Tonle Sap Lake and Kampong Phluk Half-Day Tours from Siem Reap (4-5h)

Please do yourselves a favor and join this tour!! Mr. San made this the best tour for me and my sister! His English is amazing and he is very passionate about what he is doing. This tour was everything I expected and much more!! He even took us out for dinner afterward to try the local food. I have never had so passionated, funny and professional tour guide before. I don't think I am able to express my gratitude enough! - We learned a lot about the Khmer people and who they are and what they stand for. Simply just amazing! - I hope I will be able to do this again some time, and hopefully, it will be with Mr. San as my tour guide again! I strongly recommend this tour to everyone!!!

Es war ein schoener Tag speziell die Reise mit dem Boot zum See und vor allem der Absteller mit einem Einbaum duch die Mangtoven. Kein billiges Vergnuegen aber sicher war besonders der Einbaumtrip sein Geld wert.

Todays half day trip was so good we didn’t want it to end.Our guide Nak has a deep understanding of the history of Cambodia and the lives of its people.He took a personal interest in the welfare of everyone on the trip.He was totally implicated and enthusiastic.We cannot speak highly enough of him.The trip was really worthwhile.The village ,the people,the market ,these images will be with us.

This was a great little tour of the floating village. We stopped at a floating restaurant on the lake but there was no pressure to buy anything. On the way back, we walked through the village. I learned so much about the culture of this village and of Cambodia in general on this tour - Nak is a fantastic tour guide and I highly recommend him.

Our family of 5 was looking forward to this tour, based on reviews. We were disappointed. Prior to the tour beginning, communication was good and pick up was on time, so that was great. The van was comfortable and there was a total of 11 participants. Once on the tour however, it wasn't as good as we had hoped. Our guide gave us almost no information on the drive to the boat or at any time throughout the tour. The boat we went on was old and noisy and there were times it felt like it was about to break down. Viewing the stilted village from the water was interesting. It was when we walked through the village that it just felt manufactured and a money grab. People were selling school supplies and then purchasers were able to take these into the school. Nice idea! however we witnessed more and more groups also being 'persuaded' into purchases. Surely the children don't need dozens of books and pencils every day. Felt the children weren't able to actually learn as they were interrupted so frequently to talk to well meaning tourists. After the village walk we went back in the old boat out onto the lake. That was good. We however pulled up to a floating 'restaurant' tourist trap where it was another grab for money. For some reason, it is thought that tourists want to see caged crocodiles and snakes ... they are there for no other reason than to be looked at. I don't think that this tourist company is any different from any of the others, we seemed to be on the same circuit as lots of other groups. Summary, We were interested to see the stilted village but felt very uncomfortable about the use of children to make money.

Tour company was punctual and well organized. Fun to see the village on stilts. Did the canoe trip in the mangroves and that was fun. Canoe is $5 extra per person which the tour company tells you ahead of time that it is not included. On the canoe ride, someone selling items comes by and asks you to buy something for your canoe driver. Everything is expensive for being in Cambodia and the price is what it would be in the US. They try to make you feel guilty. Didn't really appreciate that. Went out onto the lake for a bit. We didn't get to walk in a village like other people reviewed but it was cold and rainy and windy so that's probably why. Educational tour. I would recommend this tour.

Just returned from the tour and it was a great experience and Jose was a superb host. We were as small group of 6 which was just the right size and we stoped at the market on the way which was fascinating. Although it is currently the dry season we were able to see how people of Kompong Phluk live there everyday life at this time which would have been unimaginable if we had visited during the dry season. Thank you Jose for passing on all you knowledge of the area on to us and for a great tour.

We just returned from a very interesting tour of the floating village Kompong Phluk with Jos. He was very informative of the local way of life and made sure we had plenty of time to do the activities we wanted on the tour. It was low water and he showed us several photos of how the village looks during high water to compare. Nice to see the village by water and by foot, and venture into the lake.

We took this tour in the dry season and in my view is a 'must do' tour. We first visited the local food and goods market where you see the locals preparing fish, frogs, snakes, fruit & veg etc for sale to the locals. This is a market for the locals and is amazing to see. We then carried on to the boat to see the floating village of Kamplong Phluk which was not floating this time of year but is still amazing to see. Walk down the 'high street' where you can only get down by boat in the wet season. If you get the chance you must go to the primary school children's class to see them learn to read, write and speak English. This was fantastic, the children are beautiful, so friendly and proud to speak to you and show their skills. Please, please donate some dollars here as this runs solely on donations. We then carry on down the river onto the huge Tonle Sap lake (largest in Asia) and spend some time on a floating cafe where you can see crocodiles and snakes. This was a fantastic tour and our guide was great too, very informative.