangkok. It has been an amazing and relaxing 4 hours ride in the back alleys of the city with some stops to visit temples and markets . Our Guide Peter was very knowledgeable, fun and kind. Highly recommended!

Great day out!

A great day out led by Ah the tour leader. Small group so easy to chat to the leader and other riders. Highly recommended!

Excellent, again!

Second time I've taken this tour. First time in 2017, new group this time. All loved it and Mas was excellent! Dont miss this trip if you are in Bangkok.There is no better way to see the byways and back alleys that we would have never discovered on out own. The stop for roti was delicious. Mas had very good knowledge of the area and history. Of all the adventures and activities we did over the last 10 days on the southern beaches and in Bangkok,and we did a lot, this activity was in the top 2! Thanks again Follow Me for a great trip!

Super day out

Great day out with Peter as our tour guide. It was fantastic to visit all the hidden streets and temples. Highly recommended, a must do in Bangkok. All level of cyclists would enjoy this activity.

Best way to explore Bangkok! Wonderful Experience!

An incredible and memorable way to explore Bangkok! I’m a solo traveller from Canada and wanted to make the most of my time in Bangkok so I decided to try my first bike tour in Asia. The bike tour included tourist hot spots, city’s hidden gem neighbourhoods, places locals frequent, temples, street food stalls, and scenic spots. Learned so much about Bangkok from our guide Mas! We were kept hydrated the entire tour and ended the trip with a complimentary fruit plate and the chance to soak our feet in a fish pond. Bikes were in good condition and we got to see so much of Bangkok in half a day! Highly recommend this bike tour by Follow Me.

Behind the scenes Bangkok Bike tour

My husband and I did this tour on the morning of New Years Eve. If you want a chance to see the real Bangkok this is for you. We rode down little alleyways, through the streets of Chinatown, even through the Flower Market. We rode to a local temple, along the river and took a local ferry across the river. Our guide, Peter, was very knowledgeable about the city and places he took us to. He was very passionate about his city as well. We thoroughly enjoyed this tour and felt that we got a very authentic experience of Bangkok. Peter was funny and pleasant and took exceptional care of us during our tour. It is a must do experience in Bangkok!!

Amazing!

Has the best time on this tour! It was hot and long but we really felt like we got to see how people live in Bangkok. Def worth it and highly recommend!

Hidden places

Certainly something you should not miss. Visiting places you would never see otherwise. A good contrast to other activities in Bangkok.

Exceptional

A varied and interesting route with lots to see and experience. Plenty of bike riding with stops for interesting places nicely timed. A guide (Khun Mas)who was organised, pleasant and knowledgable. A truly enjoyable day and great value for money.

Fun Siam Boran Culture Tour

Had a wonderful tour with Teddy through the streets and back alleys of Bangkok. Teddy was fun and knowledgeable. We covered over 8 miles including Wats, markets, homes, ferry, river path and yes, food on the streets of Bangkok's Khlong San area. We were the only ones on the tour (mid-week & off season) so it was a nice personalized ride. The food we tried was delicious and found in unexpected places! We learned how to fold the petals of a lotus flower for offering, feed turtles and have small talk with a Cockatoo. Teddy knew a lot of history and fact of the places we visited. It's a great tour full of sights, sounds and crazy smells of this vibrant, colorful and odorous city. At the end of the tour, we enjoyed the 'fish spa' where we dipped our hot tired feet for some cool, fish kisses :-) Highly recommend!

Great

It was a perfect day together with our guide Teddy. Good bikes, nice tour. We saw many things, learned more about the city and drive safely all thanks to Teddy. Maybe a bit hard to find the location for taxi drivers.

Wonderful!

Really great way to learn about the city and different areas. Everyone was so friendly and I would definitely recommend as a different way to check out Bangkok.

Terrific experience.

An experience not to be missed. Very professionally operated and the tour guide was friendly and made the experience feel unique. A great way to experience local way of life and attractions.

The best experience ever!

