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Bike Tours in Bangkok
Bangkok's traffic makes guided rides the easy way to cycle its canals and back lanes. Here are the kinds on offer, and when to rent a bike at Bang Krachao instead.
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How we research
Bangkok is not an easy city to cycle in, with heavy traffic and heat. Guided bike tours exist so that you can ride the quiet parts, such as canals, back lanes and Bang Krachao, without needing to know the way. This page describes the main kinds of bike tour on offer, and when it is cheaper and simpler to rent a bike and ride on your own.
The two ways to cycle
- A guided tour, which handles the route, the bike and the traffic.
- Renting a bike in Bang Krachao, where two guides quote 70–80 THB per day. See Bang Krachao for how to get there. Prices change, so treat that as a rough guide.
The kinds of tour
The tours below are described from their KKday listings (checked October 2026). Details change, so read each listing.
| Type | What the listing describes |
|---|---|
| Bang Krachao half-day | About four hours, morning and afternoon, with a bike trail and a Siamese fighting fish gallery; meets at Central Silom; cancelled unless at least four people book |
| Green Oasis nature ride | About 12.5 km through mangroves and villages, described as mostly flat and suitable for beginners; reaches Bang Krachao by a short longtail boat; includes a Thai lunch |
| City ride | A three-hour ride of about 12 km through alleys, markets and canals, starting at River City Bangkok |
| Evening food ride | About three hours and 10–15 km, rated easy, on Tuesday to Saturday from 5:30pm on Sukhumvit Soi 26, visiting Bang Krachao's forests and other parts of the city |
| Electric bike tour | Starts on Charoen Krung Soi 44 in Bang Rak; riders must be at least 12 and 160 cm tall |
How to choose
- Fitness and pace. The listings give distances of roughly 10 to 15 km. If you haven't ridden for a while, choose the shortest and flattest, and check whether an electric bike is offered.
- Heat. Our suggestion is to take a morning or evening slot; midday is hot for most of the year. See the best time to visit.
- Group size. The Bang Krachao listing needs four people to run, so check the minimum when you book.
- What is included. Bike hire, lunch, drinks and entry fees differ between listings.
- Starting point. Some tours meet in a mall or hotel, others at a pier or station. Work out how you'll get there.
If you'd rather ride alone
Bang Krachao, reached by a short ferry from the Khlong Toei side, is the easiest place to cycle on your own: bikes are rented near the landing and the lanes are quiet. Benjakitti Forest Park has a cycle track around its lake (guides give its length as anywhere from 2 to 3.4 km) and a bike-rental shop near the entrance; one guide quotes 350 THB for two hours. Another warns that the bike lane is busy with walkers and not for fast riding. Check rental hours and prices on the spot. On Bangkok's ordinary roads, we'd advise against cycling without local knowledge (our judgement).
- Bang KrachaoA river bend of gardens and quiet lanes just south of the city. It is a half-day on a bicycle, and the contrast with Bangkok is the point.
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where to next?
- Bang KrachaoA river bend of gardens and quiet lanes just south of the city. It is a half-day on a bicycle, and the contrast with Bangkok is the point.
- Benjakitti Forest ParkA wetland forest on an old tobacco factory site, with a raised walkway through the treetops and the towers of Asok behind. Go at sunset.
- Best Things to Do in BangkokThirty-plus experiences, grouped the way you will actually plan them: by what they are and where they are. Each one says who it suits, how long it takes and what to pair it with.
- Charoen Krung RoadThailand's first modern road, built in 1862–1864 for the city's foreign consuls. It links the Old Town, Chinatown and Bang Rak, and works best in short stretches.