People say in reviews - you must do this! YOU REALLY MUST DO THIS!!! Wit - our guide - was absolutely amazing! Humorous, knowledgeable and thoughtful! I cycled with my eighteen and twenty year old daughters, who were just as captivated by the sites and temples as I was! Every corner brought something incredible to see ... river views, the astonishing flower market and a 15 metre high golden Buddha! Wit gave us water and snacks in the way round - needed in the 35 degree heat! We finished in a relaxing garden feeding the turtles. This was the most memorable experience! Forget the other tours and go with Follow Me! Don’t miss it!!

The best day in Bangkok

We had the best day in Bangkok with our guide Teddy. I really recommend this to everyone. We went to places we would never go to on our own. Teddy spoke good English and took really good care of us with both water and regular toilet visits. We felt safe in Bangkok trafic and we learned a lot. Thank you!

Half a day in Bangkok

When I arrived to the meeting point, Teddy was already waiting for me. I was the only rider on that trip which was a bit surprising, Teddy and staff are very polite and accommodating and the office/meeting point is on a quite street not far from the BTS station. The tour was nice, a combination of culture, fruits and some sight seeing of course. As always, a good way to get to know the area. The ride requires some technical skills in the narrow alleys and busy streets of Bangkok.

Topper!

Perfect bikingtour with a very friendly tourguide named Wit. We loved biking threw the narrow little streets. The stops were perfectly timed with water at hand. The topguide Wit made it just perfect with his personal touch and so we give it 5 star rating.

Great tour with Teddy

I had some time on my hands so I booked a bike tour. Met up with Teddy at Follow Me and he was very nice with excellent english. The tour was really interesting, I've been to Bangkok many times and it was great to see a different side to it. We experienced a lot of cultural things, temples, flower markets and street food, which was amazing. Teddy was a wealth of knowledge and obviously passionate about his country and city. The bikes were good and well serviced. All in all, I highly recommend Follow me. I road on Sunday morning which was great as there wasn't much traffic.

Fabulous Tour

Wit was our tour guide and he was fun and knowledgeable about Bangkok, its cultural, and history. We learned so much in the 4.5 hours. Highly recommend this outfitter.

Easy ride,

I was a solo traveler and met some other travelers from the Canada, South Africa and the US for the morning ride. It was a very easy ride and you can see so much more cycling than you can in a car. I have been on two cycle tours with other companies in Bangkok but this was the best organised one so I will defiantly go with them again. I can recommend this company to do a cycle ride around Bangkok.

Great way to see Bangkok

Just finished a bike tour with Follow me bike tours. We are a family of 2 adults and two kids (age 12 and 13). We were with another family of four, so the group was 9 including the guide. Very well organized, bikes were very well maintained and plenty of helmets available. We did venture onto some quite busy streets so I would suggest one heeds the warning of the company that younger kids be confident cyclists. Was really a great way to see Bangkok- China town, Muslim quarter, flower market, turtle feeding, and Temple of friendship (Kanlayanamit), which although not a landmark temple is more frequented by Thai people and representative of life in Bangkok. Then biking along a bike path on the river before heading back across the river by ferry. They provided water and a great snack of sweet Roti. They also had sarongs for shoulder coverage in the temple if necessary. The tour finished in the clubhouse with an ice cream treat. Well worth the money! We only had one day in Bangkok and while we didn’t see the “top rated ” temples in Bangkok it was a great way to see the real Bangkok (and with two teenage/pre-teen boys the eye rolling was minimized). Only wish we had a chance to try one of their other tours. (P.S. just received an email with all the photos taken by the guide during the tour! Great service!)

Absolutely wonderful

We had such a great time during that tour. Teddy was a great guide. We had a lot of questions and he could answer them all. Instead it 4 hours, the tour took 5 hours and it seemed he did not mind at all. The bikes are also in very good condition. Cycling in Bangkok sounds exciting, but it was really easy and not dangerous at all. The advantage is also that we really saw streets and neighbourhoods that we would never find ourselves. Highly recommended tour!!!

Fantastic tour of backstreet Bangkok

A marvellous way to see parts of Bangkok you wouldn’t otherwise see. We had the whole family of five on the tour and it was fascinating to ride through neighbourhoods and alleyways to visit some of the real Bangkok.

Fantastic tour !!

Just been on a wonderful bike tour around Bangkok. Teddy our guide was excellent !!.. I have not been on a bicycle in years but - neither has my mate , we both in our fifties and i am not the fittest person, so i was a little worried about doing this , but the route Teddy- our guide took us on was all flat . His knowledge and passion is impressive as we weaved around the backstreets of Bangkok visiting communities of different relgions and cultures and sampling different foods . If you want a alternative and enlightening look of Bangkok i would recommend this excellent day out .

Exciting way to see the city

This was a very different and actually quite relaxing way to see the city from a very different viewpoint. The distance we travelled was quite far but it was all very relaxed with an extremely knowledgeable guide.

A great way to see Bangkok!

Bike tours are always a great way to see a lot of a new city in one day with a local guide. I was a little nervous about the traffic, and it was a little scary a couple of times, but our guide, Ar, made sure we were safe at all times. If you’ve never done a bike tour, though, I would not recommend this as your first. I’m sure some of my questions were sllly, but Ar answered all of them with patience and great knowledge of the culture. We visited temples and shrines, heard monks in their morning chants, went through markets and Chinatown, and stopped at the Flower Market where he chose some good street food for us. Loved the surprise stop to feed the turtles, and the very large Buddha at Kalayanamitr Temple was memorable. The ride back along the river was a great way to cool down. Getting to do our first fish spa at the clubhouse was a bonus!

Wow, I felt like is was in a movie...

<p>Wow, I felt like is was in a movie biking the back alleys of China Town!</p>

Best thing we did in Bangkok

Really well organised, but very relaxed and friendly. If you ride a bike you can do this, and I strongly encourage you to, you won't regret it. Everything is catered for so all you have to do arrive, pedal, follow the guide and ENJOY. We will definitely try another ride next time we're in Bangkok.

Brilliant!

This tour gives you a real insight into the culture in Bangkok. It was really extensive and fascinating and my guide was very knowledgable. The tour goes through the backstreets so you see much more than just the specific stopping points. I recommend doing the tour in the afternoon having done some of the big sights (such as Grand Palace, Wat Arun and The Temple of the Reclining Buddha) as this tour really compliments the more touristy attractions. As well as the tour you are provided with water, ice cream and a foot spa! Excellent value for money and highly recommend.

Amazing!

Me and my partner visited Bangkok but only for 3 nights. The first night we were jet-lagged and we wanted to find a way of seeing the sights of Bangkok, without using up too much time! This bike ride was perfect! The staff are all so friendly and our tour guide Teddy was brilliant! Such an amazing experience and would highly recommend for people to do this tour! We had an amazing half day and you’re looked after the whole trip, from having bottle water provided and street food/food tasting! If you have a spare afternoon/morning and you want to see some of the main cultural sights in Bangkok - you are in for a treat!! Thankyou so much Follow Me Bike Tours, what an amazing day we had!

Fairly long tour - BYO snacks!

We love doing bike tours and ride bikes at home, but this one was quite long and sometimes we thought, why do we need to even see this?! At the end we were informed we had ridden about 20km, and we felt it! Our guide was great and very friendly, always answering any questions. We felt as though there could have been other places of interest that would have given us more of an insight into Bangkok life that we didn't see. We would have liked some more interaction or insight into local life. Drinks and snacks are part of the deal - and we were offered a drink from a shop along the way, but felt a bit bad about it! We were offered a chicken skewer from a street food vendor but when we said we were vegetarian we weren't offered anything else. Water is offered though. Bring a snack if you can't go 4 hours biking around in the heat without food. On our way back to the clubhouse we had to cross a 6 lane motorway that was very dangerous. The cars don't stop for you, or even slow down, we just had to make a run for it. We would suggest taking a different route.

Cover Bangkok sights and have a great time at it!

Great bike ride mainly along backstreets with impromptu stops for snacks and activities in between sights. It was super good to do the late afternoon one when the day cooled down. The guide, Teddy, was knowledgeable and funny, easygoing guy. Can't recommend this enough! They send you pictures afterward. :)